PRINCE 2 Set 2

Question 1

Which statement about controls is CORRECT?
A. A highlight report is an event-driven control
B. An exception report is a time-driven control
C. A daily log is an event-driven control
D. A checkpoint report is a time-driven control

Answer 1

D. A checkpoint report is a time-driven control

Question 2

Which document is used to identify interested parties that need to be informed of project closure?
A. Change control approach
B. End project report
C. Communication management approach
D. Project brief

Answer 2

C. Communication management approach

Question 3

Any change to the products agreed at the start of a stage is monitored as part of the [ ? ] process,
on a day-to-day basis.
A. directing a project
B. controlling a stage
C. managing a stage boundary
D. closing a project

Answer 3

B. controlling a stage

Question 4

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.
   A. 1 and 2
   B. 2 and 3
   C. 3 and 4
   D. 1 and 4

Answer 4

D. 1 and 4

Question 5

PRINCE2 mandates that the project board represents the primary stakeholder interests. Which
principle does this follow?
A. Manage by stages
B. Focus on products
C. Defined roles and responsibilities
D. Learn from experience

Answer 5

C. Defined roles and responsibilities

Question 6

When is it confirmed whether a project’s objectives have been achieved?
A. During the ‘closing a project’ process
B. During the final end stage assessment
C. During the ‘controlling a stage’ process
D. During the ‘managing product delivery’ process

Answer 6

A. During the ‘closing a project’ process

Question 7

Which statement correctly describes project assurance and quality assurance?
A. Project assurance provides assurance to the project’s stakeholders whereas quality
assurance provides assurance to the wider corporate, programme or customer organization
B. They are both the responsibility of the project board, but project assurance may be delegated
C. They are both independent of the project management team
D. Project assurance and quality assurance are both the responsibility of corporate, programme
management or the customer

Answer 7

A. Project assurance provides assurance to the project’s stakeholders whereas quality
assurance provides assurance to the wider corporate, programme or customer organization

Question 8

If a baselined product requires modification, the recommended [ ? ] procedure, or equivalent
procedure should be used.
A. risk management
B. exception management
C. issue and change control
D. quality control

Answer 8

C. issue and change control

Question 9

What is likely to be avoided by applying the ‘tailor to suit the project’ principle?
A. Unnecessary management effort
B. Project risks
C. Training
D. Procurement procedures

Answer 9

A. Unnecessary management effort

Question 10

In which situation might the ‘controlling a stage’ process be used?
A. To manage a long initiation stage of a complex project
B. To manage the activities of a complex programme
C. To organize support activities following the handover of products to operations
D. To create an exception plan to replace the current stage plan

Answer 10

A. To manage a long initiation stage of a complex project

Question 11

Which is an objective of the ‘initiating a project’ process?
A. To ensure that there is authority to initiate the project
B. To prepare the plans for the subsequent delivery stages
C. To summarize how the organization’s project management method will be tailored for the
project
D. To request authority from programme, corporate management or the customer to deliver the
project

Answer 11

C. To summarize how the organization’s project management method will be tailored for the
project

Question 12

Who is responsible for documenting any tailoring of work packages?
A. Executive
B. Project manager
C. Team manager
D. Project support

Answer 12

B. Project manager

Question 13

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the quality theme?
A. To define the use and format of quality records
B. To define the project’s approach to quality assurance
C. To define proxy measures that indicate achievable benefits
D. To define the project’s approach to project assurance

Answer 13

D. To define the project’s approach to project assurance

Question 14

Which product provides the version number of all products in a particular stage?
A. Issue register
B. Product status account
C. Product description
D. Configuration item record

Answer 14

B. Product status account

Question 15

What must be recorded in the project initiation documentation to meet the minimum requirements
for applying the progress theme?
A. The overall approach to managing by exception
B. The tailoring required for progress reports
C. The tolerance areas that will not be controlled
D. The levels of management control that will be used

Answer 15

A. The overall approach to managing by exception

Question 16

Which theme establishes mechanisms to monitor and compare actual achievements against
those planned?
A. Plans
B. Change
C. Progress
D. Quality

Answer 16

C. Progress

Question 17

What does applying the ‘manage by stages’ principle ensure?
A. That the customer’s quality expectations and acceptance criteria are captured and agreed
B. That the project is properly initiated before work begins on delivery of the project’s outputs
C. That the project management team understands what they are accountable for
D. That the project is only started and continued if it is desirable, viable and achievable

Answer 17

B. That the project is properly initiated before work begins on delivery of the project’s outputs

Question 18

In a customer/supplier context, which is a responsibility of a supplier?
A. To deliver the benefits of the project
B. To provide the project mandate
C. To deliver the outputs of the project
D. To provide the requirements for the products

Answer 18

C. To deliver the outputs of the project

Question 19

Which statement describes the ‘directing a project’ process?
A. It enables the project board to assure that there is continued business justification
B. It covers the day-to-day activities of the project manager
C. It ensures there are regular progress meetings
D. It begins on completion of the ‘initiating a project’ process

Answer 19

A. It enables the project board to assure that there is continued business justification

Question 20

Which is a minimum requirement for applying the business case theme?
A. To document the responsibility for defining the standards for the business case
B. To appoint a senior user from an area of the business impacted by the project
C. To have the benefits management approach approved by the participants of benefits reviews
D. To delegate the development of the business justification to the project manager

Answer 20

A. To document the responsibility for defining the standards for the business case

Question 21

Which process aims to ensure that during the project all parties understand the project
objectives?
A. Starting up a project
B. Directing a project
C. Initiating a project
D. Managing product delivery

Answer 21

C. Initiating a project

Question 22

When should the ‘managing a stage boundary’ process be undertaken?
A. Close to the end of each management stage
B. Close to the start of each management stage
C. At the end of the final stage
D. At the end of the ‘starting up a project’ process

Answer 22

A. Close to the end of each management stage

Question 23

Which management stages must a PRINCE2 project consist of, as a minimum?
A. Starting up, initiation, and at least one other stage for the rest of the project
B. At least one stage for developing products, and a closing stage
C. Initiation, and at least one other stage for the rest of the project
D. Initiation, at least one stage for developing products, and a closing stage

Answer 23

C. Initiation, and at least one other stage for the rest of the project

Question 24

Which statement about project stakeholders is CORRECT?
A. All stakeholders must be identified at the start of the project
B. All stakeholders are members of the project board
C. All stakeholders are external to the corporate organization
D. All three principle categories of stakeholder have their interests represented by the project
board

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Which is a purpose of a project brief?
A. To capture lessons from previous projects
B. To document a common understanding of the starting point for the project
C. To confirm that the project is able to deliver the detailed business case
D. To define the quality techniques to be applied during the project

Answer 25

B. To document a common understanding of the starting point for the project

Question 26

Which roles CANNOT be combined with the role of project assurance?
1. Project manager.
2. Project support.
3. Senior user.
4. Executive.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4

Answer 26

A. 1 and 2
1. Project manager.
2. Project support.

Question 27

Which is an objective of the ‘closing a project’ process?
A. To check that all the project’s products have been accepted by the users
B. To prepare for the final stage of the project
C. To capture the customer’s quality expectations
D. To ensure that all benefits have been achieved

Answer 27

A. To check that all the project’s products have been accepted by the users

Question 28

What must be recorded in the quality management approach, as a minimum requirement for
applying the quality theme?
A. The quality tools and techniques to be used
B. The project’s approach to quality planning
C. The approach to managing project assurance
D. The definition of the quality records required

Answer 28

C. The approach to managing project assurance