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Question #1
Which of the following statements is most accurate about the critical path?
A. The critical path is always one path that shows the project duration
B. The critical path has no float
C. The critical path is the longest path because it has the most activities
D. The critical path reveals which path has the most risk of failure
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Correct Answer: B

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Question #2
Your program will create new software and install new hardware for your organization. Some of the goals of the program is to improve employee morale, improve customer service, and boost customer satisfaction. These intangible goals need metrics. What program stakeholder is responsible for quantifying these goals?
A. Program customer
B. Program director
C. Program manager
D. Business analyst
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Correct Answer: C
Question #3
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 to see the program charter and the proposed costs and benefits of the program. Management agrees to your program charter and proposed to fund the program in increments at the completion of each milestone. What type of funding does management proposed for this program?
A. Tentative
B. Step funding
C. Milestone approval
D. Phase gate estimating
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Correct Answer: B
Question #4
Management is trying to determine which program to initiate. Each of the potential programs has the possibility of creating an income for each it is in existence. Management would like to consider the present value for each year a program creates a return on investment. What program selection method is management using in this instance?
A. Present value
B. Internal rate of return
C. Time value of money
D. Net present value
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Correct Answer: D
Question #5
Which of the following plans should a project manager implement if a selected risk strategy fails to be fully effective?
A. Fallback plan
B. Risk response plan
C. Mitigation management plan
D. Mitigation plan
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Correct Answer: A
Question #6
Which of the following types of floats are available? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.
A. Half float
B. Full float
C. Total float
D. Free float
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Correct Answer: A
Question #7
You are the program manager for the BHN Program. Your program has 122 stakeholders that you'll need to plan to communicate with. Considering the size of the program how many communication channels do you have in this program?
A. 244
B. 122
C. 14,884
D. 7,381
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Correct Answer: D
Question #8
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 of the following are elements that you may transfer to the organization throughout the program's life cycle except for which one?
A. Benefits
B. Risk management outcomes
C. Program personnel
D. Outputs from team development
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Correct Answer: C
Question #9
Which of the following documents provides the mandate to execute the program within a certain timeline and also presents milestones for the delivery of products or incremental benefits?
A. Program architecture baseline
B. Program risk register
C. Program WBS
D. Program charter
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Correct Answer: D
Question #10
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 short order. He would like to create a team development exercise to facilitate this process. Robert will need all of the following information except for which one to facilitate team development?
A. Risk management plan
B. Program management plan
C. Personnel records
D. Training records
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Correct Answer: A
Question #11
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 the difference benefits of a program. Which one of the following is a benefit of creating a program?
A. Programs always cost less than multiple projects in an organization
B. Project management is centralized to the program manager
C. Programs provide centralized risk management
D. Program management makes communication easier among the project managers and project team
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Correct Answer: C
Question #12
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 complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, what is the schedule variance (SV) of this program?
A. -$85,230
B. $821,065
C. -$284,100
D. -$117,295
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Correct Answer: D
Question #13
All of the following are resources that you will need to monitor and control in a program environment except for which one?
A. Staff members
B. Contracts
C. Quality
D. Equipment
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Correct Answer: B
Question #14
You are the program manager of the JNH Program. Tom, a project manager in your program, has just completed his project and is ready to officially close his project. You agree that Tom's project is completed. What role do you play in Tom's project closure?
A. You must ensure that the project sponsor closes the project
B. You must ensure that that the projects within the program have been closed at the project level
C. You must close the project before operations closes the project
D. You must ensure that the program management team closes the project for the project manager
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Correct Answer: B
Question #15
As a program manager you must also understand the project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle. What is the difference between the two?
A. The project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle are the same thing
B. The project management lifecycle is comprised of the phases initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closin
C. The project lifecycle is comprised of phases that are unique to the project work
D. The project management lifecycle is unique to each project while the project lifecycle is universal to all projects
E. The project management lifecycle is universal to all projects and the project lifecycle is unique to each project
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Correct Answer: D
Question #16
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 does RACI mean?
A. It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, consult, and inform responsibilities as the chart legend
B. It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, action, consult, and interest responsibilities as the chart legend
C. It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses resource, action, contribute, inform responsibilities as the chart legend
D. It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, contribute, and inform responsibilities as the chart legend
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Correct Answer: C
Question #17
Complete the following phrase about quality management: Quality is ____ into a program, not ____ into a program.
