PMP Exam Set G – Q82

You are managing a medium sized construction project, and are reviewing some invoices from the electrical contractor. You see that materials not required for your project have been included on the invoice. After making a few phone calls it becomes clear that one of your project resources asked one of the vendor’s staff to add a few extra circuits to one part of the building. This change was never approved through the change management process. What do you do?

A. Notify the manager of your project resource that he failed to follow proper processes.
B. Refuse to pay the charges.
C. Call a team meeting to determine how this will impact the project, then inform stakeholders of the impacts.
D. Immediately inform the project stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change. Then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.

D. Immediately inform the project stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change. Then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.

PMP Exam Set C – Q12

Your company will receive a large bonus payment for completing a customer’s project by a certain date. However, as the project manager, you know the project will complete approximately 2 weeks after that date as it is currently scheduled. Your manager is insisting that you to do whatever it takes to finish the project by that date, even if it means “cutting corners here and there.” What do you do?

A. Make a formal scope change request.
B. Fast track the project.
C. Explain to both your manager and the project stakeholders the impact that this schedule change could have on the project.
D. Compress the schedule

C. Explain to both your manager and the project stakeholders the impact that this schedule change could have on the project.