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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ Welcome to my Prince2009 QUIZ! You are watching this in PowerPoint’s “slide-show” mode. There are 200 questions for you to try. If you make a mistake, make a note, and either use my videos or the Prince2009 Manual to determine the correct answer. Simply press the return key on your keyboard (or use the left/right arrow keys) to select the next question. Aim to eventually score 80% or greater... Press the return key again to see the correct answer via this symbol: To jump to a question number, type the number in and press 1

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Page 1: Prince 2009 Primer Quiz Master

PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

Welcome to my Prince2009 QUIZ!

You are watching this in PowerPoint’s “slide-show” mode.

There are 200 questions for you to try. If you make a mistake, make a note, and either use my videos or the Prince2009 Manual to determine the correct answer.

Simply press the return key on your keyboard (or use the left/right arrow keys) to select the next question. Aim to eventually score 80% or greater...

Press the return key again to see the correct answer via this symbol:

To jump to a question number, type the number in and press the return key

Good Luck!

Dave

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. When the Project Brief is presented to the Project Board

B. When the Project Board formally consider the information within the Project Brief and Initiation Stage Plan

C.When the Project Board give authority to proceed from the Give ad hoc direction activity

D.When the Project Initiation Documentation is authorized

When is the “official start” of the project?

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A. Project Manager

B. Project Support

C.Specialist Team

D.Senior Supplier

Which role is responsible for the technical integrity of the project?

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A. They define the timing, scale and nature of the activities within a project

B. They should be used in rotation according to the scale, nature and complexity of the project

C.They can be made more complex according to the scale and nature of the project

D.They should be tailored depending upon the scale, nature, and complexity of the project

Which of the following applies to Prince2009 Themes?

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A. Work Package

B. Single delivery stage

C.No need for Team Managers

D.Single site or organization

When tailoring Prince2009, which of the following is the lowest example of project scale?

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A. Implemented at the start of the last delivery stage

B. Implemented as part of the final Work Package

C. Implemented after the last Work Package in the final stage

D.Requires a separate stage to ensure that a controlled shutdown and end stage assessment occurs

Which one of the following statements is correct for the Closing a Project process?

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A. raise an Exception Report

B. raise an Issue Report

C. receive completed Work Packages

D.take corrective action

PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

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Identify the missing word in the following sentence:

The Project Manager can only [ ? ] as long as the stage or project is forecast to complete within tolerances

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Create a Work Package

B. Execute a Work Package

C.Accept a Work Package

D.Deliver a Work Package

Which of the following is NOT an activity within Managing Product Delivery?

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A. Reduce the scope

B. Transfer delivery to another supplier

C.Create a contingency plan should the risk occur

D.Stop the project

Which of the following is NOT an example of a possible risk Avoid response?

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A. 1, 2, 3, 4

B. 2, 1, 4, 3

C. 1, 3, 4, 2

D. 4,2, 1, 3

What is the correct sequence for product-based planning?1.Product Description(s)2.Product Breakdown Structure3.Product Flow Diagram4.Project Product Description

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Quality

B. Benefits

C.Timescales

D.Scope

Which of the six variables involved with a project is there to make sure that what the project delivers is consistent with achieving the desired return?

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A. Management stages require resources, planning, work packages, and review points whereas technical stages do not

B. Management stages occur after technical stages and require management staff to manage them

C.Technical stages require a budget to carry out technical tasks, and management stages only require progress checks

D.Management stages equate to commitment of resources, authority to spend, and control, and technical stages refer to a particular set of specialist skills

What is the difference between management and technical stages?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Sets up and authorizes the change budget for a project

B. Logs and assesses the impact of all requests for change

C.Reduces the number of requests for change that need to involve the Project Board

D.Allows the Project Board to delegate the approval of all risks and Issue Reports

What is a purpose of the Change Authority?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which of the following are included within the Project Brief?1.Corporate risk management strategies which may need

to be applied by the project2.The project definition3.Project Approach4.Previous project’s lessons

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A. Corporate management

B. Outline Business Case

C.Project Plan

D.Project Mandate

What acts as a trigger for the project?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

What does a Product Description contain?1.Other source derivation products2.Information needed on the reviewers3.The Work Package in which the product is created4.Any acceptable quality criteria range

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A. Defines an aspect of the project and is subject to change control

B. A fixed point draft product at a certain point in time

C.Any specialist product that cannot be changed

D.Any product that is derived directly from the acceptance criteria

What is the definition of a baseline management product?

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A. Work Packages should align with the Project Plan

B. For a small project, it may only be necessary use combined management products

C.Stage Plan elements are broken down for day-to-day control

D.Stage Plans include the sequence of creation of the stage management products

Which element of the Plans theme supports the manage by stages principle?

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A. Whenever new sub-contractors are identified, or when different members of the product creation team are selected

B. Whenever new management stakeholders are identified

C.At the end of each stage, when preparing the Stage Plan for the next stage

D.If the needed arises for a formal quality review, then the producer, reviewer(s), chair and administrator will need to be added to the management team

When should the people filling the roles of the Project Management Team be considered for updating?

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A. Minimizes business uncertainty through regular assessments and response actions

B. Sets up mechanisms to compare actual achievements against the baselined project plan

C.Describes the mechanisms for comparing business products and their quality attributes

D.Establishes mechanisms to judge whether the project is – and remains , viable, desirable, and achievable

What is a purpose of the Business Case theme?

