PMI PGMP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PGMP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  During program execution, a program manager receives feedback from an executive sponsor that some program stakeholders may not understand the intended benefits of the program.

  Which will provide the greatest value to clarify stakeholder perceptions?

  A. Performing a stakeholder analysis
  B. Updating the stakeholder communications requirements
  C. Redistributing the benefits management plan
  D. Redistributing the program charter
  B. Updating the stakeholder communications requirements

• Question 242:

  Which of the following information gathering techniques is described in the statement below?

  "Project risk experts participate in this technique anonymously. A facilitator uses a Questionnaires to solicit ideas about the important project risks. The responses are summarized are then recirculated to the experts for further comment."

  A. Brainstorming
  B. SWOT analysis
  C. Checklist analysis
  D. Delphi technique
  D. Delphi technique

• Question 243:

  What analysis type could you use in a program to compare the positive stakeholders and their position, power, and influence over your program to the same variable components of the negative stakeholders in your program?

  A. Sensitivity analysis
  B. Stakeholder analysis
  C. Monte Carlo simulation
  D. Force field analysis
  B. Stakeholder analysis

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• Question 244:

  You are the program manager for your organization. Your program team has 43 people that all need to be monitored and controlled. You would like to create a standardized report that you can use to monitor, control, and record the performance of each staff member in your program. What type of report can you create that will help you track your staff and their performance?

  A. Performance reports
  B. Staff variance reports
  C. Exceptions report
  D. Lessons learned
  C. Exceptions report

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• Question 245:

  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
  B. Identify and quantify business benefits of the program

• Question 246:

  Robert's program is slipping on its schedule and management has asked that Robert find a method to compress the duration of the program. What approach could Robert take that would not dramatically add risks to program if he added labor to the effort-driven activities within the program?

  A. Lead time
  B. Crashing
  C. Lag time
  D. Fast tracking
  B. Crashing

• Question 247:

  A critical program for a company fails to delivers its intended benefits. The CEO and program sponsor are both held accountable and, ultimately, their employment is terminated by the board of directors. What should the program manager do before formally closing the program?

  A. Update the benefits register.
  B. Establish a program management information system (PMIS).
  C. Share lessons learned with all program team members.
  D. Transfer all program documentation to the deputy program manager.
  C. Share lessons learned with all program team members.

• Question 248:

  A company is building a global monitoring network in 40 countries. The program completes the planning phase and a review is conducted of the program components' strategic alignment with the intended program and company goals. The review identifies issues that should be resolved to improve program progress. One of the issues identified is the lack of incorporation of both software and configuration management tools.

  Which of the following must be addressed?

  A. Program performance monitoring and controlling
  B. Program management information system (PMIS)
  C. Program delivery management
  D. Program roadmap
  B. Program management information system (PMIS)

• Question 249:

  How does a portfolio's collection of work differ from that of a program's collection of work?

  A. Outcomes are interdependent
  B. Benefits are achieved only when managed collectively
  C. Components may be independent
  D. Outcomes are time bound
  C. Components may be independent

• Question 250:

  To increase its presence and promote its products and services in new markets, a company begins to implement its new business strategy. The company's CEO endorses a new program to promote and support this strategy. However, before the program is formally initiated, this strategy must be aligned with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.

  What should the program manager develop first?

  A. Program's risk threshold
  B. Program risk management plan
  C. Program resource management plan
  D. Program risk and issue governance forum
  A. Program's risk threshold

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