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Prince2 JD No.5/6

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Question 1: Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2? a) Lessons log b) Checkpoint report c) Project environment d) Exception report
c) Project environment
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Question 2: Identify the missing words in the following sentence: A [ ? ] is a temporary organization that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to an agreed business case. a) Stage b) Process c) Project d) Program
c) Project
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Question 3: Which is one of the four integrated elements within PRINCE2? a) Quality b) Role descriptions c) Processes d) Product descriptions
c) Processes
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Question 4: Which characteristic distinguishes a project from regular business operations? a) It produces benefits b) It introduces a business change c) It manages stakeholders d) It incurs cost
b) It introduces a business change
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Question 5: Which aspect of project performance must be managed in order to have a clear understanding of what the project is to deliver? a) Timescale b) Scope c) Risk d) Costs
b) Scope
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Question 6: How does defining a product's quality requirements support the manage by exception principle? a) By providing the project's tolerances so that authority can be delegated b) By providing the responsibilities for the project management team c) By providing the justification for the project to be initiated d) By providing an explicit understanding of what the project must deliver
a) By providing the project's tolerances so that authority can be delegated
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Question 7: What does applying the defined roles and responsibilities principle ensure? a) That the customer's quality expectations and acceptance criteria are captured and agreed b) That the project is properly initiated before work begins on delivery of the project's outputs c) That the project management team understands what they are accountable for d) That the project is only started and continued if it is desirable, viable and achievable
c) That the project management team understands what they are accountable for
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Question 8: Which statement about the continued business justification principle is CORRECT? a) The justification for compulsory projects does not need approval b) There must be no change to the reasons for a project c) A project than can no longer be justified must be stopped d) A formal business case document is mandatory
c) A project than can no longer be justified must be stopped
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Question 9: PRINCE2 breaks the project down into discrete, sequential sections based on the size and complexity of a project. Which principle does this follow? a) Manage by stages b) Focus on products c) Defined roles and responsibilities d) Learn from experience
a) Manage by stages
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Question 10: Which of the following is correct in regards to tailoring? a) Processes cannot be combined or adapted b) Themes that are not relevant to the project can be excluded c) Principles should not be tailored d) Management products may not be combined or split into multiple documents
c) Principles should not be tailored
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Question 11: Identify the missing word in the following sentence: Project teams must learn from experience - [ ? ] are sought, recorded, and acted upon throughout the life of the project. a) Issues b) Risks c) Lessons d) Costs
c) Lessons
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Question 12: How does the manage by exception principle support the progress theme? a) Review the business justification when exceptions are raised b) Set tolerances and delegating management against them c) Learn lessons when starting, controlling, and closing a project d) Use time-driven and event-driven reporting and reviews
b) Set tolerances and delegating management against them
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Question 13: How is the learn from experience principle applied? a) By delegating responsibilities to a different level of management b) By defining the customer's expectations of the project's products c) By defining cost tolerances for project objectives d) By documenting lessons identified in the project
d) By documenting lessons identified in the project
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a) Question 14: Which of the following risk responses requires the organization to take no actions except documenting the risk? a) Avoid b) Accept c) Transfer d) Mitigate
b) Accept
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Question 15: Which product is a time-driven control? a) End stage report b) Exception report c) Checkpoint report d) Lessons report
c) Checkpoint report
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Question 16: Which is a minimum requirement for applying the business case theme? a) Produce and maintain a communications management approach b) Produce and maintain a quality management approach c) Produce and maintain a risk management approach d) Produce and maintain a benefits management approach
d) Produce and maintain a benefits management approach
a) Question 17: Identify the missing words in the following sentence: A [ ? ] budget is a sum of money that the customer and supplier agree will be used to fund the cost of an RFC, and possibly also their analysis costs. a) Risk b) Change c) Organizational d) Quality
b) Change
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Question 18: Which statement about the project support role is CORRECT? a) It can be performed by the project manager b) It is an optional role for a PRINCE2 project c) It produces checkpoint reports for the project manager d) It can be combined with the project assurance role
a) It can be performed by the project manager
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Question 19: Which management product should always be updated when a product fails its quality check? a) Risk register b) Issue register c) Quality register d) Lessons log
c) Quality register
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Question 20: Which of the following risk responses aims to split the risk across multiple parties within the supply chain? a) Share b) Accept c) Transfer d) Mitigate
a) Share
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Question 21: What is a project's outputs? a) A measurable improvement that is perceived as an advantage by one or more stakeholders b) The reason for the project c) The result of the change derived from using the project's outputs d) The project's specialist products
d) The project's specialist products
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Question 22: Which is a purpose of the risk theme? a) To establish mechanisms for managing issues that may impact the baseline b) To establish methods to judge whether the ongoing project is justified c) To assess and control uncertain events or situations d) To describe how products will be delivered that are fit for purpose
