PRINCE2-PRACTITIONER Practice Test 10 — 10 Questions

Question 1

A project team encounters a technical flaw in a deliverable. Instead of fixing it quietly, they log the flaw and review it against the Product Description to ensure the final output meets agreed expectations. Which PRINCE2 principle is being demonstrated?

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Accepted Answer

Focus on products. The team is logging a technical flaw and reviewing it against the Product Description to ensure the final output meets agreed expectations, which demonstrates the 'Focus on products' principle. This principle requires defining and agreeing on product descriptions and quality criteria up front, then verifying deliverables against them. By checking the flaw against the Product Description, the team is ensuring the product meets its defined requirements.

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Defined roles and responsibilities

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Learn from experience

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Manage by exception

Question 2

During the Directing a Project process, the Project Board is evaluating whether to authorize the next stage. A minor tolerance deviation occurred in the current stage, but it was successfully managed. Where should the Project Board check to confirm that the business case remains viable despite this deviation?

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Updated Business Case. During the Directing a Project process, when the Project Board evaluates whether to authorize the next stage, they must confirm that the Business Case remains viable. The updated Business Case is the document that contains the latest justification for the project, including costs, benefits, risks, and any changes due to deviations. Therefore, the Project Board should check the updated Business Case to ensure that the minor tolerance deviation has not undermined the project's viability.

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End Stage Report

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Daily Log

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Project Brief

Question 3

An organization is executing a high-risk engineering project under PRINCE2 7. The Executive wants to bypass the stage boundary reviews to speed up delivery, arguing that the Business Case is solid. According to PRINCE2, what is the impact of removing management stages?

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It removes vital governance check-points where the Project Board reviews ongoing viability and authorizes continuation.. PRINCE2 management stages are the governance checkpoints where the Project Board reviews the Business Case, End Stage Report, and Next Stage Plan, and authorizes continuation. Removing them eliminates the Project Board's ability to confirm ongoing viability and to stop or redirect the project, which is the core of PRINCE2's 'manage by exception' and 'continued business justification' principles.

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It automatically converts the project into an agile delivery framework.

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It invalidates the Product Descriptions.

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It has no impact as long as the Project Manager maintains the Risk Register.

Question 4

Which THREE of the following management products are part of the PRINCE2 Quality practice framework?

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Quality Register. The PRINCE2 Quality practice defines several management products, and the Quality Register (A) is correct because it is the log used to record quality activities, including planned quality inspections and their results, throughout the project. The Product Description (B) is correct because it documents the purpose, composition, derivation, format, quality criteria, and quality method for a product, forming the basis for quality control. The Quality Management Approach (E) is correct because it describes how the project will implement quality management, including procedures, techniques, standards, and responsibilities. The Issue Register (C) is not part of the Quality practice; it belongs to the Change practice and records issues and their resolution. The Risk Register (D) is not part of the Quality practice; it belongs to the Risk practice and captures identified risks, their analysis, and responses.

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Issue Register

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Risk Register

Question 5

In the PRINCE2 Risk practice, what is the primary difference between a risk and an issue?

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Risks relate to future uncertainty, whereas issues relate to events that have already occurred.. In PRINCE2, a risk is an uncertain event that, if it occurs, will have an effect on the project's objectives; it is something that has not yet happened. An issue, by contrast, is a problem or event that has already occurred and requires management attention. This temporal distinction—future uncertainty versus past or present occurrence—is the primary difference between the two concepts.

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Risks are positive, while issues are always negative.

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Risks are managed by the Project Board, while issues are managed solely by Team Managers.

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Risks require a Risk Register, while issues are never logged.

Question 6

During a project stage, a major regulatory change occurs that mandates an immediate alteration to the project's design standards to meet new environmental laws (ESG). The Project Manager assesses that this will breach cost and time stage tolerances. What should the Project Manager do?

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Raise an Exception Report and prepare an Exception Plan for the Project Board.. When a major regulatory change threatens to breach stage tolerances, the Project Manager must escalate by raising an Exception Report to the Project Board and preparing an Exception Plan. The Exception Report describes the deviation, and the Exception Plan proposes how to recover or adjust. The Project Board then decides whether to approve the Exception Plan or take other action.

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Stop the project immediately without notifying the Project Board.

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Ignore the regulatory change if it was not in the original Business Case.

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Absorb the cost by reducing testing quality.

Question 7

In PRINCE2, what is the primary purpose of the Progress practice?

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To monitor and control achievements against plans and ensure continued viability.. The Progress practice in PRINCE2 is about monitoring and controlling achievements against plans and ensuring the project remains viable. It provides the mechanism to compare actual progress with planned progress and to take corrective action. Option C correctly describes this purpose.

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To define the quality standards and review methods.

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To identify and evaluate project risks and opportunities.

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To establish the initial business case justification.

Question 8

Which THREE of the following elements are typically documented within a Product Description in PRINCE2?

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Product purpose. In PRINCE2, the Product Description is the document that defines a product in terms of its purpose, composition, derivation, quality criteria, quality method, quality responsibilities, and tolerances. Option B (Product purpose) is correct because the Product Description must state the purpose of the product, explaining why it is needed and what it will achieve. Option C (Quality criteria) is correct because the Product Description must specify the measurable quality criteria that the product must meet to be accepted. Option E (Derivation) is correct because the Product Description documents the derivation, i.e., the source or origin of the product, such as the project mandate, a business case, or another product. Option A (Individual team member annual salaries) is not part of a Product Description, as it is confidential HR and cost information typically found in the business case or team plan. Option D (Project Board meeting schedule) is not part of a Product Description; the meeting schedule is documented in the project initiation documentation, communication management approach, or project plan.

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Individual team member annual salaries

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Project Board meeting schedule

Question 9

Which TWO of the following statements correctly describe the application of the PRINCE2 principle 'Continued business justification'?

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If the business justification for a project ceases, the project should be stopped.. Option A is correct because the PRINCE2 principle 'Continued business justification' mandates that a project must have a justifiable reason to continue; if the Business Case no longer demonstrates viable justification (e.g., benefits no longer outweigh costs and risks), the project should be stopped rather than continued by inertia. Option E is correct because this principle requires the Business Case to be reviewed and revalidated at every stage boundary and whenever significant changes occur, ensuring justification remains valid throughout the entire project lifecycle, not just at initiation. Option B is incorrect because the Business Case is owned by the Executive (senior responsible owner), while the Project Manager typically writes and maintains it on the Executive's behalf. Option C is incorrect because business justification must be continuously reviewed at stage boundaries and exception situations, not only at initiation and closure. Option D is incorrect because PRINCE2 explicitly allows both financial and non-financial/qualitative benefits (e.g., compliance, reputation, social value) to justify a project.

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Project managers are solely responsible for writing and owning the Business Case.

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Business justification is only required during project initiation and final closure.

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Business justification metrics must be strictly financial and cannot include qualitative benefits.

Question 10

A Project Manager is executing the Starting up a Project process. They need to appoint the management team for the initiation stage. Who formally appoints the Project Manager for this process?

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Corporate or Program Management. In PRINCE2, corporate or programme management appoints the Project Manager during the Starting up a Project process. The Executive is appointed first (also by corporate/programme management), and the Executive then appoints the other project management team roles such as the Senior User(s) and Senior Supplier(s). The Project Manager is therefore appointed by corporate or programme management, not by the Executive, Project Assurance, or a Team Manager.

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The Executive

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Project Assurance

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Lead Team Manager