PMP Questions ID 4243 your project is in a bit of trouble you are in the control resources process and the specialized

Your project is in a bit of trouble. You are in the Control Resources process and the specialized equipment you were expecting for the next set of project tasks is not available. The truck with the equipment was stolen and the vendor providing the machine you need has only two of them. The other is already deployed on another job. Which of the following are true?

Select three

Problems encountered outside the organization in the Control Resources process are usually related to the vendor providing the resources.

Control Resources may have impacts on resource assignments that are beyond the control of the project manager.

You may need to engage in some preventive action since the resources are not being utilized as planned. You will document all of this in the lessons learned document.

You decide to engage the vendor and some key project team members in problem solving to try to find a workaround for this situation. You will identify the problem, investigate and analyze the data, and determine and implement the best possible solution. Later, you'll check again on the solution to ensure that it fixed the problem.

Your project was kicked off more than two years ago. Your stakeholders are not as engaged as they once were on this project. There are only four months to go until the project is complete. Which of the following are true regarding this scenario?

Select one

Ask your stakeholders if the meetings and information they are receiving are useful or if there are other ways or different communication techniques that will help keep them informed and engaged.

All are correct

Use the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process to ensure that your stakeholder relationships are in good standing and to encourage continued engagement in the project.

Use the Monitor Communications process to ensure that you are reporting information regarding the progress of the project and that the right information is delivered to the right people at the right time.

One result of both the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process and the Monitor Communications process is to help stakeholders make informed decisions.

Select one

Observation and conversation may be used to gather information on project performance and reported at the status meeting.

Status meetings are a type of interactive communication.

Status meetings are a way to formally exchange information and update the stakeholders regarding project status.

Status meetings should be held throughout the project and at regularly scheduled intervals.

Information shared at status meetings always includes updates to elements such as scope, budget, and schedule and does not need to be tailored to the audience.

You are a project manager for an engineering company. Your company won the bid to add ramp-metering lights to several onramps along a stretch of highway at the south end of the city. You subcontracted a portion of the project to another company. The subcontractor's work involves digging the holes and setting the lamp poles in concrete. The subcontractor's performance to date does not meet the contract requirements. Which of the following is not a valid option?

Select one

You document the poor performance in written form and send the correspondence to the subcontractor.

You terminate the contract for cause and submit a change request through Control Procurements.

You terminate the contract due to default and submit a change request through Control Procurements.

You agree to meet with the subcontractor to see whether a satisfactory solution can be reached.

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