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A. Evaluate the expected value

B. Assess the aggregated net effect of threats and opportunities

C.Evaluate the Risk Management Strategy

D.Create the Risk Breakdown Structure

Which statement describes the Evaluate activity within the risk management procedure?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. To determine the reporting frequency required for the operational staff

B. To identify any stakeholders who need to know that the project is closing

C. Identify any requirement to send copies of the Project Product Description to external interested parties

D.To summarize the cost of communication within the project

When closing a project, what is the Communication Management Strategy used for?

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A. Sets up mechanisms to monitor and evaluate actual progress

B. Assesses and controls issue proximity within tolerance

C.Defines the amount of tolerance authorized at all levels

D.Provides a systematic approach to assess and control potential and approved changes to the baseline

How does the Change theme support the manage by exception principle?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Project Assurance

B. Project Support

C.Senior User

D.Project Manager

Identify the missing word in the following sentence:

A Team Manager should consult with [ ? ] as to whether any extra reviewers are required and ensure that the Quality Register is updated

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A. The Project Board in conjunction with the Project Manager

B. Any individual within the project management team

C.The Project Manager

D.After agreement between the Project Manager and Team Manager(s)

Who is responsible for deciding which issues should be treated formally?

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A. Resource

B. Analyze

C.Assess

D.Control

The risk management procedure has 4 steps, identify, [ ? ], plan and implement.

What is the missing step?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Stage Plan actuals

B. Project Initiation Documentation

C. Issue Report

D.Product Status Account

Identify the missing product in the following sentence:

The [ ? ] provides essential baseline information to evaluate the viability of the project whenever assessing an issue

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. The need to authorize an Exception Plan

B. The availability of the Project Board members

C.The level of project risk

D.The need for end stage assessments to occur at regular timed intervals

Which of the following should influence the scheduling of an end stage assessment?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Progress Review Report

B. Checkpoint Report

C.Exception Report

D.Highlight Report

Which product is an event-driven control?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Defined roles and responsibilities

B. Manage by stages

C.Continued business justification

D.Tailor to suit the project environment

Ensuring that the three project interests of business, user, and supplier are always included in a Prince2 project supports which principle?

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A. As defined in the Product Description

B. Project Manager

C.Project Support

D.Supplier Assurance

From whom does a Team Manager get approval for completed products?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Directing a Project

B. Controlling a Stage

C.Managing Product Delivery

D.Managing a Stage Boundary

A concern has been raised about the remaining stage tolerance and it has been recorded in the Issue Register. In which process will this have happened?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Executive

B. Corporate or programme management

C.Project Board

D.Project Manager

Who has the authority to set project tolerances?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Senior Supplier

B. Executive

C.The person doing the work

D.Project Assurance

Which of the following roles could the Project Manager also perform?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Creating the Communication Management Strategy

B. Who is permitted to authorize changes

C.Authorizing the Outline Business Case

D.Confirming the appointment of the Risk Manager

What is the Project Board responsible for before the end of the initiation stage?

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A. Chair

B. Presenter

C.Administrator

D.Reviewer(s)

Which quality review role is responsible for coordinating and tracking work after review of a product?

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A. Efficient and economic use of management time

B. Allows a step by step process-based approach to deliver the project

C.Ensures that the Business Case is reviewed on a regular basis

D.Unambiguous agreement on the Project Definition and scope

Basing projects on a 'management by exception' framework provides which benefit?

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A. Has any external event occurred that might affect the final product’s effectiveness?

B. Do we have a realistic and achievable Stage Plan

C.Has the Exception Plan been approved?

D.Are all the risks still acceptable, and the business still justifiable?

What question should NOT be asked in the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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A. Plan

B. Assess

C.Evaluate

D.Estimate

In which step of the risk management procedure are techniques such as Expected Value and Pareto Analysis performed?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Describes the issue management techniques and standards to be applied to the project

B. Lists the responsibilities for achieving an effective change management procedure

C.Capture and maintain all formal issue information

D.Repository for informal threats

What is the purpose of the Issue Register?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. The initiation stage resource and funding requirements

B. Project tolerance funding levels

C.What the arrangements are for objectives contribution and for funding the project

D.Who will fund the project approach

What information is required to prepare the outline Business Case?

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A. Starting up a Project

B. Directing a Project

C. Initiating a Project

D.Managing a Stage Boundary

Which process includes the authority to initiate a project?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Team Manager

B. Project Assurance

C.Executive

D.Project Assurance

Which role agrees with the Project Manager the tolerances, reporting requirements and product approval methods, for delivering a Work Package?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Create the draft Project Plan

B. Review and approve the delivery stage plan

C.Ensure the initiation investment is worthwhile

D.Create the detailed Business Case

What is an objective of authorizing initiation?

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A. Used by the Project Board for aggregated assessment of risks within the project

B. Allocates a risk business owner to manage all aspects of a risk

C.Via Project Assurance monitoring and controlling all aspects of project risks

D.By the setting of Risk Tolerance

How does the Risk theme support the continued business justification principle?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Agree the product preferences

B. Identify the roles

C.Reflect the needs

D.Enhance the level of detail

Identify the missing word in the following sentence:

PRINCE2 recommends three levels of plan to [ ? ] of the different levels of management involved in a project.

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A. Programmes have a beginning and an end

B. Projects include direction and management roles within their organization

C.Programmes often realize benefits after their closure

D.Typically used to help transform organizations and include benefit realization

How does a programme differ from a project?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

How does a stage product breakdown structure assist in planning?

