PMI PfMP Exam
Portfolio Management Professional (Page 19 )

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

One of your component managers has submitted his resignation and left the company; a new program manager joins the portfolio replacing him. Which document you use to inform the new program manager about his responsibilities in the portfolio?

  1. Program Business Case
  2. Portfolio Roadmap
  3. Portfolio Management Plan
  4. Portfolio Charter

Answer(s): C



Your Portfolio Review Board is scheduled to meet in a week. Resources only are available to support one project, and detailed business cases have been prepared for two of them. Your company has a policy of being risk adverse. Based on the following table, which project would you recommend to the Board, and what else would you mention to them?

  1. Project A and it has less risk associated with it
  2. Project B and it has less risk associated with it
  3. Project A as the benefits will be realized in a shorter time period
  4. Project B but other qualitative items are not available

Answer(s): D



One of the major resources on your portfolio is needed by two of the components at the same time. This resource has high technical knowledge and is aware of all the business needs. Which of the following tools and techniques can you use in order to solve this issue?

  1. Sequencing Techniques
  2. Capability and Capacity Analysis
  3. Scenario Analysis
  4. Interdependency Analysis

Answer(s): A



Your portfolio is on a tight deliverables and is considered the major portfolio in your company. Stakeholders are concerned about the purpose of defining a portfolio while already having an inventory of work and are worried that this will cause a lot of time to be wasted. What is your advice to the stakeholders?

  1. This process is required to optimize and balance the portfolio for performance and value delivery
  2. This process is required to produce an organized portfolio for ongoing evaluation, selection, and prioritization
  3. This process can be skipped because it will be re-done as part of the Optimize Portfolio process
  4. They are right, the process can be skipped when an inventory of work is in place

Answer(s): B



You are currently defining a hierarchical representation of your portfolio and its components and listing the major and milestone components, including dependencies internal and external to the portfolio with business units. For this you know that you will need multiple inputs. Which of the following are considered inputs in your case?

  1. Portfolio, Portfolio Strategic Plan, Portfolio Process Assets
  2. Portfolio, Portfolio Charter, Portfolio Strategic Plan
  3. Portfolio, Portfolio Charter, Portfolio Management Plan
  4. Portfolio, Portfolio Strategic Plan, Portfolio Management Plan

Answer(s): B






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