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

To appoint the roles in 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

Which is a purpose of a quality management approach?

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

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

Project support

Project assurance

Risk actionee

Risk owner

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

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 and agreed with the team

To sign off completed Work Packages

To ensure that the Business Case is kept under review

Which statement about project stakeholders is CORRECT?

All stakeholders are external to the corporate organization

All stakeholders must be identified at the start of the project

All stakeholders are members of the project board

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

Which statement correctly describes project assurance and quality assurance?

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

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

Which theme establishes mechanisms to monitor and compare actual achievements against those planned?

Change

Progress

Quality

Plans

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

To provide the project mandate

To provide the requirements for the products

To deliver the benefits of the project

To deliver the outputs of the project

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

Sufficient information to identify the prospective Executive

The Project Initiation Documentation

A Project Brief with details outlining the project approach

Authority to initiate a project

What should be provided by a project mandate?

A detailed business case

A plan for the initiation stage

Tolerances for each management stage

Terms of reference for a project

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

Product Status Account

End Stage Report

Checkpoint Report

End Project Report

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

To provide the information required to initiate a project

To establish the level of control required after initiation

To enable overall control of a project by the project board

To provide sufficient information to approve the next stage plan

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

To sign off completed work packages

To ensure that work on products is authorized

To ensure that the business case is kept under review

To report progress to the project board

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

plans

change

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 that the project's products have been delivered within budget

To confirm, for a premature closure, that all unfinished products are covered by concessions

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

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

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

Manage by stages

Focus on products

Continued business justification

Learn from experience

Which is a recommended response type for an opportunity?

Reject

Fallback

Reduce

Transfer

Identify the missing words in the following sentence. If a baselined product requires modification, the recommended [ ? ] procedure, or equivalent procedure should be used.

risk management

issue and change control

quality control

exception management

What does the 'initiating a project' process provide?

Approval from the project manager for work to be started by delivery teams

Information for the project board to decide if the project is aligned to business objectives

Definition of the suppliers' obligations for controlling the work package delivery

Approval from the project board to proceed with the project, if it is worthwhile

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

To capture the customer’s quality expectations

To ensure that all benefits have been achieved

To prepare for the final stage of the project

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

After the first stage, when are the Stage Plans for further stages produced?

At the start of the initiation stage

After completion of the current stage

Near the end of the current stage

When creating the Project Plan

Which is a responsibility of the team manager role?

To review the highlight report for the previous reporting period

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

Which is a responsibility of the change authority?

To ensure an acceptable solution is being developed

To maintain project files according to document control procedures

To prepare a team plan and agree it with the project manager

To approve or reject requests for change within the delegated limits

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

2 and 3

3 and 4

1 and 4

1 and 2

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

Communication management approach

End project report

Change control approach

Project brief

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

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

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

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

Which takes place during the Closing a Project process?

The post-project benefits reviews are performed

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

The project closure notification is reviewed and approved

An End Stage Report is prepared for the final stage

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

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

Which is a purpose of the quality theme?

To look for ways to improve the effectiveness of the management of the project

To control uncertainty to improve the ability of the project to succeed

To establish the mechanisms to judge whether a project is desirable and achievable

To establish mechanisms to control any unacceptable deviation

Who sets the project tolerances?

Project Board

Project Manager

Executive

Corporate/programme management

Which product is a time-driven control?

Exception report

End stage report

Checkpoint report

Lessons report

Which is a purpose of a risk budget?

To fund the costs of implementing risk responses

To fund the cost of analyzing requests for change

To fund the costs of identifying risks to the project

To fund risk management activities defined in the risk management procedure

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

Timescales for the project

Scope of the project

Tolerances for the project

Costs of the project

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the quality theme?

To define the project's approach to project assurance

To define proxy measures that indicate achievable benefits

To define the use and format of quality records

To define the project's approach to quality assurance

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

the project board

project support

the change authority

corporate, programme management or customer

Which is a purpose of the Risk theme?

To enable proactive identification, assessing and controlling of uncertainty

To provide a way to record any complaints from stakeholders

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

To prepare the organization's risk management policy

Which is a purpose of the change theme?

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

To ensure any potential changes to baselined products are controlled

To assess and control a project's threats and opportunities

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

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

of measurable definitions

of prioritized needs

about the project product

about individual products

Which statement about the project support role is CORRECT?

It can be performed by the project manager

It can be combined with the project assurance role

It produces checkpoint reports for the project manager

It is an optional role for a PRINCE2 project

Which is a feature of PRINCE2?

It is a method specifically designed for technical projects

It is designed to manage both projects and programmes

It promotes continual learning in organizations

It includes many motivational techniques

Which is a purpose of the organization theme?

To set the tolerance on the cost of resources

To plan the training needed for the delivery of the project

To implement the controls required to manage by exception

To define the structure of accountability and responsibilities on the project

How should a Team Manager escalate a suggestion for an improvement to a product?

Raise an Exception Report

Include details in a Highlight Report

Include details in a Checkpoint Report

Raise an issue

What should be funded from a change budget?

The Change Authority

A fallback plan

Requests for change

Actions to reduce a threat

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

During the 'managing product delivery' process

During the 'controlling a stage' process

During the 'closing a project' process

During the final end stage assessment

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme?

To appoint and define the roles of team managers

To define the approach to engaging with stakeholders

To combine roles, where possible, to simplify the organization

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

Which is a purpose of the quality theme?

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

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 enable the assessment of continuing project viability

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

Progress

Change

Plans

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

Risk checklists must be used to ensure risks are identified

A risk breakdown structure must be created

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

Highlight reporting

Checkpoint reporting

Work package authorization

Stage authorization

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

Managing product delivery

Directing a project

Initiating a project

Starting up a project

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 project management team will understand the customer's expectations

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

Which two statements describe a highlight report? 1. It provides a summary of the stage status 2. It is used by the project board to monitor the progress of the stage and project 3. It is produced by the project manager when a new risk is identified . 4. It is used by the project manager to escalate an exception

2 and 3

1 and 2

3 and 4

1 and 4

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

Three

One

Four

Two

What is a project outcome?

The project's specialist products

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 reason for the project

Which is a purpose of the Benefits Review Plan?

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

To provide the reasons for the project, to put into the Business Case

To document the justification for the undertaking of a project

What must be produced, as a minimum requirement for applying the plans theme?

A hierarchy of all the products to be produced during a plan

A diagram showing the sequence of production of the planned products

A record of the major risks relating to the project plan

A record of the issues that are being formally managed during a plan

On which environment is PRINCE2 based?

Customer/supplier

Information technology

Procurement

Programme

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