This PRINCE2F practice question tests your understanding of people: organizations, teams, and leadership. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
Which THREE of the following are responsibilities of the Project Board in PRINCE2?
Authorizing the start of each stage
The Board authorizes stage boundaries.
Approving the Stage Plans
The Board approves stage plans.
Authorizing work packages
Why wrong: This is the Project Manager's role.
Providing overall direction and guidance
Key responsibility of the Board.
Day-to-day management of the project
Why wrong: This is the Project Manager's role.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Authorizing the start of each stage
The Project Board provides overall direction, approves stage plans, and authorizes stage boundaries. Day-to-day management and work package authorization are PM responsibilities.
Key principle: Authentication proves identity; authorization controls what that identity can do after login. Both must work for full privileged access.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Authorizing the start of each stage
Why this is correct
The Board authorizes stage boundaries.
Related concept
Authentication checks who the user is.
Approving the Stage Plans
Why this is correct
The Board approves stage plans.
Related concept
Authentication checks who the user is.
Authorizing work packages
Why it's wrong here
This is the Project Manager's role.
Providing overall direction and guidance
Why this is correct
Key responsibility of the Board.
Related concept
Authentication checks who the user is.
Day-to-day management of the project
Why it's wrong here
This is the Project Manager's role.
Common exam traps
Logging in proves the user can authenticate. It does not automatically mean the user is allowed to enter privileged or configuration mode. Watch for AAA authorization, privilege level and command authorization details.
Detailed technical explanation
This kind of question is testing the difference between identity and permission. A user may successfully log in to a router because authentication is working, but still fail to enter configuration mode because authorization is missing, misconfigured or mapped to a lower privilege level.
Key takeaway
Authentication proves identity; authorization controls what that identity can do after login. Both must work for full privileged access.
Real-world example
A junior network technician can log in to a core router but cannot reach the enable prompt or configuration mode. The AAA server is authenticating the login — but the authorisation policy only grants privilege level 1, not 15. Authentication (who you are) is working; authorisation (what you can do) is not.
What to study next
Review Cisco AAA concepts — authentication, authorization, and accounting. Study privilege levels (0–15), command authorization under TACACS+, and how RADIUS differs. Then practise related PRINCE2F questions on access control and AAA configuration.
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People: organizations, teams, and leadership — This question tests People: organizations, teams, and leadership — Authentication checks who the user is..
The correct answer is: Authorizing the start of each stage — The Project Board provides overall direction, approves stage plans, and authorizes stage boundaries. Day-to-day management and work package authorization are PM responsibilities.
Review Cisco AAA concepts — authentication, authorization, and accounting. Study privilege levels (0–15), command authorization under TACACS+, and how RADIUS differs. Then practise related PRINCE2F questions on access control and AAA configuration.
Authentication checks who the user is.
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