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1.

Your customer mentions that they are “gun-shy” about spending and hesitate on new initiatives due to concerns about magnitude of budget reductions. Which Public Sector Pain are they referencing?

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Agency Mission FocusWorkforce Issues – Brain DrainBudget Reckoning (*)IT Reform

Correct. The Public Sector Pain they are referencing is Budget Reckoning.

2. Your customer mentions that there are increasing expectations to get projects done faster, better, cheaper, despite budget cuts and resource shortages. Which Market Trend are they referencing?

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Customer ExpectationsPeopleEconomy (*)Work Complexity

Correct. The Market Trend they are referencing is the Economy.

3. Your customer mentions that their workforce is aging and retiring, and that this has created a significant loss of knowledge and skills. Which Public Sector Pain are they referencing?

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Demographic Shift in Workforce (*)Transparency and AccountabilityIT ReformAgency Mission Focus

Correct. The Public Sector Pain Demographic Shift in Workforce.

4. Your customer mentions that there is now a mandate to show measureable progress from government projects. Which Public Sector Pain are they referencing?

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Budget ReckoningAgency Mission FocusTransparency and Accountability (*)IT Reform

Correct. The Public Sector Pain they are referencing is Transparency and Accountability.

Product Overview(Answer all questions in this section)

5. Your Client is a mature Primavera Portfolio Management user. They are at a point where they would like to increase their project management maturity, and begin implementing project management standards within project plans. Identify the Primavera product that works with Portfolio Management that would address this requirement.

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Risk AnalysisP6 EPPM (*)Contract ManagementEarned Value Management

Correct. The Primavera product is P6 EPPM.

Product Overview

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6. Identify the business benefit related to the Primavera Portfolio Management functionality: “Objectives mapping to specific Programs or Portfolios” Mark for

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Executives can see the performance of investments delivered to their desktopsTraceability back to the mission of an Agency, or to a business objective established for a program (*)View performance of a particular category, based on areas of business activity, geographic location, or any other predefined criteriaUsers can enter and organize all of the information regarding the business activities of their company

Correct. The related business benefit is: "Traceability back to the mission of an Agency, or to a business objective established for a program".

Target Customer Profile(Answer all questions in this section)

7. The Defense Department and Civilian Agencies both have a Role that is responsible for extending project portfolio management. Identify this Role. Mark for

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Office of SecretaryProgram Executive OfficerChief Acquisition OfficerProgram Manager (*)

Correct. The role is Program Manager.

Positioning Primavera Portfolio Management(Answer all questions in this section)

8. You are presenting to a Public Sector Agency. The agency has determined that they are 4 releases behind current version of Primavera Portfolio Management. They must upgrade in order to keep Support in place. This is an example of what type of spending?

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Defense SpendingDiscretionary SpendingProgram SpendingMandatory Spending (*)

Correct. This is an example of Mandatory Spending.

9. Identify the corresponding value statement for Streamline Investment Delivery. Mark for

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Increased Enterprise Visibility + Improved Governance = Balanced InvestmentsOperational Efficiency + Increased Accountability = Less chaos, Greater Confidence (*)Accurate Assessment of Investments + Risk Mitigation = Business Value

Correct. Operational Efficiency + Increased Accountability = Less chaos, Greater Confidence.

10.

You are presenting to a Public Sector Agency. The agency has a portfolio management tool that was developed internally using Excel macros. This has presented many difficulties in the budgeting process. The Program Manager wants to improve and extend project portfolio management, and has included this project in his operational project wish list. This is more than likely an example of what type of spending?

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Program SpendingMandatory SpendingDiscretionary Spending (*)Defense Spending

Correct. This is an example of Discretionary Spending.

Positioning Primavera Portfolio Management

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11.

Identify two common use cases in the Public Sector for Primavera Portfolio Management. Mark for

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Large Asset Management (*)Subcontractor ManagementConstruction ManagementFederal Capital Planning/Budgeting (*)

Correct. Federal Capital Planning / Budgeting and Large Asset Management are two common use cases.

History and Roadmap(Answer all questions in this section)

12.

Your Customer mentions that they are low maturity with regard to project management best practices. However, their vision is to grow the size, scope and complexity of their projects over time to be in alignment with Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge processes. What positioning statement could you use with this customer?

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Primavera solutions help identify the right resources at the right time.User Primavera solutions to help determine the right mix of projectsPrimavera solutions scale – from small to large, and simple to complex (*)Primavera solutions help flag problems before they occur

Correct. Primavera solutions scale – from small to large, and simple to complex.

