PRINCE2-PRACTITIONER Online Practice Questions and Answers

DRAG DROP

ORGANIZATION

Use the ‘Additional Information’ in the Scenario Booklet to answer this question.

Here are three individuals who work for ABC Company.

Which project management team role (A-F) would be the most appropriate for each individual?

Choose only one role for each individual. Each role can be used ONCE, or not at all.

Select and Place:

DRAG DROP

RISK

The following risk has been recorded:

“There may not be enough participants for the pilot courses to justify the continuation of the project.”

The recommended risk response is to improve the marketing campaign, and a risk budget exists to fund the response.

Here are three risk actions related to this response?

Which role (A-F) should be responsible for each action?

Choose only one role for each action. Each role can be used once, more than once, or not at all.

Select and Place:

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

In the PRINCE2 Quality review technique, who would most likely carry out the role of administrator:

A. Project manager

B. Project support

C. Team Manager

D. Project Assurance

Which of the following statements best describes what a risk owner is?

A. Best placed to keep an eye on the risk

B. Carry out the response actions to a risk

C. Responsible for management, monitoring and control of all aspects of a risk

D. Reports to the project manager regularly on the status of a risk

Which of the following is NOT a trigger for the project manager to authorize a work package?

A. Stage Authorization

B. Corrective Action

C. Exception plan approved

D. Reporting highlights

During stage 3, the project scope was extended to include a practice test for learners to take during the training course. The cost of this test will be included in the cost of the course. The change to project scope was approved and the cost of ?,500 was paid for from the change budget. The project manager documented an increase of ?,500 in the project budget in the business case.

Is this an appropriate action, and why?

A. Yes, because the justification for the project should be recalculated based on the revised project budget.

B. Yes, because the project manager determines which costs need to be updated at the end of each stage

C. No, because the use of the change budget means that the project budget does not need to be increased.

D. No, because changes to operational costs post-project should have been included in the business case.

Using the Project Scenario and the Extract from Stage Plan for stage 3 provided as additional intonation for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following 5 questions.

The Stage Plan for stage 3 has been produced.

The Engineering Manager insists that there are to be no interruptions to operations whilst photographs are being taken of the engineering staff performing their everyday duties and operating machinery. Two weeks ago the professional

photographer produced the photo session schedule based on the operational staff schedule. The operational staff schedule is produced weekly and maintained by the Engineering Manager.

None of the ?00 change budget has been used to date and this is available for the stage.

Which 2 statements apply to the Budgets section?

A. Amend entry 15 because it should also include the cost of management activities.

B. Delete entry 16 because timescales should NOT be shown under the heading of budgets.

C. Delete entry 17 because the risk budget should be shown in the Risk Management Strategy.

D. Add 'Change budget - ?00'.

E. Add 'Cost tolerance - +?k 1-?k

Which 2 statements explain why the Marketing Director should be appointed as the Executive for this project?

A. She has been with the company for three years.

B. She previously had a successful career in publicity.

C. She is able to represent the business needs of MNO Manufacturing.

D. She has authority to commit the marketing budget, from which the project will be funded.

E. She requires more experience working with the engineering industry.

All the products that are due in stage 3 have been completed, apart from the `updated corporate quality procedures'. The work has been completed but the product has not yet been approved. The executive has been told that it will be signed

off before the end of the project. In response to an exception report, the executive has instructed the project manager to plan to obtain approval of the product in stage 4.

Is this appropriate application of the report management stage end' activity, and why?

A. Yes, because approval of the product can be carried forward into the next stage, with authority from the project board.

B. Yes, because the completion of the product in the next stage is a follow-on action recommendation for stage 4.

C. No, because approval of the products was planned for stage 3 and must be completed before the stage ends.

D. No, because a project-level exception plan is required before approval of the quality procedures can be delayed.