A. Built, inspected
B. Planned, inspected
C. Planned, controlled
D. Executed, controlled
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Correct Answer: B
Question #18
A new program is being initiated for the HNQ Organization. The program manager is working with the business analyst and management to define several attributes of the program. All of the following are identified during program initiation except for which one?
A. Program risk
B. Program benefits
C. Program scope
D. Link to organizational strategy
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Correct Answer: A
Question #19
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 schedule baselines and to predict overall program performance. Which earned value management formula can you use to predict how much more will need to be invested in the program based on current program performance?
A. EV/AC
B. EV/PV
C. BAC/CPI
D. EAC-AC
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Correct Answer: D
Question #20
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?
A. Program constraints
B. Program scope
C. High-level objectives for the program
D. Project scope statement for all projects within the program
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Correct Answer: D
Question #21
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?
A. $750,000
B. $795,000
C. $750,001
D. $946,857
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Correct Answer: C
Question #22
Which of the following plans should a project manager implement if a selected risk strategy fails to be fully effective?
A. Fallback plan
B. Risk response plan
C. Mitigation management plan
D. Mitigation plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #23
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 complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, what is the schedule variance (SV) of this program?
A. -$85,230
B. $821,065
C. -$284,100
D. -$117,295
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Correct Answer: D
Question #24
Which of the following statements is most accurate about the critical path?
A. The critical path is always one path that shows the project duration
B. The critical path has no float
C. The critical path is the longest path because it has the most activities
D. The critical path reveals which path has the most risk of failure
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Correct Answer: A
Question #25
You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program has a budget at completion of $3,450,000 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently 30 percent complete and has spent ten percent more than what it should have to arrive at this point in the program schedule. Based on this information, what is estimate at completion (EAC) for this program?
A. $2,656,500
B. There is not enough information to know
C. $3,795,000
D. $1,035,000
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Correct Answer: C
Question #26
Which of the following documents contain a list of all problems, unfavorable events, or situations that occurred so far in the program?
A. Program charter
B. Program risk register
C. Program issue register
D. Program scope statement
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Correct Answer: B
Question #27
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 the program. What document do you need to create in order to initiate the projects within your program?
A. Project charter
B. Program charter
C. Program scope statement
D. Project preliminary scope statement
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Correct Answer: A
Question #28
Julie is the program manager of the NHQ Program for her organization and she believes the program is now complete. Julie is closing her program, and she's working with her program sponsor to review the program's deliverables and benefits. Janet, the program sponsor, is very pleased with the program and agrees that the program has met the program scope. What should Julie and the program sponsor do next?
A. Close the constituent projects before closing the program
B. Complete the program's budget
C. Release the program's resources
D. Sign the certificate of program closure
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Correct Answer: B
Question #29
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?
A. Bottom-up
B. Parametric
C. Analogous
D. Rough order of magnitude
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Correct Answer: C
Question #30
You are the program manager for the HGQ Program in your organization. Your program has eight constituent projects including a small project which you've assigned to Beth a new project manager in your organization. Part of your assignment is to coach Beth on project management in your program. You are telling Beth about the five process groups of project management and how they map to the progression of the project. Which process group would you tell Beth is where she'll likely spend the bulk of the project
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Procurement
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Correct Answer: C
Question #31
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?
A. Lessons learned are in program execution
B. Lessons learned are created at each program deliverable
C. Lessons learned are created during the program closure
D. Lessons learned are created during the program archive
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Correct Answer: C
Question #32
In your program you must adhere to Six Sigma as part of your organization's enterprise environmental factors. There is terminology, reports, and measurements that you are expected to use as part of your program. Six Sigma is an example of what program management process?
A. Quality control
B. Process improvement
C. Scope verification
D. Quality assurance
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Correct Answer: C
Question #33
You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program has a budget at completion of $3,450,000 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently 30 percent complete and has spent ten percent more than what it should have to arrive at this point in the program schedule. Based on this information, what is estimate at completion (EAC) for this program?
A. $2,656,500
B. There is not enough information to know
C. $3,795,000
D. $1,035,000
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Correct Answer: ACD
Question #34
You are the program manager for your organization and are coaching your project managers on the program's schedule. Alice wants to know what the schedule control process creates. All of the following are outputs of the schedule control process except for which one?
A. Stakeholder communication information
B. Schedule variances
C. Program schedule updates
D. Change requests
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Correct Answer: A
Question #35
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?
