NO.140 You are the program manager for your organization. You are planning a new program that will construct a new warehouse facility for your company. As you look forward to the conclusion of the program you need an official document that will signify the program has ended. What document should you specify in your program management plan for the conclusion of the program?

NO.141 A company is releasing a new product geared toward a specific geographic area. The program manager has received the program objectives and developed the program roadmap, which consists of six program components. Approval from the program governance board has been obtained.
What is the program manager’s next step?

NO.142 Robert is the program manager for his organization which operates in a matrix structure.
Resources in Robert’s program will be utilized on several projects in and out of his program. He wants to be certain that all of the resources will be planned accordingly and that the project managers communicate with one another about when the resources will be needed and utilized in the projects. What plan should Robert create along with the project managers to ensure that the resources are scheduled and managed effectively?

NO.143 Olive is the program manager for her organization. She has created a request for proposal for a large portion of her program. In this work to be procured she has set several requirements for the vendors to participate.
The chief among these requirements is a vendor must have at least four licensed electricians in his team. This requirement for four licensed electricians is an example of which one of the following terms?

NO.144 As a program manager you must also understand the project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle.
What is the difference between the two?

NO.145 A program manager is working with the sponsor, stakeholders, and steering committee to formulate a program’s benefits sustainment and transition plan. What should the program manager do to create this plan?

NO.146 The program manager has a global program with five component projects. The program sponsor wants the management plans, processes/procedures, and technology to be uniform across the program. The requirements will create issues and result in increased costs The program sponsor is new and has imposed these new requirements six months into a three-year program.
What should the program manager do next?

NO.147 A large infrastructure development program involves three road construction projects, two sewage line construction projects, and one project to lay underground electric cables. During a program meeting, the project manager of a road construction project communicates that a project risk related to the interdependency with a sewage line project has crossed its risk threshold.
What should the program manager do next?

NO.148 You are the program manager for your organization. This program will last for two years and has eight projects. The cost of your program is $4 million and there are some risk concerns that may affect the overall cost of the program. Management is concerned with how long it will take the program to reach the management horizon. What is management horizon also known as?

NO.149 You have completed a project for a client at his facility. The project has lasted for 18 months and you have generated many reports, plans, change request forms, and other documents about the project work. What should you do with the project documentation?

NO.150 You are the program manager for your program and are creating a communications management plan. Management wants you to address the type of communications based on the number of communication channels you’ll have within the program. Currently there are 345 stakeholders in your program but next week you’ll have 387 stakeholders. How many more communication channels will you have next week in your program?

NO.151 An organization supports both programs and projects for various industries. What is a portfolio?

NO.152 The program selection committee presents several programs for approval:
Program A is estimated to cost US$250,000, and has an annual cash inflow of US$75,000.
Program B is estimated to cost US$150,000, and has an annual cash inflow of US$55,000.
Program C is estimated to cost US$100,000, and has an annual cash inflow of US$45,000.
Program D is estimated to cost US$200,000, and has an annual cash inflow of US$35,000.
Which program was selected based solely on a three-year return on investment?

NO.153 You are the program manager of the NHQ Program. The program has reached its final deliverable and the certificate of completion has been created for the program. What else should you, the program manager, create at this time?

NO.154 You are the program manager for your organization and are working on gathering the requirements for a new solution and mission statement. There are several instances in the stakeholder pool where the stakeholders and their manager are being queried on possible requirements. You worry that the subordinates may have requirements, ideas, and suggestions to offer but they may be not submitting their thoughts because they do not want to contradict their managers. You believe you need a method to gather all requirements without the stakeholders having any fear of retribution. Which one of the following allows you to anonymously gather iterations requirements and still allow all stakeholders to review what has been submitted in an attempt to find consensus?

NO.155 You are the program manager of the MQQ Program. Your program will use equipment and materials that are new to your industry. You have some concerns that there will be delays and waste by your program team because they’ve not worked with these materials or tools before. You elect to send the resources that will work the most with these tools through training. The cost of the training in this instance is known as which one of the following?

NO.156 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?

NO.157 The ____ quality assurance technique ensures continuous improvement of all processes.

NO.158 A project manager in your program has estimated the cost of a program to be $145,000. As the project manager’s project comes close to completion, the project manager realizes that he has still $27,876 left in his project budget. He decides to add some additional features to the project’s deliverables in an effort to use the remaining budget. These additions will add value to the project and the project customer is likely to enjoy these new features. This is an example of what term?

NO.159 A new program component provides an opportunity to enhance program outcomes. What does the program manager use to document and monitor the opportunity?