Get Certified: Proven Methods to Pass the PMI PgMP Exam

Questions 31

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 program management process identifies the program sponsor?

Options:

Pre-program setup phase

Authorization of program processes and projects

Initiate program process

Initiation of the program management team

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Questions 32

Which one of the following is NOT a component of the risk monitoring and controlling process?

Options:

Executing risk response plans

Completing quantitative risk analysis

Tracking identified risks

Determining if new risks have developed

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Questions 33

You are the program manager for the HNY Corporation and you complete programs for other companies in your role. You have just been assigned a new program that is very similar to a recently completed program you did for your company. Management has asked you to create a cost estimate for the program so you base your current cost estimate on the recently finished program. What type of estimating technique have you used in this instance?

Options:

Bottom-up

Parametric

Analogous

Rough order of magnitude

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Questions 34

A program receives initial approval from the selection committee to proceed with the program development. What should the program manager do next?

Options:

Define the program architecture and assign the benefits realization to the component projects.

Complete the program setup to establish a firm foundation of support and approval for the program.

Analyze lessons learned and historical information to validate the program’s expected outcomes.

Continue to develop the high-level program road map.

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Questions 35

Program management has several themes that the program manager must be aware of. Which one of the following is not a program management theme?

Options:

Benefit management

Stakeholder management

Program governance

Organizational planning

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Questions 36

A program with objectives that impact a large segment of the population receives negative commentary from organizations representing the public interest.

What action should the program manager take first?

Options:

Rework the stakeholder engagement plan to foster better relationships with the affected stakeholder groups.

Review the stakeholder register to determine the ability of the affected stakeholder group(s) to affect program outcomes.

Assess the risk of sustained negative media coverage.

Discuss the issues with the governance board to determine next steps.

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Questions 37

External resources are required for a program. The program manager receives bids from multiple vendors and

presents the top vendor to the program governance board. One program governance board member asks the program manager to select a vendor that was dismissed early in the selection process because they were not on the approved vendor list. The program manager learns that this program governance board member has a personal connection to this vendor.

What should the program manager do?

Options:

Add the vendor to the approved list

Report an ethics violation

Agree to engage the vendor due to the program governance board member's program influence

Initiate a new vendor selection bid process

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Questions 38

Near the end of an ongoing project, the program manager is terminated due to underperformance and a new program manager joins the team. The program's last component project will go live in one week.

What must the new program manager do before program closure?

Options:

Review the benefits management plan to ensure that the first component project launched met stakeholder expectations.

Ask the program steering committee to allow program closure to start immediately following the launch of the last component project.

Begin to collect lessons learned from all stakeholders, and prepare mitigation strategies in advance of the last component project's launch.

Work with the program sponsor to identify who is responsible for benefits sustainment, and identify measures from the benefits management plan to measure success.

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Questions 39

A critical program for a company fails to delivers its intended benefits. The CEO and program sponsor are both held accountable and, ultimately, their employment is terminated by the board of directors.

What should the program manager do before formally closing the program?