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Which is a purpose of a Daily Log?

To record the products and activities planned for the stage

To report on the status of the products produced during a stage

To record informal issues

To update the Project Board on the progress of a stage

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

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

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

To review and, if necessary, update the project initiation documentation

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme?

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

To ensure that the supplier resources are available

To ensure that the change authority is delegated

To ensure the senior user verifies user requirements

Which describes the 'implement' step within the recommended risk management procedure?

The project manager formulates the risk management approach

Project support allocates the risk budget to fund the selected risk responses

The risk owner decides the best response to control the risk

The risk owner and the risk actionee carry out activities to control and deal with the risk

In which process is authorization given to deliver the project's products?

Directing a project

Initiating a project

Starting up a project

Managing a stage boundary

Identify the missing word in the following sentence. Quality [ ? ] defines the type of quality methods the project will use.

control

planning

tolerance

assurance

Identify the missing word in the following sentence. A management stage can be longer when risk is [ ? ], typically in the middle of projects.

complex

lower

higher

understood

Which statement about the project support role is CORRECT?

It can be combined with the project assurance role

It produces checkpoint reports for the project manager

It can be performed by the project manager

It is an optional role for a PRINCE2 project

How is the 'learn from experience' principle applied?

By defining the customer's expectations of the project's products

By reviewing the management of previous projects

By delegating responsibilities to a different level of management

By defining cost tolerances for project objectives

If a work package is forecast to exceed its tolerances, how should a team manager inform the project manager?

By submitting an exception report

By raising a risk

By submitting an exception plan

By raising an issue

Identify the missing word in the following sentence. PRINCE2 recommends three levels of [ ? ] to reflect the needs of the different levels of management involved in a project.

activity

benefit

plan

product

Which is an objective of the Managing Product Delivery process?

To report progress to the Project Board

To ensure that the Business Case is kept under review

To ensure that work on products is authorized and agreed with the team

To sign off completed Work Packages

Which is a purpose of the quality theme?

To establish the mechanisms to judge whether a project is desirable and achievable

To look for ways to improve the effectiveness of the management of the project

To establish mechanisms to control any unacceptable deviation

To control uncertainty to improve the ability of the project to succeed

Which is a responsibility of the team manager role?

To review the tailoring approach and its implications for project controls

To review the highlight report for the previous reporting period

To examine and escalate issues, taking necessary corrective actions

To accept authorized work packages from the project manager

Which is a purpose of the 'starting up a project' process?

To ensure that the prerequisites for initiating the project are in place

To assemble the project initiation documentation so the project can be initiated

To confirm to corporate, programme management or customer that quality expectations will be met

To establish whether the project plan can meet the required target dates

Which is an objective of the Closing a Project process?

To check that all the project's products have been accepted by the users

To ensure that all benefits have been achieved

To capture the customer’s quality expectations

To prepare for the final stage of the project

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

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

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

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

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

Which is a purpose of the Closing a Project process?

To inform the Project Board that the final stage is about to start

To provide the Project Board with sufficient information to confirm continued business justification for the project

To provide a fixed point at which acceptance of the project product is confirmed

To define the handover procedures for the project's products

Which principle is being applied when a project product description is produced?

Manage by stages

Continued business justification

Focus on products

Learn from experience

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. If a baselined product requires modification, the recommended [ ? ] procedure, or equivalent procedure should be used.

exception management

issue and change control

risk management

quality control

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

Identify

Assess

Implement

Plan

How is the Product Status Account used in the Closing a Project process?

To confirm how products are to be handed over to those who will maintain the products in their operational life

To confirm, for a planned closure, that all the project’s products have been approved

To confirm, for a premature closure, that all unfinished products are covered by concessions

To confirm that the project's products have been delivered within budget

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

Change

Plans

Progress

Quality

Which is a purpose of a project brief?

To capture lessons from previous projects

To document a common understanding of the starting point for the project

To confirm that the project is able to deliver the detailed business case

To define the quality techniques to be applied during the project

What should the Executive check before the project is initiated?

That the contribution of the project to corporate objectives is understood

That the Project Plan has been approved

That the Project Initiation Documentation is complete

That all Work Packages have been authorized

What is risk probability?

The probable effect on the project being able to deliver its objectives

A probable timeframe within which the risk may occur

The scale of the risk should it occur

A measure of the likelihood of the risk occurring

Which is a recommended quality review team role?

Project Assurance

Presenter

Senior User

Project Support

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

To ensure that work on products is authorized

To ensure that the business case is kept under review

To sign off completed work packages

To report progress to the project board

Which two statements about the 'continued business justification' principle are CORRECT? 1. The business justification for a project should be documented 2. The project manager should be responsible for the business justification 3. A project must be stopped if the business justification changes 4. Compulsory projects still require business justification

2 and 3

1 and 2

3 and 4

1 and 4

Which role is responsible for the management of a risk assigned to it?

Risk owner

Project support

Project assurance

Risk actionee

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The six aspects of project performance to be managed are [ ? ], costs, timescales and scope.

benefits, change, quality

benefits, quality, risk

benefits, change, risk

change, quality, risk

What are the three recommended types of issue?

