PMI PGMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PGMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 221:

  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
  C. 3

• Question 222:

  You are the program manager of the OFE Program. You are working with your program team and project managers to ensure that there is consistency in the execution of the program plan. You stress that the work has been planned and now the team must accurately complete the work. You want to ensure that the work is done correctly the first time in the program. What type of process are you stressing to your program team and project managers?

  A. Quality assurance
  B. Scope verification
  C. Quality control
  D. Process improvement
  A. Quality assurance

• Question 223:

  Performing quality assurance in a program can result in which one of the following?

  A. Quality control execution
  B. Scope fulfillment
  C. Quality management plan
  D. Change requests
  A. Quality control execution

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• Question 224:

  You are the program manager for your organization and are working on gathering the requirements for a new solution and mission statement. There are several instances in the stakeholder pool where the stakeholders and their manager are being queried on possible requirements. You worry that the subordinates may have requirements, ideas, and suggestions to offer but they may be not submitting their thoughts because they do not want to contradict their managers. You believe you need a method to gather all requirements without the stakeholders having any fear of retribution. Which one of the following allows you to anonymously gather iterations requirements and still allow all stakeholders to review what has been submitted in an attempt to find consensus?

  A. Delphi Technique
  B. Focus groups
  C. Web surveys
  D. Workshops
  A. Delphi Technique

• Question 225:

  You are the program manager for your organization. Your program will create a new condominium in your community. There are several concerns about the condos including the timing, the local economy, the environment, and the proposed schedule. You and your team are creating the program management plan to address these concerns along with identifying the constituent projects that will build the structures and deliverables. What group will need to review your program plan to approve the plan before you may proceed in the work?

  A. The local government
  B. The change control board
  C. The stakeholders
  D. The program board
  D. The program board

• Question 226:

  You are the program manager for your organization. Management would like to consider the present value for your program. If your program is predicted to be worth $450,000 in two years what is the present value of the program if the interest rate is six percent?

  A. $400,498
  B. $521,345
  C. $505,620
  D. $385,450
  A. $400,498

• Question 227:

  Part of program management is to identify what motivates your program team members. If you subscribe to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which need is at the top of the hierarchy?

  A. Physiological
  B. Safety
  C. Self actualization
  D. Esteem
  C. Self actualization

• Question 228:

  The chief executive officer (CEO) informs the program manager that the delivery date for project A must be compressed by two months to accommodate market needs. Project A relies upon deliverables from projects B and C. Which of the following should the program manager do first?

  A. Direct the three project managers to crash their projects, to allow project A the two months of scheduling needed.
  B. Review the program resource management plan with the three project managers emphasizing their critical paths and shared critical resources to understand the possibility of accelerating the schedule.
  C. Convene the change board to evaluate the cost/benefit of the compression and the impact on the overall program.
  D. Engage the executive sponsor and program board to evaluate the CEO's request and determine if the project manager should act on it.
  B. Review the program resource management plan with the three project managers emphasizing their critical paths and shared critical resources to understand the possibility of accelerating the schedule.

• Question 229:

  A design and production company's program comprises the design and manufacture of complex parts. During the yearly strategy alignment meeting, the program manager notices that a peer program manager started a project to develop a new manufacturing technology to further reduce operations costs.

  What should the program manager do to incorporate this new technology into the program?

  A. Work with the project managers to update the program's risk register by evaluating this new technology's ROI.
  B. Incorporate the new benefit to be obtained from this technology into the program's transition plan.
  C. Analyze the benefits management plan to determine any new risks this new technology may introduce.
  D. Update the benefits management plan with an analysis of the new technology's potential benefits.
  C. Analyze the benefits management plan to determine any new risks this new technology may introduce.

• Question 230:

  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
  A. -$27,500