Sample Paper 2

Question 1

Which is a delivery approach that is defined as starting the next delivery step only when the previous step has been completed and the product is made available at the end of project?

Answer 1

Linear-sequential

Question 2

Which characteristic of a project relates to teams from different organisations working together?

Answer 2

Cross-functional

Question 3

Which principle is being applied when reviewing whether the project will deliver valuable products?

Answer 3

Ensure continued business justification

Question 4

An external IT company is being appointed to deliver a new accounting system as part of a project.

Which principle is being applied when agreeing the contract with the IT company

Answer 4

Define, roles, responsibilities and relationships

Question 5

What does the ‘manage by exception’ principle enable

Answer 5

Decisions to be made by the right people, at the right time

Question 6

The project manager agreed with the team manager that a work package can be delivered up to 1 week later than shown on the team plan

Answer 6

Manage by exception

Question 7

The project manager has recommended that some of the management products for the project should be combined.

In which management product should this be documented?

Answer 7

Project Initiation Documentation

Question 8

What is a definition of leadership

Answer 8

Motivating people through the use of persuasion, influencing and co-creating

Question 9

Which term is defined as the process of people working together to achieve the project’s objectives

Answer 9

Collaboration

Question 10

What is a definition of a stakeholder?

Answer 10

An individual that can affect the project

Question 11

What activity should be managed carefully as part of ‘leading across organisational boundaries’ since it can be performed by people that are outside the project team?

Answer 11

Integrating new products into each impacted area of the business

Question 12

Which statement about effective stakeholder engagement within a project is CORRECT?

Answer 12

The project management team should engage closely with key influencers to ensure project success

Question 13

What is MOST LIKELY to be considered when building an effective project team?

Answer 13

Whether team members need training to improve their skills and competencies

Question 14

Which is a descriptions of a purpose of the change management approach?

Answer 14

To describe how the business will move from the current ways of working to the target state

Question 15

Which principle is being applied by the ‘people’ element when the level of confidence and trust determines the amount of delegation?

Answer 15

Manage by exception

Question 16

Which management product BEST provides the project team with a basis for the for the ongoing management of the overall project?

Answer 16

Project Initiation Documentation

Question 17

What do the desired outcomes directly result in?

Answer 17

In measurable improvements defined in the business case

Question 18

Which should provide confidence that there is a robust justification for undertaking a project?

Answer 18

Business case

Question 19

Which term is defined as the tangible or intangible deliverable of an activity

Answer 19

Output

Question 20

How are some of the seven aspects of project performance used when establishing business justification?

Answer 20

By understanding product quality requirements and how they impact on time, cost or sustainability targets

Question 21

In which step of the business case management technique should the project mandate be reviewed?

Answer 21

Develop

Question 22

Which principle is being applied by the ‘organising’ practice when the project executive ensures that decisions align to changing business needs?

Answer 22

Ensure continued business justification

Question 23

A new department head wants to know which members of staff will be involved in the project?

Which management product should the department head review?

Answer 23

Project management team structure

Question 24

Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence:

PRINCE2 uses the term [?] to cover all people required to allocate their time to the project.

Answer 24

Project Team

Question 25

According to the guidance for effective organising, how should the commissioning party contribute to a project when it is started?

Answer 25

By identifying the project executive in the project mandate

Question 26

In which step of the organisational design and development technique should responsibility for setting personal objectives be agreed?

Answer 26

Understand the organisational ecosystem

Question 27

How should approved plans enable control?

Answer 27

Plans should be used to monitor progress and assess the impact of issues and risks

Question 28

The team manager needs to check what products should be delivered by his team.

Which management product should the team manager review?

Answer 28

Work package description

Question 29

What is defined as a high level plan showing the major products of the project?

Answer 29

A project plan