c) To assess and control uncertain events or situations
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Question 23: Which is a task of defining and analyzing products? a) Writing a project product description b) Design the plan c) Analyze the risks d) Prepare the schedule
a) Writing a project product description
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Question 24: To meet the minimum requirements of PRINCE2, during which process should the PID and communication management approach be created? a) Starting up a project b) Initiating a project c) Directing a project d) Managing product delivery
b) Initiating a project
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Question 25: Identify the missing word in the following sentence: An [? ] is achieved as a result of the activities undertaken to effect change. a) Output b) Disbenefit c) Outcome d) Benefit
c) Outcome
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Question 26: Which is a minimum requirement for applying the business case theme? a) To document the responsibility for defining the standards for the business case b) To appoint a user representative from an area of the business impacted by the project c) To have the benefits management approach approved by the participants of benefits reviews d) To delegate the development of the business justification to the project manager
a) To document the responsibility for defining the standards for the business case
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Question 27: What is a risk event? a) A negative consequence of a threat occurring b) An area of uncertainty in terms of the threat or the opportunity c) A positive consequence of an exploited opportunity d) A known situation which creates uncertainty
b) An area of uncertainty in terms of the threat or the opportunity
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Question 28: Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme? a) Define and document the roles and responsibilities for the business case and benefits management b) Define the project's organization structure and roles c) Ensure that a risk owner and risk actionee are assigned d) Define the roles and responsibilities for planning
b) Define the project's organization structure and roles
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Question 29: Identify the missing word in the following sentence: The purpose of the [ ? ] theme is to identify, assess, and control uncertainty. a) Change b) Plans c) Progress d) Risk
a) Change b) Plans c) Progress d) Risk
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Question 30: What must the project board do, as a minimum requirement for applying the change theme? a) Establish a change budget b) Request a product status account c) Define a change authority d) Agree on acceptable corrective actions
c) Define a change authority
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Question 31: If a work package is forecast to exceed its tolerances, how should a team manager inform the project manager? a) By submitting an exception report b) By submitting an exception plan c) By raising an issue d) By raising a risk
c) By raising an issue
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Question 32: Which is a responsibility of the business representative on the project board? a) To set tolerance levels for the project b) To ensure the project represents value for money c) To confirm the project delivers the required functionality d) To check the required quality levels are achieved by the project's products
b) To ensure the project represents value for money
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Question 33: Which is a purpose of a product description? a) To define the customer's quality expectations for the project b) To define the quality standards to be applied to a project c) To identify the level of quality required for each of the project's products d) To summarize the planned quality management activities
c) To identify the level of quality required for each of the project's products
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Question 34: Which is a purpose of the benefits management approach? a) To document the justification for undertaking a project b) To summarize project performance to date for the project board to decide what action to take next c) To provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits d) To provide the reasons for the project, to put into the business case
c) To provide a schedule for measuring the achievement of benefits
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Question 35: What is an output? a) Any of the project's specialist products b) The result of the change derived from using the project's products c) The measurable improvement resulting from an outcome d) A negative outcome
a) Any of the project's specialist products
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Question 36: Which is a minimum requirement for applying the organization theme? a) Define and document the roles and responsibilities for the business case and benefits management b) Define the roles and responsibilities for planning c) Ensure that a risk owner and risk actionee are assigned d) Document the rules for delegating change authority responsibilities, if required
d) Document the rules for delegating change authority responsibilities, if required
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Question 37: Which theme establishes mechanisms to monitor and compare actual achievements against those planned? a) Plans b) Change c) Progress d) Quality
c) Progress
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Question 38: Which is a responsibility of the team manager within the change theme? a) To ensure an acceptable solution is being developed b) To prepare a team plan and agree on it with the project manager c) To maintain project files according to document control procedures d) To approve or reject requests for change within the delegated limits
b) To prepare a team plan and agree on it with the project manager
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Question 39: Identify the missing word in the following sentence: A management stage can be longer when risk is [ ? ], typically in the middle of projects. a) Complex b) Understood c) Lower d) Higher
c) Lower
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Question 40: Which product defines the purpose and function of each input or output? a) Issue register b) Product status account c) Product description d) Configuration item record
c) Product description
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Question 41: Which is a responsibility of the project support role within the change theme? a) To ensure an acceptable solution is being developed b) To prepare a team plan and agree on it with the project manager c) To maintain project files according to document control procedures d) To approve or reject requests for change within the delegated limits
c) To maintain project files according to document control procedures
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Question 42: Which is a task of defining and analyzing products? a) Design the plan b) Analyze the risks c) Prepare the schedule d) Writing product descriptions
