Program Management Professional Sample Questions for PgMP Exam Prep

Accelerate your PgMP exam success with our expertly designed Program Management Professional sample questions. These scenario-based practice questions cover strategic alignment, program lifecycle, governance, benefits management, and stakeholder engagement—all mapped to the official PgMP exam outline. Whether you're searching for updated PgMP dumps, real-world practice tests, or mock questions that simulate the PMI PgMP certification environment, this resource is crafted for serious program managers. Sharpen your analytical skills, close knowledge gaps, and build the confidence needed to pass the Program Management Professional exam. Ideal for experienced project and program leaders aiming to validate their skills through PMI's prestigious PgMP credential.

Program Management Professional Sample Questions List :

1. As the program manager of the UGrowth Program, you’re tasked with coordinating communication among 122 stakeholders. Given the program’s scale, how many communication pathways exist?

1. 244

2. 122

3. 14,884

4. 7,381

2. Your program has been chosen, and its charter is under development. The charter specifies all but which of these elements?

1. Program constraints

2. Program scope

3. High-level program objectives

4. Project scope statements for all program projects

3. As the program manager within your organization, you’re collaborating with your team to develop the program scope management plan. This document outlines various aspects of your program, but which of the following is not included?

1. The way quality control is integrated into the scope

2. The process for permitting changes to the program scope

3. The method for establishing the program scope

4. The approach to managing the program scope

4. Identifying program benefits involves all these factors except which one?

1. Business strategy

2. External influence

3. Program drivers

4. Benefits realization plan

5. You oversee a newly launched program in your organization and must initiate multiple projects to achieve the program’s benefits. What document is essential to kick off these projects within your program?

1. Project charter

2. Program charter

3. Program scope statement

4. Project preliminary scope statement

6. Joan manages a program for her organization. Management requests a centralized system to track program work, risks, changes, and benefits. What tool can Joan deploy to meet these needs?

1. Program management information system

2. Program management integrated change control

3. Change control systems

4. Program management plan execution

7. In your role as program manager, you’ve drafted a statement of work, a request for proposal, and an invite to a bidder’s conference for 17 potential vendors. After addressing questions raised during the conference, what should you revise and send back to the vendors?

1. Request for bid documents

2.  Proposals

3.  Statement of work

4.  Program management plan

8. Which document establishes the objectives for a project?

1. Project charter

2. Project schedule

3. Project scope statement

4. Project organization chart

9. Your program’s governance has signed off on closing a component project. At which stage of the program lifecycle are you currently operating?

1. Program initiation phase

2. Program definition phase

3. Program delivery phase

4. Program closure phase

10. A critical initiative involving new and existing technologies requires a thorough risk management plan, as deemed by the governance board and sponsor. During which phase is this plan formulated?

1. Program Definition

2. Program Control

3. Program Delivery

4. Program Risk Management Planning

11. While managing a program, a team member incorrectly installs a fixture and you instruct them to fix it. After the correction is made, what’s the next step?

1. Defect repair validation

2. Lesson learned documentation

3. Corrective actions

4. Preventive actions

12. At a steering committee meeting with senior executives and team members, you observe the team’s reluctance to speak up. What’s the best way to encourage participation?

1. Proceed with the meeting as usual

2. Use a focus group

3. Apply the Delphi Technique

4. Conduct brainstorming

13. Which risk response strategy for threats aims to lower either the likelihood or the effect of a risk to an acceptable level?

1.  Risk avoidance

2.  Risk transference

3.  Risk mitigation

4.  Risk acceptance

14. Due to a recession, your organization halts external hiring, forcing internal resource shifts to meet program needs. What’s your optimal approach?

1. Assign resources based on their career aspirations

2. Launch extensive training across program projects

3. Reassign and prioritize resources internally

4. Allocate resources by performance metrics

15. You’re managing a critical program in your country. After securing approval for your business case, you’re now drafting the Program Charter and presenting an initial schedule to the steering committee. What is this schedule referred to as?

1. Program Master Schedule

2. A roadmap

3. Schedule Baseline

4. Key milestones

16. Stakeholders frequently submit unplanned requests, leading to redundant reporting and communication issues. Which element needs a thorough review and adjustment to fix this?

1. Program Communications management plan

2. Program Benefits Management Domain

3. Stakeholder Communication Requirements

4. Program Communications Report

17. As the program manager, you’re defining roles and responsibilities and want to use a RACI chart. What does RACI stand for?

1. It’s a chart detailing roles with responsible, accountable, consult, and inform duties as the legend

2. It’s a chart outlining roles with responsible, action, consult, and interest duties as the legend

3. It’s a chart specifying roles with resource, action, contribute, and inform duties as the legend

4. It’s a chart assigning roles with responsible, accountable, contribute, and inform duties as the legend

18. Your program has five components requiring IT peripherals. What’s the most practical procurement strategy?

1. As a program-level effort, select one vendor to supply all components under a single contract

2. As a program-level effort, choose five vendors for each component with separate contracts

3. Treat it as component-level procurement, selecting five vendors for each component individually

4. Treat it as component-level procurement, using five vendors under one unified contract

19. Your program includes two projects (A & B) but has only one Subject Matter Expert (SME). Both project managers have scheduled the SME for the same two-week period. This situation exemplifies what?

