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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, change, risk

change, quality, risk

benefits, quality, risk

Which project management team role can authorize the premature closure of a project?

Project Board

Project Manager

Project Assurance

Project Support

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

A Project Brief with details outlining the project approach

The Project Initiation Documentation

Authority to initiate a project

Sufficient information to identify the prospective Executive

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.

product

benefit

activity

plan

Which statement about acceptance criteria is CORRECT?

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

After acceptance criteria are agreed, they CANNOT be changed

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

Acceptance criteria should be agreed between the customer and the supplier

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

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

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 provides established and proven best practice and governance for project management

Identify the missing word in the following sentence. A purpose of the [ ? ] theme is to control any unacceptable deviations from the project's objectives.

risk

plans

progress

change

Which product provides the version number of all products in a particular stage?

Configuration item record

Product description

Product status account

Issue register

What is a risk cause?

A known situation which creates uncertainty

A negative consequence of a threat occurring

An area of uncertainty that could create a problem

A positive consequence of an exploited opportunity

Which is a purpose of the Risk Management Strategy?

To define the techniques to be used when assessing project risks

To identify suitable risk owners for each of the project risks

To recommend responses for each of the project risks

To summarize exposure to strategic, programme, project and operational risks

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

To report progress to the project board

To ensure that work on products is authorized

To sign off completed work packages

To ensure that the business case is kept under review

Which is a purpose of a quality management approach?

To define the customer's quality expectations for the project

To summarize the planned quality management activities

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

To define the quality standards to be applied to a project

Which is a recommended response type for an opportunity?

Reject

Transfer

Fallback

Reduce

Which process includes the acceptance and execution of project work by external suppliers?

Directing a Project

Managing Product Delivery

Controlling a Stage

Managing a Stage Boundary

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

It is independent of the Project Manager

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

It is responsible for monitoring the conduct of the project

It is appointed as part of the project management team

Which statement about project stakeholders is CORRECT?

All three principle categories of stakeholder have their interests represented by the project board

All stakeholders must be identified at the start of the project

All stakeholders are members of the project board

All stakeholders are external to the corporate organization

Which is a task of product-based planning?

Prepare the schedule

Analyze the risks

Create the product flow diagram

Design the plan

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

By submitting an exception plan

By raising an issue

By raising a risk

By submitting an exception report

According to the 'manage by exception' principle, what should be defined to establish limits of delegated authority?

Timescales for the project

Costs of the project

Scope of the project

Tolerances for the project

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

Project Product Description

Product flow diagram

Product breakdown structure

Product Description

Which characteristic distinguishes a project from regular business operations?

It manages stakeholders

It introduces business change

It incurs cost

It produces benefits

What should be provided by a project mandate?

Tolerances for each management stage

A plan for the initiation stage

Terms of reference for a project

A detailed business case

Which is a purpose of a Daily Log?

To record informal issues

To update the Project Board on the progress of a stage

To record the products and activities planned for the stage

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

Which product summarizes progress and is used to decide whether to continue with the project?

End Project Report

Checkpoint Report

End Stage Report

Product Status Account

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

Risk owner

Risk actionee

Project support

Project assurance

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 defined undertaking that requires organization and resources

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

A temporary organization created for the purpose of delivering business products

Which is a purpose of the Risk theme?

To provide a way to record any complaints from stakeholders

To enable proactive identification, assessing and controlling of uncertainty

To prepare the organization's risk management policy

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

What must be used, as a minimum requirement for applying the progress theme?

Checkpoint reporting

Work package authorization

Highlight reporting

Stage authorization

Which is a reason why the 'defined roles and responsibilities' principle must be applied?

Because more than one function may be involved in the project

Because each project will have unique outputs

Because projects may have duplicated or inconsistent objectives

Because stages provide senior management with control points

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