QUESTION 234
A two-year program is coming to an end. Many of the initial governance board members have moved from their current posts of left the company. Several new members have joined, but have a short association with the program, which changes the board’s expectations and focus. During the final phase gate review, some board members are uncertain of their roles and expectations in the process.
How should the program manager handle this situation?

QUESTION 235
Which of the following is described in the statement given below?
“It serves as the primary input for the Plan Program Stakeholder Management process, as well as for the distribution of program reports and other communication.”

QUESTION 236
Which of the following terms is used for a schedule compression technique where two activities that were previously scheduled to start sequentially start at the same time?

QUESTION 237
Which one of the following is not an output of the direct and manage program execution process?

QUESTION 238
A program manager prepares the program for review to secure funding by senior management.
Which of the following must the program manager identify when creating the program charter?

QUESTION 239
You are the program manager for your organization. You’re currently working with the program director, Nancy Holmes, to define a new program and the benefits the program should create. Of the following, which is the best definition of a benefit a program creates?

QUESTION 240
You are the program manager for your organization and are planning the composition of the project team. In your organization resources are used from throughout the company and may serve on more than one project. While you, the program manager, will have most of the authority on the program you want the project managers to have authority over the project decisions. What type of an organizational structure does your organization have?

QUESTION 241
A program manager notices that one project manager tends to withdraw during important team discussions to avoid conflict.
What technique could the program manager use to gain more input from this project manager?

QUESTION 242
Which of the following plans should a project manager implement if a selected risk strategy fails to be fully effective?

QUESTION 243
A program stakeholder is concerned about information they receive about a project. Who is responsible for reviewing the communications management plan to assure adequate information is provided to the stakeholder?

QUESTION 244
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?

QUESTION 245
A three-year program using vendor contracts, incorporating related projects, and each with specific stakeholders is coming to an end. What should be completed first to close all appropriate contracts?

QUESTION 246
After program closure, the lessons learned document becomes the part of ____?

QUESTION 247
Alice is the project manager of the NHQ Project and is entering the project’s closing processes. The project, she has managed, has been for another organization in a contractual relationship. Her organization requires Alice to complete performance reviews of the project team, review the deliverables with the project customer, and to obtain formal signoff of the project deliverables. There may be other conditions and activities that Alice likely will need to do in this final project phase. Where can Alice check regarding this project?

QUESTION 248
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?

QUESTION 249
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?

QUESTION 250
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?

QUESTION 251
Who owns the program?

QUESTION 252
Wanda is the program manager for her organization. Her program team consists of resources from across the organization – many of whom have not worked together before. Wanda thinks that she’ll need to complete some team development but would like to focus the development on the materials and activities that the program team will need to complete in the program. What plan should Wanda reference and update to complete her team development process?

QUESTION 253
A program manager concurrently implements a software program at four client locations. The client’s objective is to maintain quality while shortening the software implementation timeline.
What key elements should be included in the benefits register to achieve this goal?

QUESTION 254
Which one of the following is not considered one of the three components of the Iron Triangle?

QUESTION 255
You are the program manager for your organization and working to create the program statement of work for approval by the program director. All of the following information is defined in the program statement of work except for which one?

QUESTION 256
A project manager in your program is using progress elaboration as part of their planning approach. This approach is also known as what planning methodology?