A. pert
B. gert
C. pmis
D. Monte Carlo
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Correct Answer: C
Question #36
Which of the following directs the improvement efforts to those areas that will have the biggest impact?
A. Gantt chart
B. Flowchart
C. Pareto diagram
D. User Documentation
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Correct Answer: C
Question #37
A program has a BAC of $550,000 and is currently 45 percent complete though was actually scheduled to be 55 percent complete by this time. The program has spent, however, $265,000 to date. Based on this information what is the cost performance index (CPI) for this program?
A.
B.
C. $323,889
D. -$38,889
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Correct Answer: D
Question #38
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 complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, what is the schedule variance (SV) of this program?
A. -$85,230
B. $821,065
C. -$284,100
D. -$117,295
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Correct Answer: D
Question #39
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 schedule baselines and to predict overall program performance. Which earned value management formula can you use to predict how much more will need to be invested in the program based on current program performance?
A. EV/AC
B. EV/PV
C. BAC/CPI
D. EAC-AC
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Correct Answer: B
Question #40
On which of the following documents you work throughout the risk management processes?
A. Risk management plan
B. Project management plan
C. Risk register
D. Project charter
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Correct Answer: A
Question #41
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 directly to quality management only. Which knowledge area ensures that all knowledge areas interact correctly with one another?
A. Program benefits management
B. Program management planning
C. Integration management
D. Communications management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #42
You are the program manager for your organization and you are trying to determine the possible outcomes of a risk event. You're analyzing the risk event's worst case scenario, most likely scenario, and optimistic scenario to simulate the possible affects of the risk on the program's cost, time, and scope ramifications. What simulation technique are you using in this situation?
A. Monte Carlo simulation
B. Sensitivity analysis
C. Force field analysis
D. Decision tree analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #43
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. You stress that the work has been planned and now the team must accurately complete the work. You want to ensure that the work is done correctly the first time in the program. What type of process are you stressing to your program team and project managers?
A. Quality assurance
B. Scope verification
C. Quality control
D. Process improvement
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Correct Answer: A
Question #44
Martha is sharing her experience of her last project as the project manager. She tells that when she presented customer a formal acceptance and sign-off document, they refused to sign, claiming that the product does not meet their expectation. Taking which of the following steps could have been prevented the situation? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A. Performing quality inspections regularly
B. Archiving sign-off at important milestones
C. Documenting the requirements
D. Completing the project behind the schedule
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Correct Answer: ABC
Question #45
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 schedule baselines and to predict overall program performance. Which earned value management formula can you use to predict how much more will need to be invested in the program based on current program performance?
A. EV/AC
B. EV/PV
C. BAC/CPI
D. EAC-AC
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Correct Answer: A
Question #46
In which of the following processes is the program charter created?
A. Establish Program Financial Framework
B. Plan Program Scope
C. Initiate Program
D. Develop Program Management Plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #47
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 spent $245,000. The program is supposed to be 40 percent at this time. What is the cost performance index for this program?
A.
B. -$20,000
C.
D. Negative ten percent
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Correct Answer: C
Question #48
You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program, which has just started, has eight projects and many of the projects share resources such as equipment and people. Management has asked that you identify when the project resources will be utilized on each project within your program. They are worried some resources may be idle or overscheduled. What approach can you use to consider the availability of resources when the project managers begin sequencing their project activities?
A. The project managers will use the critical path method for scheduling activities
B. The project managers will use PERT to schedule all activities
C. The project managers will use the critical chain method for scheduling activities
D. The project managers will create Gantt charts to schedule all activities
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Correct Answer: C
Question #49
You need to create a document that will define the costs, resources, and characteristics of each deliverable the program will create. What document should you create?
A. Program work breakdown structure
B. Program work breakdown structure dictionary
C. Program charter
D. Program scope statement
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Correct Answer: B
Question #50
Your program has a budget at completion of $1,550,000 and is expected to last one year. Currently your program is 45 percent complete and has spent $725,000. According to the program schedule you are actually to be fifty percent complete by this time, but due to some vendor delays your program is running just a bit late. Based on this information which is performing worse, the cost or schedule?
A. The schedule is performing worse because the SPI is
B. The cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111
C. The schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500
D. The cost is performing worse because the CPI is
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Correct Answer: A
Question #51
You are the program manager for your organization. Your program is about to being initiated and management is asking you for a document that will define all of the required resources, skills, and competencies you'll need in your program. What document defines the skills and competencies for a program?
