PMP Questions ID 1250 you are managing a construction project your company does not specialize in construction design

You are managing a construction project. Your company does not specialize in construction design so you outsourced the construction design to a third party. You are conducting regular procurement performance reviews and are dissatisfied. You want to carry out a detailed audit of the design supplier’s work processes to determine the root cause. Can you do that?

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No, you are only authorized to perform quality audits on the delivered products and not the supplier’s internal work processes.

No, a detailed procurement audit cannot be performed until you terminate the contract.

Yes, if there is a provision in the contract allowing work process audits.

Yes, it is a good project management technique advocated by the PMBOK guide.

You are currently managing an urban development project for a municipal authority. You and your team are managing the project and have outsourced most of the project work to specialist contractors. All the contracts awarded were FFP contracts. The project is almost 50 percent complete, and most of the contractors have requested amendments to their contacts. Work specifications were not clear at the time of contract awards, and as a result, new work requirements have come up. What is your lesson learned?

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Never award FFP contracts in the future since they usually result in disputes and contests

Cost-plus contracts are ideal types of contracts for construction projects

Do not award FFP contracts unless the scope of work and specifications are precisely articulated.

Good and credible contractors were not selected for the project at the time of award

All requested changes to a contract go through Contract Change Control Systems of both parties. The Contract Change Control system documents all requested changes for future reference. However, requested but unresolved changes might not make it up to either party’s Change Control Systems. If you are contesting a dispute, where can you find a record of such requested changes?

You are building a mile-long bridge on a T&M contract. During the excavation activity, you learned some telephone cables are crossing the alignment where you have to construct the bridge. You need to relocate these telephone cables, but there is no provision of such an activity in the contract. Further, the relocation of the cables is a costly task, and you need to do a lot of government paperwork, as well. You requested an amendment in the contract, but the buyer rejected it. Despite many efforts, you both could not resolve this issue. What should you do next?

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Terminate the contract following the termination procedures mentioned in the contract.

File a judicial petition in accordance with the state’s law.

Seek arbitration following the ADR procedures in the contract.

Relocate the cables at your own expense since the contract does not cover this activity.

Work Performance Data is an important input to the Control Procurements process. Which of the following is not a component of Work Performance Data?

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Data regarding supplier’s conformance to quality standards

Data on completed deliverables

Data regarding incurred or committed costs on each supplier contract

Data on supplier invoices and respective payments

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