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

Evaluate

Impact

Probability

Proximity

Which is a responsibility of the change authority?

To approve or reject requests for change within the delegated limits

To ensure an acceptable solution is being developed

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

To maintain project files according to document control procedures

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

To prepare for the final stage of the project

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

To request authorization to start the next stage

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

To implement actions to resolve tolerance deviations from the stage plan

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

Which is a purpose of a Daily Log?

To record informal issues

To update the Project Board on the progress of a stage

To report on the status of the products produced during a stage

To record the products and activities planned for the stage

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

A Project Brief with details outlining the project approach

Authority to initiate a project

The Project Initiation Documentation

Sufficient information to identify the prospective Executive

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

Project Support

Project Board

Project Assurance

Project Manager

What are the three recommended types of issue?

Request for change, Issue Report and risk

Off-specification, request for change and concession

Request for change, problem/concern, and Issue Report

Off-specification, request for change and problem/concern

What does the 'initiating a project' process provide?

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

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

What is used to identify any interested party who needs to be informed of project closure?

Project management team structure

Project Brief

Configuration Management Strategy

Communication Management Strategy

Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2?

Processes

Role descriptions

Product descriptions

Quality

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

about individual products

of prioritized needs

about the project product

of measurable definitions

Where should a Project Manager record informal issues?

Daily Log

Issue Register

Checkpoint Report

Risk Register

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

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

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

It includes techniques for critical path analysis and earned value analysis

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

Continued business justification

Manage by stages

Focus on products

Learn from experience

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

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

Work Package

Stage Plan

Team Plan

Product Description

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

The project management team will understand the customer's expectations

The project management team will understand the tolerances allowed

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

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

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 statement about the 'continued business justification' principle is CORRECT?

The chosen option must provide value for money

A formal business case document is mandatory

The justification for compulsory projects does not need approval

There must be no change to the reasons for a project

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 the stage requires resources

If the senior supplier or senior user needs to be changed

When any request for change needs to be approved

What is a risk cause?

A positive consequence of an exploited opportunity

An area of uncertainty that could create a problem

A negative consequence of a threat occurring

A known situation which creates uncertainty

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

Raise an issue

Include details in a Highlight Report

Include details in a Checkpoint Report

Raise an Exception Report

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

Managing a stage boundary

Starting up a project

Directing a project

Initiating a project

Which is a type of issue?

Exception Report

Problem/concern

Follow-on action recommendation

Identified threat

When should the team manager produce a checkpoint report?

When reviewing how a stage is progressing

When a work package is being negotiated

On completion of the quality-checking activities for each product

At the frequency agreed in the work package

Who is responsible for documenting any tailoring of work packages?

Project manager

Project support

Team manager

Executive

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

project support

the project board

the change authority

corporate, programme management or customer

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the risk theme?

To assign risk actionees to undertake planned risk responses

To record identified threats in a risk register

To escalate identified threats to the project board

To establish a risk budget to fund responses to risks

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

Which of the six tolerance areas will be included

Which primary stakeholder interests will be represented

When the project's outputs will be delivered

When the project's progress will be reviewed

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

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

That the project management team understands what they are accountable for

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

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

To assemble 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, programme management or customer that quality expectations will be met

Which is a purpose of the Directing a Project process?

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

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

Which product is a time-driven control?

Lessons report

Checkpoint report

Exception report

End stage report

Which is a purpose of the change theme?

To ensure any potential changes to baselined products are controlled

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

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

To assess and control a project's threats and opportunities

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

In which process are team plans produced?

Initiating a project

Managing a stage boundary

Managing product delivery

Controlling a stage

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

To review and, if necessary, update the project initiation documentation

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

Initiating a project

Starting up a project

Managing a stage boundary

Directing a project

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

Project Plan

Outline Business Case

Project Brief

Project mandate

Identify the missing word in the following sentence. PRINCE2 recommends three levels of [ ? ] to reflect the needs of the different levels of management involved in a project.

benefit

activity

plan

product

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 specify the desired result

To ensure the technical integrity of a project

On which environment is PRINCE2 based?

Procurement

Information technology

Programme

Customer/supplier

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

Receiving regular Checkpoint Reports

Authorizing one stage at a time

Authorizing project closure

Creating Exception Reports when tolerances are threatened

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

Close to the end of each management stage

At the end of the final stage

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

Organization

Risk

Progress

Business Case

Which is a purpose of a quality management approach?

To summarize the planned quality management activities

To define the customer's quality expectations for the project

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 description is part of the PRINCE2 definition of a project?

A defined undertaking that requires organization and resources

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

Which is a purpose of a risk budget?

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

To fund the cost of analyzing requests for change

Which is a purpose of the business case theme?

To establish mechanisms for managing issues that may impact the baseline

To establish methods to judge whether the ongoing project is justified

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

To assess and control uncertain events or situations

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 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

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

Which management product should always be updated when a product fails its quality check?

Risk register

Quality register

Issue register

Lessons log

Which statement about the project support role is CORRECT?

It can be combined with the project assurance role

It can be performed by the project manager

It is an optional role for a PRINCE2 project

It produces checkpoint reports for the project manager

In which situation might the Controlling a Stage process be used?

To manage a long initiation stage of a complex project

To create an Exception Plan to replace the current Stage Plan

To organize support activities following the handover of products to operations

To manage the activities of a complex programme

Which role is responsible for authorizing work to be completed within a stage?

Project Support

Project Manager

Project Assurance

Team Manager

Who sets the project tolerances?

Executive

Corporate/programme management

Project Manager

Project Board

Which statement describes the Directing a Project process?

It begins on completion of the Initiating a Project process

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

It ensures there are regular progress meetings

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

Which role is part of the project management team?

Quality Assurance

Change Authority

Presenter

Administrator

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