PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
A Project Manager receives a Checkpoint Report from a Team Manager. What should the Project Manager do with this information?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2F often tests the confusion between the Checkpoint Report (Team Manager to Project Manager) and the Highlight Report (Project Manager to Project Board), tempting candidates to forward the Checkpoint Report upward.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Use it to update the Stage Plan and prepare the Highlight Report
In PRINCE2, the Checkpoint Report is produced by the Team Manager and sent to the Project Manager at a frequency defined in the Work Package. The Project Manager uses this progress information to update the Stage Plan with actual progress and to inform the Highlight Report, which is sent to the Project Board. This is the standard flow of progress information within the 'Controlling a Stage' process.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Use it to update the Stage Plan and prepare the Highlight Report
Why this is correct
Checkpoint Reports feed progress data from a team into the Project Manager's stage-level control. The Project Manager consolidates this to update the Stage Plan, reflecting actual progress against forecast, then derives the Highlight Report for the Project Board. This satisfies the flow of information upward at stage level, keeping the Board informed without breaching tolerance.
- ✗
File it without action as it is only for information
Why it's wrong here
Checkpoint Reports convey progress, issues and forecast information that the Project Manager must review, compare against the Stage Plan and act on, including escalating tolerances. Filing it is tempting because the report is routine, and would be acceptable only where content confirms progress remains within agreed tolerances and no action is needed.
- ✗
Forward it directly to the Project Board
Why it's wrong here
The Project Board receives Highlight Reports and Exception Reports, not Checkpoint Reports, which sit between Team Manager and Project Manager. Forwarding it is tempting because the Board governs the project, and would be correct when the report reveals a forecast breach of stage tolerances requiring an Exception Report.
- ✗
Send it to Project Assurance for review
Why it's wrong here
Checkpoint Reports go to the Project Manager for progress monitoring and control; Project Assurance receives Highlight Reports and provides independent oversight, not routine checkpoint data. Sending it there bypasses the Project Manager's own review. Project Assurance would be correct for independent scrutiny of project board information, not team-level checkpoint updates.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
One of 1,189 original PRINCE2F practice questions on Courseiva, each with a full explanation and wrong-answer analysis — not exam dumps or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official PeopleCert exam blueprint
This PRINCE2F practice question is part of Courseiva's free PeopleCert certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the PRINCE2F exam.