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Which is a responsibility of the team manager role?

To accept authorized work packages from the project manager

To examine and escalate issues, taking necessary corrective actions

To review the highlight report for the previous reporting period

To review the tailoring approach and its implications for project controls

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

Project Brief

Product Status Account

Project Initiation Documentation

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?

Scope

Timescale

Risk

Costs

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

Initiating a project

Starting up a project

Directing a project

Managing a stage boundary

How is the 'manage by exception' principle applied?

By providing lessons so that mistakes made in previous projects do not happen

By setting controls to warn the higher level of management of potential problems

By ensuring that the project continues to be desirable, viable and achievable

By dividing the project into a minimum of two management stages

Which is a purpose of the quality theme?

To define how the project will ensure that its products are fit for purpose

To define the procedures for the control and modification of project products

To establish mechanisms to judge whether the project remains desirable and achievable

To enable the assessment of continuing project viability

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 provide the project board with sufficient information to confirm continued business justification

To inform the project board that the final stage is about to start

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme?

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

To ensure the senior user verifies user requirements

To ensure that the supplier resources are available

To ensure that the change authority is delegated

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

benefits, quality, risk

benefits, change, risk

benefits, change, quality

change, quality, risk

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

Project Brief

Project mandate

Project Plan

Outline Business Case

Which is a purpose of the Closing a Project process?

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

To define the handover procedures for the project's products

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the business case theme?

To document the responsibility for defining the standards for the business case

To have the benefits management approach approved by the participants of benefits reviews

To delegate the development of the business justification to the project manager

To appoint a senior user from an area of the business impacted by the project

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

Authority to initiate a project

A Project Brief with details outlining the project approach

Sufficient information to identify the prospective Executive

The Project Initiation Documentation

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

To deliver the benefits of the project

To deliver the outputs of the project

To provide the requirements for the products

To provide the project mandate

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

By raising a risk

By raising an issue

By submitting an exception plan

By submitting an exception report

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 4

1 and 2

3 and 4

Who does the senior user represent when making decisions?

The people or organizations that design the project's products

Corporate, programme management or customer

Project delivery teams

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

Which theme is applied to ensure that a project is desirable, viable and achievable?

Progress

Risk

Business Case

Organization

Which statement describes an opportunity for a project?

An uncertain event that could have a negative impact on objectives

An event that has occurred resulting in a negative impact on objectives

An uncertain event that could have a favourable impact on objectives

An event that has occurred resulting in a favourable impact on objectives

What is risk probability?

The scale of the risk should it occur

A measure of the likelihood of the risk occurring

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

A probable timeframe within which the risk may occur

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme?

To define the approach to engaging with stakeholders

To appoint and define the roles of team managers

To appoint a business change manager as senior user when the project is part of a programme

To combine roles, where possible, to simplify the organization

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

Three

Two

Four

One

Which is a purpose of the benefits management approach?

To document the justification for undertaking a project

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 provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits

Which management stages must a PRINCE2 project consist of, as a minimum?

Initiation, and at least one other stage for the rest of the project

Initiation, at least one stage for developing products, and a closing stage

At least one stage for developing products, and a closing stage

Starting up, initiation, and at least one other stage for the rest of the project

Which statement about acceptance criteria is CORRECT?

Acceptance criteria should be agreed between the customer and the supplier

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

After acceptance criteria are agreed, they CANNOT be changed

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

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

To do the minimum to decide whether it is worthwhile initiating the project

To create the management products required to control the project

To ensure that there is authority to deliver the project's products

To understand the resources and costs to deliver the project's products

Which type of issue should be raised if a new product is required after a team has started work?

A request for change

A problem

An off-specification

A concern

Which is an objective of the Closing a Project process?

To prepare for the final stage of the project

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

Which is a characteristic of a project?