1. Constraint

2. Dependency

3. Assumption

4. Risk

20. You manage a two-year program with eight projects costing $4 million, with risks potentially increasing expenses. Management wants to know how long until the management horizon is reached. What’s another term for this?

1. Payback period

2. Cost performance index

3. Cost-to-benefits ratio

4. Return on investment

21. As a project manager on a construction project, you’re closing a phase. Which technique is uniquely available in the Close Project or Phase process?

1. Change control meetings

2. Project management information system

3.  Expert judgment

4.  Observations

22. In a senior management meeting, an executive stresses optimizing resources across programs. As program manager, where should you concentrate to meet this goal?

1. Resource Planning

2. Schedule Planning

3. Cost cutting

4. Resource Leveling

23. Wanda, your organization’s program manager, leads a team of diverse members unfamiliar with each other. She plans team-building focused on program tasks. Which plan should she consult and update for this effort?

1. Training plan

2. Communications management plan

3. Staffing management plan

4. Requirements management plan

24. Robert, managing the UdemyGrowth Program, worries about his new team’s cohesion. He plans a team-building exercise but doesn’t need which of these to proceed?

1. Risk management plan

2.  Program management plan

3.  Personnel records

4.  Training records

25. Which document logs all issues, adverse events, or situations encountered in the program to date?

1.  Program charter

2.  Program risk register

3.  Program issue register

4.  Program scope statement

26. The program manager aims to transition the organization from its current state to a desired future state. What best represents this future state?

1. Operations

2. Implemented program outcomes

3. Creation of benefits management plan

4. Analyze the change readiness

27. As the UdemyGrowth Program manager, you’re ensuring work aligns with the scope and reviewing inspection processes. If defects are found, they must be fixed before customer review. What process are you executing?

1. Quality control

2. Scope verification

3. Quality assurance

4. Planning

28. Your company and a rival have partnered via a teaming agreement to tackle a major program, sharing risk. What risk response does this represent?

1. Teaming

2. Exploiting

3. Accepting

4. Sharing

29. You’re weighing whether to build or buy a software solution. Building costs $75,000 upfront and $12,000 monthly, while a vendor offers it for $63,000 with $15,500 monthly support. How long until building matches the vendor’s cost?

1. Roughly 6 months

2. Never equivalent to the vendor’s cost

3. About 3.5 months

4. Around 10 months

30. The portfolio review board has picked three programs from ten candidates. What’s the next step?

1. Issue Program Management Plan

2. Issue Program Charter

3. Issue Program Mandate

4. Issue Program Benefits Realization Plan

31. Which document requests a seller to detail a project solution and its cost?

1. Proposal

2. RFP

3. Bid

4. Quote

32. Who is least likely to be among your program’s stakeholder group?

1. Customer

2. Sponsor

3. PMO

4. All C-Level Executives (CEO, COO, CFO, CIO, CTO)

33. Your two-year program with a $1,750,000 budget is at its third milestone (35% complete) but has spent $620,000. It should be 40% complete, raising schedule concerns. What performance issue is evident?

1. Schedule, as planned value is only $700,000

2. Cost, with a cost variance of -$7,500

3. Schedule, with an SPI of .88

4. Cost, with an ETC of $1,151,429

34. You’ve taken over Program ABC, a highly visible initiative with ten project managers, but poor project management practices prevail. What’s your best move?

1. Enroll the team in a three-day project management course

2. Partner with the PMO to establish and distribute a project management methodology for strict adherence

3. Consult the customer on expected project management support levels and adjust accordingly

4. Take no action, leaving it to the project managers

35.  Which is not an output of the direct and manage program execution process?

1. Results of program work

2. Program budget

3. Change requests

4. Request to terminate the program

36. During program closure, you notice unspent funds in the budget. What should you do next?

1. Shift funds to the sustainment budget

2. Distribute them to the team as a thank-you

3. Pass them to the governance board

4. Return them to the sponsoring organization

37. As SRQ Program manager, you’ve declined several scope change requests. What must you do with these rejected requests?

1. Explain the rejection and log it in lessons learned

2. Notify stakeholders of the rejection

3. Update stakeholders on the status and log it in the change register

4. Inform stakeholders of the rejection reasons

38. Who is tasked with approving a project’s closure documents?

1. Project team members

2. Project Manager

3. End user

4. Sponsor

39. Mary just wrapped up a major program. What should she do with the program records she created?

1. Archive them with the program customer

2. Archive them with the program sponsor

3. Archive them as organizational process assets

4. Archive them as enterprise environmental factors

40. For a program with a $550,000 budget, 25% complete, and $135,000 spent, what’s the cost variance (CV)?

1. .99

2. -$2,500

3. $2,500

4. 1.02

41. You’re launching constituent projects in your program and need to authorize project managers to use resources. What document facilitates this?

