PGMP Online Practice Questions and Answers

When a change enters your program requirements you must update all of the following documents except for which one?

A. Program work breakdown structure

B. Program activity list

C. Program charter

D. Program scope

Robert is the program manager of the NHQ Program. His team has never worked with one another before this program and he is worried about their abilities to become a team in very short order. He would like to create a team development exercise to facilitate this process. Robert will need all of the following information except for which one to facilitate team development?

A. Risk management plan

B. Program management plan

C. Personnel records

D. Training records

You are the program manager of the NHQ Program. You will need to initiate six projects for your program. When should project initiating happen within a program?

A. Whenever the program needs to initiate projects, it may, as long as the program has not entered the closing processes of the program.

B. With program execution

C. With program initiation

D. With program planning

Molly is the program manager for her organization and she is creating a program plan that defines the benefits of the program and how her program and team will create the benefits for the organization. What plan is Molly creating in this scenario?

A. Quality management plan

B. Business case

C. Program management plan

D. Benefits management plan

Mary has just completed a large program for her organization. What should Mary now do with the program records that she has created throughout the program?

A. The program records should be archived with the program customer.

B. The program records should be archived with the program sponsor.

C. The program records should be archived as part of organizational process assets.

D. The program records should be archived as part of enterprise environmental factors.

You are the program manager for your organization and are coaching your project managers on the program's schedule. Alice wants to know what the schedule control process creates. All of the following are outputs of the schedule control process except for which one?

A. Stakeholder communication information

B. Schedule variances

C. Program schedule updates

D. Change requests

You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program has a budget at completion of $3,450,000 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently 30 percent complete and has spent ten percent more than what it should have to arrive at this point in the program schedule. Based on this information, what is estimate at completion (EAC) for this program?

A. $2,656,500

B. There is not enough information to know.

C. $3,795,000

D. $1,035,000

A program manager notices that one project manager tends to withdraw during important team discussions to avoid conflict. What technique could the program manager use to gain more input from this project manager?

A. Institute an incentive program to create competition among the team members.

B. Make the project manager share an office with a more assertive team member.

C. Solicit ideas from each team member individually, giving each person a chance to express their opinions.

D. Create an online message board so team members can see and respond to everyone's ideas.

A software development program will launch iterative versions of new software called Alpha over two years. Following that, a program will be released to the program team and developers to create new software called Beta. While the program manager prepares the program closure plan for Alpha, the program sponsor expresses concern about its support after program closure.

What should the program manager do as part of Alpha's program closure plan?

A. Execute the transition plan, and include knowledge transfer to transition Alpha support to operations.

B. Keep the Alpha program open until support is no longer required, then execute program closure.

C. Adjust Alpha's exit criteria to ensure its support is included in the Beta program.

D. Document the program closure procedure to ensure that resources are released from Alpha to develop Beta.

A company initiates a program to reorganize its sales and production departments. Three production departments are located at the three production plants next to the company's headquarters. Five regional sales departments are located at different locations around the world.

At this stage of the program, what is the first step?

A. Develop a program work breakdown structure

B. Identify and quantify business benefits of the program

C. Determine and prioritize the various components of the program

D. Prepare a program organization chart covering both sales and production

A regional finance program is impacted by a new currency regulation issued by a country in the region. The new regulation requires changes to the financial statements of that country's branches by the end of the fiscal year. Failing to comply with the regulation may result in fines and/or closure of the branches. A branch general manager immediately meets with the program manager to select and secure a local fiscal expert to support the regulation, as these types of resources are in high demand. There is a high risk that the changes will not be completed on time if the resource is not secured.

What should the program manager do to address the risk?

A. Build a coalition with local companies that can influence the government to renegotiate the imposed deadline.

B. Create fine and closure scenarios to assess the impact on the program and create a contingency plan.

C. Generate a delivery incentive contract with the selected fiscal expert to ensure on-time delivery of the revised financial statements.

D. Assess the risk, incorporate it in the program's risk management plan, and meet with the steering committee.

What would prevent a program manager from completing program closure once a program has been completed?

A. Failure to update the financial management plan

B. Failure to update the benefits register

C. Incomplete realization of all program benefits

D. Failure to obtain program steering committee approval

A program manager initiates a developmental program. Significant resources and funding are required for early activities until the program cost and budget estimates are complete. What should the program manager do to understand the financial environment?

A. Map costs to the expected benefits realization.

B. Establish intermediate budget based on historical information.

C. Establish program financial framework.

D. Obtain intermediate funding from the executive sponsor.

A program has been established and preparation is complete. Component projects are planned as a part of which of the following?

A. Program definition phase

B. Program formulation

C. Program planning

D. Program delivery phase

A biometrics firm has a facial recognition program with multiple components and project managers. The project manager from the mobile device division escalates a vendor-related risk to the program manager. After assessing the risk, the program manager determines that this risk may impact other projects within the program. However, this risk has a low degree of impact and probability of occurring.

What should the program manager do first?

A. Obtain a risk reserve from the executive sponsor, and execute a contingency plan.

B. Communicate the risk to all project managers to manage at the component level.

C. Add the risk details and analysis to the program risk register.

D. Brainstorm with the project manager to develop an appropriate risk response.