13.

Identify the current name of the product formerly referred to as Pertmaster.Mark for Review

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Contract ManagementRisk Analysis (*)ProSightMonte Carlo

Correct. The current name is Risk Analysis.

Cross Sell Up Sell(Answer all questions in this section)

14.

Identify two products that are part of the Fusion Middleware Solution.Mark for Review

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OBIEE (*)Real Application ClustersIdentity Management (*)

OLAP / Data Mininge-Business Suite

Correct. Two Middleware products are OBIEE and Identity Management.

15.

Identify two database products that have been the platform of choice for development. Mark for

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Identity Managemente-Business SuiteOBIEEOLAP / Data Mining (*)Real Application Clusters (*)

Correct. Two database products are OLAP / Data Mining and Real Application Clusters.

16.

Identify two use cases where Portfolio Management would be the best product to position.

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Risk ManagementPortfolio Rationalization (*)Resource ManagementProject SchedulingEvaluation and Selection (*)

Correct. Two use case are Evaluation and Selection and Portfolio Rationalization.

17. Identify two use cases where Primavera Contract Management would be the best product to position. Mark for

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Evaluation and SelectionPortfolio RationalizationChange Management (*)Risk ManagementClaim Management (*)

Correct. Two use case are Change Management and Claim Management.

18. Identify two Resource Management processes / functionality that provide value to Customer. Mark for

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Financial ManagementCapacity Planning (*)Top Down BudgetingChange ManagementLeveling (*)

Correct. Two Resource Management processes / functionality are Capacity Planning and Leveling.

Primavera Portfolio Management End User Fundamentals Boot Camp(Answer all questions in this section)

19. Your Customer wants to do a look back of data for a specific portfolio. Identify the Primavera Portfolio Management functionality that would address this requirement.

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Print reportSave AsData As Of (*)Set Date Range

Correct. The Primavera Portfolio Management functionality is Data As Of.

20. Your Customer has built a very sophisticated set of Categories. They want to be able to update 10 of their highest priority categories using the same view of the data. Identify the Portfolio Management functionality that will address this requirement.

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FormsIndicatorsDashboardsScorecards (*)

Correct. The Primavera Portfolio Management functionality is Scorecards.

21.

Identify the tool bar that is used for selecting the display module.

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Black Menu BarTitle BarTool Bar (*)Navigation Bar

Correct. The Tool Bar is used for selecting the display module.

22. You have multiple users working in the same Form. Both Users save their work. However, when one of the Users comes back into Primavera Portfolio Management and pulls up the Form, they realize that their data did not save correctly. What could be the reason for this problem?

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The User did not have the appropriate security to save the data in the Form.The User did not select “Refresh” prior to exiting the applicationIf multiple users are modifying the same Item simultaneously, then the last person to ‘Save’ will have their data stored in the database. (*)The User navigated to the wrong tab and therefore is viewing the wrong data.

Correct. If multiple users are modifying the same Item simultaneously, then the last person to ‘Save’ will have their data stored in the database.

23. Identify two Project Management functions that can be managed using Workbooks. Mark for

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ResourcesWork Breakdown StructurePhases (*)CostsLife Cycles (*)

Correct. The two functions are Life Cycles and Phases.

24. What is the function within the Investor Map that will allow What If scenarios? Mark for

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Size ByVersions (*)Color ByAlternate Axes

Correct. The function is Versions.

Primavera Portfolio Management Advanced Concepts Boot Camp(Answer all questions in this section)

25. Your Customer wants to be able to show a summary roll up of values for a portfolio. Identify the Primavera Portfolio Management functionality that addresses this requirement.

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Calculated FieldsCalculating Portfolio (*)Dynamic FieldsNon Calculating Portfolio

Correct. The Primavera Portfolio Management functionality is Calculating Portfolio.

26.

Assume you have a user group defined and a folder with a form in it. Where do you define security to allow a member of the user group to select the form to view or update data in it?

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Folder Permissions (*)Item PermissionsPortfolio Permissions.User Group Permissions

Correct. Folder Permissions

27. You've defined security on a portfolio of projects to allow a user group to update the data for the entire portfolio, yet the members of the group can only update the projects for which they are manager. Assuming you have defined the security for the portfolio correctly, what could explain why your security isn't working? Select two reasons that would explain why your security isn’t working.

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The portfolio is not the home location for the projects. (*)Members of the user group belong to other user groups which only allow read access.

