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PMI PgMP - Program Management Professional (PgMP)

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Total 452 questions

Which of the following statements are true regarding program scope statement? (Choose three.)

A.

It defines all the work and only the required work for the program.

B.

It formally authorizes the program.

C.

It sets authorities and limits for the program manager and team.

D.

It represents a common understanding of the program for the purpose of facilitating communication among the stakeholders.

Which one of the following is not an output of the direct and manage program execution process?

A.

Results of program work

B.

Program budget

C.

Change requests

D.

Request to terminate the program

You are the program manager for the GHT Program for your company. This program has a budget at completion of $789,000 and is currently 40 percent complete, though it was scheduled to be 50 percent at this time. Your program has spent $325,000 of the budget to date. Based on this information, how many pennies is your program losing per dollar spent on the work?

A.

11

B.

20

C.

3

D.

1

Your program has a budget at completion of $1,550,000 and is expected to last one year.

Currently your program is 45 percent complete and has spent $725,000. According to the program schedule you are actually to be fifty percent complete at this, but due to some vendor delays your program is running just a bit late. Management is concerned that your program will not be able to recoup the costs of the expenses. They've asked you to determine the cost variance for the program. What is the cost variance based on this information?

A.

-$27,500 B. -$77,500 C. -$61,111 D. .90

What duration compression technique typically adds risk when it's used during a program?

A.

Lead time generation

B.

Fast tracking

C.

Resource leveling heuristics

D.

Crashing

A newly appointed country manager suggests that the regional program manager use a social media platform to expedite communications and address QUESTION NO:s. The new country manager used this social media platform at a previous job.

What should the regional program manager do to address the country manager’s request?

A.

Suggest that the country manager use the existing communication channels while the team becomes familiar with the new social media platform.

B.

Ask the country manager to champion the social media platform, as they may have more influence than the regional program manager.

C.

Review existing in-house social media capabilities to determine if they will meet the needs of the country manager’s request, and update the stakeholder register.

D.

Ask the technology, security, and project teams to assess the country manager’s request.

You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program, which has just started, has eight projects and many of the projects share resources such as equipment and people. Management has asked that you identify when the project resources will be utilized on each project within your program. They are worried some resources may be idle or overscheduled. What approach can you use to consider the availability of resources when the project managers begin sequencing their project activities?

A.

The project managers will use the critical path method for scheduling activities.

B.

The project managers will use PERT to schedule all activities.

C.

The project managers will use the critical chain method for scheduling activities.

D.

The project managers will create Gantt charts to schedule all activities.

Which of the following is used to build consensus through rounds of anonymous surveys?

A.

The Pareto chart

B.

The Delphi technique

C.

The Monte Carlo simulation

D.

The Gantt chart

The new performance financial system is delivered to all business entities on time following a one-year

implementation program. After six months of utilization the global finance department, one of the main beneficiaries of the program, determines that quality and level of granularity of the financial data is not sufficient for them to analyze the key performance indicators (KPIs) defined. Additionally, the global finance department is missing the analytical tools required to understand the causes of discrepancies.

To address these shortcomings, the global finance department submits a request for a follow-up initiative through the process defined by which of the following documents?

A.

Benefits sustainment plan

B.

Benefits governance plan

C.

Benefits realization report

D.

Benefits transition plan

The program manager must define the program and understand the organization’s target market and customer needs.

What should the program manager do first?

A.

Brainstorm with the program team to decide on the definitions of the target market.

B.

Meet with peers to identify the company’s competitors in the target market.

C.

Meet with the project managers to identify the target market.

D.

Work with the program sponsor to assess the needs of the target market.