A project manager is planning a software upgrade that will affect multiple departments. The sponsor wants to ensure that all potential risks are captured early, especially those that might not be obvious to the core team. The project manager has limited time and needs to involve a broad range of perspectives efficiently. Which approach best meets this need?

Distribute a checklist of common IT project risks to the core team for review and confirmation.

Interview each department head individually to gather their concerns about the upgrade.

Review lessons learned from similar past projects and update the risk register accordingly.

Conduct a brainstorming session with the core project team and key stakeholders from each department.

A project manager is analyzing risks for a new product development project. The team has identified several risks and needs to prioritize them for action. The project has a limited budget for risk responses. Which approach should the project manager use to prioritize the risks?

Prioritize risks based on the order they were identified.

Rank the risks based on their probability and impact scores.

Assign equal priority to all risks to ensure fairness.

Prioritize risks that are easiest to mitigate, regardless of impact.

A project manager is managing a product launch. A key risk has materialized: a regulatory approval is delayed, which will push the launch date by three weeks. The project sponsor and marketing team need to know the impact on the launch. What should the project manager do first?

Update the risk register and wait for the next scheduled status meeting to communicate.

Implement a contingency plan to launch without the regulatory approval.

Document the delay in the lessons learned and move on.

Inform the sponsor and marketing team of the delay and its impact on the launch date.

A project team is executing the risk management plan and encounters a sustainability risk that was identified during planning. What should the team do?

Delete the risk from the register

Wait for the project sponsor to decide

Implement the planned risk response

Ignore the risk until it occurs

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Task 5 Plan and Manage Risk PMP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Business Environment domain, which accounts for 26% of the PMP exam. PMI does not publish an official question count, but from its 230-minute exam (~90–155 total, ~23–40 in this domain), expect 3–5 from this objective — we provide 32 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 1–5

1foundation · easy
A project manager has identified several risks and wants to understand the combined effect of all risks on overall project objectives. Which analysis technique uses numerical estimates of probability and impact to quantify overall project risk?
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2application · medium
A project manager is planning a software upgrade that will affect multiple departments. The sponsor wants to ensure that all potential risks are captured early, especially those that might not be obvious to the core team. The project manager has limited time and needs to involve a broad range of perspectives efficiently. Which approach best meets this need?
Select an answer first
3application · medium
A project manager is analyzing risks for a new product development project. The team has identified several risks and needs to prioritize them for action. The project has a limited budget for risk responses. Which approach should the project manager use to prioritize the risks?
Select an answer first
4application · medium
A project manager is managing a product launch. A key risk has materialized: a regulatory approval is delayed, which will push the launch date by three weeks. The project sponsor and marketing team need to know the impact on the launch. What should the project manager do first?
Select an answer first
5foundation · easy
A project team is executing the risk management plan and encounters a sustainability risk that was identified during planning. What should the team do?
Select an answer first

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Task 5 Plan and Manage Risk PMP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

A project manager has identified several risks and wants to understand the combined effect of all risks on overall project objectives. Which analysis technique uses numerical estimates of probability and impact to quantify overall project risk?

A project manager is analyzing risks for a new product development project. The team has identified several risks and needs to prioritize them for action. The project has a limited budget for risk responses. Which approach should the project manager use to prioritize the risks?

A project manager is managing a product launch. A key risk has materialized: a regulatory approval is delayed, which will push the launch date by three weeks. The project sponsor and marketing team need to know the impact on the launch. What should the project manager do first?

A project team is executing the risk management plan and encounters a sustainability risk that was identified during planning. What should the team do?

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