d) Writing product descriptions
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Question 43: Which statements apply to a stage plan? 1. It is produced for the project during the initiating a project process. 2. It is produced close to the time when the planned events will take place. 3. It provides the basis for day-to-day control by the project manager. 4. It provides the basis for control by the project board. a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3 c) 3 and 4 d) 1 and 4
b) 2 and 3
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Question 44: Identify the missing word in the following sentence: The purpose of the [ ? ] theme is to establish mechanisms to judge whether the project is (and remains) desirable, viable, and achievable as a means to support decision-making in its (continued) investment. a) Progress b) Business case c) Plans d) Organization
b) Business case
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Question 45: Which is a purpose of the closing a project process? a) To inform the project board that the final stage is about to start b) To provide a fixed point at which acceptance of the project product is confirmed c) To provide the project board with sufficient information to confirm continued business justification d) To define the handover procedures for the project's products
b) To provide a fixed point at which acceptance of the project product is confirmed
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Question 46: Which is an objective of the directing a project process? a) To understand the resources and costs to deliver the project's products b) To ensure that there is the authority to deliver the project's products c) To do the minimum to decide whether it is worthwhile initiating the project d) To create the management product required to control the project
b) To ensure that there is the authority to deliver the project's products
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Question 47: Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The purpose of the [ ? ] process is to provide a fixed point at which acceptance of the project product is confirmed, and to recognize that objectives set out in the original PID have been achieved. a) Controlling a stage b) Closing a project c) Directing a project d) Managing a stage boundary
b) Closing a project
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Question 48: Which is an objective of the managing a stage boundary process? a) To ensure that there is the authority to initiate the project b) To draft the plans for the subsequent delivery stage c) To summarize how the organization's project management method will be tailored for the project d) To request authority from the program, corporate management, or the customer to deliver the project
b) To draft the plans for the subsequent delivery stage
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Question 49: Which process provides the project manager with the information required at an agreed frequency to ensure that expectations are managed? a) Managing product delivery b) Initiating a project c) Controlling a stage d) Directing a project
a) Managing product delivery
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Question 50: Which is an objective of the starting up a project process? a) To review and, if necessary, update the PID b) To ensure that all benefits have been achieved c) To prepare the plans for the subsequent delivery stages d) To capture the customer's quality expectations
d) To capture the customer's quality expectations
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Question 51: Which document is used to provide a firm foundation for the initiation of the project during the starting up a project process? a) Change control approach b) Project initiation documentation c) Communication management approach d) Project brief
d) Project brief
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Question 52: When should the closing a project process be undertaken? a) Close to the end of each management stage b) Close to the start of each management stage c) At the end of the final stage d) At the end of the "starting up a project" process
c) At the end of the final stage
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Question 53: In which process is authorization to initiate a project requested? a) Starting up a project b) Initiating a project c) Managing a stage boundary d) Controlling a stage
a) Starting up a project
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Question 54: Which is a purpose of the directing a project process? a) To provide the information required to initiate a project b) To enable overall control of a project by the project board c) To establish the level of control required after initiation d) To provide sufficient information to approve the next stage plan
b) To enable overall control of a project by the project board
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Question 55: Which activity can take place within the controlling a stage process? a) Produce highlight reports b) Assemble the PID c) Produce an exception plan d) Authorize a stage plan for the next stage
a) Produce highlight reports
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Question 56: Which is a purpose of the starting up a project process? a) To ensure that the prerequisites for initiating the project are in place b) To establish whether the project plan can meet the required target dates c) To assemble the project initiation documentation so the project can be initiated d) To confirm to corporate, program management, or the customer that quality expectations will be met
a) To ensure that the prerequisites for initiating the project are in place
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Question 57: Which is an objective of the managing a stage boundary process? a) To check that all the project's products have been accepted by the users b) To prepare for the final stage of the project c) To capture the customer's quality expectations d) To ensure that all benefits have been achieved
b) To prepare for the final stage of the project
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Question 58: Identify the missing words in the following sentence. The purpose of the [ ? ] process is to establish solid foundations for the project. a) Initiating a project b) Managing product delivery c) Directing a project d) Managing a stage boundary
a) Initiating a project
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Question 59: Which process enables the project board to make key decisions and exercise overall control of the project? a) Managing product delivery b) Initiating a project c) Controlling a stage d) Directing a project
d) Directing a project
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Question 60: What does the controlling a stage process provide? a) Information for the project board to decide if the project is aligned to business objectives b) Approval from the project board to proceed with the project, if it is worthwhile c) Approval from the project manager for work to be started by delivery teams d) Creating a team plan for the work packages being assigned
c) Approval from the project manager for work to be started by delivery teams
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