PgMP PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)
Prepare effectively for your PMI PgMP Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.
An ice cream company wants to introduce a new flavor to a new market. The executive sponsor requests a sampling for the test market and the sample group provides negative feedback. As this type of program had previously been conducted by the company, the program manager QUESTION NO:s whether similar results were experienced during testing.
What should the program manager do next?
Which one of the following is not considered one of the three components of the Iron Triangle?
You are the program manager for your company and evaluating the sellers to determine the seller to buy from. In your analysis you've created a histogram to display the pros and cons for each seller. You've created five categories of interest and assigned values to each category for each vendor. Your five categories are:
Cost
Schedule
Experience
Certification
Warranty
Each category has a different point value and the vendor that receives the maximum points in total will win the contract. What type of seller evaluation are you performing?
Mike is the program manager of the NHQ Program. Mike and a vendor are in disagreement over the deliverable the vendor has created for Mike's program. Mike does not believe the vendor has correctly created the deliverable, while the vendor is adamant that his company has indeed completed the contract. Both parties have documented their stance in the debate.
This is an example of what?
A multiyear program is ready to conclude. It has achieved all business objectives and is delivering its intended benefits. However, the program sponsor is not willing to sign the formal program closure acceptance document and the program continues to incur operational costs.
What should the program manager do next?
A program has a budget at completion of $1,250,000 and has already spent $425,000. The program is running late due to some vendor delays; the program is only 30 percent complete though it was scheduled to be 45 percent at this time. Based on this information how much more money will this program need to finish?
What is the formula to determine earned value (EV) for a program?
A program manager is responsible for constructing a US$50 million building. Management suggests it will take three years to complete. The program manager can select a design-build option to optimize the construction schedule to 1.5 years. However, heavy demand for steel is causing price increases and delivery delays. If this trend continues, it could take as long as 4.5 years to complete construction. You learn that a new technology can yield a definitive delivery schedule of 1.25 years.
What is the expected time of delivery?
Ben is the program manager for his organization. He's working with program team to determine what activities need to be completed in order to move the program into execution. He and the team are subdividing the program scope into smaller, manageable components to determine the activity list. What is Ben and his program team creating by subdividing the program scope in this scenario?
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?
A program has been established and preparation is complete.
Component projects are planned as a part of which of the following?
Josh is the program manager for his organization and he's leading the analysis for a new program that may be initiated by his company. The analysis is a focus on the return on investment for new software that may be created if the program is initiated. What type of a document is Josh likely creating for his company?
A country is in the process of strengthening its defense program. A key project is not meeting its specified performance objectives. The project manager initiates a change request to address this issue.
What should the program manager do NEXT?
Rick is a Program Manager for a large construction program. The program contains four projects. Stakeholders have requested for some changes that will change the scope of the program. Rick needs to monitor and control program scope. He is required to analyze the change request with detailed deliverables, acceptance criterion, and the work of the program. Which of the following documents will help him for this?
Which of the following statements is the most accurate when it comes to program change requests for the program scope?
A key stakeholder’s requirement contradicts the organization’s strategic objectives. The program manager meets with the stakeholder, but is unable to reach a compromise on the requirement.
What should the program manager do first?
A program manager building the world’s largest cruise ship is resolving the conflict between the two main sponsors who cannot agree on the number of food and beverage outlets to have onboard. What should the program manager do?
You are the program manager of the YHT Program. You have been working with a vendor in the program but have decided that the contract between your program and the vendor needs to be terminated. What two things must be documented if you wish to terminate a vendor's contract?
A program manager for the construction of a ship reviews the program management plan with a shipyard representative. The shipyard representative indicates that while 65 percent progress was anticipated, only 60 percent has been achieved.
What should the program manager do to ensure benefits realization?
A large program consists of several component projects and six project managers. The program governance board requests that all components within the program undergo user acceptance testing before being released to the production environment.
Where should the program manager document this?
