PRINCE2-PRACTITIONER Practice Test 17 — 15 Questions

Question 1

During the Starting up a Project process, what is the primary purpose of appointing the Project Manager?

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To enable the Project Manager to plan the initiation stage and prepare the Project Brief.. In PRINCE2, the Starting up a Project (SU) process is triggered by the mandate and its purpose is to ensure the prerequisites for initiating the project are in place. One of its activities is 'Appoint the Project Manager and the Project Management Team', which must happen early so the Project Manager can plan the Initiation Stage and draft the Project Brief (an output of SU). The Project Manager needs this appointment to perform the SU activities and prepare for the Initiating a Project process.

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To delegate full financial accountability for the entire project budget to the Project Manager.

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To allow the Project Manager to authorize project closure independently.

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To replace the Executive on the Project Board.

Question 2

In the Controlling a Stage (CS) process, how does the Project Manager handle highlight reports?

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Create and submit them to the Project Board at agreed intervals to report stage progress.. In Controlling a Stage, the Project Manager creates Highlight Reports and submits them to the Project Board at the frequency agreed in the Communication Management Strategy (typically per reporting period, e.g., monthly or at stage checkpoints). The Highlight Report summarises stage progress, issues, risks, and forecast against the Stage Plan, enabling the Board to manage by exception.

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Submit them to the Corporate/Programme level to request additional project funding.

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Issue them daily to all Team Managers to track individual task completion.

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Use them as the final evaluation document when closing the project.

Question 3

A PRINCE2 project is conducting a formal quality review for a safety-critical engineering component. During the review, a minor defect is found that can be easily corrected within the planned stage time and cost. What is the correct procedure for handling this defect?

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Record the defect as a required action for the author to correct before re-submitting for review.. In PRINCE2 quality reviews, a minor defect that can be corrected within stage tolerances is recorded as a required action for the author to fix before re-submission. This is part of the quality review technique, where the reviewer logs the defect in the Quality Register and the author corrects it. It does not require escalation or a Request for Change because it is within tolerance.

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Escalate an Exception Report to the Project Board.

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Submit a Request for Change to corporate management.

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Reject the entire project immediately.

Question 4

In the PRINCE2 Issues practice, what is the primary purpose of a Request for Change?

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To formally propose a modification to a project baseline.. A Request for Change (RFC) in PRINCE2 is a formal proposal to modify a project baseline, such as scope, schedule, cost, or quality parameters. It is one of the three types of issues and is raised when someone wants to change an agreed baseline. The RFC is logged in the Issue Register and assessed for impact before a decision is made by the appropriate authority.

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To report a defect in a product that failed its quality review.

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To request additional risk register entries.

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To request extra vacation time for the project manager.

Question 5

Which TWO of the following activities are performed during the Starting up a Project (SU) process?

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Preparing the Project Brief. In PRINCE2, the Starting up a Project (SU) process is the pre-project process whose purpose is to ensure the prerequisites for initiating a project are in place, and it explicitly includes preparing the Project Brief (option B), which captures the outline business case, project definition, and approach for the project board's decision. It also includes appointing the Executive and the Project Manager (option D), since the project board's Executive role must be filled and the Project Manager appointed before the project can be initiated. Option A is wrong because authorizing the Project Management Plan occurs in the Directing a Project (DP) process, specifically the DP4 'Authorise the Project' activity, after the Initiating a Project process has produced the plan. Option C is wrong because executing Work Packages for specialist delivery happens in the Controlling a Stage (CS) and Managing Product Delivery (MP) processes during the delivery stages, not in SU. Option E is wrong because the final post-project benefit review is part of the Closing a Project (CP) process and/or benefits management after the project, not Starting up a Project.

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Authorizing the Project Management Plan

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Executing all Work Packages for specialist delivery

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Conducting the final post-project benefit review

Question 6

A project manager wants to ensure that all changes to project baselines are formally controlled. Under which practice is change control managed?

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The Issues practice. Change control is managed under the Issues practice in PRINCE2. The Issues practice encompasses the identification, assessment, and control of changes to baselines, ensuring that all changes are formally evaluated, approved, and implemented.

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The Organizing practice

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The Quality practice

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The Progress practice

Question 7

A PRINCE2 project is implementing an AI system. The risk management team identifies an ethical risk regarding biased algorithmic outputs. The project team decides to implement continuous algorithmic auditing and diverse training datasets. Which risk response is being applied?

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Mitigate. Mitigate is the correct response because implementing continuous algorithmic auditing and diverse training datasets are actions taken to reduce the probability and/or impact of the ethical risk of biased outputs. These measures proactively lower the risk while allowing the project to continue.

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Accept

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Avoid

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Transfer

Question 8

A Project Manager is executing the Managing a Stage Boundary process. Halfway through compiling the End Stage Report, a major external market shift invalidates a key assumption in the Business Case. What should the Project Manager do?

