p2-60questions

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

Unnecessary management effort

Training

Project risks

Procurement procedures

What takes place during the 'closing a project' process?

The project closure notification is reviewed and approved

The post-project benefits reviews are performed

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

An end stage report is prepared for the final stage

What makes a project a PRINCE2 project?

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

It has established technology to improve business as usual

It has project processes that satisfy the objectives of PRINCE2 processes

It applies some of the PRINCE2 principles

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 mechanisms to control any unacceptable deviation

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

Which statements about a project's stakeholders are CORRECT? 1. A stakeholder is anyone who thinks they will be affected by a project 2. Stakeholders require equal amounts of engagement by the project management team 3. Stakeholders remain unchanged throughout the project 4. A stakeholder may be internal or external to the corporate organization

3 and 4

1 and 4

1 and 2

2 and 3

What should be provided by a project mandate?

A detailed business case

Terms of reference for a project

Tolerances for each management stage

A plan for the initiation stage

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

To set project-level tolerances

To appoint the roles in 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

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

To create the management products required to control the project

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

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

Managing product delivery

Directing a project

Starting up a project

Initiating a project

Which aspect of project performance must be managed to avoid misunderstandings on what the project is to deliver?

Scope

Risk

Costs

Timescale

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

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

Request a product status account

Establish a change budget

Agree acceptable corrective actions

Define a change authority

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

Focus on products

Continued business justification

Learn from experience

Manage by stages

Which is part of the PRINCE2 definition of a project?

A sequence of activities to manage product creation

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 temporary organization that is created for the purpose of delivering business 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 sign off completed Work Packages

To ensure that work on products is authorized and agreed with the team

What are the three recommended types of issue?

Off-specification, request for change and concession

Off-specification, request for change and problem/concern

Request for change, problem/concern, and Issue Report

Request for change, Issue Report and risk

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

Implement

Identify

Assess

Plan

To which role should a Team Manager report an exception?

Project Support

Project Board

Project Manager

Project Assurance

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

If the senior supplier or senior user needs to be changed

When the stage requires resources

If it is forecast that project level tolerance will be exceeded

When any request for change needs to be approved

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

Managing a stage boundary

Directing a project

Initiating a project

Starting up a project

In which process are Team Plans produced?

Initiating a Project

Controlling a Stage

Managing a Stage Boundary

Managing Product Delivery

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

The project's approach to quality planning

The definition of the quality records required

The approach to managing project assurance

The quality tools and techniques to be used

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 Project Initiation Documentation is complete

That the contribution of the project to corporate objectives is understood

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

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

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

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

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

To establish the level of control required after initiation

To provide sufficient information to approve the next stage plan

To provide the information required to initiate a project

To enable overall control of a project by the project board

How is the 'manage by exception' principle applied?

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

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

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 Starting up a Project process?

To create the Project Initiation Documentation so the project can be initiated

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

To establish whether the Project Plan can meet the required target dates

To confirm to corporate management that quality expectations will be met

Which is a purpose of the risk management approach?

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

To define the techniques to be used when assessing project risks

To recommend responses for each of the project risks

To identify suitable risk owners for each of the project risks

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

It begins on completion of the Initiating a Project process

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 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

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

Checkpoint reporting

Work package authorization

Stage authorization

Highlight reporting

Which is a purpose of a quality management approach?

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

To define the customer's quality expectations for the project

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

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

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 delegate the development of the business justification to the project manager

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 any constraints which could affect the project have been removed

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

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 capture the customer’s quality expectations

To ensure that all benefits have been achieved

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

Change

Progress

Plans

Quality

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

The tolerance areas that will not be controlled

The overall approach to managing by exception

The levels of management control that will be used

The tailoring required for progress reports

Which is a purpose of the Risk Management Strategy?

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

To define the techniques to be used when assessing project risks

To identify suitable risk owners for each of the project risks

To recommend responses for each of the project risks

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 stage

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

Product Description

Project Product Description

Product flow diagram

Product breakdown structure

Which is a purpose of a risk budget?

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 identifying risks to the project

To fund the costs of implementing risk responses

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

To implement actions to resolve tolerance deviations from the stage plan

To ensure that all threats and opportunities for the current stage have been closed

To request authorization to start the next stage

To ensure that work on products allocated to the team for the next stage is authorized

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

3 and 4

1 and 4

1 and 2

Which theme provides information on what is required, how it will be achieved and by whom?

Plans

Organization

Quality

Business Case

In which product are the time and cost tolerances defined for work that is managed by a Team Manager?

Work Package

Product Description

Stage Plan

Team Plan

Which process is used by a team manager to coordinate work on one or more of the project's products?

Managing product delivery

Initiating a project

Managing a stage boundary

Controlling a stage

Which statement about controls is CORRECT?

A daily log is an event-driven control

An exception report is a time-driven control

A checkpoint report is a time-driven control

A highlight report is an event-driven control

Which is a purpose of the 'controlling a stage' process?

To agree tolerances for the stage

To draft a plan for the next stage

To take action so that the stage remains within tolerance

To agree, perform and deliver project work

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.

3 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 4

1 and 2

When should the team manager produce a checkpoint report?

When reviewing how a stage is progressing

When a work package is being negotiated

At the frequency agreed in the work package

On completion of the quality-checking activities for each product

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

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

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

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

That the project management team understands what they are accountable for

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

It includes techniques for critical path analysis and earned value analysis

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

It enables a project manager to be accountable for the success of a project

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

about individual products

of measurable definitions

about the project product

of prioritized needs

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

Managing a Stage Boundary

Directing a Project

Initiating a Project

Starting up a 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, risk

change, quality, risk

benefits, quality, risk

benefits, change, quality

How is the Product Status Account used in the Closing a Project process?

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

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

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 review and, if necessary, update the Project Initiation Documentation

To enable the Project Board to commit resources and expenditure required for the initiation stage

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

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

Controlling a stage

Managing product delivery

Initiating a project

Directing a project

Which is a recommended response type for an opportunity?

Transfer

Reduce

Reject

Fallback

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

1 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 2

3 and 4

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