PgMP Practice Test

PgMP Practice Test practice questions, page 10 of 29, with answer review and explanations.

Question 46

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?

  1. The schedule is performing worse because the SPI is .90
  2. The cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111.
  3. The schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500.
  4. The cost is performing worse because the CPI is .96.

Question 47

Which of the following is not a template element that is designed to make the project more effective?

  1. Description of the work packages
  2. Required resources and skills
  3. Required actions to complete the project scope
  4. Contract file

Question 48

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?

  1. Programs always cost less than multiple projects in an organization.
  2. Project management is centralized to the program manager.
  3. Programs provide centralized risk management.
  4. Program management makes communication easier among the project managers and project team.

Question 49

Part of program management is to identify what motivates your program team members. If you subscribe to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which need is at the top of the hierarchy?

  1. Physiological
  2. Safety
  3. Self actualization
  4. Esteem

Question 50

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?

  1. Resource network diagram
  2. Resource breakdown structure
  3. Resource histogram
  4. Pareto chart