PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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  Quality Assurance is performed by the Project Manager; Quality Control is performed by the team

  Why it's wrong here

  Assurance is performed independently of the project team, often by corporate or programme assurance, while control is embedded in the team's quality activities. Assigning assurance to the Project Manager removes the independence PRINCE2 requires, so this role split is incorrect.

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  Quality Assurance is an independent check of management processes; Quality Control checks product quality

  Why this is correct

  Quality Assurance independently reviews management processes and project adherence, while Quality Control inspects the products themselves against their quality criteria. This process-versus-product axis precisely captures the distinction the stem requests between the two quality functions.

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  There is no difference; they are synonymous in PRINCE2

  Why it's wrong here

  PRINCE2 distinguishes the two: assurance independently checks that processes and standards are followed, while control checks that products meet requirements. Treating them as synonymous ignores this process-versus-product split, which the method explicitly defines through separate roles and activities.

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  Quality Assurance focuses on products; Quality Control focuses on processes

  Why it's wrong here

  The relationship is reversed: assurance focuses on processes and standards, control on products meeting requirements. This option swaps them, so it fails the definition. It is tempting because both terms concern quality, but PRINCE2 assigns process adherence to assurance and product verification to control.

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