PMP Questions ID 2582 midway through a project a key project team member requests two months leave for personal matter

Midway through a project, a key project team member requests two months leave for personal matters. What should the project manager do first?

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Ask this key team member if the leave can be postponed.

Evaluate the impact on the project.

Negotiate with the functional manager for a replacement.

Review the resource management plan.

During project execution, a functional manager identifies a new internal risk about the outsourcing team. The functional manager asks the project manager for a fast solution that will not negatively impact the project. What should the project manager do?

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Develop a risk breakdown structure (RBS).

Implement the risk strategy.

Assess the risk in terms of severity of impact.

Use the change management plan.

An experienced project manager resigns, and a new project manager joins the team. During the initial assessment of project documentation, the new project manager discovers that the risk register has not been updated for the past month. What should the project manager do first?

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Consult the risk management plan to determine how often the risk register must be updated.

Hold a meeting to identify and prioritize risks so that the risk register can be updated.

Update the risk register and inform the team of the changes.

Meet with the project team to monitor risks, then update the risk register.

A project manager learns that the customer's resources have not completed the required training. Since customer resource training is a required project deliverable, this poses a risk to the timely completion of the project. What should the project manager do?

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Adjust the project schedule to account for the training delay.

Engage with the project stakeholders to address the risk.

Update the risk register, and discuss it at the next project status meeting.

Assign additional post-implementation support to mitigate the risk.

A project manager is aware of two critical, high-impact risks that must be addressed immediately. However, the necessary resources to address the risks are already committed to another project with critical deliverables. What should the project manager do?

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Assume the risks, and control them often to reduce potential impact.

Hire external resources to handle these tasks.

Establish a contingency reserve to solve the potential schedule delay and mitigate the possible impact.

Review the resources' availability with the functional manager, and negotiate rescheduling or task crashing.

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