p2-60questions

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

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 sign off completed work packages

To ensure that work on products is authorized

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

Authorizing one stage at a time

Creating Exception Reports when tolerances are threatened

Authorizing project closure

Receiving regular Checkpoint Reports

Which is a benefit of applying the 'manage by stages' principle?

The project management team will understand the tolerances allowed

The project will have review and decision points so that progress can be assessed

The key stakeholders in the project will have representation on the project board

The project management team will understand the customer's expectations

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

Project Plan, Stage Plan, Team Plan and Exception Plan

Project Plan, Stage Plan and Team Plan

Project Plan

Project Plan and Stage Plan

Which is a type of issue?

Follow-on action recommendation

Problem/concern

Exception Report

Identified threat

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

One

Four

Two

Three

When should the project board request a decision from corporate, programme management or customer?

If it is forecast that project level tolerance will be exceeded

When any request for change needs to be approved

When the stage requires resources

If the senior supplier or senior user needs to be changed

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

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

It clearly shows how long a project will take

It reduces the risk of incorrectly scoping the project

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

It removes the need for activity-based planning

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

1 and 2

2 and 3

1 and 4

3 and 4

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 statement describes the Directing a Project process?

It covers the day-to-day activities of the Project Manager

It ensures there are regular progress meetings

It begins on completion of the Initiating a Project process

It enables the Project Board to assure that there is continued business justification

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

How is the 'manage by exception' principle applied?

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

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

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

A problem

A request for change

An off-specification

A concern

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 provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits

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

What should a risk budget be used to fund?

Capturing identified threats and opportunities in the Risk Register

Responses to remaining open risks after the project has been closed

Specific management responses to a project's threats and opportunities

Producing risk summaries for inclusion in Highlight Reports

Which is a purpose of the Closing a Project process?

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

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

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

Directing a Project

Controlling a Stage

Managing Product Delivery

Managing a Stage Boundary

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. PRINCE2 requires that the business justification is formally verified by [ ? ] at stage boundaries.

corporate, programme management or customer

the change authority

project support

the project board

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

To approve the stage completion of each stage

To set project-level tolerances

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

To appoint the roles in project management team

Which is a purpose of the Communication Management Strategy?

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 structure of responsibilities in support of effective decision-making in a project

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

When should the Managing a Stage Boundary process be undertaken?

At the end of the starting up stage

Close to the start of each management stage

At the end of the final stage

Close to the end of each management stage

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

The risk owner decides the best response to control the risk

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

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

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

Costs of the project

Timescales for the project

Tolerances for the project

Scope of the project

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

customer's quality expectations

owner

quality test results

quality criteria

In which process are Team Plans produced?

Managing Product Delivery

Initiating a Project

Controlling a Stage

Managing a Stage Boundary

Which is a purpose of a risk budget?

To fund the cost of analyzing requests for change

To fund the costs of implementing risk responses

To fund the costs of identifying risks to the project

To fund risk management activities defined in the risk management procedure

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

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 is updated to include relevant lessons from previous projects

It provides the controls for the final stage of the project

Who is responsible for documenting any tailoring of work packages?

Team manager

Executive

Project manager

Project support

Which is an objective of the Initiating a Project process?

To prepare the plans for the subsequent delivery stages

To develop the corporate quality management system as part of the Project Initiation Documentation

To request authority from corporate management to deliver the project

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

Who does the senior user represent when making decisions?

Corporate, programme management or customer

The people or organizations that design the project's products

Project delivery teams

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

To which role should a Team Manager report an exception?

Project Board

Project Support

Project Manager

Project Assurance

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

At the end of the final stage

Close to the end of each management stage

Close to the start of each management stage

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

Which statement describes a threat to a project?

An uncertain event that could have a negative impact on objectives

An event that has occurred resulting in a favourable 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

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

To ensure that there is authority to initiate the project

To prepare the plans for the subsequent delivery stages

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

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

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

Implement responses for opportunities

Identify activities and dependencies

Baseline the project deliverables

Describe the means of communication for the project

What must be recorded in the quality management approach, as a minimum requirement for applying the quality theme?

The definition of the quality records required

The project's approach to quality planning

The approach to managing project assurance

The quality tools and techniques to be used

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

That the project management team understands what they are accountable for

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

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

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

What is established within the Initiating a Project process?

The different ways that the project product can be delivered

The formats for communicating project information to stakeholders

That all of the information to develop the Project Brief is available

That any constraints which could affect the project have been removed

Which role is responsible for specifying the project benefits?

Corporate or programme management

Project Manager

Senior User(s)

Executive

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

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

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

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

Managing a Stage Boundary

Initiating a Project

Directing a Project

Starting up a Project

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

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

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

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

Initiating a project

Directing a project

Managing a stage boundary

Starting up a project

Who sets the project tolerances?

Project Board

Corporate/programme management

Project Manager

Executive

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

To develop the project's products

To provide the skills to deliver the desired result

To ensure the technical integrity of a project

To specify the desired result

Which is a purpose of the 'directing a project' process?

To enable overall control of a project by the project board

To provide the information required to initiate a project

To establish the level of control required after initiation

To provide sufficient information to approve the next stage plan

Which product provides an explanation of any deviations from the approved plans that are still within tolerance?

Lessons Report

Project Initiation Documentation

Benefits Review Plan

End Stage Report

Which is a characteristic of a project?

It maintains business as usual

It avoids stresses and strains between organizations

It is considered low risk

It involves cross-functional teams

Which is a purpose of the Controlling a Stage process?

To draft a plan for the next stage

To agree, perform and deliver project work

To agree tolerances for the stage

To take action so that the stage remains within tolerance

Which statement applies to Stage Plans?

They provide a baseline against which the Project Board monitors overall progress

They are produced at the same time as the Project Initiation Documentation

They always have the same duration as the Project Plan

They assist the Project Manager in day-to-day management and control of the project

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

directing a project

initiating a project

managing a stage boundary

managing product delivery

Which statement describes the 'directing a project' process?

It ensures there are regular progress meetings

It covers the day-to-day activities of the project manager

It begins on completion of the 'initiating a project' process

It enables the project board to assure that there is continued business justification

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

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

During the 'controlling a stage' process

During the final end stage assessment

During the 'closing a project' process

During the 'managing product delivery' process

What are the three recommended types of issue?

Off-specification, request for change and problem/concern

Off-specification, request for change and concession

Request for change, problem/concern, and Issue Report

Request for change, Issue Report and risk

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

To create the management products required to control the project

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

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

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

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

Scope

Timescale

Costs

Risk

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