Foundation Flashcards

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What is a purpose of a Product Register?

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To Provide a list of all products required of a plan and the status of those products

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The project manager needs to review the project brier to decide who will be responsible for each step in the risk management technique. In which step of the risk management technique should this occur?

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Identify - define context and objectives

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What is a risk cause?

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A known situation which creates uncertainty

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Which principle is being applied when setting limits for the seven aspects of performance to enable the project manager to work effectively?

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Manage by exception

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Which of the following does NOT occur as part of the PRINCE2 “Initiating a project” process?

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The Project Executive and Project Manager are appointed.

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

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Near the end of the current stage

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What is a product description used for in the Controlling a stage process?

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Forming part of a work package description that is passed to a supplier for creation

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The project manager has recommended that some of the management products for the project should be combined. In which management product should this be document?

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Project Initiation document

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9
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Acceptance criteria are defined in which process?

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Starting up a project

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10
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In which activity of Controlling a stage is the risk register NOT updated?

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Report highlights

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Which report does the Project Board receive at a regular frequency that it dictates?

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Highlight report

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Which is a description of a purpose of the commercial management approach?

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To describe any standards that apply to procurement

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13
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Assessing the impact of an issue is part of ?

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Change control

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Which of the seven aspects of project performance ensures we have a clear understanding of the purpose of the project and what needs to be achieved to justify its investment?

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Benefits

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With whom should a team manager consult about the need for extra quality reviewers

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Project Assurance

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To which role can the Project Executive delegate responsibility for monitoring the business case against external events

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Project Assurance

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A new team member has just joined the project team and will be going on a site visit. In which step of the organizational design and development technique should this occur?

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Develop a project ecosystem

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An exception report is produced in which lower-level activity in Controlling a stage?

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Escalate issues and risks

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Which of the following takes place before the initiation of a project?

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  1. Provide the Project Executive with a role description.
  2. Consider the successes and failures of similar activities carried out in the past.
  3. Record and update all initial risks in the daily log.
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What is a purpose of the quality practice?

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To identify how the project will ensure that the user requirements of the project’s products are met

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21
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Which of the following forms part of the Project Initiation documentation?

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Commercial management approach

22
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How does the progress practice support the Manage by exception principle?

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Provides for delegation of authority from one management level to the next

23
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Which document will include post project activities to confirm benefits that cannot be measured at project closure?

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Benefits management approach

24
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When are all stage plans created?

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Near the end of the current stage.

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What should influence the scheduling of an a stage boundary?
The level of project risk
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Which process updates the quality register with the results of quality checks?
Managing product delivery
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Identify the missing work in the following sentence: The purpose of the communication management approach is to define and describe the means and [?] of communication with, and receiving feedback from across the project ecosystem
Frequency
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Which of these products is produces in Initiating a product?
Risk Register
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Once a decision has been taken to proceed with work, and resources have been committed, "the project management team must be focused on delivery within the established tolerances" is an objective ow which process?
Controlling a stage
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Which three interests must be represented on the Project Board at all times?
Business, user and supplier
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PRINCE2 should have what as the recommended minimum number of stages?
Project initiation, one further ‘doing’ stage
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Who sets the project tolerances?
Project Board
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What is defined within the Organizing practice?
Responsibilities for directing, managing and delivering the project
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'Report highlights' is an activity within which process?
Controlling a stage
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The element of the Project initiation documentation which gives details of who will be involved in the project is the...
Project management team structure
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What is NOT ensured by the Managing product delivery process?
The Project Board is kept informed of progress on the products
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In which step of the organizational design and development technique should responsibility for setting personal objectives be agreed?
Understand the organizational ecosystem
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What is the purpose of the Managing product delivery process?
To control the link between the Project Manager and the Team Manager
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Inputs to the directing a project process are the project brief and which other product?
The stage plan (initiation)
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In describing how to define stages, the PRINCE2 manual talks of balancing a number of elements. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
How will user quality expectations be met
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Quality assurance is a role in the project management team
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What is a purpose of the communication management approach?
Facilitating a bidirectional flow of information with stakeholders
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Which statement describes how the principles support effective project management?
They allow the project team to decide how the method should be applied on the project
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Where would a Team Manager find details of how to deal with a new risk?
Work package description
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According to the exception management technique, at which levels are projects MOST LIKELY to identify issues that exceed project tolerances?
Managing AND delivering
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In PRINCE2 what is the name of the product that is used to define the information that justifies the setting up, continuation or termination of the project?
The business case
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Which is a description of a purpose of the change management approach?
To describe how the business will move from the current ways of working to the target state
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Where a stage ends part way through one or more work packages, deciding whether the stage has completed successfully can be a problem. Which PRINCE2 product helps to solve this problem?
Product descriptions
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
The Project Board set tolerances for work packages
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Which role ensures that sustainability risks are identified, assessed and controlled?
Project Executive
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What is the purpose of a daily log?
Record actions taken to recover from issues NOT recorded in the issue register