PGMP Practice Questions
582 real PGMP exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 9 of 12.
- Question #402Program Risk Management
An unforeseen geopolitical risk impacts a program to establish a company's operations abroad. Stakeholders now want to establish a risk response team to define a mitigation plan. U...
Program Risk ManagementRisk AssessmentRisk Severity MatrixContinuous Improvement - Question #403Program Life Cycle Management
A global financial system is being delivered by the program team to allow access from anywhere in the world. Following a new cross-border regulation applying to privacy of local ba...
Change ManagementImpact AssessmentProgram GovernanceRisk Management - Question #404Program Life Cycle Management
A program is completed and the expected benefits are realized. Before executing the transition and closing of the program, what should the program manager do?
Program ClosureArchivingLessons LearnedProgram Lifecycle - Question #405Benefits Management
A program manager is concerned that a program will be unable to achieve its intended benefits. How should the program manager handle this concern?
Benefits RealizationProgram GovernanceCritical Success Factors - Question #406Program Benefits Management
A program to implement a new payroll processing system at a healthcare company is nearing completion and is under budget. What should the program manager do next?
Benefit RealizationStrategic Value DeliveryProgram ClosureProgram Manager Responsibilities - Question #407Program Governance
A multiyear program is ready to conclude. It has achieved all business objectives and is delivering its intended benefits. However, the program sponsor is not willing to sign the f...
Program ClosureProgram GovernanceEscalationStakeholder Management - Question #408Portfolio Management Fundamentals
How does a portfolio's collection of work differ from that of a program's collection of work?
Portfolio DefinitionProgram DefinitionPortfolio vs ProgramComponent Relationships - Question #409Benefits Management
A new program manager joins a multi-year program that has been underway for almost a year. During interviews, several stakeholders state that they do not understand how the program...
Benefits ManagementStakeholder ManagementProgram ValueProgram Documentation - Question #410Program Performance Domain
The program sponsor requests a weekly performance report. The tools and techniques to monitor and control program performance include which of the following?
Program Performance ManagementMonitoring & ControllingProgram Control TechniquesBenefit Realization - Question #411Program Life Cycle Management
A new program is comprised of four component projects. The program manager must assign project managers to each of the four projects. There are eight potential project managers to...
Resource ManagementTalent ManagementProgram PlanningProject Manager Selection - Question #412Program Life Cycle Management
The chief executive officer reminds a program manager that a program must deliver a 30% reduction in customer complaints by the end of the year. Where is this expectation documente...
Program Quality ManagementQuality ObjectivesProgram DocumentationCustomer Satisfaction - Question #413Strategic Program Management
A two-year program is coming to an end. Many of the initial governance board members have moved from their current posts of left the company. Several new members have joined, but h...
Program GovernanceStakeholder EngagementStrategic AlignmentBenefits Management - Question #414Benefits Management
A program manager is working with the sponsor, stakeholders, and steering committee to formulate a program's benefits sustainment and transition plan. What should the program manag...
Benefits SustainmentBenefits Management PlanPerformance MeasurementProgram Transition - Question #415Strategic Program Management
The program manager must define the program and understand the organization's target market and customer needs. What should the program manager do first?
Program DefinitionTarget Market AnalysisProgram InitiationStakeholder Collaboration - Question #416Stakeholder Engagement
A program manager notices that one project manager tends to withdraw during important team discussions to avoid conflict. What technique could the program manager use to gain more...
Team LeadershipCommunication StrategiesConflict ManagementStakeholder Engagement - Question #417Program Governance
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...
Program GovernanceStrategic AlignmentProgram InitiationRisk Governance - Question #418Program Governance
An organization requests that a junior project manager, with no previous experience or training in the industry, take over a complex program component. The program component involv...
EthicsProfessional ResponsibilityCompetenceAssignment Acceptance - Question #419Benefits Management
Program A is dependent upon program B to complete benefits sustainment for two benefits. Program A is on track to meet program benefits. However, program B's program manager has ju...
