PRINCE2 PRINCE2 Certifications PRINCE2-PRACTITIONER Questions & Answers

• Question 271:

  When planning the project during the initiation stage, the project manager recommended that there should be a stage boundary before starting work on the e-learning course. This would allow the project board to approve the 'accredited classroom-based course', and understand its impact on the sales before work on the e-learning course begins.

  Which reason explains why this is a good application of the 'manage by stages' principle?

  A. Every PRINCE2 project must have at least two management stages, including the initiation stage

  B. Stage boundaries are decision points allowing the opportunity for the project's viability to be assessed

  C. The project needs to be properly initiated before work starts on delivery of the e-learning course

  D. The project manager should be able to manage the project on a day-to-day basis during the project

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.prince2.com/eur/prince2-processes

• Question 272:

  The Health and Safety Training Project is following ABC Company's standard course development model. This model requires that the project initiation documentation (PID) should include an additional section that shows how different learning styles will be accommodated in the classroom-based and e-learning courses. The executive has agreed that this section should be included in this project's PID.

  Is this an appropriate application of the 'tailor to suit the project' principle, and why?

  A. Yes, because management products should be tailored to ensure PRINCE2 is used appropriately

  B. Yes, because the PID should describe how PRINCE2 has been tailored to meet the needs of a particular project

  C. No, because PRINCE2 management products can be combined or split, but should not include additional sections

  D. No, because the project manager and project board should make proactive choices about tailoring

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 273:

  MANAGING A STAGE BOUNDARY

  At the end of stage 3, the pilot courses have been planned and this work revealed that sales of the health and safety training course were expected to be higher than originally expected. Therefore, the project manager revised the sales

  forecast for the course. This revised forecast needs to be both reviewed and approved.

  Who should review this forecast after it has been updated as part of the 'update the business case' activity?

  A. ABC Company's board of directors including the Chief Executive Officer

  B. The Business Development Director who is the executive

  C. The Operations Director who is the senior user

  D. The team manager for the 'delivered pilot courses' work package

  Correct Answer: A

  Reference: https://www.prince2.com/uk/prince2-business-case#:~:text=During%20the%20project%2C%20a%20PRINCE2,it%20should%20be%20done%20now

• Question 274:

  The Finance Director has been appointed as the executive of the Health and Safety Training Project. She likes to be involved personally in all projects and authorize all large contracts. She has therefore asked the project manager to provide daily updates on project progress so that she can make decisions throughout each stage.

  Is this an appropriate action, and why?

  A. Yes, because the executive should be senior enough within the corporate organization to make funding decisions

  B. Yes, because the executive should be available to make decisions and provide direction to the project manager

  C. No, because the executive should maintain credibility within the corporate organization by operating at the project board level

  D. No, because the executive should give the project manager enough space to manage the project day-to-day

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 275:

  The Health and Safety Training Project is following ABC Company's standard course development model. This model is updated regularly by the company's centre of excellence based on feedback from projects at key stages throughout the project lifecycle. During the 'starting up a project' process, the centre of excellence provided the Health and Safety Training project manager with the latest version of the model.

  Which principle is being applied, and why?

  A. 'Manage by stages', because the course development model is updated by the centre of excellence at key stages

  B. 'Manage by stages', because the 'starting up a project' process is a key input to the initiation stage

  C. 'Learn from experience', because the Health and Safety Training project manager should communicate lessons to cause change

  D. 'Learn from experience', because lessons from previous similar projects are applied throughout the standard course development model

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 276:

  ABC Company's centre of excellence (COE) has asked the project manager for the Health and Safety Training Project to trial a new standard course development model using an agile approach. The model recommends several shorter management stages, running in parallel, to enable more feedback and faster delivery to the market with reduced risk.

  Is this an appropriate recommendation, and why?

  A. Yes, because shorter stages bring greater project board control to reduce risk

  B. Yes, because delivery steps and management stages can occur at different times

  C. No, because management stages should be sequential to allow commitment of resources

  D. No, because delivery steps and management stages need to be aligned

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 277:

  HOTSPOT

  Drop down the right answer from Column 1 to column 2.

  Hot Area:

  

  Correct Answer:

  

• Question 278:

  HOTSPOT

  The project has a cost tolerance of +5% I ·5%, of which stage 2 has a tolerance of +£45k 1-£45k.

  Lines 1 to 6 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.

  Hot Area:

  

  Correct Answer:

  

• Question 279:

  HOTSPOT

  Column 1 is a list of entries from the Daily Log that occurred during stage 4 in the Controlling a Stage process. For each entry in Column 1, select the first management product from Column 2 that should have been updated, or created, as a

  result of the entry. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.

  Drop down the right answer from column 1 to column 2.

  Hot Area:

  

  Correct Answer:

  

• Question 280:

  HOTSPOT

  The Calendar project was delivered as originally planned, and Is now preparing for planned closure.

  Lines 1 to 6 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.

  Hot Area:

  

  Correct Answer: