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?

It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, consult, and inform responsibilities as the chart legend.

It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, action, consult, and interest responsibilities as the chart legend.

It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses resource, action, contribute, inform responsibilities as the chart legend.

It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, contribute, and inform responsibilities as the chart legend.

You are the program manager for your company and are monitoring and controlling several aspects of your program. You want to make certain that you're including all areas that need to be monitored and controlled. Which one of the following is not something you'll have to monitor and control as a program manager?

Materials required by the program

Susan the application developer in your program

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?

The schedule is performing worse because the SPI is .90

The cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111.

The schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500.

The cost is performing worse because the CPI is .96.

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

Description of the work packages

Required actions to complete the project scope

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?

Programs provide centralized risk management.

Programs always cost less than multiple projects in an organization.

Project management is centralized to the program manager.

Programs provide centralized risk management.

Program management makes communication easier among the project managers and project team.

Which of the following statements is the most accurate when it comes to program change requests for the program scope?

The change request must be documented.

The change request must not affect the schedule.

The change request must not affect the overall cost.

The quality of the program must not be affected by the change request.

The change request must be documented.

Marty is the project manager of the recently completed NHK Project. The project was deemed successful by the project customer and they have signed the formal acceptance documentation. Marty has written the final project report, released the project team, and completed the lessons learned documentation. What else should Marty do in the closure of the NHK Project?

Summarize the project variance.

Summarize the project risks costs.

Which of the following statements is most accurate about the critical path?

The critical path has no float.

The critical path is always one path that shows the project duration.

The critical path has no float.

The critical path is the longest path because it has the most activities.

The critical path reveals which path has the most risk of failure.

In which of the following processes is the program charter created?

Establish Program Financial Framework

Develop Program Management Plan

A program has a BAC of $1,750,000 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently at the third milestone which represents 35 percent of the program work. As it happens, this program has already spent $620,000 of the budget.Management is concerned that the program may also be slipping on schedule because the program should be forty percent complete by this time. Based on this information which type of performing is present in this scenario?

Schedule, because the program has a schedule performance index of .88.

Schedule, because the program's planned value is only $700,000.

Cost, because the program has a cost variance of -7,500

Schedule, because the program has a schedule performance index of .88.

Cost, because the program has an estimate to complete of $1,151,429.

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?

Communicate cost of the change to all stakeholders

Communicate the change to all stakeholders

Part of your job as the program manager is to coach the project managers on their duties and goals. One of the project managers, Holly, is having trouble discerning the difference between quality assurance and quality control. She understands that she needs both to help you reach the program goals. Which statement best describes quality assurance for a project within your program?

Quality assurance is a prevention-driven process to keep mistakes out of the project.

Quality assurance is an inspection-driven process to keep mistakes out of the project.

Quality assurance is a prevention-driven process to keep mistakes out of the project.

Quality assurance defines quality and sets goals for the project team.

Quality assurance is an organization-wide process to do the work according the organizational goals and metrics.

When a change enters your program requirements you must update all of the following documents except for which one?

Program work breakdown structure

You are the program manager for your organization that utilizes vendors from several different organizations. A vendor has submitted an invoice for the work they have completed in your program. You have reviewed the work results and agree with the vendor that their contractual obligation is complete. What should you do next in regard to the vendor's invoice?

Finalize the performance report

Complete a financial audit of the work

You are the program manager for your organization and you are preparing to launch several constituent projects within your program. You need to ensure that each project manager is authorized to utilize the appropriate project and program resources in order to complete the project requirements. What document do you need to create for each constituent project in your program to ensure that each project manager can use the appropriate resources?

Project resource requirements document

Roles and responsibilities chart

An organization supports both programs and projects for various industries. What is a portfolio?

A portfolio describes the organization of related projects, programs, and operations.

A portfolio is the total amount of funds that have been invested in programs, projects, and operations.

A portfolio describes all of the monies that are invested in the organization.

A portfolio describes the organization of related projects, programs, and operations.

A portfolio describes any project or program within one industry or application areA.

Joan is the program manager for her organization. Management has asked her to create a centralized reporting system to capture information on program work, risks, changes, benefits management, and other aspects of the program. What solution can Joan implement to capture, communicate, and record the information management wants?

Program management information system

Program management integrated change control

Program management plan execution

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?

The project managers will use the critical chain method for scheduling activities.

The project managers will use the critical path method for scheduling activities.

The project managers will use PERT to schedule all activities.

The project managers will use the critical chain method for scheduling activities.

The project managers will create Gantt charts to schedule all activities.

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?

You'll never be able to equate to the cost of the vendor's solution.

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.

Performing quality inspections regularly

Archiving sign-off at important milestones

Performing quality inspections regularly

Archiving sign-off at important milestones

Completing the project behind the schedule

You are the program manager for your organization and you're dealing with several issues about the materials used in the program. Right now, the issues have been assigned to issue owners for resolution in ten days. In the interim, what should you do with the issues?

Record the issues in the issue register.

Nothing - the issue owners will manage all concerns with the issues.

Record the issues in the issue register.

Communicate the issue status with the program sponsor.

Document the issues in the risk register.

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You are the program manager for your organization. You are examining the order of the activities in your program schedule and would like to change some of the ordering to alleviate scheduling conflicts, risks, and based on your experience with the discipline the program uses. Some of the activities you can rearrange while some of the activities must be completed in a particular order. What term describes the activities that can happen in any order?

Finish on constraints

Discretionary dependencies

Mandatory dependencies

Benefits management dependencies

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