p2-30questions

Which product establishes the baseline against which the project's actual performance is compared?

Configuration Item Record

Project Initiation Documentation

Product Status Account

Project Brief

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

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

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

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 management team understands what they are accountable for

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

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

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

Checkpoint Report

Product Status Account

End Project Report

End Stage Report

What is a risk cause?

A positive consequence of an exploited opportunity

A known situation which creates uncertainty

A negative consequence of a threat occurring

An area of uncertainty that could create a problem

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

An off-specification

A problem

A request for change

A concern

How is the 'manage by exception' principle applied?

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

By dividing the project into a minimum of two management stages

By ensuring that the project continues to be desirable, viable and achievable

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

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

Project brief

Change control approach

End project report

Communication management approach

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

At the end of the final stage

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

Close to the start of each management stage

Close to the end of each management stage

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the risk theme?

Risk checklists must be used to ensure risks are identified

Identified threats and opportunities must be documented

A risk budget must be established for managing risks

A risk breakdown structure must be created

Which process provides an interface with corporate or programme management?

Directing a Project

Controlling a Stage

Managing Product Delivery

Managing a Stage Boundary

Which is a task of product-based planning?

Analyze the risks

Create the product flow diagram

Design the plan

Prepare the schedule

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

The project manager formulates the risk management approach

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

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

The risk owner decides the best response to control the risk

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

Managing a Stage Boundary

Controlling a Stage

Managing Product Delivery

Directing a Project

Which process enables the Project Board to be accountable for a project's success by enabling it to exercise overall control?

Directing a Project

Controlling a Stage

Initiating a Project

Managing a Stage Boundary

Where should a Project Manager record informal issues?

Risk Register

Issue Register

Daily Log

Checkpoint Report

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 4

2 and 3

3 and 4

1 and 2

What is a project outcome?

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

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

The project's specialist products

The reason for the project

Which activity can take place within the 'managing a stage boundary' process?

Produce highlight reports

Authorize a stage plan for the next stage

Take corrective action within stage tolerances

Produce an exception plan

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

Project Plan

Project Plan, Stage Plan and Team Plan

Project Plan, Stage Plan, Team Plan and Exception Plan

Project Plan and Stage Plan

Which is a reason why the 'defined roles and responsibilities' principle must be applied?

Because stages provide senior management with control points

Because projects may have duplicated or inconsistent objectives

Because more than one function may be involved in the project

Because each project will have unique outputs

Which product forms the 'contract' between the Project Manager and the Project Board for the project?

Project Plan

Project Product Description

Project Initiation Documentation

Project Brief

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

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

To ensure that there is authority to initiate the project

To prepare the plans for the subsequent delivery stages

Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2?

Processes

Role descriptions

Product descriptions

Quality

Which is a purpose of the Directing a Project process?

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

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

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

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

Which regular report provides the project board with a summary of stage status?

Lessons report

Checkpoint report

Highlight report

Product status account

What should the Executive check before the project is initiated?

That the Project Initiation Documentation is complete

That all Work Packages have been authorized

That the Project Plan has been approved

That the contribution of the project to corporate objectives is understood

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

Risk

Scope

Costs

Timescale

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

To provide the project mandate

To deliver the benefits of the project

To deliver the outputs of the project

To provide the requirements for the products

Which is a purpose of the Risk Management Strategy?

To define the techniques to be used when assessing project risks

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

To identify suitable risk owners for each of the project risks

To recommend responses for each of the project risks

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