PFMP Exam Questions

An organization has recently made changes to its organizational strategy. Which portfolio changes are most likely to result from this strategy change?

A portfolio manager is developing an initial list of portfolio components that need to be proposed to the governance board for approval of prioritization. An output of the process...

An organization whose previous components have been historically over budget by a significant amount has hired a portfolio manager to develop a charter for a new portfolio. The por...

The CEO of an organization has requested a meeting with the portfolio manager to discuss the overall risks in achieving the portfolio objectives. Which information would be most be...

A portfolio manager discovers a serious, unanticipated issue in the area of portfolio performance, and an urgent decision is required to resolve the issue. Which action should the...

A portfolio manager has begun work on a new portfolio and is developing the portfolio strategic plan. The organization has a low risk tolerance, and the business strategy is focuse...

When used as one option to select and rank portfolio components, the balanced scorecard approach is primarily based on:

A portfolio manager is gathering data from one of the approved portfolio components and requests that senior stakeholders in governance roles analyze the risks and benefits associa...

A portfolio manager is asked to expand a portfolio. However, executives have been adding new projects to the portfolio that do not align strategically. This negatively impacts exis...

When assessing a portfolio's level of risk, which organizational levels should a portfolio manager focus on for input?

The CEO of an organization has requested that the portfolio manager establish a new portfolio focused on enterprise projects designed to improve revenue growth from a historical le...

An active portfolio's performance is being reviewed in a portfolio governance meeting in a large organization. A key stakeholder expresses a desire to know how a program within the...

A portfolio manager is working for an organization that has only loosely defined its goals and objectives. After interviewing several members of top management, the portfolio manag...

A portfolio manager is developing an initial list of portfolio components that need to be proposed to the governance board for approval of prioritization. Which type of analysis sh...

During the development of the portfolio communication management plan, the portfolio manager wants to build a communication plan for the portfolio stakeholders. Which items are nee...

A group of stakeholders complains to the portfolio manager that too much information is being distributed, some of which is redundant. In order to meet their expectations, the port...

After receiving a regular resource utilization report, the portfolio manager has identified two portfolio components that are competing for the same key resource. The unavailabilit...

A portfolio sponsor has asked the portfolio manager to include an important project in the portfolio. Which type of analysis should the portfolio manager perform first?

An organization has been able to achieve consensus on its strategic goals, but has not agreed internally on how these goals should be met or whether the current activities are alig...

Which factors are most useful in establishing the priority for components in a portfolio?

When we talk about portfolios, programs and projects, it is inevitable to mention the business value which is the sum of tangible and intangible assets of an organization, also kno...

Stakeholders have complained to you that they are receiving redundant information and they prefer that you fix the issue promptly as it is time consuming for them. What is your bes...

You have just finished a major checkpoint in your portfolio and the portfolio has to undergo several changes in order to re-align with the strategies. One component of your portfol...

When developing the charter, you will use multiple inputs and documents of which the portfolio Strategic Plan is one. How is the strategic plan used in this case?

When we talk about portfolios, programs and projects, it is inevitable to mention the business value which is the sum of tangible and intangible assets of an organization, also kno...

Companies adopt project, program and portfolio management practices to enable the realization of business value and the achievement of strategies and objectives. In order to advanc...

Some of your Stakeholders reported to you that they are not receiving status reports and other regular information on the Portfolio progress. This has caused a big issue with the g...

Along your portfolio lifecycle, you have been conducting multiple review meetings to ensure continuation from one phase to another and to ensure the alignment and value delivery, i...

You have been assigned as the manager for a major transformation portfolio in your company. You have a new direction in sight and you need to work with the team to attain the end g...

You are a portfolio manager for a company with volatile market conditions and continuous strategic changes. It is always important for you to use methods such as simu-lation techni...

Your portfolio management team is a bit confused about the order of steps to follow when defining a portfolio. They have been having debates and they came to you asking for the cor...

You are the manager for a governmental portfolio aiming to restructure the roads in your country. Having a tight schedule, a large number of stakeholders including the public, in a...

During the portfolio lifecycle, you will be using the roadmap a lot and you be using it to report progress to different stakeholders. When it comes to portfolio roadmap, which of t...

As a result of optimization, one of the components was deemed necessary to be terminated. One of the executive managers found about this and called you telling you that you should...

One of the key stakeholders came to you asking you to add more metrics because she thinks that it would give the portfolio management a better view of the actual progress. For her...

One of the junior portfolio managers learned that she needs to perform organizational structure analysis as part of the portfolio management plan development. She does not understa...

In order to guide the work and correctly manage the portfolio, one of the major documents to be prepared is the Portfolio Management Plan acting as guideline for portfolio manageme...

A new sponsor was appointed by the company in order to push more on the investments underway. The new sponsor wants detailed information on time and money and wants to get things d...

In managing strategic change, the portfolio manager performs stakeholder analysis in order to consider the changing requirements. One of the key stakeholders expressed concerns abo...

You are managing a large construction portfolio. Recently, and due to budget cuts, you have been having resources issues on multiple initiatives and has been struggling with mainta...

Due to market technological changes, your company got impacted and was urged to revise its portfolios. You are currently revising your portfolio to determine the required changes i...

Portfolio Governance Model is developed as part of the Portfolio management plan and defines the way the organizational assets and resources are planned to be managed within the po...

You are mid-way through your portfolio and you are approaching a major milestone where multiple components will be authorized for execution and implementation. For informed decisio...

In a portfolio, data is an abundant asset, and managing the information aiming for a a better decision making is critical. For this you use a variety of Quantitative and Qualitativ...

A portfolio includes a lot of independent components with the same strategic aim. As a portfolio manager you will need to preare a qualified list of components to be used to reach...

Communication is one of the largest activities that the portfolio manager does along the portfolio lifecycle. As an experienced portfolio manager, you know that communication and i...

While performing the manage supply and demand process, one of your sub-portfolio managers came to you asking advice on how to analyze intangible assets such as resources knowledge...

The sponsor came to you asking for a high level timeline to depict the approach that you will take to execute this portfolio. What tools and techniques is useful in your case?

A portfolio manager needs to continuously balance the need and requirements with the available resources and needs to maintain a balanced portfolio and portfolio resources in order...

One of the stakeholders of one of your components came to you complaining that his manager is not receiving specific information on multiple components progress. What is your best...