There is item security setup.You have previously denied update access for the user group higher in the portfolio structure (*)

Incorrect. You have previously denied update access for the user group higher in the portfolio structure, and the portfolio is not the home location for the projects.

28. You are looking to start a workflow. You go to the Start Workflow Dialog Box, but cannot locate the workflow you want to start. What is the problem?

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This is an automated workflow that cannot be started from the Start Workflow Dialog BoxYou do not have workflow security for the specific workflow (*)You do not have user access to workflow functionality in PPMThe workflow has been disabled and therefore cannot be accessed

Correct. You do not have workflow security for the specific workflow.

29. What best describes the way Security should be addressed in Primavera Portfolio Management? Mark for

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Create the security according to other customers’ configurationsDesign and configure security at the very end of the project.Look at the customer requirements and setup the structure.Understand the customer’s User Groups and the Permissions for each Role within the Primavera Portfolio Management Data base. (*)

Correct. Understand the customer’s User Groups and the Permissions for each Role within the Primavera Portfolio Management Data base.

30. Because of the inherent functionality of rolling up category values of the items contained in a portfolio, each portfolio contained in the system has a performance impact. The number of items placed in a portfolio of items, and the number of portfolios placed in a portfolio of portfolios, is critical to performance. Large portfolios with have a much higher impact on performance than having smaller portfolios. What is the best practice for setting up the portfolio structure?

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Place the larger portfolio on a different server.Set up any number of items in a portfolio and run them manuallyRestrict all portfolios to less than 500 itemsCreate portfolios with a small amount of items and structure them within a super portfolio for rollup (*)

Correct. Create portfolios with a small amount of items and structure them within a super portfolio for rollup

31.

When setting Data security permissions for Portfolios or Items, what elements can be defined?

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Admin only.Create, Remove, EditEdit Past, Future, and Current Data onlyRead and Admin onlyRead, Edit Past, Edit Current, Edit Future, Admin (*)

Correct. Read, Edit Past, Edit Current, Edit Future, Admin and be defined.

32. A __________ lets you define a decision question with two to five possible answers (options). Mark for

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System Defined Decision StepAlert Based Decision StepAutomated Decision StepManual Decision Step (*)

Correct. A Manual Decision Step lets you define a decision question with two to five possible answers (options).

33. Your Customer has completed an inventory of all Existing projects in flight. They want to get to the next level of maturity in implementing the discipline of portfolio management. What would be the next step that you would recommend?

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Manage Existing ProjectsEvaluate the new and existing projects (*)

Continuously evaluate new project requestsInventory All Existing Projects

Correct. Evaluate the new and existing projects.

34. Identify the True statement regarding ScorecardsMark for Review

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Scorecards are saved in one Home folderScorecards are saved by AdministratorsScorecards are saved in default System defined foldersScorecards can be saved in multiple folders (*)

Incorrect. Scorecards can be saved in multiple folders.

35. Your Customer mentions that they would like to set up portfolios in such a way that a set of criteria automatically updates the content within those portfolios. Identify the Primavera Portfolio Management functionality that addresses this requirement.

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Dynamic PortfolioUser PortfolioManual PortfolioQuery Based Portfolio (*)

Incorrect. The Primavera Portfolio Management functionality is Query Based Portfolio.

36.

Identify the process to review where a category is being used.

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Admin ReportsAudit Log

Function Engine ReportsSetup, Category, Usage (*)

Correct. "Setup, Category, Usage" is the process to review where a category is being used.

37. What security permissions are needed to move the home portfolio of an item? Mark for

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Admin permission for the existing home portfolio only.Admin permission for the new home portfolio onlyEdit permission for the New Home portfolio onlyYou need Update permission for the properties of both portfolios. (*)

Correct. You need Update permission for the properties of both portfolios.

38. Identify two task types that are implemented automatically by the system. Mark for

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InstructionsEmbedded workflow (*)DocumentModuleQuery-based portfolio (*)

Incorrect. Two tasks are Embedded workflow, and Query-based portfolio.

39. How many graph types are available?Mark for Review

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ThreeFour (*)FiveNone

Correct. Four graph types are available.

40. You are in the Primavera Portfolio Management Console. You are looking at the status of the PPM process. The status “Not Running” is showing. What should you do next?

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Check and run the PPM Functions service.Check and run the “PPM Service” service.Check the PPM Watchdog service.Check the Internet Information Server (IIS) services. (*)

Correct. Check the Internet Information Server (IIS) services.

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