PgMP : Program Management Professional : Part 03

PgMP : Program Management Professional : Part 03

1. You are the program manager for your organization. You are examining the order of the activities in your program schedule and would like to change some of the ordering to alleviate scheduling conflicts, risks, and based on your experience with the discipline the program uses. Some of the activities you can rearrange while some of the activities must be completed in a particular order. What term describes the activities that can happen in any order?

   • Finish on constraints
   • Discretionary dependencies
   • Mandatory dependencies
   • Benefits management dependencies

2. You are the program manager for your organization and are planning the roles and responsibilities in your program. You would like to create a RACI chart for the program work. What does RACI mean?

   • It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, consult, and inform responsibilities as the chart legend.
   • It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, action, consult, and interest responsibilities as the chart legend.
   • It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses resource, action, contribute, inform responsibilities as the chart legend.
   • It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, contribute, and inform responsibilities as the chart legend.

3. 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?

   • Quality assurance
   • Scope verification
   • Quality control
   • Process improvement

4. You are the program manager for your company and are monitoring and controlling several aspects of your program. You want to make certain that you’re including all areas that need to be monitored and controlled. Which one of the following is not something you’ll have to monitor and control as a program manager?

   • Materials required by the program
   • Equipment your program uses
   • Susan the application developer in your program
   • Stakeholder identification

5. 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?

   • $978,445
   • $919,325
   • $991,667
   • $987,544

6. 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 by this time, but due to some vendor delays your program is running just a bit late. Based on this information which is performing worse, the cost or schedule?

   • The schedule is performing worse because the SPI is .90
   • The cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111.
   • The schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500.
   • The cost is performing worse because the CPI is .96.

7. Which of the following is not a template element that is designed to make the project more effective?

   • Description of the work packages
   • Required resources and skills
   • Required actions to complete the project scope
   • Contract file

8. You are coaching Tammy, a project manager in your program, on the benefits of program management. She is stumped as to why you would create a program so you’re sharing with her all the difference benefits of a program. Which one of the following is a benefit of creating a program?

   • Programs always cost less than multiple projects in an organization.
   • Project management is centralized to the program manager.
   • Programs provide centralized risk management.
   • Program management makes communication easier among the project managers and project team.

9. 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?

   • Physiological
   • Safety
   • Self actualization
   • Esteem

10. Your program exists within a matrix structure. Your program has eight projects that all share resources from around the organization. You are concerned that some of the project team members may be over allocated and want to create a chart that will reflect the utilization of resources. What kind of chart can show the utilization of project team members used in your program?

    • Resource network diagram
    • Resource breakdown structure
    • Resource histogram
    • Pareto chart

11. 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?

    • Lead time
    • Crashing
    • Lag time
    • Fast tracking

12. Which of the following statements is the most accurate when it comes to program change requests for the program scope?

    • The change request must not affect the schedule.
    • The change request must not affect the overall cost.
    • The quality of the program must not be affected by the change request.
    • The change request must be documented.

13. You are identifying stakeholders for your program to create new software for your organization. The software will affect the ordering by the customer, the manufacturing of the product, inventory, and account management. Sarah, a key stakeholder in your program, is skeptical of one application affecting so many parts of the organization. She prefers that several applications be created instead of the approach your program will take. In stakeholder identification how would you categorize Sarah?

    • Active
    • Negative
    • Positive
    • Passive

14. Marty is the project manager of the recently completed NHK Project. The project was deemed successful by the project customer and they have signed the formal acceptance documentation. Marty has written the final project report, released the project team, and completed the lessons learned documentation. What else should Marty do in the closure of the NHK Project?

    • Summarize the project variance.
    • Archive the project records.
    • Summarize the project risks costs.
    • Close the project office.

15. Which of the following statements is most accurate about the critical path?

    • The critical path is always one path that shows the project duration.
    • The critical path has no float.
    • The critical path is the longest path because it has the most activities.
    • The critical path reveals which path has the most risk of failure.

16. You are the program manager for the BHN Program. Your program has 122 stakeholders that you’ll need to plan to communicate with. Considering the size of the program how many communication channels do you have in this program?

    • 244
    • 122
    • 14,884
    • 7,381

17. You are the program manager of the HNG Program. This program has a budget at completion of $2,345,900 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently 30 percent complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you’re slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, what is the schedule variance (SV) of this program?

    • -$85,230
    • $821,065
    • -$284,100
    • -$117,295

18. Which of the following documents provides the mandate to execute the program within a certain timeline and also presents milestones for the delivery of products or incremental benefits?

    • Program architecture baseline
    • Program risk register
    • Program WBS
    • Program charter

19. In which of the following processes is the program charter created?

    • Establish Program Financial Framework
    • Plan Program Scope
    • Initiate Program
    • Develop Program Management Plan

20. You are the program manager of the HNG Program. This program has a budget at completion of $2,345,900 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently 30 percent complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you’re slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, how many pennies is the program losing per dollar invested in the program work?

    • 17
    • 11
    • 15
    • 14