PMI PgMP Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Which of the following is not a phase of program life cycle?

You work as a program manager for a large construction program. Your program includes constructing hotels across the country. You collect information on the status of the program.
During comparison with the original plan you find the 200 hotels have been completed as against
275 hotels planned as of today. In which program process are you working on?

A program manager is responsible for constructing a US$50 million building. Management suggests it will take three years to complete. The program manager can select a design-build option to optimize the construction schedule to 1.5 years. However, heavy demand for steel is causing price increases and delivery delays. If this trend continues, it could take as long as 4.5 years to complete construction. You learn that a new technology can yield a definitive delivery schedule of 1.25 years.
What is the expected time of delivery?

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?

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?

A sponsor has assigned a new program manager to a complex program consisting of multiple component projects. The sponsor has asked the program manager if another component project could be absorbed under the program. Before they can answer, the program manager needs to better understand the current component interdependencies. What should the program manager develop to understand and communicate this complexity?

As program components reach their respective program milestones, what should the program manager do next?

The program sponsor returns from a board of directors meeting after identifying a significant risk to the program schedule. This may impact the program's benefits realization.
What should the program manager do next?

The program manager takes over a poorly performing program. After a review of the documentation and interviews with the program sponsor, stakeholders, and program constituents, the program manager realizes that the program is not aligned with the corporate/organizational goals. The program manager must realign the constituent projects and components to meet the program's needs.
What action should the program manager take to realign the program?

A program manager is building a business case for a new program with multiple key stakeholders. Each stakeholder has their agenda and requirements for the work that needs to be executed. How should the program manager handle the situation?