People and Stakeholders Practice Question
Question
A supervisor reviews a case with a trainee for the PMP Project Management Professional involving procurement decisions in People and Stakeholders. Which answer is best? (Item 70)
Answer choices
- A. Prioritize convenience over safety, compliance, or accurate reasoning.
- B. The best answer is to select the response that protects project value, uses appropriate tailoring, engages stakeholders, and follows ethical project management practice for the procurement decisions scenario.
- C. Ignore the issue because speed is more important than documentation or accuracy.
- D. Assume the requirement applies only when the customer specifically asks about it.
Correct Answer
B. The best answer is to select the response that protects project value, uses appropriate tailoring, engages stakeholders, and follows ethical project management practice for the procurement decisions scenario.
Explanation
The correct answer is B because procurement decisions is tested by asking candidates to select the response that protects project value, uses appropriate tailoring, engages stakeholders, and follows ethical project management practice. The distractors reflect common exam mistakes: ignoring context, using informal shortcuts, skipping verification, or applying a rule from the wrong domain.
Question details
- Difficulty: medium
- Domain: People and Stakeholders
- Objective: procurement decisions