🚀 PM Test: Complex Program Management and Scaling

Welcome to your Program Manager Test 6 – Advanced Level

Question 1: What is the purpose of conducting a program health review?

A) To evaluate program performance against strategic objectives, risks, and value delivery

B) To assess employee satisfaction

C) To audit company policies

D) To update the design team

Question 2: What is systems thinking in the context of program management?

A) Programming logic

B) A mathematical method

C) A holistic approach to understanding interdependencies between components of a system or program

D) A technique used only in IT programs

Question 3: What distinguishes adaptive program management from traditional program management?

A) Adaptive uses more Excel spreadsheets

B) Adaptive embraces change and promotes flexible planning based on new information

C) Traditional requires more paperwork

D) There is no difference

Question 4: How does a Program Manager ensure resilience during strategic disruptions (e.g., market or policy changes)?

A) By creating a backup for every document

B) By continuously evaluating risks and updating the program roadmap accordingly

C) By freezing all changes

D) By pausing all projects

Question 5: What is the role of benefit owner assignment in program governance?

A) To assign accountability for realizing specific business benefits

B) To designate who receives bonuses

C) To manage time reporting

D) To delegate administrative task

Question 6: What is portfolio rationalization?

A) Assessing and adjusting programs and projects to align with strategy and eliminate redundancy

B) Selling stocks

C) Hiring more managers

D) Outsourcing parts of a program

Question 7: What is a key risk when integrating agile and traditional projects within a program?

A) Lack of budget

B) Misalignment in planning cycles and reporting expectations

C) Excessive documentation

D) Too many stakeholders

Question 8: How can a Program Manager measure intangible benefits like brand reputation or employee engagement?

A) Through invoice tracking

B) With cost-benefit equations only

C) Ignoring them since they can’t be measured

D) Using indirect indicators, surveys, or third-party evaluations

Question 9: What is the best approach when a sponsor’s strategic priorities change mid-program?

A) Cancel the program

B) Maintain the original plan

C) Finish faster to avoid changes

D) Reassess alignment and adapt the roadmap while managing stakeholder

Question 10: What distinguishes transformational programs from operational programs?

A) Transformational programs are easier

B) Operational programs never involve people

C) Transformational programs are temporary

D) Transformational programs aim to create fundamental change; operational ones focus on improvement