PRINCE2 Flashcards
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
C
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
A
10) Which two statements are CORRECT about the minimum requirements for applying the change
theme?
1. Identified issues must be assessed for their impact on the business justification for the
project.
2. Project issues must be captured, examined and managed throughout the project lifecycle.
3. The actual status of products must be verified to ensure that this matches the authorized
state.
4. A budget must be established to pay for requests for change and their analysis.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4
A
11) Which is a purpose of the ‘controlling a stage’ process?
A. To agree, perform and deliver project work
B. To draft a plan for the next stage
C. To agree tolerances for the stage
D. To take action so that the stage remains within tolerance
D
12) 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
A
14) 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
A
15) Which is a step in PRINCE2’s recommended approach to planning?
A. Identify activities and dependencies
B. Describe the means of communication for the project
C. Implement responses for opportunities
D. Baseline the project deliverables
A
21) 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
C
22) Which is a minimum requirement for applying the risk theme?
A. To assign risk actionees to undertake planned risk responses
B. To escalate identified threats to the project board
C. To record identified threats in a risk register
D. To establish a risk budget to fund responses to risks
C
23) If a work package is forecast to exceed its tolerances, how should a team manager inform the
project manager?
A. By submitting an exception report
B. By submitting an exception plan
C. By raising an issue
D. By raising a risk
C
25) 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
D
27) Which is a purpose of the business case theme?
A. To establish mechanisms for managing issues that may impact the baseline
B. To establish methods to judge whether the ongoing project is justified
C. To assess and control uncertain events or situations
D. To describe how products will be delivered that are fit for purpose
B
28) Which process provides the project board with the information it requires in order to commit
resources to the project?
A. Managing product delivery
B. Initiating a project
C. Controlling a stage
D. Directing a project
B
32) 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
A
37) Identify the missing word in the following sentence.
A management stage can be longer when risk is [ ? ], typically in the middle of projects.
A. complex
B. understood
C. lower
D. higher
C
38) What takes place during the ‘closing a project’ process?
A. The post-project benefits reviews are performed
B. Ownership of the project’s products is transferred to the customer
C. An end stage report is prepared for the final stage
D. The project closure notification is reviewed and approved
B
42) When should the team manager produce a checkpoint report?
A. When a work package is being negotiated
B. At the frequency agreed in the work package
C. On completion of the quality-checking activities for each product
D. When reviewing how a stage is progressing
B
45) Which is a purpose of a quality management approach?
A. To define the customer’s quality expectations for the project
B. To define the quality standards to be applied to a project
C. To identify the level of quality required for each of the project’s products
D. To summarize the planned quality management activities
B
47) Which is a feature of PRINCE2?
A. It is a method specifically designed for technical projects
B. It promotes continual learning in organizations
C. It includes many motivational techniques
D. It is designed to manage both projects and programmes
B
49) Which is a characteristic of a project?
A. It is considered low risk
B. It avoids stresses and strains between organizations
C. It maintains business as usual
D. It involves cross-functional teams
D
50) Which is an objective of the ‘managing a stage boundary’ process?
A. To request authorization to start the next stage
B. To ensure that all threats and opportunities for the current stage have been closed
C. To ensure that work on products allocated to the team for the next stage is authorized
D. To implement actions to resolve tolerance deviations from the stage plan
A
52) 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
A
