A strike at a contracted production plant affects the delivery of a projects major deliverable and impacts project objectives. To what should the project manager refer to address this issue?


A. Standardized bid documents
B. Managing multiple suppliers documents
C. Procurement statement of work (SOW)
D. Risk response plan

A project manager discovers an enhancement that will improve the design being developed by a subject matter expert (SME). What should the project manager do?


A. Document this discovery, and present it to all stakeholders.
B. Ask the expert to implement the enhancement.
C. Disregard the enhancement, as no changes are allowed.
D. Ask the change control board (CCB) to review the enhancement.

A supplier reports that they are over capacity, which may delay their delivery. What should the project manager update?


A. Risk register
B. Stakeholder register
C. Issue log
D. Project schedule

A project manager assumes a three-year, multiphase project with tight timelines. Stakeholder schedules permit time for addressing only essential activities
How should the project manager handle updating the lessons learned?


A. Schedule lessons learned meetings at the end of each phase.
B. Wait to gather lessons learned until the end of each year.
C. Periodically seek feedback on lessons learned.
D. Fast track the project by gathering lessons learned only at the end of the project.

A project manager is creating a program evaluation and review technique (PERT) diagram. A primary activity on the critical path has a most optimistic time of three weeks, a most pessimistic time of seven weeks, and a most likely time of five weeks.
What is the activity's expected time?


A. 3 weeks
B. 5 weeks
C. 6 weeks
D. 7 weeks

What should a project manager use to determine next steps when safety issues are identified?


A. Variance analysis
B. Earned value management (EVM)
C. Root cause analysis
D. Corrective action

During a product's testing phase, the customer discovers that a previously identified defect remains unfixed. What should the project manager do?


A. Review and update the issue log.
B. Identify and discuss corrective actions with the team.
C. Assign a team member to fix the issue.

D. Update the risk register.

A project manager wants to recruit another team member to replace an architect who resigned. What document should capture this change?


A. Ground rules
B. Project management plan
C. Organizational process assets
D. Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

An external provider is late with the delivery of a finished item. As a measure of goodwill, and to maintain the project's schedule, the provider offers to bear the cost of renting a temporary system.
Since no schedule slippage will occur, what should the project manager do next?


A. Account for this additional resource in the work breakdown structure (WBS).
B. Take no further actions because there is no schedule slippage.
C. Conduct the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
D. Update the project documents.

A project manager develops a risk breakdown structure (RBS) and divides it into four categories. Later, the team identifies a regulation issue with one of the customer's requirements.
In what category should this new risk be included?


A. Technical
B. Organizational
C. External
D. Project management