A. Staffing management plan
B. Staffing pool description
C. Program resources requirements plan
D. Human resources management plan
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Correct Answer: A
Question #52
An organization supports both programs and projects for various industries. What is a portfolio?
A. A portfolio is the total amount of funds that have been invested in programs, projects, and operations
B. A portfolio describes all of the monies that are invested in the organization
C. A portfolio describes the organization of related projects, programs, and operations
D. A portfolio describes any project or program within one industry or application areA
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Correct Answer: C
Question #53
Your program is to construct a new condo building in Chicago. You and the project managers are working together to define the project assumptions about the program. Which one of the following is an example of an assumption for this program?
A. Weather
B. Deadlines for project milestones
C. A predetermined program budget
D. Building codes
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Correct Answer: A
Question #54
Which of the following risk identification techniques is described in the statement below? "It is used to gather information where participants don't know each other nor do they have to be present at the same location."
A. Brainstorming
B. Delphi
C. SWOT analysis
D. Assumptions analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #55
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?
A. RFI
B. RFP
C. RFQ
D. IFB
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Correct Answer: D
Question #56
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 complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, how many pennies is the program losing per dollar invested in the program work?
A. 17
B. 11
C. 15
D. 14
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Correct Answer: C
Question #57
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 of the following are elements that you may transfer to the organization throughout the program's life cycle except for which one?
A. Benefits
B. Risk management outcomes
C. Program personnel
D. Outputs from team development
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Correct Answer: C
Question #58
You are the program manager of the MQQ Program. Your program will use equipment and materials that are new to your industry. You have some concerns that there will be delays and waste by your program team because they've not worked with these materials or tools before. You elect to send the resources that will work the most with these tools through training. The cost of the training in this instance is known as which one of the following?
A. Indirect costs
B. Cost of doing business
C. Direct costs
D. Cost of conformance quality
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Correct Answer: C
Question #59
You are a program manager of a program. You are required to compile performance data of your program. These data will be sent to relevant stakeholders. You are reviewing the status reports of all projects including the costs, schedule, scope, risks, and other performance datA. In which of the following processes are you working on?
A. Plan Communication
B. Distribute Information
C. Report Program Performance
D. Monitor and Control Program Performance
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Correct Answer: ABC
Question #60
Hans is the program manager for his organization. His current project has seven constituent projects that each will create deliverables for the organization. Who is responsible for the project deliverables in this scenario?
A. Project managers
B. Hans
C. Program director
D. Hans and each project manager
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Correct Answer: C
Question #61
You are the program manager for your organization. One of the projects within your program is to install 15,000 light fixtures throughout your organization's corporate campus. The new fixtures will save on electrical costs. Which one of the following choices is an ideal approach to quality assurance and the installation of the light fixtures for this project team?
A. The cost and time of each installation should go down because of the learning curve
B. The project manager should work with the project team to understand how each fixture is to be installed
C. The project team members should develop their own system for installation of the fixtures
D. Use a checklist for the installation because it is repeatable work
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Correct Answer: B
Question #62
You are the program manager for your organization and you're trying to determine if you buy or build a software solution for your organization. If you build the solution it'll cost you $75,000 to create and it'll cost you $12,000 per month to support. If you hire a vendor they can build the solution for $63,000 but their solution will cost you $15,500 per month to support. How many months would you have to use your in-house solution to equate to the cost of the vendor's solution?
A. Approximately 6 months
B. You'll never be able to equate to the cost of the vendor's solution
C. Approximately 3
D. Approximately 10 months
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Correct Answer: C
Question #63
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 what document should you and the vendors now sign?
A. Certificate of completion
B. Proposal agreement
C. Invoice
D. Contract
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Correct Answer: A
Question #64
You are the program manager for your organization. This program will last for two years and has eight projects. The cost of your program is $4 million and there are some risk concerns that may affect the overall cost of the program. Management is concerned with how long it will take the program to reach the management horizon. What is management horizon also known as?
A. Payback period
B. Cost performance index
C. Cost-to-benefits ratio
D. Return on investment
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Correct Answer: A
Question #65
Assume you prepared a benefits register for use on your program. You decide to review it with your key stakeholders to—
A. Obtain buy in to begin developing the benefits realization plan
B. Determine if benefit achievement is occurring within key parameters
C. Define and approve key performance indicators
D. Determine how best to transition benefits to operations
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Correct Answer: C
Question #66
Which one of the following is not considered one of the three components of the Iron Triangle?
