PgMP : Program Management Professional : Part 13

PgMP : Program Management Professional : Part 13

1. During the selection of source process, you assign certain points towards various categories to judge the vendors. Which type of source selection process is it?

   • Benefit-cost analysis
   • Screening system
   • Weighting system
   • Preferred vendor list

2. 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?

   • Scope control
   • Defect repair validation
   • Team development
   • Defect repair

3. A wild life protection organization opposes your program, which involves the cutting of around 200 trees to make way for the construction of a building. Which of the following correctly defines the organization in program management terminology?

   • Negative stakeholder
   • Positive stakeholder
   • Key stakeholder
   • Hurdle stakeholder

4. Who owns the program?

   • Program manager
   • Project manager
   • Program director
   • Program sponsor

5. Which of the following contract types is described in the statement below?

   “The seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work, and receives a fixed payment calculated as a percentage for the initial estimated project costs.”

   • Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contracts (CPFF)
   • Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contracts (FPIF)
   • Firm Fixed Price Contracts (FFP)
   • Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contracts (CPIF)

6. According to Standard for Program Management, Second Edition, how many knowledge areas are involved for program management?

   • 7
   • 5
   • 9
   • 11

7. Which of the following documents describes the details for each component in the WBS?

   • WBS detail
   • Risk register
   • Risk register
   • Project charter

8. Which of the following risk response planning techniques is associated with threats and seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence, or impact of risk below an acceptable threshold?

   • Risk avoidance
   • Risk transference
   • Risk mitigation
   • Risk acceptance

9. Which of the following plans should a project manager implement if a selected risk strategy fails to be fully effective?

   • Fallback plan
   • Risk response plan
   • Mitigation management plan
   • Mitigation plan

10. On which of the following documents you work throughout the risk management processes?

    • Risk management plan
    • Project management plan
    • Risk register
    • Project charter

11. Small changes that bypass the organization’s change control procedures are called ____.

    • Scope creep
    • Lag
    • Scope fault
    • Gold plating

12. Which of the following documents is described in the statement below?

    “It is a type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.”

    • Request for information
    • Request for quote
    • Request for proposal
    • Request for bid

13. What does RACI stand for?

    • Responsible, Account, Confirm, Inform
    • Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform
    • Roles, Accountable, Confirm, Inform
    • Roles, Action, Consult, Inform

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

    • The Pareto chart
    • The Delphi technique
    • The Monte Carlo simulation
    • The Gantt chart

15. The ____ quality assurance technique ensures continuous improvement of all processes.

    • Just-in-time management
    • Ishikawa
    • Six Sigma
    • Kaizen

16. Which of the following represents the duration of activities against a calendar?

    • Pie chart
    • Scatter chart
    • Gantt chart
    • Pareto chart

17. ____ is the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.

    • Scope
    • Project phase
    • Regulation
    • Quality

18. What does CPI value less than 1.0 indicates?

    • Cost overrun for work completed
    • Scheduled performance is great
    • Cost underrun of performance to date
    • Cost for completed work is as per estimate

19. When is the lessons learned document updated?

    • At closing phase
    • At planning phase
    • Throughout the project lifecycle
    • At execution phase

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

    • The risk register
    • The company’s organizational process assets
    • The program’s performance record
    • The program charter