PDMA Product Development Professional (NPDP) Certification Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following best describes a new product portfolio management system?

A) A multi-project management process whereby resources are balanced across projects generating a constant list of funded projects
B) A decision process that generates a once a year new product project funding list.
C) None of the above
D) A dynamic decision process whereby a business' list of active new product projects is constantly updated

2. In the management of product portfolio, it is important to:

A) Focus strongly on products in the introduction and growth stages of the product lige cycle
B) Place significant emphasis on the product in the maturity stage of the product life cycle
C) Place significant emphasis on products in the growth and maturity steges of the product life cycle
D) Have a good mix of products across the introduction, growth and maturity stages of the product life cycle

3. Which of the following are considerations for product use testing?
I. Determine the objective for the product use test
II. Determine whether blind or branded tests are appropriate
III. Determine whether supervised or unsupervised testing is appropriate IV. Determine whether product should be tested alone, with another product, or against another product

A) I, II, IV
B) I, II, III, IV
C) I, II, III
D) II, III, IV

4. A product manager is charged with launching a new product. She decides on initially launching into a specific market segment and then, on the basis of achievieng penetration into this segment, to roll the product ou progressively to more segments. This approach to launching a new product is called a:

A) Rollout strategy
B) Market testing
C) Market expansion
D) Beachhead strategy

5. I. Use a staged and gated NPD system
II. Use dedicated project members
III. Watch for triggers that indicate a succeeding activity can begin before its predecessor is complete IV. Use prototyping to set the pace

A) I, III, IV
B) I, II, IV
C) I, II, III
D) II, III, IV

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