A. Time
B. Cost
C. Scope
D. Quality
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Correct Answer: C
Question #67
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?
A. $750,000
B. $795,000
C. $750,001
D. $946,857
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Correct Answer: A
Question #68
You are the program manager for the HQM Program. Your program has sixteen constituent projects around the world. You are requiring that each project manager and project management team use the same forms, software, and templates to create standardization in each project. What term is assigned to the forms, templates, and software that your program will provide for your projects?
A. Program governance
B. Project management assets
C. Enterprise environmental factors
D. Organizational process assets
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Correct Answer: D
Question #69
You are the program manager of the NHQ Program. The program has reached its final deliverable and the certificate of completion has been created for the program. What else should you, the program manager, create at this time?
A. Life cycle costing estimates
B. Lessons learned documentation
C. Operational transfer plan
D. Program closure reports
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Correct Answer: D
Question #70
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?
A. Communicate why the change request was rejected and record the results in the lessons learned documentation for your program
B. Inform the stakeholders that their change requests have been rejected
C. Communicate the change request status to the stakeholders and record the results of the change request in the change register
D. Inform the stakeholders why their change requests have been rejected
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Correct Answer: C
Question #71
Over the life of your program you've received many change request forms. Some of the change requests have been approved and some have been declined. Where should you record all change requests and their status?
A. Change register
B. Integrated change control
C. Program Management Information System
D. Change log
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Correct Answer: A
Question #72
Which one of the following is the best example of transference?
A. Your program has some very dangerous activities so you hire a training company to train your program team
B. Your program creates an opportunity that your company can realize on its own so it brings in a competitor to help seize the opportunity
C. Your program must be completed by a given deadline as government inspectors are scheduled to review the work to determine its accuracy
D. Your program is dealing with a new technology that you and your program team are not familiar with so you hire a consulting company to complete this work for you
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Correct Answer: A
Question #73
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 team members may be over allocated and want to create a chart that will reflect the utilization of resources. What kind of chart can show the utilization of project team members used in your program?
A. Resource network diagram
B. Resource breakdown structure
C. Resource histogram
D. Pareto chart
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Correct Answer: C
Question #74
Which of the following statements is the most accurate when it comes to program change requests for the program scope?
A. The change request must not affect the schedule
B. The change request must not affect the overall cost
C. The quality of the program must not be affected by the change request
D. The change request must be documented
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Correct Answer: D
Question #75
You are the program manager for your organization and are reviewing several proposed change requests for your program. Mary, a stakeholder, who has made a change request is asking why it is taking you so long to review the change. You tell her that you must perform integrated change control to review each change request. What is integrated change control?
A. It is the review of the impact of the change on the program's knowledge areas
B. It is the review of the impact of the change on the time, cost, scope, and quality baselines
C. It is the review of the impact of the change on the program's triple constraints
D. It is the review of the impact of the change on the program's Iron Triangle
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Correct Answer: A
Question #76
You are the program manager for your organization. When a project in your program is completed, who will need to sign the certificate of completion?
A. The project manager
B. The program customer
C. The program stakeholders
D. The project management team
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Correct Answer: B
Question #77
According to Standard for Program Management, Second Edition, how many knowledge areas are involved for program management?
A. 7
B. 11
C. 9
D. 5
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Correct Answer: B
Question #78
Which of the following is responsible to sign off on the closure documents of a project?
A. Project team members
B. Project Manager
C. End user
D. Sponsor
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Correct Answer: C
Question #79
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 complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, how many pennies is the program losing per dollar invested in the program work?
A. 17
B. 11
C. 15
D. 14
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Correct Answer: B
Question #80
You are the program manager for your organization. When a project in your program is completed, who will need to sign the certificate of completion?
A. The project manager
B. The program customer
C. The program stakeholders
D. The project management team
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Correct Answer: B
Question #81
What analysis type could you use in a program to compare the positive stakeholders and their position, power, and influence over your program to the same variable components of the negative stakeholders in your program?
A. Sensitivity analysis
B. Stakeholder analysis
C. Monte Carlo simulation
D. Force field analysis
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Correct Answer: D
Question #82
Molly is the program manager for her organization. She is creating a document that defines the benefits the program will create for her organization once the program has been completed. What document is Molly writing?
A. Program charter
B. Program benefits realization plan
C. Program benefits statement
D. Program scope statement
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Correct Answer: C
Question #83
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?