Benefits ManagementBenefits SustainmentProgram DependenciesProgram Closure Impact - Question #420Program Life Cycle Management
What actions are taken in the process of developing and maintaining a program risk register?
Program Risk ManagementRisk RegisterRisk OwnershipRisk Response - Question #421Program Life Cycle Management
A hotel chain initiates a program to expand meeting offerings to include telecommunications technology and virtual meetings. The program has component projects, each of which requi...
Resource ManagementProgram SchedulingResource LevelingConstraint Management - Question #422Program Life Cycle Management
An aircraft manufacturer is engaged by an airline to build a fleet of new airliners. The program charter has been approved, but the stakeholders are concerned that the delivery met...
Program PlanningProgram ScopeProgram BenefitsStakeholder Expectations - Question #423Program Performance Management
A program experiences issues during execution. The stakeholders are concerned and the program manager feels pressure to act on these issues. What tool should be used to trigger a p...
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)Program Performance ManagementPerformance MonitoringCorrective Action Triggers - Question #424Program Governance
The program manager defines the program objectives, requirements, and develops a high-level road map. To ensure program alignment with the enterprise strategic plan, the program ma...
Program GovernanceStrategic AlignmentProgram Manager Responsibilities - Question #425Program Stakeholder Engagement
A company is releasing a new product geared toward a specific geographic area. The program manager has received the program objectives and developed the program roadmap, which cons...
Program Life CycleStakeholder ManagementProgram Definition PhaseProgram Sponsor - Question #426Program Resource Management
A project is assigned to a qualified project manager by the program manager. The client rejects the project manager due to a lack of proper qualifications to manage such a project....
Program Resource ManagementCompetency AssessmentStakeholder ManagementIssue Resolution - Question #427Benefits Management
A program manager concurrently implements a software program at four client locations. The client's objective is to maintain quality while shortening the software implementation ti...
Benefits ManagementBenefits RegisterMetrics and KPIsProgram Performance Measurement - Question #428Program Life Cycle - Closing Activities
A three-year program using vendor contracts, incorporating related projects, and each with specific stakeholders is coming to an end. What should be completed first to close all ap...
Program ClosureContract ManagementProcurement ClosureAdministrative Closure - Question #429Program Risk Management
A natural disaster shuts down operations for two days. The program has a major milestone that includes a timed payment of US$1 million. Since the shutdown was not anticipated, what...
Risk ManagementIssue ManagementImpact AnalysisProgram Response - Question #430Governance
The above performance report shows the earned value (EV) analysis for a program. The program director performs a high-level analysis and must present a summary narrative to the ste...
Earned Value Management (EVM)Performance ReportingProgram GovernanceVariance Analysis - Question #431Program Strategy Alignment
A program manager learns that their company's organizational strategy has changed. This change impacts one component project of a program, misaligning it with both the program obje...
Strategic AlignmentProgram GovernanceProgram Benefits ManagementChange Management - Question #432Program Life Cycle Management
An ice cream company wants to introduce a new flavor to a new market. The executive sponsor requests a sampling for the test market and the sample group provides negative feedback....
Lessons LearnedPMISHistorical DataProgram Knowledge Management - Question #433Stakeholder Engagement
A large automaker begins a program to create the next-generation car. As the program team is composed, key stakeholders are identified. Key stakeholders for the program should incl...
Stakeholder IdentificationProgram ManagementStakeholder EngagementProgram Governance - Question #434Program Life Cycle Management
An R&D group director approves a major program's charter. Although the director has a high level of understanding of the program's scope, they are unsure of how the program manager...
Program MilestonesStakeholder AlignmentProgram PlanningProgress Monitoring - Question #435Program Benefits Management
A component project of a multiyear program delivers all expected products and services as anticipated. The component project manager obtains approvals from the stakeholders and tra...