1.Shows if a product requires several states2.Identifies products that already exists or created outside of

scope3.Identifies any extra products from project-level structures4.Shows the products that are required for remaining stages of

the project

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A. Project approach, Daily Log and Lessons Log

B. Project Plan, Daily Log and Risk Log

C.Quality Register, Benefits Review Plan, and Project Brief

D.Issue Register, Product Status Account and End Stage Report

Which of the following products are used to assist in creating the Stage Plan for the Initiation stage?

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A. To confirm that the project has delivered what is defined in the Project Product Description, and that the acceptance criteria have been met

B. As a focal point at which all information relating to the project is gathered for agreement by the key stakeholder

C.By the Project Manager as a reference to manage the next stage

D.Updated to record actual data from the current stage and forecast data from the next stage

How should the Project Plan be used during the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

What purpose does the Benefits Review Plan fulfill after the project has closed?1.Records the results of benefit measurements2.Describes who will undertake the review activities3.Defines what benefits are to be measured4.Sets up a baseline from which the improvements will be

calculated

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A. The mandatory use of management stages

B. Ensures that the specialist team raise Exception Reports

C.By tracking actual progress against the approved plan

D.The use of technical stages to track work tolerance

How does the Progress theme support the manage by exception principle?

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A. Part of the project budget, used to pay for any additional resources required to manage risks

B. An organization’s attitude towards risk exposure

C.Part of the project budget, used to fund risk-related project management activities

D.The spread of the deviation from planned risk expenditure without the need to escalate to the next higher authority

What is risk appetite?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. The Project Plan human resource requirements

B. Project acceptance criteria for skill levels

C.Defines the responsibilities and accountabilities for managing teams

D.Skills and experience descriptions for individuals to perform

What is defined within the Organization theme?

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A. A known situation which creates uncertainty

B. Positive consequence of a threat occurring

C.An event happening which would give rise to a problem

D.Positive consequence of an threat exploited

What is a risk cause?

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A. Only during delivery stages

B. When authorizing a Work Package

C.The pre-project process

D.When creating the specialist Product Descriptions

When will the supplier/delivery level of the project management team be involved in the project?

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A. Confirms the Business Case for the Project Board

B. To act as a trigger to start the final project stage

C.Ensures appropriate maintenance and support arrangements are in place

D.A fixed point for project product acceptance and achievement of objectives

What is a stated purpose of the Closing a Project process?

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A. Focus on products

B. Continued business justification

C.Manage by stages

D.Learn from experience

Which principle is supported by the creation of the Quality Management Strategy?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Describes how risk management will be implemented throughout the supplier organization

B. Describes risk management techniques, standards and responsibilities

C.Acts as a central data base for all risks and their actions

D.Documents specific actions for responding to risks and opportunities

What is a purpose of the Risk Management Strategy?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

How does the Controlling a Stage process support the focus on products principle?1.Review tolerances and take corrective action if needed2.Changes are only implemented when authorized3.All Work Packages contain a minimum of one Product

Description4.Review current status entries in the Quality Register

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A. Creating an Exception Plan to replace the current Stage Plan

B. Managing the activities of operations and maintenance

C.Managing a long or complex initiation stage

D.Updating the Project Plan

In which situation might the Controlling a Stage process be used?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. When authorizing the project

B. Via Giving ad hoc direction

C.When authorizing initiation

D.When Authorizing a Stage or Exception Plan

When would the Project Board first confirm the customer’s quality expectations?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Product Status Account

B. Configuration Item Record

C.Project Product Description

D.Highlight Report

Which product should be used whenever anyone needs to know the state, relationship, or attributes of a product?

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A. Prepare initial estimates

B. Identify activities and dependencies

C.Define and analyse the products

D.Prepare the schedule

What is the first step in the approach for producing plans?

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A. Create and send the final Highlight Report of the stage

B. Review and amend the Business Case

C.Gain approval for all specialist products created during the current stage

D.Determine issue impacts and take corrective action

What takes place within the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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A. Issue

B. Exception Report

C.Checkpoint Report

D.Concession Report

If the Team Manager is forecasting that the Work Package tolerances are to be exceeded, which product should they use to bring this to the attention of the Project Manager?

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A. Problem or concern

B. Request for change

C.Off-specification

D.After an Issue Report has been created

Which type of issue can be handled informally?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. An organization’s unique attitude towards risk-taking

B. The risk time-scale from the present time

C.How close a specific risk impact is to other similar risks

D.Risks sitting next to each other on the Risk Profile grid

What is risk proximity?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. So that a justifiable Business Case can be created

B. It is a prerequisite of applying Prince2

C.Distinguishes a project from ‘business as usual’

D.Improves communication between customer and supplier

What is the purpose of identifying the characteristics of a project?

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A. Quality Register

B. Issue Register

C.Product Register

D.Lessons Log

If a product passes or fails its quality check, which product should be updated?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Off-specification, request for change and problem or concern

B. Off-specification, request for change and concession

C.Request for change, problem or concern, and a suggested improvement

D.Request for change, Issue Report and risk

What are the three recommended types of issue?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Project Plan

B. Team Plan

C.Stage Plan

D.Benefits Review Plan

Which is the first plan to be created?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Project Plan, Stage Plan and Team Plan

B. Project Plan

C.Project Plan, Stage Plan, and Exception Plan

D.Project Plan, Stage Plan, Team Plan and Exception Plan

What levels of plan are recommended by PRINCE2?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Reasons

B. Business options

C. Investment appraisal

D.Costs

Which section of the Business Case compares the aggregated benefits and dis-benefits to the project, operations, and maintenance costs?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which are objectives of the Controlling a Stage process?

