CPP Risk Assessment & Quality Control 2

Question 1

A project manager uses a tornado diagram during quantitative risk analysis. What does the longest bar in the diagram represent?

Accepted Answer

The risk with the greatest uncertainty impact on the project objective

Answer

Tornado diagrams rank risks by their range of impact on a project objective, with the longest bar showing the variable with the greatest uncertainty influence.

Question 2

During quality planning, a CPP practitioner creates a control chart and identifies that several data points are outside the control limits. What should happen next?

Accepted Answer

Treat the situation as a special cause variation requiring investigation

Answer

Points outside control limits indicate special cause (assignable cause) variation, which requires investigation and corrective action rather than ignoring or adjusting limits.

Question 3

Which risk response strategy is being used when a project team decides to outsource a high-risk software module to a specialized vendor?

Accepted Answer

Transfer

Answer

Transferring risk shifts the financial impact and ownership of the risk to a third party, such as through outsourcing, insurance, or contracts.

Question 4

A CPP candidate is reviewing the quality management plan and finds that the acceptable defect rate is set at 2%. This is an example of which quality concept?

Accepted Answer

Quality metric

Answer

A quality metric defines the specific measurement criteria and acceptable values used to evaluate whether a deliverable meets quality standards.

Question 5

In risk management, what is the primary purpose of a risk register?

Accepted Answer

To record identified risks, their characteristics, and planned responses

Answer

The risk register is the central document that captures identified risks, their probability, impact, category, owner, and planned response strategies.

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CPP Risk Assessment & Quality Control 2