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

Project Support

Project Manager

Project Board

Project Assurance

Which is a purpose of the benefits management approach?

To document the justification for undertaking a project

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

Which is an objective of the quality review technique?

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

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

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

To agree any changes required to the baselined product

What is risk probability?

The scale of the risk should it occur

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

A measure of the likelihood of the risk occurring

A probable timeframe within which the risk may occur

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

Directing a project

Starting up a project

Initiating a project

Managing product delivery

In which process are Team Plans produced?

Managing a Stage Boundary

Managing Product Delivery

Controlling a Stage

Initiating a Project

To which role should a Team Manager report an exception?

Project Board

Project Assurance

Project Support

Project Manager

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

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

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

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

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

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

benefits, quality, risk

change, quality, risk

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

Benefits Review Plan

Lessons Report

End Stage Report

Project Initiation Documentation

Which is a responsibility of the team manager role?

To accept authorized work packages from the project manager

To review the tailoring approach and its implications for project controls

To examine and escalate issues, taking necessary corrective actions

To review the highlight report for the previous reporting period

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

To create the management products required to control the project

To do the minimum to decide whether it is worthwhile initiating 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

What makes a project a PRINCE2 project?

It has a permanent project organization to deliver a long-term result

It applies some of the PRINCE2 principles

It has established technology to improve business as usual

It has project processes that satisfy the objectives of PRINCE2 processes

How many management stages should a PRINCE2 project consist of?

Start up stage, initiation stage and at least one other management stage to cover the remainder of the project

Start up stage, initiation stage and a closing stage

At least one management stage to cover the project and a closing stage

Initiation stage and at least one other management stage to cover the remainder of the project

Which statement about acceptance criteria is CORRECT?

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

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

After acceptance criteria are agreed, they CANNOT be changed

Acceptance criteria should be agreed between the customer and the supplier

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

Authority to initiate a project

Sufficient information to identify the prospective executive

The project initiation documentation

A project brief with details outlining the project approach

Which is a purpose of the quality theme?

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

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

What should be provided by a project mandate?

A plan for the initiation stage

Tolerances for each management stage

A detailed business case

Terms of reference for a project

Which is a purpose of the change theme?

To identify changes needed to the project as a result of acting on lessons

To assess and control a project's threats and opportunities

To ensure any potential changes to baselined products are controlled

To prevent changes to what was agreed in the project initiation documentation

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the quality theme?

To define proxy measures that indicate achievable benefits

To define the project's approach to quality assurance

To define the project's approach to project assurance

To define the use and format of quality records

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

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

Product flow diagram

Project Product Description

Product Description

Product breakdown structure

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

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

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

What is an output?

The measurable improvement resulting from an outcome

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

A negative outcome

Any of the project's specialist products

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

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

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

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 premature closure, that all unfinished products are covered by concessions

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

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

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

Continued business justification

Focus on products

Manage by stages

Learn from experience

Which statement about management stages is CORRECT?

Several management stages can be scheduled to run at the same time

There can be more than one delivery step within a management stage

A project can be scheduled without management stages

Delivery steps and management stages should end together

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

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

To define the handover procedures for the project's products

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

Which is a purpose of a Quality Management Strategy?

To define the customer's quality expectations for the project

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

To summarize the planned quality management activities

In which process are team plans produced?

Controlling a stage

Managing a stage boundary

Managing product delivery

Initiating a project

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.

closing a project

directing a project

controlling a stage

managing a stage boundary

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

Change control approach

Communication management approach

End project report

Project brief

Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2?

Role descriptions

Product descriptions

Processes

Quality

What is defined when deciding how to tailor PRINCE2 to suit the project?

When the project's progress will be reviewed

Which of the six tolerance areas will be included

When the project's outputs will be delivered

Which primary stakeholder interests will be represented

What is likely to be avoided by applying the 'tailor to suit the project' principle?

Procurement procedures

Training

Project risks

Unnecessary management effort

Who does the senior user represent when making decisions?

Project delivery teams

The people or organizations that design the project's products

Corporate, programme management or customer

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

Which is a purpose of the Directing a Project process?

To establish the level of control required by the Project Board after initiation

To enable overall control of a project to be exercised by the Project Board

To provide sufficient information to review the current stage and approve the next Stage Plan

To provide the information required to confirm whether it is worthwhile to initiate a project

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

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

Which is a purpose of a project brief?

To define the quality techniques to be applied during the project

To capture lessons from previous projects

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

Which statement correctly describes project assurance and quality assurance?

Project assurance provides assurance to the project's stakeholders whereas quality assurance provides assurance to the wider corporate, programme or customer organization

They are both the responsibility of the project board, but project assurance may be delegated

Project assurance and quality assurance are both the responsibility of corporate, programme management or the customer

They are both independent of the project management team

What is a project outcome?

The project's specialist products

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

The reason for the project

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

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the risk theme?

A risk budget must be established for managing risks

Identified threats and opportunities must be documented

A risk breakdown structure must be created

Risk checklists must be used to ensure risks are identified

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

1 and 4

3 and 4

2 and 3

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 capture the consequences of deviation beyond the stage tolerance

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

To capture a forecast to exceed Work Package tolerance

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

Costs

Scope

Risk

Timescale

What is established within the 'initiating a project' process?

That any constraints which could affect the project have been removed

That all of the information to develop the project brief is available

The formats for communicating project information to stakeholders

The different ways that the project product can be delivered

Which product is a time-driven control?

Lessons report

Exception report

End stage report

Checkpoint report

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

How does defining a product's quality requirements support the 'focus on products' principle?

By providing the responsibilities for the project management team

By providing the project's tolerances so that authority can be delegated

By providing the justification for the project to be initiated

By providing an explicit understanding of what the project must deliver

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

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

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

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

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

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

PRINCE2 plans are designed to meet the needs of the different levels in the project organization. Why is this a benefit?

It reduces the levels of management required in the project organization

It ensures stakeholders are properly represented

It improves communication and control

It ensures that one plan will meet everyone’s needs

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

Close to the end of each management stage

At the end of the final stage

Close to the start of each management stage

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

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 stage

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

Proximity

Probability

Evaluate

Impact

Which is a responsibility of the business representative on the project board?

To check the required quality levels are achieved by the project's products

To confirm the project delivers the required functionality

To ensure the project represents value for money

To set tolerance levels for the project

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

Agree acceptable corrective actions

Define a change authority

Establish a change budget

Request a product status account

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