1.Produce the Stage Plan for the next stage2.Monitor deviations and avoid uncontrolled change3.Keep the Business Case under review4.Focus attention on delivery of the stage's products

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Enhance

B. Reject

C.Exploit

D.Transfer

Which is NOT a recommended response type to respond to an opportunity?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Ensure Work Packages are authorized and agreed

B. Request authorization to start the next stage

C.Ensure that all uncertainties for the current stage have been dealt with

D.The specialist team are focused on delivery within tolerances laid down

What is an objective of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Transfer product ownership

B. Benefits reviews

C. Lessons Report

D.Corporate approval

Complete the following statements:

It is not a project activity to undertake [ ? ] post-project, only to plan for it/them to occur?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Initiating a Project

B. Managing Product Delivery

C.Starting Up a Project

D.Managing a Stage Boundary

In which process are the project’s quality management tools and techniques defined?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Capture the planned dates of quality checking arrangements

B. To record informal issues not entered in other registers or logs

C.Record the sequence of creation of the products

D.Given to the Project Board on a regular basis during a stage

What is the purpose of a Daily Log?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Identify risks to the project that might occur in their Work Package

B. The management, monitoring and control of all aspects of an assigned risk

C.Acts on behalf of the Project Board to manage the Risk Budget

D.Manages the Summary Risk Profile

Which statement describes the responsibilities of a risk owner?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Involve key interested parties in developing the product

B. Define the method to be used in checking the product quality

C.To provide confirmation that the product is complete and ready for approval

D.To baseline the product quality review

What is an objective of the quality review technique?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Agreeing tolerances with the Team Manager for the delivery of a Work Package

B. Specifying how regularly Checkpoint Reports are to be submitted

C.Triggering the creation of an Issue Report for risk transfer

D.Take corrective action if tolerance is exceeded

How does the Controlling a Stage process support the manage by exception principle?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Within the Controlling a Stage process, what should the Project Manager learn from the Quality Register?1.If sign-off dates have been met2.How many quality activities remain for the stage3.If products have been handed over to the customer4.How much progress has been made on quality

management activities

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Stage Plan

B. Benefits Review Plan

C. Initiation Stage Plan

D.Team Plan

Which plan is optional depending on the complexity of the project?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Measures the project’s achievement of the expected benefits defined in the Business Case

B. Describes only residual benefits and those that could not be achieved during the lifecycle of the project

C.Defines how and when measurement of benefit realization can be made

D.Defines the realization of benefits and their risks

What is a purpose of the Benefits Review Plan?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Project Plan and next Stage Plan

B. Project Plan

C.Configuration Item Records

D.Business Case

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

During the Managing a Stage Boundary process, the Project Manager should consult with the Executive when reviewing and updating the [ ? ] in preparation for Project Board approval

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Defines the acceptance criteria, method and responsibilities for the project

B. Describes the high-level hierarchy of the major project products

C.Defines the means by which costs and timescales will be managed

D.Describes the quality methods to be used within the project

What is a purpose of a Project Product Description?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Advising the need for regular Checkpoint Reports

B. During Starting Up a Project

C.Authorizing one stage at a time

D.Creating Exception Plans when an issue is raised

The Project Board needs to assess project viability at certain points as defined in the Project Plan. How does the Progress theme assist this?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Stores all project information for future auditing purposes

B. Signing off the Business Case benefits after the project's products have been in operation for a period of time

C.Confirms that the project's products have been approved and accepted

D.Creating the specialist products during project closure

How does the Closing a Project process support the focus on products principle?

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A. To align stage ends with technical stage ends

B. To subdivide Work Packages into manageable parts

C.Enables a balance of benefits across each stage

D.To allow the Project Board to manage by exception, ensure business viability with an appropriate level of control

What is an objective of partitioning a project into management stages?

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A. Provides for delegation of a unit of work within a defined level of authority

B. Provides the relationship between technical and management stages

C.Checks how much tolerance has been used at end stage assessments

D.Recommends actions which the Project Manager uses to take corrective action

How does the Progress theme support the manage by exception principle?

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A. Executive

B. Project Manager

C.Senior Supplier

D.Senior User

Which role is responsible for capturing the customer's quality expectations?

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A. Fallback plan costs, expected value and impact costs

B. Impact costs, risk owner actions and proximity

C. Impact costs, response costs, and likelihood

D.Expected monetary value, proximity costs and risk event costs

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

In order to arrive at a Risk Budget, each risk must be fully analysed for its[ ? ]

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A. Outline Business Case

B. Project mandate

C.Project Product Description

D.Benefits Review Plan

Which product is the Executive responsible for producing?

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A. Ensures that the work required for project initiation is planned

B. Includes a structured set of management activities for use within the pre-project stage

C.By creating the Project Brief for later refinement into the set of Project Initiation Documentation within the Initiation Stage

D.By laying down a solid pre-project foundation before the application of stages

How does the Starting Up a Project process support the manage by stages principle?

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A. Setting out the constraints within the project organization structure

B. Define and establish the project’s structure of accountability and responsibilities

C.Appointing individuals to jobs within the project

D.Defining the management by exception rules required by the management layers

Which is a purpose of the Organization theme?

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A. Contains the planned and actual results of all quality checks and quality reviews held during the stage

B. Provides progress information on all of the Work Packages within a stage

C.Updates the Project Manager on the status of a Work Package

D.Provides details of the stage status and forecast

What is a purpose of a Checkpoint Report?

