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

Project Plan

Project Brief

Outline Business Case

Project mandate

Which role is part of the project management team?

Quality Assurance

Change Authority

Presenter

Administrator

What is an Exception Report used for during the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

To examine the recommended actions that will contribute to the Exception Plan

To capture the consequences of deviation beyond the stage tolerance

To instruct the Project Manager to produce an Exception Plan

To capture a forecast to exceed Work Package tolerance

Which roles should NOT be combined?

It maintains business as usual

It is considered low risk

It involves cross-functional teams

It avoids stresses and strains between organizations

To which role should a Team Manager report an exception?

Project Manager

Project Support

Project Assurance

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

3 and 4

1 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 2

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

Initiating a project

Starting up a project

Managing product delivery

Directing a project

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The customer’s quality expectations are a statement [ ? ].

of measurable definitions

of prioritized needs

about individual products

about the project product

In which situation might the 'controlling a stage' process be used?

To manage the activities of a complex programme

To manage a long initiation stage of a complex project

To organize support activities following the handover of products to operations

To create an exception plan to replace the current stage plan

When should the 'managing a stage boundary' process be undertaken?

Close to the start of each management stage

At the end of the final stage

Close to the end of each management stage

At the end of the 'starting up a project' process

Which regular report provides the project board with a summary of stage status?

Highlight report

Product status account

Lessons report

Checkpoint report

Which characteristic distinguishes a project from regular business operations?

It manages stakeholders

It introduces business change

It incurs cost

It produces benefits

Which process enables an organization to understand the work that needs to be delivered before the project's approval?

Initiating a Project

Controlling a Stage

Starting up a Project

Directing a Project

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The purpose of the [ ? ] process is to establish solid foundations for the project.

initiating a project

directing a project

managing product delivery

managing a stage boundary

Where should a Project Manager record informal issues?

Checkpoint Report

Issue Register

Daily Log

Risk Register

Which is a purpose of a risk budget?

To fund the costs of identifying risks to the project

To fund the cost of analyzing requests for change

To fund risk management activities defined in the risk management procedure

To fund the costs of implementing risk responses

What term is used to describe when a risk might occur?

Evaluate

Impact

Probability

Proximity

What must be recorded in the project initiation documentation to meet the minimum requirements for applying the progress theme?

The tailoring required for progress reports

The overall approach to managing by exception

The tolerance areas that will not be controlled

The levels of management control that will be used

What must the project board do, as a minimum requirement for applying the change theme?

Request a product status account

Define a change authority

Establish a change budget

Agree acceptable corrective actions

In which process are team plans produced?

Initiating a project

Managing product delivery

Managing a stage boundary

Controlling a stage

What should be funded from a change budget?

Requests for change

The Change Authority

Actions to reduce a threat

A fallback plan

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

Take corrective action within stage tolerances

Produce highlight reports

Authorize a stage plan for the next stage

Produce an exception plan

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.

benefit

product

plan

activity

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

Focus on products

Learn from experience

Manage by stages

Defined roles and responsibilities

What should the Executive check before the project is initiated?

That all Work Packages have been authorized

That the Project Plan has been approved

That the contribution of the project to corporate objectives is understood

That the Project Initiation Documentation is complete

Which is a recommended quality review team role?

Senior User

Project Assurance

Project Support

Presenter

Which is a step in PRINCE2's recommended approach to planning?

Identify activities and dependencies

Implement responses for opportunities

Describe the means of communication for the project

Baseline the project deliverables

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

It provides the controls for the final stage of the project

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

Which process is triggered by the project manager's request to initiate a project?

Initiating a project

Directing a project

Starting up a project

Managing a stage boundary

What is a benefit of using the product-based planning technique?

It clearly shows how long a project will take

It removes the need for activity-based planning

It reduces the risk of incorrectly scoping the project

It ensures that the project products will be delivered to time and to cos

Which is a type of issue?

Follow-on action recommendation

Problem/concern

Identified threat

Exception Report

Who sets the project tolerances?

Corporate/programme management

Project Board

Project Manager

Executive

Which is an objective of the quality review technique?

To agree any changes required to the baselined product

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 develop and improve the specification of a product through continuous assessment

Which is an objective of the 'closing a project' process?

To prepare for the final stage of the project

To capture the customer’s quality expectations

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

To ensure that all benefits have been achieved

What should be provided by corporate, programme management or customer before the 'starting up a project' process commences?

A project brief with details outlining the project approach

Sufficient information to identify the prospective executive

The project initiation documentation

Authority to initiate a project

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

Project Product Description

Project Plan

Project Initiation Documentation

Project Brief

In a customer/supplier context, which is a responsibility of a supplier?

To provide the project mandate

To deliver the benefits of the project

To provide the requirements for the products

To deliver the outputs of the project

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 two statements about tailoring are CORRECT? 1. Processes can be simplified or carried out in more detail. 2. Terminology can be changed to suit organizational standards. 3. Themes that are not relevant to the project can be excluded. 4. Project management team members can carry out any combination of roles.

1 and 2

3 and 4

1 and 4

2 and 3

Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence. Quality planning defines each product and its associated [ ? ] for Project Board agreement.

quality test results

owner

quality criteria

customer's quality expectations

Which document is used to identify interested parties that need to be informed of project closure?

End project report

Project brief

Communication management approach

Change control approach

Which is a purpose of a Daily Log?

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

To record informal issues

To record the products and activities planned for the stage

To update the Project Board on the progress of a stage

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

higher

complex

understood

lower

Which is a purpose of the Closing a Project process?

To define the handover procedures for the project's products

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

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

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

Initiating a Project

Managing a Stage Boundary

Directing a Project

Starting up a Project

Which statements apply to a stage plan? 1. It is produced for the project during the 'initiating a project' process 2. It is produced close to the time when the planned events will take place 3. It provides the basis for day-to-day control by the project manager 4. It provides the basis for control by the project board

1 and 2

2 and 3

1 and 4

3 and 4

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

Risk

Timescale

Costs

Scope

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

Who does the senior user represent when making decisions?

Project delivery teams

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

Corporate, programme management or customer

The people or organizations that design the project's products

Which is an objective of the 'initiating a project' process?

To request authority from programme, corporate management or the customer to deliver the project

To prepare the plans for the subsequent delivery stages

To ensure that there is authority to initiate the project

To summarize how the organization's project management method will be tailored for the project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It provides the controls for the final stage of the project

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

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

progress

risk

change

plans

What is a project outcome?

The reason for the project

The result of the change derived from using the project's outputs

A measurable improvement that is perceived as an advantage by one or more stakeholders

The project's specialist products

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

To sign off completed work packages

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

Implement

Plan

Identify

Assess

Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2?

Role descriptions

Product descriptions

Processes

Quality

What is an output?

The result of the change derived from using the project's products

A negative outcome

The measurable improvement resulting from an outcome

Any of the project's specialist products

The use of which level(s) of plan is recommended by PRINCE2?

Project Plan

Project Plan, Stage Plan, Team Plan and Exception Plan

Project Plan and Stage Plan

Project Plan, Stage Plan and Team Plan

Which management product should always be updated when a product fails its quality check?

Issue register

Lessons log

Quality register

Risk register

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