PMI PGMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PGMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 161:

  You are the program manager for your organization. Management has assigned you to a new program that has been chartered. Your team is in the process of the Manage Program Issues process. One of the two outputs of this process is change requests. Which one of the following is the other one?

  A. Audit reports
  B. Program management plan
  C. Program performance reports
  D. Program issues register updates
  D. Program issues register updates

• Question 162:

  You are the program manager for your organization. When a project in your program is completed, who will need to sign the certificate of completion?

  A. The project manager
  B. The program customer
  C. The program stakeholders
  D. The project management team
  B. The program customer

• Question 163:

  A program has a budget at completion of $1,250,000 and has already spent $425,000. The program is running late due to some vendor delays; the program is only 30 percent complete though it was scheduled to be 45 percent at this time. Based on this information how much more money will this program need to finish?

  A. $978,445
  B. $919,325
  C. $991,667
  D. $987,544
  C. $991,667

• Question 164:

  After program closure, the lessons learned document becomes the part of ____?

  A. The risk register
  B. The company's organizational process assets
  C. The program's performance record
  D. The program charter
  B. The company's organizational process assets

• Question 165:

  The program manager leads a medical billing system integration program for company A, a health services provider. Company A acquires smaller company X, which delivers health services strategically aligned with company A. Company X uses a different billing approach than company A. Company A's chief information officer (CIO) seeks counsel on which solution would be the better option moving forward, requesting the program manager's assistance. How should the program manager respond to the CIO's request?

  A. Document the resources required to implement the recommended solution and demonstrate how this solution will save the company money.
  B. Find similar examples of the preferred approach and ask the project teams to document why the preferred approach is better
  C. Gather the costs and benefits associated with each option and recommend the appropriate solution defining why the selected approach is better.
  D. Conduct a thorough stakeholder analysis and develop a program management plan to implement the appropriate solution for both companies.
  C. Gather the costs and benefits associated with each option and recommend the appropriate solution defining why the selected approach is better.

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• Question 166:

  You are the program manager for your organization. A new program is about to initiated and Marcy, your assistant, asks you about the themes that all new programs must map to. All of the following are themes that you can discuss with Marcy except for which one is not a program theme?

  A. Stakeholder management
  B. Requirements analysis
  C. Benefits management
  D. Program governance
  B. Requirements analysis

• Question 167:

  You are the program manager for your organization. Your program has recently completed its program scope and you've transferred the benefits to the operations of your organization. Before your program is considered closed you must complete some forms and procedures as required by your organization. The requirements to complete the forms and paperwork are also known as what?

  A. Program administrative closure
  B. Enterprise environmental factors
  C. Closing processes
  D. Organizational process assets
  A. Program administrative closure

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• Question 168:

  Based on its board's mandate, an organization drafts a new business strategy to meet future challenges, put the business on track, and meet growth expectations. Key to this are upgrading the IT infrastructure and strategic direction to transition the computing platform from onsite to cloud-based, thereby optimizing costs, and providing scalability, performance and high availability.

  How should the program manager use the program mission statement to engage program stakeholders?

  A. Publish the program mission statement and interact with operational managers and stakeholders to ensure that programs receive appropriate operational support.
  B. Review, capture and document the organization's current state, its new strategic direction, and how the program will support its mission
  C. Incorporate the names of key stakeholders and their respective influence, power, and authority into the program mission statement.
  D. Update the program mission statement to address strategic business goals, and the influence of stakeholders' interests, concerns, and expectations.
  D. Update the program mission statement to address strategic business goals, and the influence of stakeholders' interests, concerns, and expectations.

• Question 169:

  You are the program manager for your organization and you are dealing with your program stakeholders. You are explaining to them, along with your program team, how certain activities in the program may cause delays in the schedule if the associated risk events come into play. The cost of impact of the risk events are minimal, but the schedule impacts could be bigger. The stakeholders are concerned about delaying the schedule beyond a given due date for the program. They would like you to determine if it is possible to add more labor, use a higher grade of material, or hire some consultants to ensure the risks do not occur in the program. They are not much concerned about the cost of the solution as long as the solution or identified risks do not delay the program completion. What type of risk response are your program stakeholders recommending in this situation?

  A. Avoidance
  B. Mitigation
  C. Transference
  D. Workaround
  B. Mitigation

• Question 170:

  There are 1,500 doors to be installed in Tom's program. Each of the 1,500 doors is required by the building code to swing into the room rather than swing out into the hallways. It has come to Tom's attention that part of the team installing the doors has installed nearly 200 doors to swing into the hallway rather than into the rooms. Tom instructs the team to fix the problem. What type of action has Tom taken in this instance?

  A. Scope control
  B. Defect repair validation
  C. Team development
  D. Defect repair
  D. Defect repair