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A. End Project Report

B. Risk Register

C.Work Package

D.Product Status Account

Which of the following is a baseline management product?

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A. Provide review and decision points

B. Allow clarification of the impact of an external influence

C. Include regular progress updates

D.Make key decisions prior to the work being done

Which is NOT a stated objective of PRINCE2 stages?

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A. Initiating a Project

B. Closing a Project

C.Starting Up a Project

D.Directing a Project

Which process ensures that there is authority to close the project?

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A. Gain agreement to create the End Project Report

B. Create the next stage Project Approach

C.Seek approval to replace the Project Plan or Stage Plan as directed by the Project Board

D.Identify potential ways of dealing with any deviations from plan

Which of the following is an objective of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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A. Risks to be escalated to the Project Board

B. Informal issues

C.Risks during the delivery stages

D.Issue and change control procedures during Initiation

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

The Daily log is used to record [ ? ]

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A. Breaks the Project Plan duration into more detail

B. Provides a baseline against which the Project Board monitor overall progress

C.Produced just prior to the Project Initiation Documentation

D.Provides the Project Manager with day-to-day management and control of the project

Which statement defines the main purpose of a delivery Stage Plan?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which of these would be presented as an Issue Report that may require escalation to the Project Board?1.There is a change to the functionality to one of the products2.A member of the specialist team cannot perform any more

weekend working3.The Senior User has requested an extra product4.The Project Manager has determined that the current stage

will exceed its tolerances

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A. Impact duration

B. Probability date

C.Proximity

D.Event timing

Which part of assessing risks describes identification of the date or timeframe within which a risk event is likely to occur?

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A. Corporate or programme management

B. Project Manager

C.Business Assurance

D.Project Board

Whose approval is needed to replace the current Stage Plan with an Exception Plan?

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A. Checked for any Issue Reports to include in the End Stage Report

B. Archived ready for the next stage risk and issue entries

C.Reviewed for the status of risks

D.Used by the Project Manager to readjust the risk budget for the next stage

How is the Risk Register used in the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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A. Senior User

B. Executive

C.Senior Supplier

D.Project Assurance

Which role should the Project Manager consult to check that the Quality Management Strategy meets corporate standards and policies?

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A. Sent to the Project Board with a Highlight Report

B. Sent to the Project Manager from the Team Manager for Work Package issues

C.Only created for those issues that need to be handled formally

D.Only created if an issue requires an Exception Report raised

What is a purpose of an Issue Report?

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A. Products to be created in-house

B. Products to be modified

C.Any products to be created by an external third party

D.The sequence of creation of the products

What is NOT identified when creating a product breakdown structure?

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A. Executive

B. Corporate management

C.Customer Assurance

D.Business Assurance

Who is the key project decision-maker in the project management team?

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A. Benefits are measurable improvements resulting from an outcome

B. Outcomes are the improvements resulting from a benefit

C.An output is the aggregated benefits of the products after use

D.Outputs are the advantages gained from the products

Which statement regarding a project's outputs, outcomes and benefits is correct?

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A. Decision date

B. Acceptance criteria

C.Closure date

D.Severity

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

After an issue resolution implementation has been verified, the [ ? ] entry in the Issue Report should be updated

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A. Write the Project Product description

B. Prepare the Product Estimates

C.Document the Product Status Account

D.Schedule the Product Activities

Which is a task of product-based planning?

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A. Document and agree the level of quality for each of the products to be created of the next stage

B. Create the End Stage Report confirming current stage product approvals

C.Creation of an Exception Plan in the event of products not meeting their criteria

D.Refine if necessary the specialist team skills for product creation

How does the Managing a Stage Boundary process support the focus on products principle?

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A. Provides a summary of the status of a specified range of products at a particular time

B. Provides a record of product relationships including history and status

C.Used as an input to create the Product Breakdown Structure

D.References the issue that caused the product to change

What is a purpose of a Configuration Item Record?

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A. Benefits are measurable improvements resulting from an outcome

B. Outcomes are the improvements resulting from a benefit

C.An output is the aggregated benefits of the products after use

D.Outputs are the advantages gained from the products

Which statement regarding a project's outputs, outcomes and benefits is correct?

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A. User Assurance

B. Quality Assurance

C.Business Assurance

D.Supplier Assurance

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

The Team Plan should be checked by [?] to ensure that it is viable and meets standards

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which of the following roles can the Project Manager also perform?1.Change Authority2.Project Assurance3.Project Support4.Team Manager

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A. Sent to the Project Manager to trigger release of current stage products

B. Sent from the Project Manager to the Project Board to request approval of the End Stage Report

C.Updated to ensure next stage benefits will be measured and reviewed

D.Sent to stakeholders to inform them that the stage has been authorized

How is the Benefits Review Plan used when authorizing a stage?

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A. A review of the project’s products

B. Updating the Benefits Review Plan

C.Analysing estimates and actual progress metrics

D.Implementing follow-on actions

How does the Closing a Project process support the learn from experience principle?

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A. Defines when the product will be quality checked

B. Defines the range of cost tolerances for the product

C.Defines who will use the product

D.Records the status and date of status change

What is the purpose of a Product Description?

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A. Operational management

B. Quality Assurance

C.Project Assurance

D.Project Support

Who carries out checks outside the scope of Prince2, that the project’s direction and management are adequate?

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A. Themes

B. Components

C.Principles

D.Tailoring PRINCE2 to the Project Environment

Which is NOT a PRINCE2 integrated element?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which is recommended as a possible risk response type for a threat?

