A risk manager assessed all project risks, and the team is now identifying common groupings of risks. What tool or technique is used to perform this risk assessment?
A risk manager documents the causes in the risk register and needs to ensure the risk is adequately described. What is critical for the risk manager to consider when describing the causes?
AEach cause has well defined owner
BThe causes represent actual conditions
CEach cause has a degree of uncertainty
DThe causes must be validated by the risk owner
The risk manager is currently performing the monitoring and reporting process. Which of the following is an input for schedule metrics?
AWork breakdown structure
BRisk breakdown structure
CCritical path method
DOrganizational breakdown structure
The project manager generates a monthly risk report for key stakeholders which documents high and medium risk items only. Where would the project manager find the list of recipients for the report?
ACommunications management plan
BRisk management plan
CRisk register
DProject charter
The risk manager is documenting the results of the Monitor Risks process to add them to the lessons learned database.
A ) Effectiveness of risk response
B ) Unexpected or undocumented risks which occur
C ) Relevant risk data -
D ) Management reserve report -
Which of the following should be included?
AA, B, C
BA, C, D
CB, C, D
DA, B, D
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The project manager asks the risk manager to determine the initial risk assessment for a six month conduct the related analysis? (Choose two.)
AConfiguration management plan
BBrainstorming
CProject organizational chart
DMonte Carlo analysis
EWork breakdown structure (WBS)
A risk manager on an infrastructure project gathers and analyzes performance data. The risk manager wants to identify which variables will impact the schedule and determine how these factors interact.
Which data analysis tool should the risk manager use to forecast future performance?
ARegression analysis
BWhat-if scenario analysis
CSensitivity analysis
DDecision tree analysis
A risk manager schedules a project overview meeting with the project sponsor to provide an update on risk management progress. Each functional lead is identifying the most critical information to be presented at an executive level. The information must balance communicating essential information with actions and recommendations.
What risk information should be communicated to the project sponsor?
ASignificant risks and issues and their planned responses
BRisk matrix showing the distribution of high, medium, and low risks
CResults of the last project risk brainstorming session
DSummary feedback from the previous risk audit
After years of experience, a project manager becomes the lead manager for a company. This new lead manager asks all project managers to use a specific technique when they perform qualitative risk analysis on their projects. This technique consists of achieving the relative weighting of the project's objectives in terms of priority to the stakeholders.
What is the name of this technique?
ARelative Weighting of the objectives of Stakeholders (RWS)
BObjectives Stakeholders Weighting (OSW)
CQuantitative Weighted Analysis (QWA)
DAnalytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Which of the following should the risk manager consider as external environmental factors when creating the risk management plan?
AGovernment regulations, industry best practice templates, organizational standard processes, and competitor landscape
BGovernment regulations, industry standards, conditions of the marketplace, and competitor landscape
CGovernment regulations, risk categories, organizational standard processes, and competitor landscape
DGovernment regulations, human resource policies and procedures, organizational standard processes, and competitor landscape
The project manager has asked for the P50 estimate for the project schedule. What is the P50 estimate?
A75 days
B73.5 days
C73 days
D72.5 days
The project manager needs to create a risk management plan for a high risk project, but the company's senior management does not see value in spending time documenting major risks instead of leading the project. What is the most appropriate action for the project manager to take first?
ADevelop a risk register and present it to the senior management.
BHire a risk consultant to identify the major risks.
CDevelop a risk management plan and present it to the sponsor.
DDocument all identified risks.
What is the purpose of mitigating negative risks as a part of the risk response process?
ATo transfer the probability of a risk happening to a third party, and to reduce the severity of the impact
BTo reduce the probability of a risk happening, and/or reduce the severity of the impact
CTo accept the probability of a risk happening to reduce the severity of the impact
DTo increase the probability of a risk happening, but reduce the severity of the impact
A risk on the risk register is triggered. This triggered risk costs US$200,000 to mitigate and will overwhelm the project, causing it to fail if not mitigated. The project manager identifies that there is US$200,000 left in the management reserve.
From which of the following sources should the funds be drawn to cover the risk mitigation?
AOrganization management reserve
BUnplanned risk reserve
CContingency reserve
DManagement reserve
The risk manager is about to go on medical leave, but before departing, conducts a risk response planning review meeting with stakeholders. A new risk manager is assigned to the project, and during the first status meeting an issue is identified.
What is the appropriate course of action in this case?
APerform a project review.
BPerform a risk reserve analysis.
CImplement an action plan to resolve the issue.
DDelegate to the action owner.
A mobile operator wants to test a new network prototype before conducting full implementation on the entire network. What type of risk response strategy did the mobile operator choose?
ATransfer
BMitigate
CAvoid
DAccept
The team has just completed a risk response planning session and identified responses for all the high and medium priority risks. What should the team do with the remaining low priority risks?
ACreate risk responses later, as time allows.
BAdd the risks to a watchlist for periodic monitoring.
CRemove the risks from the risk register.
DConduct a low priority risk response planning workshop with key stakeholders.
Which of the following represents the best description of the role of project manager for project risk management?
ADetermining the acceptable levels of risk for the project in consultation with stakeholders, approving the risk management, assessing the impact of proposed scope changes
BDetermining the acceptable levels of risk for the project in consultation with stakeholders, approving the project management plan, participating in all aspects of the project risk management process
CApproving the risk management plan, participating in all aspects of the project risk management process, auditing the risk management processes in the project
DDetermining the acceptable levels of risk for the project in consultation with stakeholders, approving the risk management plan, participating in all aspects of the project risk management process
During what process should a project manager assign a risk owner?
APlan Risk Responses
BPlan Risk Management
CMonitor Risks
DIdentify Risks
PESTLE, TECOP, and SPECTRUM are three examples of prompt lists that can be used during risk management activities. Prompt lists are used to do which of the following?
ASimulate risk identification.
BPerform a simulation with all prompted risks varying simultaneously.
CIdentify basic causes of risks of more fundamental forces.
DAchieve the relative weighting of the risks.
A project in the execution phase at the customer's site has an issue concerning new parts that do not fit properly into a machine. The site project manager cannot find this high probability risk in the risk register.
What action should the site project manager take?
AVariance analysis
BWorkaround
CRisk assessment
DRisk audit
The project manager is unable to obtain a global consensus of competing subject matter experts and stakeholders on the project scope. This has caused a one- month delay.
What should the project manager do next to reduce further delay?
AInitiate a scope change request.
BSchedule a project kick-off meeting.
CSchedule a stakeholder meeting.
DEngage the project sponsor/portfolio manager.
Within the organizational process assets, where would the project manager find risk response effectiveness from past projects?
AChange management plan and lessons learned
BStakeholder register and lessons learned
CRisk audit and lessons learned
DRisk audit and risk matrix
After a risk review meeting, three key risks are identified as likely to be realized. The project manager requests a risk scenario be calculated to establish the impact on the budget.
What is the forecasting methodology that should be utilized to calculate the impact?
AEstimate to complete (ETC)
BBudget at completion (BAC)
CEstimate risk completion (ERC)
DEstimate at completion (EAC)
A heavy industrial design firm has over USS3 billion in current contract value. As a result of quantitative risk analysis of a geographically separated project, opportunities have been identified and assessed as high priorities for the project.
What is the most effective method to capture these opportunities?