Project Risk Management Flashcards
Project risk is the uncertainty that an event or condition that affects ________ will be realized
A.
Project performance as measured by the functional managers
B.
Project impact on the organization
C.
Opportunities the project could realize
D.
At least one of the project objectives such as cost, scope, time, or quality
D
True or False? Risks may have one or more causes and one or more impacts.
True
Risk Management Planning should be completed ________ in the project planning phase.
A.
Sometime
B.
Late
C.
Early
D.
Never
C
What is a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)?
A.
Flowchart of risks
B.
Risk impacts on the organization
C.
List or diagram of risks by category
D.
Risk management activities that are on the schedule
C
Which of the following would be used to describe the significance of the negative impact of threats or the positive impact of opportunities?
A.
Cost, time, scope, and quality
B.
Sources of the risk events
C.
Types of risk responses
D.
Very Low, Low, Moderate, High
D
According to Table 15-2, the impact of a risk to the project schedule will be classified as ________ if the delay to the project (as a result of the risk event) will be one week to a 20-week project schedule.
A.
Low
B.
High
C.
Very Low
D.
Moderate
A
________ usually follows the Risk Identification process, but sometimes ________ directly follows the Risk Identification process when an experienced risk manager is involved.
A.
Risk Management Planning, Quantitative Risk Analysis
B.
Qualitative Risk Analysis, Quantitative Risk Analysis
C.
Quantitative Risk Analysis, Qualitative Risk Analysis
D.
Risk Monitoring and Control, Risk Response Planning
B
The inputs to Risk Identification are similar to the inputs to the Risk Management Planning process with the addition of the ________.
A.
Scope Statement
B.
Risk Management Plan
C.
Risk Identification method
D.
WBS
B
Which of the following is NOT an information gathering technique for risk management?
A.
Interviews
B.
Probability and Impact Matrix
C.
Delphi technique
D.
Root cause analysis
B
The Risk Register consists of:
A.
Qualitative Risk Analysis, Quantitative Risk Analysis, and Risk Management Plan
B.
Qualitative Risk Analysis, Risk Response Plan, list of identified risks
C.
List of identified risks, potential responses, root causes, and updated risk categories
D.
Risk Responses, Risk Categories, Risk Management Plan
C
Inputs to the Qualitative Risk Analysis process include:
A.
Risk Register
B.
Project Scope Statement
C.
Risk Management Plan
D.
Organizational Process Assets
E.
Probability and Impact Matrix
F.
All of the above
G.
A, B, C, and E
H.
A, B, C, and D
H
________ and ________ are assessed for each identified risk in the Qualitative Risk Analysis process.
A.
Probability, impact
B.
Impact, priority
C.
Probability, costs
D.
None of the above
A
The ________ section of the Risk Register can be used to ensure that some risk events are not overlooked during the project life cycle.
A.
Priority
B.
Watch List
C.
Qualitative Risk Analysis
D.
None of the above
B
The Risk Register is updated periodically throughout the project life cycle. The Risk Register is initiated during ________ and further updated based on the information developed in the __________________.
A.
Risk Management Planning, Qualitative Risk Analysis
B.
Risk Identification, Quantitative Risk Analysis
C.
Risk Identification, Qualitative Risk Analysis
D.
Risk Management Planning, Risk Identification
C
The inputs to the Quantitative Risk Analysis process are the Project Management Plan, Risk Register, Risk Management Plan, ________, and ________.
A.
Organizational Process Assets, Project Scope Statement
B.
Impact and Probability Matrix, Project Scope Management Plan
C.
Risk Probability, Impact Assessment
D.
Project Scope Management Plan, Organizational Process Assets
A
Name the two tools and techniques of the Quantitative Analysis that are most subjective, i.e., that are based on opinions.
A.
Interviewing, Decision Tree Analysis
B.
Probability Distributions
C.
Expert judgment, Interviewing
D.
Expert judgment, Sensitivity Analysis
C
What parts of the Risk Register are added during Quantitative Risk Analysis?
A.
Trends in Quantitative Risk Analysis results
B.
Probabilities of achieving project objectives
C.
Estimates of cost and schedule outcomes
D.
B and C
E.
A and B
D
Name the strategies for negative risks.
A.
Avoid, Mitigate, Transfer, Contingency, Accept
B.
Avoid, Transfer, Mitigate
C.
Avoid, Transfer, Accept, Mitigate
D.
None of the above
A
True or False? Mitigation as a response strategy will always add time and/or money to the project.
FALSE
You are the PM for GHY project for your org. A portion of this project includes dangerous work; although members of the project team could likely complete the work, your sponsor doesn’t want to accept the risk. In this situation, which of the following may be used as a risk mitigation tool?
A. Vendor proposal
B. Contract
C. Quotation
D. Project requirements
B
Beth is the PM for her co. and Marty, her supervisor, is concerned with the possibility of Beth accepting one of the project risks. Beth explains that this is a risk that should be accepted within the project. When is it appropriate to accept a project risk?
A. It is never appropriate to accept a project risk
B. All risks must be mitigated or transferred
C. It is appropriate to accept a risk if the project team has never completed this type of project work before
D. It is appropriate to accept a risk if the risk is in balance with the reward
D
Frances is the PM of the LKJ project. Which one of the following techniques will she need to use to create the risk management plan?
A. Risk tolerance
B. Status meetings
C. Planning meetings
D. Variance meetings
C
You are the PM of the HQQ project, and part of your requirement in this role is to create a risk management5 plan. Which of the following is not part of the risk management plan?
A. Roles and responsibilities
B. Methodology
C. Technical assessment board compliance
D. Risk categories
C
You are the PM of the GHK project. You and manufacturer have agreed to substitute the type of plastic used in the product to a slightly thicker grade should there be more than 7% error in production. The thicker plastic will cost more and require that the production slow down, but the errors should diminish. This is an example of which of the following?
A. Threshold
B. Tracking
C. Budgeting
D. JIT manufacturing
A