1.Reduce2.Enhance3.Fallback4.Accept

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A. Only the Senior User and User Assurance

B. Project Assurance representatives of the Project Board

C.Project Manager and Project Assurance

D.All the Project Board members

Who approves any new Product Descriptions when authorizing a stage?

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A. Assess risks and opportunities in terms of their probability and impact

B. Gather information about the project environment and objectives

C.Recognize the threats and opportunities

D.Assess the aggregated net effect of threats and opportunities

What is the objective of identify risks as part of the risk management procedure?

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A. Revenue stream increased by 30%

B. New help desk facility

C.Reduced turn-round time for data runs

D.Access speed increased for data gathering

Which of the following represents a project output?

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A. Review the Project Brief for related standards or practices

B. Updates the Configuration Item Records with details of known risks

C.Seek lessons from previous projects that may relate

D.Consult with Project Assurance to check that Project Board needs are met

What does the Project Manager NOT do when preparing the Communication Management Strategy?

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A. Understand who is to be involved in the project decision making

B. Decide how the project management method will be tailored

C.Establish the project strategies

D.Request a Product Status Account for specialist products

Which activity is NOT undertaken during the Initiating a Project process?

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A. States that even the simplest of projects should have a Business Case

B. Allows enabling projects that don’t deliver direct benefits to proceed without a Business Case in place

C.Removes the need for a separate Business Case where the operational area has fiscal funding already in place

D.Ensures the supplier Business Case provides value for money at the end of each stage to confirm the viability of the next stage plan

How does the Business Case theme support the continued business justification principle?

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A. Keep the current Stage Plan updated

B. Maintain the development and operational support interfaces

C.any issue and risk strategies

D.Provide the Project Board with sufficient information to review the success of the current stage

What is a purpose of the Managing a Stage Boundary process?

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A. Summarizes the draft cost and timescale for the project

B. It is the Product Description of the End Product

C.Used to prepare the outline Business Case

D.Defines what the project has to produce to obtain customer acceptance

What is a purpose of the Project Product Description?

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A. Strategic plans exist for the business change

B. The initiation investment is worthwhile and contributes to corporate objectives

C.The Risk and Issue Registers indicate an acceptable level of threats

D.The Project Plan draft has been reviewed by Project Assurance

What does the Executive need to ensure is in place before the project is initiated?

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A. During the next stage prior to any work being carried out

B. When creating the Project Plan

C.At the start of the initiation stage

D.Near the end of the current stage

After the first stage, when are the Stage Plans for further stages produced?

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A. Creates a Stage Quality Plan for the next stage products

B. Authorizes the tolerances for the next stage

C.A control point that provides the information needed for the project to assess the continuing project viability

D.Applies the lessons from the current stage to the next stage

How does the Managing a Stage Boundary process support the manage by stage principle?

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A. Quality Report

B. Work Package

C.Checkpoint Report

D.Stage Plan

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

The Team Manager should check the [ ? ] for the procedure to update the Quality Register

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A. Senior Supplier(s)

B. Senior User(s)

C.Project Assurance

D.Team Manager(s)

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

Although it will need agreement of the Project Board at the start, if a Project Manager has the appropriate specialist skills and knowledge, there may be no need to appoint [ ? ]

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A. By setting the end stage assessment point in time

B. Creates the Product Descriptions , and hence the quality pass/fail criteria used in the next stage plan

C.Delegating management level authority by setting tolerances for the next stage

D.Applies the Lessons Report so that the next stage performs within tolerances

How does the Managing a Stage Boundary process support the manage by exception principle?

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A. Enhance

B. Avoid

C.Reject

D.Share

Which response type is a recommended response to both an opportunity and a threat?

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A. Outcome

B. Proximity

C.Aggregation

D.Probability

Identify the missing word in the following sentence:

A risk consists of a combination of the [ ? ] of a perceived threat or opportunity occurring and the magnitude of its impact on objectives

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A. Focus on products

B. Learn from experience

C.Manage by exception

D.Tailor to suit the project environment

Which principle helps define the scope of a project and provides the basis for planning and control?

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A. During the creation of products by a team

B. When a Work Package is being negotiated

C.When raising an Issue Report

D.When updating the Stage Plan

When would the Team Manager be required to update Configuration Records

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A. Senior User

B. Change Authority

C.Corporate or Programme Management

D.Project Manager

Who has a responsibility for ensuring that the desired outcome of the project is specified?

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A. Provides a minimum of two stages – Initiation plus a delivery stage

B. Provides a Project Plan and harmonized Stage Plans

C.The Business Case is the ‘driving force’ at each stage end

D.Provides for up to three different levels of plan and sets of tolerances

How does the Plans theme support the manage by exception principle?

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A. Benefits Review Plan

B. Stage Plan schedule

C.Product Status Account

D.Work Packages

Identify the missing words in the following sentence:

When creating the [?], the Configuration Item Records will be reviewed to see which products are in production, review, or approval, including the planned and actual dates for each

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A. Customer/user

B. Business/project

C.Customer/supplier

D.Methodology/Process

On which environment is PRINCE2 based?

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A. Any change to a Product Status Account must be escalated to the Project Manager via an Exception Report

B. Any change to a baselined product that reveals a threat to tolerances must be escalated to the Project Board

C.Any delay to the stage schedule will trigger an Exception Report

D.Any change to the baseline will trigger an Exception Plan

How does the Change theme support the manage by exception principle?

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A. The threat or opportunity area of uncertainty

B. The impact a risk would have on the project objectives

C.The risk trigger probability

D.The risk driver

Which statement describes risk event?

