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Question 1

A biometrics firm has a facial recognition program with multiple components and project managers. The

project manager from the mobile device division escalates a vendor-related risk to the program manager. After assessing the risk, the program manager determines that this risk may impact other projects within the program. However, this risk has a low degree of impact and probability of occurring.

What should the program manager do first?

AObtain a risk reserve from the executive sponsor, and execute a contingency plan.

BCommunicate the risk to all project managers to manage at the component level.

CAdd the risk details and analysis to the program risk register.

DBrainstorm with the project manager to develop an appropriate risk response.

Answer : C

Question 2

A software company's program manager is conducting closing procedures for a program. At the last steering

committee meeting, realized benefits were presented to the program governance board. What should the program manager do next?

ABegin transitioning program resources, and update the resource and program management plans to reflect the change in the program's status.

BInitiate knowledge transfer with the receiving organization, and establish the program integration management plan.

CUpdate the financial, stakeholder, and contract management plans, and archive them in the program information repository.

DObtain sponsoring organization approval to begin closeout procedures to transition benefits sustainment to the supporting organization.

Answer : A

Question 3

A program with 10 components is in the planning phase. Project managers who oversee the component projects request detailed schedules. These schedules will be merged into one document to create a master schedule.

What should the program manager do to ensure that the overall program life cycle will meet stakeholder needs and deliver planned benefits?

AEstablish a quality review for the project schedules to ensure that resource leveling and baselines are followed and component projects are delivered on time

BWork with the project managers to decompose their schedules to minimize risk and better understand the dependencies and resource needs

CDecompose the component schedules to determine if work can be executed more quickly to deliver value earlier than planned

DCreate a work breakdown structure (WBS) to align program execution with stakeholder expectations and the benefits management plan

Answer : D

Question 4

A program manager is concerned because several change requests in a component project are causing delays to the program's work package milestones. There are insufficient skilled resources within the component project to complete both the change requests and the milestone tasks.

What should the program manager do next to address this risk?

APrioritize which resources are critical to the project based on an impact analysis of the critical change requests and update the program roadmap.

BPrioritize which change requests are critical to the project based on an impact analysis, resource only critical change requests until overdue milestones are achieved, and update the risk register.

CMandate that no component project change requests will be processed until overdue milestones have been completed and update the risk register to reflect this.

DAdd the lack of skilled resources to facilitate the large number of change requests to the issue log.

Answer : B

Question 5

The program manager completed the program's benefits analysis and planning activities.

What will this ensure for the program?

AInformation necessary to establish key benefit performance indicators

BA transition plan to facilitate the ongoing realization of benefits

CA plan to monitor performance due to operational, financial, and benefits changes

DA benefits management plan to guide the work through the remainder of the program

Answer : A

Question 6

The number of emerging risks increases in a component project and the program manager falls behind in reviewing and approving the plans. This impacts the component project manager's ability to effectively

address the risks.

In this situation, what should the program manager change about the risk management plan?

AAllow the component project manager to delegate risk management responsibilities.

BAssign the resolution of project-level risks to the component project manager.

CInclude risk escalation policies and procedures in the risk response plan.

DIncrease flexibility with risks that require a risk response.

Answer : A

Question 7

A component is scheduled to close at the end of the week.

What should the program manager verify prior to allowing the component to close?

AThe component has released resources to meet program objectives

BThe component has met the quality requirements to meet program objectives

CThe component has met the schedule requirements to meet program objectives

DThe component has met the benefits realization criteria to meet program objectives

Answer : B

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