PMI PfMP Exam
Portfolio Management Professional (Page 10 )

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Assume you are the portfolio manager for a company that specializes in software, including portfolio management software. It has many components under way to enhance the existing product line but also to move the company into Cloud computing. You regularly prepare reports on the portfolio status but lately have had a large number of stakeholders request ad hoc reports. You decided to survey your stakeholders to learn about their information needs. You next decided to hold some one-on-one interviews with several interested and influential stakeholders in terms of communications requirements. From these interviews you are concerned that some stakeholder groups may be missing so you decided to:

  1. Conduct another survey
  2. Hold some lessons learned sessions
  3. Have a brainstorming session
  4. Convene a focus group

Answer(s): C



Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) may constrain portfolio management options and may have a positive or negative influence on the outcome. Which of the following is not considered part of the EEFs?

  1. Personnel administration
  2. Stakeholder risk tolerances
  3. Existing human resources
  4. Component Managers Roles and Responsibilities

Answer(s): D



One of the stakeholders of one of your components came to you complaining that his manager is not receiving specific information on multiple components progress. What is your best course of action?

  1. Raise the issue to the governance board as you have already analyzed this manager
  2. Send the manager the needed information asked by the stakeholder
  3. Meet the manager and understand what information is required
  4. Add the manager to the weekly reports distribution list where there is a lot of information on the components

Answer(s): C



Your portfolio has encountered a big issue and multiple management decisions have been taken in order to re-align the portfolio with the strategic objectives. What is the tool that you use in order to report major risks and issues to stakeholders?

  1. Portfolio Management Plan
  2. Portfolio Risk Register
  3. Portfolio Reports
  4. Portfolio Status Reports

Answer(s): C



Your health insurance company has set up its portfolio into five different categories:
research and development, IT, Medicare, government health insurance, and non- government health insurance. Funding is allocated yearly to each of these six categories. As the portfolio manager at the enterprise level, you:

  1. Ensure such allocations are reflected in the portfolio's strategic plan
  2. Meet with the CFO and determine these allocations when the budget for the fiscal year is being prepared
  3. Meet with the managers of the five portfolios once the budget allocations are known
  4. Use your existing inventory of components in the portfolio and in the pipeline to determine funding allocations

Answer(s): A






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