PRINCE2 Foundation Questions
1. Which is one of the six aspects of project performance that we wish to manage?
a. Performance
b. Reliability
c. Scope
d. Ease of use
2. Which statement does NOT define a characteristic of a project?
a. Has a higher degree of risk than business as usual
b. Involves people with different skills introducing a change that will impact others outside of the team
c. Has a lifespan that usually covers the delivery of the outputs and the realization of the benefits
d. A temporary management structure created for the implementation of business products
3. Which of the PRINCE2 principles supports the definition of tolerances for the six project objectives?
a. Manage by stages
b. Tailor to suit the project environment
c. Focus on products
d. Manage by exception
4. Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2?
a. Quality
b. Role descriptions
c. Processes
d. Product Description
5. How does the Starting up a Project process support the manage by stages principle?
a. Provides a structured set of activities for the pre-project stage of the PRINCE2 journey
b. Determines the level of authority delegated to the Project Manager for the initiation stage
c. Ensures time is not wasted initiating a project based on unsound assumptions
d. Ensures that the work required for project initiation is planned
6. Which of the following takes place before the initiation of a project?
- Provide the Executive with a role description
- Consider the successes and failures of similar activities carried out in the past
- Record and update all initial risks in the Daily Log
- Develop the detailed Business Case why the project is worth doing
a. 1, 2, 3
b. 1, 2, 4
c. 1, 3, 4
d. 2, 3, 4
7. What is a purpose of the Project Brief?
a. Defines the project, to form the basis for its management and the assessment of overall success
b. Outlines any lessons from previous projects and how they may affect this project
c. Communications the quality techniques and standards to be applied to achieve the required quality levels
d. Provides a firm basis on which to initiate the project
8. Which is a purpose of the Starting up a Project process?
a. Ensuring that the prerequisites for initiating the project are in place
b. Establishing that the Project Plan can meet the required target dates
c. Creating the Project Initiation Documentation so the project can be initiated
d. Confirming to corporate or programme management that quality expectations will be met
9. Which role is responsible for capturing the customer’s quality expectations?
a. Project Manager
b. Executive
c. Senior Supplier
d. Senior User
10. Which fact is true of Project Assurance but not quality assurance?
a. Responsible for monitoring the conduct of the project
b. Independent of the Project Manager
c. Appointed as part of the project management team
d. Responsible for reviewing the project for compliance with corporate standards
11. Which is a purpose of the Organization theme?
a. Establish tolerances around the resources utilized on the project
b. Provide project management training to those working within the project
c. Establish a structure of accountability and responsibility for the project
d. Implement the controls required to permit management by exception
12. Who represents the ‘delivering’ level on the project management team?
a. Project Board
b. Project Manager
c. Team Manager
d. Project Support
13. Identify the missing words in the following sentence.
If a Project Manager has the appropriate specialist skills and knowledge, there may be no need to appoint [ ? ] to the project.
a. Senior Supplier(s)
b. Team Manager(s)
c. Project Assurance
d. Senior User(s)
14. Which statement is true for project stakeholders?
a. Some have decision-making authority within the project environment
b. All are external to the corporate organization
c. All are internal to the project management team structure
d. None have decision-making authority within the project environment
15. When does PRINCE2 say the project management team should be considered for updating?
a. As and when new stakeholders are identified
b. When planning a quality review, the producer, reviewer(s), chair and administrator will need to be added
c. At the end of each stage, when preparing the Stage Plan for the next stage
d. During product creation, if a member of the delivery team is not available and has to be replaced
ANSWERS:
1. C.
2. C.
3. D.
4. C.
5. D.
6. A.
7. D.
8. A.
9. A.
10.C.
11.C.
12.C.
13.B.
14.A.
15.C.
PRINCE2 Foundation Questions
- Which is an objective of the quality review technique?
a) Involve key interested parties in promoting wider acceptance
b) Develop and improve the specification of a product through continuous assessment
c) Correct any typographical errors found in a product and obtain sign-off during the quality review meeting
d) Update the status information in the configuration Item Record when a product is signed-off
- Identify the missing words in the following sentence.
Any requests for change, which require Project Board approval, should be recorded in the [ ? ] and their status monitored by the Project Manager
a) Product Description
b) Issue Register
c) Configuration Item Record
d) Quality Register
- If a product fails its quality check, which management product should always be updated?
a) Risk Register
b) Issue Register
c) Quality Register
d) Lessons Log
- What is a purpose of a Configuration Item Record?
a) Provides a summary of the status of all products at any one time
b) Provides and details of important links between project products
c) Supports the creation of the product breakdown structure
d) Includes an analysis of any Issue Report or risk which caused the product to change
- Identify the missing words in the following sentence
If the Project Manager needs to know the results of a quality review, reviewing the [ ? ] will provide a summary together with the date of any follow-up meeting.
a) Stage Plan
b) Issue Register
c) Daily Log
d) Quality Register
- What are the three recommended types of issue?
a) Off-specification, request for change and concession
b) Off-specification, request for change and problem or concern
c) Request for change, problem or concern, and Issue Report
d) Request for change, Issue Report and risk
- What is a purpose of the Quality theme?
a) Ensure that all products of the project meet business expectations
b) Address the procedures and responsibilities for the creation, maintenance and control of project products
c) Clearly define the method of delivering the project’s products
d) Enable the assessment of continuing project viability
- What is a purpose of the Change Authority?
a) Determines the change budget for a project
b) Assesses the impact of all requests for change
c) Reduces the number of requests for change that need to be escalated to the Project Board
d) Allows the Project Board to delegate the approval of all risks and Issue Reports
- How is the Risk Register used in the Managing a Stage Boundary Process?
a) Checked for any Issue Reports noted for review at stage end
b) Reviewed for the status of risks
c) Updated to record that all risks have been closed
d) Checked to ensure that all open risks have been transferred to the Issue Register
- Which is recommended as a possible risk response type for an opportunity?
a) Reduce
b) Transfer
c) Reject
d) Fallback
- What is risk appetite?
a) Part of the project budget, used to pay for any additional activities required to manage risks
b) The funds the Project Board is willing to spend on the management of risk
c) Permissible deviation from planned expenditure without the need to escalate to the next higher authority
d) An organization’s attitude towards risk exposure
- What is a purpose of the Risk Management Strategy?
a) Defines the techniques to be used when assessing project threats and opportunities
b) Summarizes exposure to strategic, programme, project and operational threats and opportunities
c) Recommends responses for each of the project threats and opportunities
d) Identifies suitable risk owners for each of the project threats and opportunities
- Which term is used to identify when a risk might materialize?
a) Impact
b) Proximity
c) Probability
d) Evaluate
- What is a risk budget used to fund?
a) Potential changes that may be required as the project progresses
b) Shortfall in estimating the development costs of the project’s products
c) Additional activities to reduce, avoid, fallback, transfer, share or enhance project risks
d) Assessment of project risks and the planning of any responses to deal with these
- What is a risk cause?
a) Negative consequence of a threat occurring
b) Explanation of the event(s) which, should they occur, would create a problem
c) Positive consequence of an opportunity exploited
d) A situation which creates uncertainty
- What is the first step within the recommended risk management procedure?
a) Identify
b) Assess
c) Plan
d) Implement
ANSWERS
1. A.
2. B.
3. C.
4. B.
5. D.
6. A.
7. A.
8. C.
9. B.
10. C.
11. D.
12. A.
13. B.
14. C.
15. D.
16. A.
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