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RISK MANAGEMENT

1. A project manager discovers that there is a part of the project that con￾tains some risk. His strategy with this risk is to subcontract the work to

an outside supplier by using a firm fixed price contract. Which of the

following must the project manager do?

a. The project manager should make certain that the project team does

not reveal the risk to the supplier until the contract is signed.

b. The project manager should make every effort to make sure that the

supplier is made aware of the risk after the contract is signed.

c. The project manager should make sure that the supplier understands

the risk before the contract is signed.

d. The project manager should assign a member of the project team to

monitor the activity of the supplier to make sure that the supplier

deals with the risk properly if it occurs.

2. A project manager is faced with making a decision about a risk that the

team has identified. The risk involves the design of a bicycle. It has been

found that the neck of the bicycle, where the steering bearing is located

and the two supporting bars of the frame come together, will corrode

in a high salt environment. If this takes place the neck may fail and

injure the rider. The project team decides that the design of the bicycle

should be modified by using corrosion resistant materials in the design

of the neck. This will eliminate the risk from consideration. This tech￾nique is called:

a. Risk avoidance.

b. Risk acceptance.

c. Risk rejection.

d. Risk deflection.

3. A problem occurs in the design of a grocery cart. In this case it is

determined that the wheel will wear out much quicker in areas of heavy

snow and ice because the salt will corrode the wheel bearings. Using

sealed bearing wheels will significantly increase cost, and it is deter￾276