Request for change, problem/concern, and Issue Report

Off-specification, request for change and problem/concern

Request for change, Issue Report and risk

Off-specification, request for change and concession

Which is a purpose of a Quality Management Strategy?

To define the customer's quality expectations for the project

To summarize the planned quality management activities

To define the quality standards to be applied to a project

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

Who does the senior user represent when making decisions?

The people or organizations that benefit from using the project’s product

Project delivery teams

Corporate, programme management or customer

The people or organizations that design the project's products

Which description is part of the PRINCE2 definition of a project?

A finite number of activities grouped together to be managed as a unit

A temporary organization created for the purpose of delivering business products

A specific element of work that a Project Manager agrees to deliver

A defined undertaking that requires organization and resources

Which is an objective of the quality review technique?

To involve key interested parties to promote wider acceptance of the product

To update the status in the Configuration Item Record when a product is signed-off

To agree any changes required to the baselined product

To develop and improve the specification of a product through continuous assessment

Which process provides the project board with the information it requires in order to commit resources to the project?

Controlling a stage

Initiating a project

Directing a project

Managing product delivery

Which process aims to ensure that during the project all parties understand the project objectives?

Initiating a project

Managing product delivery

Directing a project

Starting up a project

Which process enables the Project Board to be accountable for a project's success by enabling it to exercise overall control?

Initiating a Project

Directing a Project

Controlling a Stage

Managing a Stage Boundary

Which aspect of project performance must be managed to avoid misunderstandings on what the project is to deliver?

Scope

Costs

Timescale

Risk

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

During the 'closing a project' process

During the 'controlling a stage' process

During the final end stage assessment

During the 'managing product delivery' process

What helps the Project Board to assess project viability at certain points, as defined in the Project Plan?

Receiving regular Checkpoint Reports

Creating Exception Reports when tolerances are threatened

Authorizing project closure

Authorizing one stage at a time

Which role is responsible for specifying the project benefits?

Project Manager

Executive

Senior User(s)

Corporate or programme management

What is an advantage of applying the 'learn from experience' principle?

It allows the project team to fully understand their roles and responsibilities

It allows the project manager to delegate time tolerances to the team managers

It allows the project board to delegate cost tolerances to the project manager

It allows the project team to identify improvements to be made during the project

Which is a purpose of the Communication Management Strategy?

To define the structure of responsibilities in support of effective decision-making in a project

To identify the communications required from the Team Manager(s) to the Project Board

To identify how and by whom the project’s products will be controlled and protected

To define the method of communication between the project and its stakeholders

Which is one of the six aspects of project performance that needs to be managed?

Risk

Change

Security

Progress

Which takes place during the Closing a Project process?

The post-project benefits reviews are performed

Ownership of the project's products is transferred to the customer

The project closure notification is reviewed and approved

An End Stage Report is prepared for the final stage

Which is a feature of PRINCE2?

It is designed to manage both projects and programmes

It is a method specifically designed for technical projects

It includes many motivational techniques

It promotes continual learning in organizations

Which activity can take place within the 'managing a stage boundary' process?

Take corrective action within stage tolerances

Authorize a stage plan for the next stage

Produce an exception plan

Produce highlight reports

Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2?

Processes

Role descriptions

Quality

Product descriptions

Which two statements describe a highlight report? 1. It provides a summary of the stage status 2. It is used by the project board to monitor the progress of the stage and project 3. It is produced by the project manager when a new risk is identified . 4. It is used by the project manager to escalate an exception

1 and 2

1 and 4

3 and 4

2 and 3

How is the Project Initiation Documentation used during the Closing a Project process?

It is updated to include relevant lessons from previous projects

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

It provides the Project Product Description for approval by the Project Board

It provides the controls for the final stage of the project

In which process is authorization given to deliver the project's products?

Directing a Project

Starting up a Project

Managing a Stage Boundary

Initiating a Project

Which is a purpose of the Benefits Review Plan?

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

To provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits

To document the justification for the undertaking of a project

Which product is a time-driven control?

Lessons report

End stage report

Checkpoint report

Exception report

Which roles CANNOT be combined with the role of project assurance? 1. Project manager 2. Project support 3. Senior user 4. Executive

1 and 2

3 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 4

What is the trigger for the Starting up a Project process?

Project Plan

Outline Business Case

Project mandate

Project Brief

Which is a task of product-based planning?

Prepare the schedule

Create the product flow diagram

Design the plan

Analyze the risks

Which two statements are CORRECT about the minimum requirements for applying the change theme? 1. Identified issues must be assessed for their impact on the business justification for the project. 2. Project issues must be captured, examined and managed throughout the project lifecycle. 3. The actual status of products must be verified to ensure that this matches the authorized state. 4. A budget must be established to pay for requests for change and their analysis.

1 and 4

3 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 2

Which is a recommended response type for an opportunity?

Fallback

Reject

Reduce

Transfer

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