A. Bottom-up
B. Parametric
C. Analogous
D. Rough order of magnitude
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Correct Answer: A
Question #84
Which of the following documents sets the project objectives?
A. Project charter
B. Project schedule
C. Project scope statement
D. Project organization chart
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Correct Answer: B
Question #85
Paul is the program manager for his company. He along with his team is working on the Monitor and Control Program Changes process. The process will need several inputs. Which one of the following items is NOT an input to the Monitor and Control Program Changes process in the program management?
A. Change request log
B. Approved change requests
C. Change requests
D. Program management plan
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Correct Answer: B
Question #86
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 complete and you have spent $789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, how many pennies is the program losing per dollar invested in the program work?
A. 17
B. 11
C. 15
D. 14
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Correct Answer: C
Question #87
When a change enters your program requirements you must update all of the following documents except for which one?
A. Program work breakdown structure
B. Program activity list
C. Program charter
D. Program scope
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Correct Answer: C
Question #88
Your program creates a byproduct that you could sell to a client. The cost of the byproduct would offset the cost of the program by nearly $7,500 per month. This is an example of which positive risk response?
A. Sharing
B. Enhance
C. Exploiting
D. Accepting
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Correct Answer: C
Question #89
What should a program manager do when a scope change has been approved that will drastically affect the program costs assuming that the costs will be added to the program budget?
A. Adjust the cost baseline
B. Communicate cost of the change to all stakeholders
C. Adjust the quality baseline
D. Communicate the change to all stakeholders
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Correct Answer: A
Question #90
There are five stages of team development. At which stage are there likely to be disagreements and struggle for roles in the program team?
A. Adjourning
B. Forming
C. Confronting
D. Storming
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Correct Answer: A
Question #91
An organization is considering a new program. The business analyst believes that the benefits to the organization would equate to $1,550,000 in five years. If the rate of return for this program is six percent what is the maximum amount the organization should invest in this program?
A. $1,158,250
B. It depends on the internal decision making process
C. $2,074,249
D. $1,550,000
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Correct Answer: B
Question #92
A project manager in your program has estimated the cost of a program to be $145,000. As the project manager's project comes close to completion, the project manager realizes that he has still $27,876 left in his project budget. He decides to add some additional features to the project's deliverables in an effort to use the remaining budget. These additions will add value to the project and the project customer is likely to enjoy these new features. This is an example of what term?
A. Gold plating
B. Errors and omissions
C. Expert judgment by the project manager
D. Value added change
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Correct Answer: A
Question #93
Don is the project manager of the NQP Project for his organization. This project is scheduled to last for 18 months and will have several elements of the project that have government regulations. Management is concerned with the regulations and would like Don to report on the activities that will be affected by the regulations. What document should Don reference for information on the activities and the regulations?
A. Risk management plan
B. Risk register
C. Activity list
D. Activity list and attributes
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Correct Answer: D
Question #94
When is the lessons learned document updated?
A. At closing phase
B. At planning phase
C. Throughout the project lifecycle
D. At execution phase
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Correct Answer: C
Question #95
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 though it was scheduled to be 45 percent at this time. Based on this information how much more money will this program need to finish?
A. $978,445
B. $919,325
C. $991,667
D. $987,544
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Correct Answer: D
Question #96
You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program has fourteen projects and one project manager in your program is about to close her project. She will need all of the following inputs to the close project process except for which one?
A. Project management plan
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project deliverables
D. Quality control measurements
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Correct Answer: D
Question #97
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. The stakeholders would like the option of adding more deliverables later in the project and keeping the requirements somewhat open for changes. You explain to the business analyst that you need a set of requirements that define exactly what needs to be delivered for the project. What document are you trying to create in this earl
A. Requirements technical documentation
B. Project scope statement
C. Project charter
D. Detail design document
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Correct Answer: C
Question #98
You are the project manager of a construction project. You have to close a phase of the project. Which is the only technique (or tool) available in the Close Project or Phase process?
A. Change control meetings
B. Project management information system
C. Expert judgment
D. Observations
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Correct Answer: C
Question #99
What document should you provide to the vendors if you're only interested for a set fee for their materials?
A. IFB
B. RFP
C. RFI
D. SOW
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Correct Answer: C
Question #100
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?
A. Pre-program setup phase
B. Authorization of program processes and projects
C. Initiate program process
D. Initiation of the program management team
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Correct Answer: C

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