1. Project charter

2. Project scope statement

3. Project resource requirements document

4. Roles and responsibilities chart

42. Your program produces a sellable byproduct that could reduce costs by $7,500 monthly. This reflects which positive risk response?

1. Sharing

2. Enhance

3. Exploiting

4. Accepting

43. An organization handles programs and projects across industries. What defines a portfolio?

1. Total funds invested in programs, projects, and operations

2. All money invested in the organization

3. The coordinated set of related projects, programs, and operations

4. Any project or program in one industry

44. You’re deciding whether to build or buy a program solution. Building costs $45,000 initially and $7,000 monthly to maintain, while a vendor offers it for $1,000 upfront and $9,000 monthly. Should you build or buy?

1. Build if you’ll use it beyond 22 months

2. Buy if you’ll use it beyond 24 months

3. Buy if you’ll use it beyond 22 months

4. Build if you’ll use it beyond 25 months

45. You’re planning a new warehouse program and need a document to officially mark its end. What should your management plan specify?

1. Final program audit report

2. Audit of program financials

3. Lessons learned documentation

4. Certificate of program completion

46. Which chart displays activity durations against a timeline?

1. Pie chart

2. Scatter chart

3. Gantt chart

4. Pareto chart

47. Which statement best describes program scope changes?

1. Changes must not disrupt component projects

2. Changes must not affect the portfolio

3. Changes should enhance benefit delivery capabilities

4. Changes are mandatory regardless of outcome

48. You’ve joined an ongoing program where the previous manager, Mr. Mark, is transitioning out. During handover, you disagree on the benefits’ clarity for the intended recipients. Defining benefits clearly serves what key purpose?

1. Highlighting the program’s significance

2. Clarifying the program’s intended outcomes

3. Justifying program investment

4. Enhancing organizational operations

49. A stakeholder group skips program meetings regularly. Which is not a likely reason?

1. Confidence in program discussions

2. Misaligned expectations

3. Disinterest in the program

4. Not a key stakeholder group

50. Approving the Program Management Plan is regarded as what?

1. A prerequisite for starting the definition phase

2. A result of the delivery phase

3. An outcome of the initiation phase

4. A product of the definition phase

FAQs

1. What is the Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification?

The PgMP certification from PMI recognizes advanced skills in managing multiple, related projects aligned to organizational goals.

2. How do I become PgMP certified?

You must meet PMI’s eligibility requirements, apply through PMI.org, undergo panel review, and pass the PgMP exam.

3. What are the eligibility requirements for the PgMP exam?

• Secondary degree + 6,000 hrs of program management + 10,500 hrs of project management, OR

• Four-year degree + 6,000 hrs of program management + 6,000 hrs of project management.

4. How much does the PgMP certification cost?

PMI members: $800 USD.

Non-members: $1,000 USD.

5. How many questions are on the PgMP exam?

The PgMP exam has 170 multiple-choice questions.

6. What is the passing score for the PgMP certification exam?

PMI does not publish an official score; results are shown by proficiency levels.

7. What topics are covered in the PgMP exam?

The domains include: Strategic Program Management, Program Life Cycle, Benefits Management, and Stakeholder Engagement.

8. How long is the PgMP certification exam?

The exam duration is 4 hours.

9. How difficult is the Program Management Professional exam?

It is considered very challenging, requiring both project and program management experience.

10. How long does it take to prepare for the PgMP exam?

Most professionals take 3–6 months of preparation depending on prior experience.

11. Are there any PgMP sample questions or practice tests available?

Yes, PMI provides samples, and CertiMaan offers practice tests and dumps for preparation.

12. What is the validity period of the PgMP certification?

The PgMP is valid for 3 years.

13. How many PDUs are required to maintain the PgMP certification?

You must earn 60 PDUs every 3 years.

14. Can I retake the PgMP exam if I fail?

Yes, you can retake the exam up to 3 times within your one-year eligibility period.

15. What jobs can I get with a PgMP certification?

Typical roles include Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, Portfolio Manager, and Director of Programs.

16. How much salary can a Program Management Professional earn?

Salaries vary, but PgMP-certified professionals often earn 20–25% higher than peers without certification.

17. Is the PgMP certification worth it?

Yes. It demonstrates advanced program management expertise and enhances career growth.

18. What is the difference between PgMP and PMP certifications?

• PMP focuses on managing individual projects.

• PgMP focuses on managing multiple related projects as a program.

19. What are the best study materials for the PgMP exam?

Use PMI’s exam content outline, reference guides, and CertiMaan practice tests for effective preparation.

20. Where can I register for the Program Management Professional certification exam?

You can register on the official PMI website (pmi.org) after creating an account and submitting your application.