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Business Case Practitioner Questions 

 February 3, 2023

By  Dave Litten

Business Case Practitioner Questions

Each of the following PRINCE2 Practitioner questions include true statements about the hotel project, but only two statements are the correct options for those contained within the project Business Case:

Practitioner Question one.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Costs heading?

A. The new hotel will cost an additional £150,000 per year to maintain
B. Website’s promotion is estimated to cost £15,000
C. Current mailing costs will be reduced by £3,400
D. Secure a business loan of £470,000 against our headquarters site
E. If the hotel requirements are unclear, a further £33,000 to fund an additional work

Practitioner Question two.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Expected Benefits heading?

A. Perform additional marketing within the international markets
B. Increase our market share against our competitors
C. Reduced mailshot  costs by 15 per cent
D. Increase Google ranking by improving our advertisements
E. Increase bookings by 15 per cent every year for the next two years

Practitioner Question three.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Reasons heading?

A. Booking  sales are £850,000 for the year
B. A major hotel chain has launched a sales campaign that is reducing our bookings
C. Our current web site is providing a poor return on investment
D. And online booking system would reduce long operator call queues
E. Online booking sales are forecast to increase by 12 per cent

Practitioner Question four.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Timescale heading?

A. The online sales campaign is estimated to take three months
B. The project will take six months
C. If the marketing consultant is not available, the project will be delivered late
D. Our contracts department have allowed 20 days for replies to our Tender
E. The increase in sales will need to be measured over 18 months

Practitioner Question five.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Business Options heading?

A. Increase our market share against competitors
B. Build an easy to use online booking website
C. Outsource the website development
D. Continue with the current web site
E. Manage the project using an agile model

Practitioner Question six.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Expected Dis-Benefits heading?

A. Training for the new online help desk facility will impact current operations
B. Poor website layout design will cause reduced bookings
C. An extra £150,000 in funding will be required for this project
D. Poor quality design skills will make our web site hard to navigate
E. Financing the new website will cancel the hotel lobby refurbishment

Now for an assertion/reason style of question.

Each question below has an assertion statement and a reason statement.  Using the following options statements for each question, decide whether the answer is A, B, C, D, or E

Here are the options:

A. The assertion is true and the reason is true, AND the reason explains the assertion

B. The assertion is true and hence the reason is true, BUT the reason does not explain the assertion

C. The assertion is true and the reason is false

D. The assertion is false and the reason is true

E. Both the assertion and the reason are false

Practitioner Question one.

Assertion: the achievement of all of the project benefits will be assessed at the final project board authorisation

BECAUSE

Reason: before authorizing project closure, the project board will be able to review whether or not the project has met all of its objectives

Practitioner Question two.

Assertion: At the end of stage two, the project board will authorize the supplier’s business case

BECAUSE

Reason: In a PRINCE2 project, the customer/supplier environment means that there could be more than one business case in a project

Practitioner Question three.

Assertion: During the controlling a stage process in stage three, any unauthorized changes to the design of the websites might involve updates to the business case

BECAUSE

Reason: The cost of developing the products of the project is an input into the business case

Practitioner Question four.

Assertion: One of the responsibilities of the Chief Executives PRINCE2 executive role, used to measure the sales figures and report them to corporate or programme management

BECAUSE

Reason: After the project, the PRINCE2 Executive role is responsible for demonstrating that forecast benefits have been achieved

Practitioner Question five.

Assertion: The current booking sales for the hotel should be written into the Benefits Review Plan

BECAUSE

Reason: The Benefits Management Approach should include baseline figures against which the improvements will be measured

ANSWERS To ALL PRINCE2 Practitioner QUESTIONS:

Okay, now check out the correct bolded answers:

Practitioner Question one.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Costs heading?

A. The new hotel will cost an additional £150,000 per year to maintain
B. Website’s promotion is estimated to cost £15,000
C. Current mailing costs will be reduced by £3,400
D. Secure a business loan of £470,000 against our headquarters site
E. If the hotel requirements are unclear, a further £33,000 to fund an additional work

Practitioner Question two.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Expected Benefits heading?

A. Perform additional marketing within the international markets
B. Increase our market share against our competitors
C. Reduced mailshot  costs by 15 per cent
D. Increase Google ranking by improving our advertisements
E. Increase bookings by 15 per cent every year for the next two years

Practitioner Question three.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Reasons heading?

A. Booking  sales are £850,000 for the year
B. A major hotel chain has launched a sales campaign that is reducing our bookings
C. Our current web site is providing a poor return on investment
D. And online booking system would reduce long operator call queues
E. Online booking sales are forecast to increase by 12 per cent

Practitioner Question four.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Timescale heading?

A. The online sales campaign is estimated to take three months
B. The project will take six months
C. If the marketing consultant is not available, the project will be delivered late
D. Our contracts department have allowed 20 days for replies to our Tender
E. The increase in sales will need to be measured over 18 months

Practitioner Question five.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Business Options heading?

A. Increase our market share against competitors
B. Build an easy to use online booking website
C. Outsource the website development
D. Continue with the current web site
E. Manage the project using an agile model

Practitioner Question six.

Which two statements should be recorded under the Expected Dis-Benefits heading?

A. Training for the new online help desk facility will impact current operations
B. Poor website layout design will cause reduced bookings
C. An extra £150,000 in funding will be required for this project
D. Poor quality design skills will make our web site hard to navigate
E. Financing the new website will cancel the hotel lobby refurbishment

Reason/Assertion questions:

Practitioner Question one – E

Practitioner Question two – D

Practitioner Question three – D

Practitioner Question four – E

Practitioner Question five – A

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Dave spent 25+ years as a senior project manager for UK and USA multinationals and has deep experience in project management. He now develops a wide range of Project Management Masterclasses, under the Projex Academy brand name. In addition, David runs project management training seminars across the world, and is a prolific writer on the many topics of project management.

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