p2-30questions

Which is a purpose of the Risk theme?

To provide a way to record any complaints from stakeholders

To identify, assess and control any approved changes to the baseline

To prepare the organization's risk management policy

To enable proactive identification, assessing and controlling of uncertainty

What should be provided by corporate or programme management before the Starting up a Project process commences?

Sufficient information to identify the prospective Executive

The Project Initiation Documentation

Authority to initiate a project

A Project Brief with details outlining the project approach

How many tasks does the product-based planning technique describe?

Three

Four

Two

One

Which is a purpose of a quality management approach?

To define the customer's quality expectations for the project

To identify the level of quality required for each of the project's products

To summarize the planned quality management activities

To define the quality standards to be applied to a project

Which roles should NOT be combined?

It is considered low risk

It maintains business as usual

It involves cross-functional teams

It avoids stresses and strains between organizations

Which statement is true of Project Assurance but NOT of quality assurance?

It is responsible for reviewing the project for compliance with corporate standards

It is independent of the Project Manager

It is appointed as part of the project management team

It is responsible for monitoring the conduct of the project

PRINCE2 mandates that the project board represents the primary stakeholder interests. Which principle does this follow?

Focus on products

Defined roles and responsibilities

Manage by stages

Learn from experience

Which is a purpose of the Benefits Review Plan?

To provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits

To document the justification for the undertaking of a project

To summarize project performance to date for the Project Board to decide what action to take next

To provide the reasons for the project, to put into the Business Case

Which is assumed to be the customer's responsibility in the PRINCE2 customer/supplier environment?

To provide the skills to deliver the desired result

To develop the project's products

To specify the desired result

To ensure the technical integrity of a project

After the first stage, when are the Stage Plans for further stages produced?

At the start of the initiation stage

When creating the Project Plan

After completion of the current stage

Near the end of the current stage

Which product establishes the baseline against which the project's actual performance is compared?

Project Initiation Documentation

Product Status Account

Project Brief

Configuration Item Record

Which aspect of project performance must be managed in order to have a clear understanding of what the project is to deliver?

Costs

Risk

Scope

Timescale

What is the first step in the recommended risk management procedure?

Identify

Assess

Implement

Plan

Which defines the sequence in which the project's products should be developed?

Product flow diagram

Project Product Description

Product breakdown structure

Product Description

Where should a Project Manager record informal issues?

Risk Register

Daily Log

Issue Register

Checkpoint Report

What does applying the 'manage by stages' principle ensure?

That the customer's quality expectations and acceptance criteria are captured and agreed

That the project is properly initiated before work begins on delivery of the project's outputs

That the project management team understands what they are accountable for

That the project is only started and continued if it is desirable, viable and achievable

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

It prevents any changes after the scope of a project has been agreed

It includes techniques for critical path analysis and earned value analysis

It enables a project manager to be accountable for the success of a project

It provides established and proven best practice and governance for project management

Which product forms the 'contract' between the Project Manager and the Project Board for the project?

Project Product Description

Project Brief

Project Initiation Documentation

Project Plan

Which is an objective of the 'managing a stage boundary' process?

To ensure that work on products allocated to the team for the next stage is authorized

To request authorization to start the next stage

To implement actions to resolve tolerance deviations from the stage plan

To ensure that all threats and opportunities for the current stage have been closed

Which is an objective of the 'managing product delivery' process?

To ensure that work on products is authorized

To sign off completed work packages

To ensure that the business case is kept under review

To report progress to the project board

What is defined when deciding how to tailor PRINCE2 to suit the project?

Which primary stakeholder interests will be represented

When the project's outputs will be delivered

Which of the six tolerance areas will be included

When the project's progress will be reviewed

When is it confirmed whether a project's objectives have been achieved?

During the 'managing product delivery' process

During the 'controlling a stage' process

During the 'closing a project' process

During the final end stage assessment

Which theme establishes mechanisms to monitor and compare actual achievements against those planned?

Progress

Plans

Change

Quality

Which is an objective of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

To act as a break between those managing the project and those creating products

To review and, if necessary, update the Project Initiation Documentation

To ensure a periodic review is carried out to approve the products created within the completed stage

To enable the Project Board to commit resources and expenditure required for the initiation stage

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme?

To ensure that the supplier resources are available

To ensure that all the responsibilities of the project board are fulfilled

To ensure the senior user verifies user requirements

To ensure that the change authority is delegated

Which is a responsibility of the business representative on the project board?

To confirm the project delivers the required functionality

To set tolerance levels for the project

To check the required quality levels are achieved by the project's products

To ensure the project represents value for money

How is the project initiation documentation used during the 'closing a project' process?

It is updated to include relevant lessons from previous projects

It provides the project product description for approval by the project board

It is used as the basis for comparing the original aim of the project against what was actually achieved

It provides the controls for the final stage of the project

What should be provided by a project mandate?

Terms of reference for a project

Tolerances for each management stage

A detailed business case

A plan for the initiation stage

Which is a purpose of the benefits management approach?

To provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits

To provide the reasons for the project, to put into the business case

To summarize project performance to date for the project board to decide what action to take next

To document the justification for undertaking a project

Which statement about acceptance criteria is CORRECT?

Acceptance criteria are less specific and precise than customer's quality expectations

After acceptance criteria are agreed, they CANNOT be changed

Acceptance criteria should be agreed between the customer and the supplier

Acceptance criteria are used to produce the customer's quality expectations

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