PgMP practice test

1. Question 1 · 1

   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, and the expected modality of the communications. You'll also need which one of the following as an input to the information distribution process in your program?

   Choose one answer.

   • Change requests
   • Earned value management results
   • Stakeholder analysis plan
   • Performance reports

2. Question 2 · 1

   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 and waste because the project team is unaware of how to accurately use these materials. You elect to send the people that will be using the new materials through training on how to complete their project work. You also allow them to purchase some of the materials to experiment on their use before the actual project work is to be done. You want to ensure that mistakes do not enter into the project. What type of action have you provided in this scenario?

   Choose one answer.

   • This is an example of a preventive action.
   • This is an example of team development.
   • This is an example of quality assurance.
   • This is an example of a corrective action.

3. Question 3 · 1

   A risk response in a project in your program has actually caused new risks. What term is assigned to the new risks that a risk response has created?

   Choose one answer.

   • Reactionary risks
   • Chain risks
   • Secondary risks
   • In flux risks

4. Question 4 · 1

   You are the program manager for your organization. You have proposed a program that will cost $750,000 and will last for four years. Management is concerned with the cost of the program in relation to the return your program will bring. If the rate of return is six percent what is the minimum value your project should return in four years based on the investment of the program?

   Choose one answer.

   • $750,000
   • $795,000
   • $750,001
   • $946,857

5. Question 5 · 1

   What quality control chart compares two or more variables over time to determine how closely the variables may be related to one another?

   Choose one answer.

   • Run chart
   • Scatter diagram
   • Control chart
   • Pareto diagram

6. Question 6 · 1

   All of the following are resources that need to be monitored and controlled except for which one?

   Choose one answer.

   • Equipment
   • Staff
   • Quality
   • Facilities

7. Question 7 · 1

   What schedule analysis simulation tool allows you, the project manager, to review possible combinations of events such as optimistic, most likely and pessimistic outcomes for your project?

   Choose one answer.

   • pert
   • gert
   • pmis
   • Monte Carlo

8. Question 8 · 1

   All of the following are resources that you will need to monitor and control in a program environment except for which one?

   Choose one answer.

   • Staff members
   • Contracts
   • Quality
   • Equipment

9. Question 9 · 1

   What cost estimating approach uses the work breakdown structure to create a cost estimate?

   Choose one answer.

   • Analogous
   • Definitive
   • Top down
   • Parametric

10. Question 10 · 1

    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 execution. The process of delivering the program's benefits describes what process in program management?

    Choose one answer.

    • Quality control
    • Benefits management
    • Direct and manage program execution
    • Quality assurance

11. Question 11 · 1

    Ned is the program manager for his organization and he's considering some new materials for his program. He and his team have never worked with these materials before and he wants to ask the vendor for some additional information, a demon, and even some samples. What type of a document should Ned send to the vendor?

    Choose one answer.

    • RFI
    • RFP
    • RFQ
    • IFB

12. Question 12 · 1

    If a program has a budget of completion of $550,000, is 25 percent complete, and has spent $135,000 what is the cost variance (CV)?

    Choose one answer.

    • .99
    • -$2,500
    • $2,500
    • 1.02

13. Question 13 · 1

    Which of the following types of floats are available? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

    Choose all answers that apply.

    • Half float
    • Full float
    • Total float
    • Free float

14. Question 14 · 1

    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?

    Choose one answer.

    • $1,550,850
    • $3,532,000
    • $2,502,750
    • $2,661,750

15. Question 15 · 1

    You are the program manager for your organization and management has asked you to be certain to finalize the lessons learned documentation for your program. When will the lessons learned documentation be created?

    Choose one answer.

    • Lessons learned are in program execution.
    • Lessons learned are created at each program deliverable.
    • Lessons learned are created during the program closure.
    • Lessons learned are created during the program archive.

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