Program ClosureBenefit RealizationComponent Project ManagementProgram Governance - Question #436Program Life Cycle
An organization is embarking on a new program aligned with its strategic objectives. The new program has a high level of risk due to the rapidly changing technical landscape in whi...
Program PlanningKnowledge ManagementOrganizational Process AssetsLessons Learned - Question #437Stakeholder Engagement
The program manager wants to increase the team's commitment to the program objectives. The program manager should do which of the following?
Team CommitmentStakeholder EngagementCollaborationProgram Leadership - Question #438Program Strategy Alignment
A program manager has four projects pending approval. Senior management asks the program manager to identify a project for potential elimination based on the return on investment....
Return on Investment (ROI)Financial AnalysisProject PrioritizationStrategic Alignment - Question #439Program Life Cycle Management
In preparation for the development and submission of the program master schedule to a client, the program manager meets with the component project manager and master program schedu...
Program ScheduleWork Breakdown Structure (WBS)Program PlanningScope Definition - Question #440Program Governance
A program manager has a multiple-project program that is scheduled to be completed by year's end. During the program delivery phases of the projects, several mandatory changes are...
Program Change ManagementProgram Schedule ManagementProgram GovernanceProgram Baselines - Question #441Program Delivery Performance Domain
During the program execution stage, the component project manager responsible for testing estimates that budgeted hours may exceed 200 hours. What should the program manager do?
Program executionResource optimizationResource rebalancingProgram control - Question #442Program Life Cycle Management
An organization must accelerate a product to market. The program manager completes the preliminary program steps and holds a kick-off meeting. Project managers submit their prelimi...
Program PlanningSchedule AlignmentComponent CoordinationStakeholder Collaboration - Question #443Program Life Cycle Management
The program director of a four-year program, estimated to require 600,000 person-days effort, notices that team morale has decreased over the last three months. The program is at a...
Program Performance MetricsTeam Morale MonitoringQuality ManagementProgram Monitoring & Control - Question #444Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholders ask the program manager to assess reasons for the project's delay and provide a report. Also, the program manager must identify steps to be taken to ensure the program...
Communications ManagementProgram PlanningInformation DistributionStakeholder Communication - Question #445Program Life Cycle Management
After taking over a program, a program manager reviews the program's status and discovers that stakeholders do not know how the program is performing in relation to schedule and co...
Earned Value Management (EVM)Cost Variance (CV)Program Performance MeasurementProgram Monitoring and Control - Question #446Program Life Cycle
A program manager is identifying and verifying risks as outlined in the risk management plan. The results will be recorded in which of the following?
Risk ManagementRisk RegisterProgram DocumentationProgram Lifecycle - Question #447Program Life Cycle Management
While setting up a program's infrastructure and plan, a program management team develops documents and processes that provide commonality and consistency throughout the program's c...
Program PlanningProgram InfrastructureProgram Work Breakdown Structure (PWBS)Program Life Cycle - Question #448Program Governance
A program is near completion and the benefits will be delivered shortly. The program manager prepares to initiate program closeout activities to release the program resources. Befo...
Program CloseoutProgram GovernanceSponsor ApprovalFormal Closure - Question #449Program Life Cycle Management
A program is developing a next-generation product line, and one component has been delivered. However, due to a change request, expectations for another component are unmet. What a...
Program executionComponent managementIssue resolutionDelivery management - Question #450Program Governance
The customer of a three-year program does not want to receive any intermediate details on the program. The program appears to be in trouble and the customer is concerned about a ne...
Earned Value Management (EVM)Cost Performance Index (CPI)Program Performance ReportingStakeholder Communication - Question #451Stakeholder Engagement
A component project manager escalates an issue regarding a key stakeholder to the program manager. The key stakeholder does not respond to emails or phone calls, and the project ma...
Stakeholder EngagementCommunication ManagementIssue ResolutionProgram Manager Responsibilities