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A. It allows the calculation of products completion dates

B. Clarifying the scope boundary and the risk of “scope creep”

C. It supports the ability to apply the “critical chain” method

D.It builds upon the information gained in activity-based planning

What is a benefit of adopting the product-based planning technique?

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A. Issue Report

B. Exception Plan

C.Exception report

D.Project Issue

If, during the execution of a Work Package, any forecasts indicate that the Work Package is likely to exceed agreed tolerances, what should the Team Manager raise for a decision on corrective action?

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A. Learn from experience

B. Manage by exception

C.Manage by stages

D.Focus on products

Which PRINCE2 principle supports planning being done only to a level of detail that is manageable and foreseeable?

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A. How the project will enable achievement of strategies and objectives

B. How to measure achievement of the expected benefits

C.Timing of communication to business stakeholders

D.Timescale investment procedures using tolerance variables

Which information appears in the Business Case?

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A. Some have decision-making authority within the project environment

B. Stakeholders need to be kept informed, but have no decision-making authority

C.They form part of the project management team structure

D.Stakeholders are external to the corporate organization

Which statement is true for project stakeholders?

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A. Control the link between the Project Manager and the Team Manager(s)

B. Provide a fixed point at which acceptance of the project product is confirmed

C.Enable the Project Board to review success of the current Team Plan

D.Keep the stage aligned within its tolerance

What is the purpose of the Managing Product delivery process?

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A. Verify the solution continues to provide value for money

B. Resolve supplier requirements and priority conflicts

C.Manage the information flows between directing and delivering levels

D.Approving the customer's quality expectations

Which is a responsibility of the Project Manager?

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A. Work Package

B. Project Initiation Documentation

C.Team roles and responsibilities

D.Project Product Description

When Authorizing a Work Package, the Project Manager should examine the [ ? ] to understand controls, reporting, quality standards and product handover aspects

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A. Review follow-up actions

B. Supplier off-specification costs

C.Any change in project scope

D.Fallback responses

What is the sum of money called a change budget used to fund?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Executive

B. Project Manager

C.User Assurance

D.Senior User

Which role is responsible for capturing the customer's quality expectations?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Specifying the business benefits and their realization

B. Setting business tolerance levels for the project

C.Ensure quality procedures are correctly applied for the business products

D.Ensuring that the project represents value for money

What is a responsibility of the Project Board business representative?

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A. The Project Board defines and approves the Exception Report

B. It sets stage tolerance and monitors via reports

C.Exception situations are escalated to corporate whenever they occur

D.Requests For Change are approved by the Senior User role

How does the Directing a Project process support the manage by exception principle?

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A. The Project Board is responsible for both, but Project Assurance can be delegated

B. Project Assurance provides assurance to the project’s stakeholders that the project is being properly conducted, and Quality Assurance assures the same, but to the wider organization

C.Project Assurance is performed from the customer side, and Quality Assurance is performed from the supplier side

D.Project Assurance is the responsibility of the Project Board, and Quality Assurance is carried out by the specialist team

Which statement correctly describes the relationship between Project Assurance and quality assurance?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Raise any product issues in the meeting prior to sign-off and approval

B. Develop and improve the quality criteria of a product

C.To assess the conformity of a product

D.To pass the product to Configuration Management for secure storage

Which is an objective of the quality review technique?

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A. Plan and allocate resources for risk management activities

B. Management and control of the stage’s risks and issues

C.Product focus to avoid uncontrolled ‘scope creep’

D.Focus on delivery within tolerances

What is NOT an objective of the Controlling a Stage process?

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A. Helps in the tailoring of setting up the project controls

B. Used to define cost and timescales for the Business Case

C.Consider whether it needs to be updated or refined as part of creating the Project Plan

D.To provide as an input reference to the Configuration Management Strategy

How is the Project Product Description used within the Initiating a Project process?

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A. Project Plan

B. Project Product Description

C.Project Brief

D.Project Initiation Documentation

Which product forms the ‘contract’ between the Project Manager and the Project Board?

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A. To provide support information to those maintaining the End Product in its working life

B. Defines the method and timing of the project’s realized benefits measurement

C.Provides post-project analysis of only those benefits that have yet to be realized after project closure

D.Describes details of the benefits originally expected against the Project End Product

What is the purpose of the Benefits Review Plan?

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A. Identify, assess and control potential and approved changes to the baseline

B. Ensure that the customer does not change their mind unless authorized

C.Control the project assets via version control

D.Eliminate “scope creep” on management products

What is a purpose of the Change theme?

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A. Documents the detailed justification for undertaking and authorizing the project

B. Provides the Business Case with planned costs in the Initiation Stage

C.Provides a full and firm basis on which to initiate the project

D.Defines the project and the basis for its management and overall success

What is a purpose of the Project Brief?

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A. Method used to identify quality issues

B. Quality Tolerance against which each product is to be measured

C.References to inspection documentation or actions to correct errors or omissions of the inspected products

D.The Work Packages identifier(s)

Which of the following may be recorded in a Quality Register?

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A. Configuration Item Record

B. Change Record

C.Product Status Account

D.Lesson Report

Which document would provide a list of related issues and risks for a product?

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A. An uncertain event or set of events that, should they occur, will trigger creation of an Exception Plan

B. An event that has already occurred that the Project Manager must deal with immediately

C.An uncertain event or set of events that, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of objectives

D.An event that has yet to happen, that will have a negative impact on the project’s objectives

Which statement correctly defines a risk?

