During risk analysis for a building renovation project, it is discovered that the building contains toxic materials that must be removed. What should the project manager do to mitigate this risk using the risk transference strategy?


A. Increase the management reserves to address the potential impact of additional time and cost.
B. Ask the client to remove the toxic materials and exclude this work from the contract.
C. Train personnel how to remove the toxic materials and then perform the work.
D. Hire a contractor to perform the work.

A project manager notices that there is limited participation and contribution from a new team member. What should the project manager do?


A. Discipline the new team member.
B. Review the roles and responsibilities of each team member.
C. Discuss the situation with the project sponsor.
D. Write a complaint to the human resources department.

A project stakeholder requested a scope enhancement that was not approved due to budget constraints. Two months later, the project manager learns that the budget has enough flexibility to enhance scope.
To resubmit the identical request, to what document should the project manager refer?


A. Change log
B. Issue log
C. Risk register
D. Stakeholder register

Late in a projects implementation stage, the project manager discovers that a requirement was omitted. What should the project manager do next to correct this?


A. Inform the stakeholders
B. Submit a change request
C. Inform the sponsor.
D. Change the requirements.

Two project team members have a different understanding of the intent of a work package. What should the project manager do?


A. Empower the team members to request clarification from the client.
B. Conduct a brainstorming session with the team.
C. Review the work breakdown structure (WBS) dictionary with the team members.
D. Tell the team members to refer to the work authorization system.

A company notices that, during the last six projects, the scope changed substantially. What should the project manager of a new project do first to reduce the likelihood of scope changes?


A. Ask for managements guidance.
B. Review lessons learned from the previous projects.
C. Review the project scope statement.
D. Plan to mitigate the impact of scope change.

A project manager conducts an inquiry into the increase of scrapped material over the past quarter. The project manager assembles a team and proposes a project business case to overhaul the system.
What should the project manage use to justify and establish boundaries for validating the viability of this project?


A. Cost-benefit analysis
B. Questionnaires and surveys
C. Cost of quality (COQ) method
D. Benchmarking

During a complex projects execution phase, a critical risk occurs. The project manager begins the process of implementing the agreed-upon risk response plan. However, the response actions are owned by a resource outside the project team who has other
priorities.

What should the project manager do?


A. Use conflict management techniques.
B. Compromise with the risk owner.
C. Influence and persuade the risk owner.
D. Escalate the issue to the risk owners manager.

A project management office (PMO) assigns a resource to a project. To what should the project manager refer to evaluate this resource?


A. Expert judgement
B. Responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) matrix
C. Resource management plan
D. Resource requirements

A projects estimated budget is 30 percent higher than what was outlined in the companys annual operations plan. As a result, the project manager experiences difficulty in obtaining approval by the project review board.
What can the project manager do to obtain project approval?


A. Reduce the project scope
B. Lower the projects quality level
C. Ask the project sponsor to increase the budget.
D. Develop a what-if scenario analysis to reduce project scope and/or postpone the timeline.