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Include the impact in the End Stage Report and recommend an Exception Plan or project closure. The End Stage Report must include an assessment of how the stage performed against its plan and any impact on the ongoing viability of the Business Case. A major external market shift that invalidates a key assumption is exactly the kind of information the Project Board needs to decide whether to continue, amend, or close the project. The PM should therefore document the impact and recommend either an Exception Plan or project closure for the board's decision.

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Ignore the shift, as the End Stage Report only reflects past stage performance

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Stop the current stage immediately without consulting the Project Board

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Immediately rewrite the Business Case and submit it to Corporate

Question 9

A PRINCE2 project is implementing an enterprise-wide software system. The Project Manager wants to ensure that all business units affected by the change are adequately represented in decision-making and requirements-gathering. Which PRINCE2 practice and governance structure addresses this?

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Organizing practice through the appointment of Senior Users representing affected business units. The Organizing practice defines the project's governance structure, including the Project Board roles of Executive, Senior User(s), and Senior Supplier(s), plus assurance and support roles. Appointing Senior Users to represent affected business units ensures those units have a voice in decision-making and requirements-gathering, satisfying the 'representation of all interested parties' principle. This is a governance/role-design question, so Organizing is the correct practice.

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Progress practice through Highlight Reports

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Quality practice through Quality Review meetings

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Plans practice through Product Flow Diagrams

Question 10

A project team is implementing an agile delivery approach. The Project Manager is configuring the Plans practice to support iterative product delivery. How should the plans be structured to ensure PRINCE2 governance while allowing agile flexibility?

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Maintain management stages with Stage Plans, while using iterative delivery increments for product creation.. To blend PRINCE2 governance with agile flexibility, the Plans practice should maintain management stages with Stage Plans for governance and control, while allowing iterative delivery increments (e.g., sprints) within those stages for product creation. This satisfies the PRINCE2 principle of 'Manage by Stages' while enabling agile delivery.

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Replace all Stage Plans with a single immutable Project Plan.

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Force all deliverables into rigid 12-month delivery blocks.

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Eliminate the Project Plan and rely solely on informal team whiteboards.

Question 11

A project manager is setting up the project organization. The project involves highly specialized nuclear engineering. The Senior Supplier wants to delegate technical oversight to an external subcontractor. According to PRINCE2, who remains ultimately accountable for the supplier's delivery performance on the Project Board?

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The Senior Supplier. The Senior Supplier remains ultimately accountable for the supplier's delivery performance on the Project Board, even if technical oversight is delegated to an external subcontractor. In PRINCE2, the Senior Supplier role represents the supplier community and is accountable for the delivery of products to the required quality, time, and cost. Delegation of tasks does not transfer accountability.

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Project Assurance

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The Project Manager

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The external subcontractor's lead engineer

Question 12

Which PRINCE2 process provides the interface between the management of the project and the day-to-day creation of the project's specialist products?

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Managing Product Delivery. Managing Product Delivery (MP) is the process that sits between the Project Manager and the Team Manager, authorising work packages, ensuring specialist products are created, and accepting completed work packages. It is explicitly defined as the interface between project management and the day-to-day creation of specialist products.

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Starting up a Project

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Directing a Project

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Controlling a Stage

Question 13

In the PRINCE2 Plans practice, what is the primary purpose of a Project Plan?

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To provide a high-level schedule and cost baseline for the entire project lifecycle.. The primary purpose of a Project Plan in PRINCE2 is to provide a high-level schedule and cost baseline for the entire project lifecycle. It defines the project's products, activities, resources, and tolerances, and serves as the baseline against which progress is monitored and controlled. The Project Plan is approved by the Project Board and is essential for managing by exception.

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To define individual product quality criteria.

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To detail the daily tasks of team members for a single week.

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To record identified project risks.

Question 14

A project team has reached the 'norming' stage of team development according to Bruce Tuckman's model referenced in PRINCE2 7. Which team dynamic characteristic should the Project Manager expect at this stage?

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Establishment of working agreements, mutual trust, and a cohesive team identity.. In Tuckman's model, the 'norming' stage is characterized by the establishment of working agreements, mutual trust, and a cohesive team identity. Team members begin to resolve their differences, appreciate each other's strengths, and focus on the team's goals. The Project Manager should expect the team to start working collaboratively and constructively.

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High levels of conflict and friction as members compete for roles and influence.

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Disbandment of the team and emotional resistance to project closure.

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Complete autonomy where the team operates effectively without any management oversight.

Question 15

In the PRINCE2 Quality practice, what is the purpose of establishing a Quality Register?

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To maintain a chronological log of quality activities, tests, and results.. The Quality Register is a PRINCE2 quality record that logs all quality activities — planned and actual — including tests, inspections, reviews, and their results. It provides an auditable trail of quality management throughout the project, supporting the Quality practice's goal of ensuring products meet their quality criteria. It is distinct from the Issue Register, Risk Register, and Lessons Log.

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To list all identified threats and opportunities.

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To record financial expenditures and cost variances.

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To define the overall project organization structure.