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A. Stakeholders are appropriately involved in planning and decision making

B. Decision making is the responsibility of the Project Board

C.Stakeholders are not involved in assuring the project assets

D.The method focuses on continuing viability of the Project Plan

Which is a benefit of using PRINCE2?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which of the following are PRINCE2 Principles?

1. Manage by stages and product focus2. Change and exception management3. Learn from experience and business justification4. Defined roles and responsibilities

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A. Project Product Description

B. Quality Record

C.Product Description

D.Quality Management Strategy

Which management product contains a product’s quality tolerance?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Defining the resources for the Initiation Stage

B. Creates the Responsibilities Log

C.Defines the customer’s quality expectations

D.Defines the project management team structure

How does the Starting up a Project process support the defined roles andresponsibilities principle?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Senior User

B. Project Assurance

C.Project Support

D.Team Manager

During a planned closure, which role should create a Product Status Account?

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PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

A. Benefits Review Plan

B. Team Plan

C.Exception Plan and above

D.One level below Project Plan

Which is a recommended level of Plan?

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A. Funds set aside to pay for management risk analysis activities

B. Funds set aside within project tolerance to pay for unexpected events

C. Funds within the project budget to cover the costs of implementing risk responses

D.Funds set aside from the project budget to cover small deviations in estimates

What is the purpose of the risk budget?

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A. Stage authorization

B. Receipt of the authority to deliver a Work Package

C.Production of the next Stage Plan

D.Update of Stage Plan

PRINCE 2009 QUIZ

What should trigger the Project Manager to authorize a Work Package?

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A. The approach taken to deliver the end product

B. The acceptance criteria for the end product

C.Outcomes perceived as negative by one or more stakeholders

D.How benefits will be measured

Which sentence should appear in a Business Case?

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A. Ask corporate or programme management to define what the change budget will be

B. Decide if they will delegate their Project Assurance roles

C.Decide whether to appoint a Change Authority

D.Delegate day-to-day control of the project to the Project Manager

After the project has been authorized, what should the directing level of management do?

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A. Use of a technical phases

B. Commitment of resources and authority to spend

C.Use of a specific set of a particular set of skills

D.The creation of management products

Identify the missing words in the following sentence.PRINCE2 management stages relate to [?], which is a factor that differentiates them from technical stages

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A. Starting up a Project

B. Directing a Project

C.Controlling a Stage

D.Initiating a Project

Which process provides the Project Board with sufficient information to enable it to commit significant financial resources to deliver a project?

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A. Give ad hoc direction

B. Authorize initiation

C.Authorize a Stage or Exception Plan

D.Authorizing the project

In which activity would the Project Board normally review a Highlight Report?

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A. Corporate or programme management

B. Executive

C.Change Authority

D.The Customer/Supplier Assurance

If the Project Board cannot provide a single view, to whom should the Project Manager defer for a decision?

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A. strategy

B. quality test

C.baseline

D.acceptance

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

Quality planning establishes an effective [ ? ] for the project’s quality controls

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A. Plans

B. Business Case

C.Quality

D.Change

Which PRINCE2 theme evaluates the issue options that have been considered?

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A. Benefits Review Plan

B. Quality Management Strategy

C.Quality Register

D.Configuration Management Strategy

Where would a Team Manager find details of the forecast date of a product’s quality activity?

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A. Is an invaluable diagnostic tool

B. Can be applied to any type of project

C.Uses activity-focus to determine products

D.Ensures that stakeholders are properly represented

Which is NOT a benefit of using PRINCE2?

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A. Manage by exception

B. Continued business justification

C.Tailor to suit the project environment

D.Focus on products

Which of the PRINCE2 principles supports the definition of tolerances for each of the project objectives?

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A. The end of a stage

B. Exception Report

C.Completion of the Project Initiation Documentation

D.Checkpoint Report

Which is NOT an event-driven control?

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A. Lessons Report

B. Project Initiation Documentation

C.End Stage Report

D.Next Stage Plan

At an End Stage Assessment, the Project Board would find details of any deviations within tolerance from approved plans, in which management product?

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A. Validate the Project Mandate

B. Plan the management of risks

C.Enter lessons learned into the PID

D.Decide if it is worthwhile to initiate the project

What is the Starting up a Project process purpose?

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

D. 2, 3, 4

Which of the following information does a End Project Report provide?1.Customer acceptance records2.End Product quality criteria3.Effectiveness of the project’s strategies and controls4.Follow-on action recommendations

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A. Ensuring the project team can use the required quality tools

B. Used to check that the Quality Management Strategy is working

C.Summarize the quality management activities that are planned or have taken place

D.Used to develop the quality test plan

What is a purpose of the Quality Register?

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A. processes

B. Business Case

C.products

D.stages

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

The Quality theme defines and implements the means by which the project will create fit for purpose [ ? ]

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Which of the following are uses of the Issue Register during the Controlling a Stage process

1. Obtain details on issues to include in a Highlight Report2. Obtain details of issues that may affect the Stage Plan for the

next stage3. Update any issues identified when authorizing a Work Package4. Obtain details of any potential impacts that may affect the

Business Case

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A. 1, 2, 3

B. 1, 2, 4

C. 1, 3, 4

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A. Creates products

B. Delivers services

C.Has a budget and time-frame

D.Is cross-functional and more risky

Which characteristic diferentiates a project from business as usual?

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A. The project closure stage

B. Stage Plan for the final management stage

C.The Project Plan, stage plans only include specialist activities

D.Team Plan

Which plan should contain the project closure activities?

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