It involves cross-functional teams

It is considered low risk

It avoids stresses and strains between organizations

It maintains business as usual

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

Managing product delivery

Controlling a stage

Initiating a project

Directing a project

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

Initiating a Project

Managing a Stage Boundary

Starting up a Project

Directing a Project

Which is a purpose of the Risk Management Strategy?

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

To identify suitable risk owners for each of the project risks

To recommend responses for each of the project risks

To define the techniques to be used when assessing project risks

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

Produce an exception plan

Authorize a stage plan for the next stage

Take corrective action within stage tolerances

Produce highlight reports

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. Any change to the products agreed at the start of a stage is monitored as part of the [ ? ] process, on a day-to-day basis.

managing a stage boundary

directing a project

controlling a stage

closing a project

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

Initiating a project

Managing a stage boundary

Directing a project

Starting up a project

Which statement describes a threat to a project?

An uncertain event that could have a favourable impact on objectives

An event that has occurred resulting in a favourable impact on objectives

An uncertain event that could have a negative impact on objectives

An event that has occurred resulting in a negative impact on objectives

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

The overall approach to managing by exception

The levels of management control that will be used

The tailoring required for progress reports

The tolerance areas that will not be controlled

Which characteristic distinguishes a project from regular business operations?

It produces benefits

It manages stakeholders

It incurs cost

It introduces business change

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

To instruct the Project Manager to produce an Exception Plan

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

To capture the consequences of deviation beyond the stage tolerance

To capture a forecast to exceed Work Package tolerance

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

Baseline the project deliverables

Describe the means of communication for the project

Identify activities and dependencies

Implement responses for opportunities

Which statement about the project support role is CORRECT?

It is an optional role for a PRINCE2 project

It produces checkpoint reports for the project manager

It can be combined with the project assurance role

It can be performed by the project manager

Which is a task of product-based planning?

Prepare the schedule

Design the plan

Create the product flow diagram

Analyze the risks

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

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

The risk owner decides the best response to control the risk

The project manager formulates the risk management approach

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

Which is part of the PRINCE2 definition of a project?

A temporary organization that is created for the purpose of delivering business products

The mechanism used to monitor and compare actual achievements against those planned

Defined and agreed roles and responsibilities within an organization structure that engages stakeholder interests

A sequence of activities to manage product creation

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 a purpose of a project brief?

To define the quality techniques to be applied during the project

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

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

To capture lessons from previous projects

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

Which takes place during the Closing a Project process?

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

An End Stage Report is prepared for the final stage

The project closure notification is reviewed and approved

The post-project benefits reviews are performed

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 review and, if necessary, update the project initiation documentation

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

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

Close to the start of each management stage

Close to the end of each management stage

At the end of the final stage

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

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

Initiating a Project

Managing a Stage Boundary

Controlling a Stage

Directing a Project

Which is a responsibility of the managing level within the project management team?

To approve the stage completion of each stage

To ensure that the products are produced within the constraints agreed with the project board

To appoint the roles in project management team

To set project-level tolerances

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 minimum requirement for applying the quality theme?

To define the project's approach to project assurance

To define the use and format of quality records

To define proxy measures that indicate achievable benefits

To define the project's approach to quality assurance

What should be funded from a change budget?

The Change Authority

Requests for change

A fallback plan

Actions to reduce a threat

Which statement about project stakeholders is CORRECT?

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

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

Which is an objective of the 'starting up a project' process?

To confirm that there are no known restrictions that would prevent the project from being delivered

To ensure that all team managers understand their responsibilities

To obtain approval for the project plan from corporate, programme management or customer

To prepare the project initiation documentation for authorization to initiate the project

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the risk theme?

To record identified threats in a risk register

To escalate identified threats to the project board

To assign risk actionees to undertake planned risk responses

To establish a risk budget to fund responses to risks

What is a project outcome?

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

The reason for the project

Which is a purpose of the business case theme?

To assess and control uncertain events or situations

To describe how products will be delivered that are fit for purpose

To establish mechanisms for managing issues that may impact the baseline

To establish methods to judge whether the ongoing project is justified

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