The program manager plans to address a negative cost

39.The program manager plans to address a negative cost variance generating a red
flag in the program management status report.
What should the program manager do?
A. Contact the project sponsors to present the details, impacts, and possible
corrective actions regarding the negative cost variance.
B. Gather all the details, analyze impacts, determine corrective actions and present
the findings to the governance board for direction.
C. Work with program sponsor to compile impact analysis data to obtain additional
funding for the program.
D. Ask the program team to compile all details, analyze impacts, determine corrective
actions and present to the governance board for direction.
Answer: B
40.The program manager wants to ensure that a program contributes to shareholder
value.
The program manager should verify alignment with which of the following?
41.What does CPI value less than 1.0 indicates? 42.You have created a control chart for a repeatable process in your program. You
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have discovered that the seven most recent measurements are all on the positive
side of the mean in your control chart.
What is this phenomenon called?
43.A wild life protection organization opposes your program, which involves the
cutting of around 200 trees to make way for the construction of a building.
Which of the following correctly defines the organization in program management
terminology?
A. Negative stakeholder
B. Positive stakeholder
C. Key stakeholder
D. Hurdle stakeholder
Answer: A
44.You are the program manager for your organization. A new program is about to
initiated and Marcy, your assistant, asks you about the themes that all new programs
must map to.
All of the following are themes that you can discuss with Marcy except for which one
is not a program theme?
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45.You are the program manager of the HNG Program. This program has a budget at
completion of $2,345,900 and is expected to last two years . The program is currently
30 percent complete and you have spent $789,000 . The program is supposed to be
35 percent complete but do to some delays you're slightly behind
schedule. Based on this information, what is the schedule performance index (SPI) for
this program?

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