CIPS L6M5 Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 07,2025- Exam Code: L6M5
- Exam Name: Strategic Programme Leadership
- Certification Provider: CIPS
- Latest update: Apr 07,2025
Josh is the son of the CEO of a law firm and has recently been hired as a trainee attorney, following his graduation from University. He has been with the company for three months and middle management often invite him to meetings that other trainee attorneys are not invited to.
What type of power does he have that would explain this?
- A . positional power
- B . expert power
- C . personal power
- D . negative power
Juno is completing a Variance Analysis on the sales department’s spend for the first quarter. He concludes that there is a Favourable Variance.
What does this mean?
- A . the department has more money in the budget than what they have spent so far
- B . the department has spent more than the allocated budget
- C . the results are better than expected
- D . the results are worse than expected
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institute of British Architects are two founding members of which organisation that creates contracts for the construction industry?
- A . Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- B . Joint Contracts Tribunal
- C . International Federation of Consulting Engineers
- D . New Engineering Contract
Sarah is a Project Manager running a project to create a new type of shoe that is sensitive due to intellectual property issues. She is undergoing Programme Level Control.
What is the purpose of Programme Level Control?
- A . to ensure the project remains a secret
- B . to provide additional resources to ensure the project is completed on time
- C . to ensure the project is running to the allocated budget
- D . to track how much money the project has spent
Scenario (same as Question 16):
What type of power does the CFO have at Fin Inc?
- A . positional power
- B . expert power
- C . personal power
- D . negative power
At what stage in a program’s lifecycle is an Investment Appraisal conducted?
Answer Options:
- A . Before contracting C to ensure the program is viable
- B . At the initiation stage C to decide which contractor to hire
- C . During the project C to ensure that money is being well spent and the program will be delivered to schedule
- D . After completion C to assess whether money was invested wisely
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Kathryn is considering accepting a job at a new company. She is doing some research into the company to find out if it would be a good cultural fit for her.
Which of the following would be classed as an ‘espoused value’ of the new company?
- A . Company cars given to all members of the senior leadership team
- B . The product slogans
- C . The company’s mission statement
- D . The office furnishings and dress code
- E . The way people are greeted in reception
What is the primary disadvantage of the Payback Analysis method? Answer Options:
- A . It is complex
- B . It ignores the amount of money invested
- C . It does not consider the time value of money
- D . It does not compare different options
What is the purpose of Cybernetic Control within Project Management?
Answer Options:
- A . To assign resources
- B . To reduce errors
- C . To increase value
- D . To monitor progress
Casper is conducting a Variance Analysis of the company’s budget.
What is its main purpose?
Answer Options:
- A . To identify which departments have overspent
- B . To identify where cost savings can be made
- C . To minimize inefficiencies
- D . To analyze whether costs are fixed or variable