PGMP Exam Questions

As a program manager you must also understand the project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle. What is the difference between the two?

You are a program manager for your organization. You have proposed a program to the management that will last four years and will cost $35 million to create. Management has asked t...

Two project managers in your program, Marcy and Mary, are not agreeing with the scheduling of project resources and they have asked for your help to determine the resolution. They...

You are the program manager of the BHG Program. One of the projects in your program will be using new materials that are somewhat untested. You are worried that there may be delays...

You are the program manager for your company and evaluating the sellers to determine the seller to buy from. In your analysis you've created a histogram to display the pros and con...

You are the program manager for your organization. Management has asked you to create a method to track the program stakeholders' concerns, threats, and demands for communication....

What is the present value of a program that will be worth $3,567,000 if it lasts for six years and the rate of return is five percent?

Your program has been selected and its program charter is now being created. The program charter defines all of the following characteristics except for which one?

Your program has 121 stakeholders that you'll need to communicate with. Your communications management plan defines how the communication should happen, what should be communicated...

What percentage of communication is nonverbal?

You are the program manager of the YGH Program. A vendor has recently completed his contracted work for your program. You agree that the vendor has completed the procured work so w...

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...

You are the program manager for your organization. You and your program team have been creating and transferring the program benefits to operations as feasible in your program exec...

Which of the following is responsible to sign off on the closure documents of a project?

You are the program manager for your organization. Your program has a budget of $750,000 and is expected to last one year. The program is currently 30 percent complete and has spen...

You are the program manager of the NHQ Program for your organization. Your program has 14 constituent projects that are all creating benefits and deliverables for your program. You...

You are the program manager for the SRQ Program. You have rejected several change requests for the program scope. What must you do with the rejected change requests?

You are the program manager for your organization. You have created a program that will create things for the organization throughout the program not only at program closure. All o...

Joan is the program manager for her organization. Management has asked her to create a centralized reporting system to capture information on program work, risks, changes, benefits...

When a change enters your program requirements you must update all of the following documents except for which one?

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...

You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program, which has just been initiated, needs to launch several projects in order to create all of the benefits of t...

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 ye...

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 tea...

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 prod...

Mike is the program manager of the NHQ Program. Mike and a vendor are in disagreement over the deliverable the vendor has created for Mike's program. Mike does not believe the vend...

Robert is the program manager of the NHQ Program. His team has never worked with one another before this program and he is worried about their abilities to become a team in very sh...

Who prepares the statement of work (SOW) for external projects?

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

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...

What component of the change management system is responsible for evaluating, testing, and documenting changes created to the project scope?

You are the program manager for your organization. Management has asked you to create a document that will capture the stakeholders concerns, perceived threats, and specific object...

You are the project manager for your organization and are working with the project stakeholders and the business analyst to define all of the deliverables the project is to create....

You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program is to create a new recreational facility in your city. Franklin, the Chief Executive Officer, is concerned a...

You are the project manager for your organization. Your project team has finished the second phase of a seven-phase project. At the end of each phase, management must review the wo...

You are the program manager for your organization and you are preparing to launch several constituent projects within your program. You need to ensure that each project manager is...

Where are negative risks recorded?

A program has a BAC of $1,750,000 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently at the third milestone which represents 35 percent of the program work. As it happens,...

You are program manager for the HYH Program. Your program governance is requiring you to use earned value management to predict how closely your program is tracking to the cost and...

You are the program manager for your organization. You're currently creating an accountability matrix starting with yourself, the program manager and the program sponsor. What prog...

Olive is the program manager for her organization. She has created a request for proposal for a large portion of her program. In this work to be procured she has set several requir...

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 th...

You are the program manager for your organization and you're dealing with several issues about the materials used in the program. Right now, the issues have been assigned to issue...

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...

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...

You are the program manager of the GHY Program in your organization. It has come to your attention that some of the project managers in your program are adding time to each project...

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...

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 complet...

You are the program manager for your organization. Management is considering a new program but they are worried about the program risks that may affect the program success. You kno...

A knowledge area defines a subset of program management and its processes within that domain. For example, the knowledge area of quality management includes the processes related d...