Quick Answer
The answer is that the Project Board is responsible for authorizing the start of each stage. This is correct because the Project Board provides overall project governance, ensuring that each management stage begins only after a formal review of the previous stage’s results and a re-evaluation of the business justification. In PRINCE2, the Board does not manage day-to-day work; instead, it makes key decisions at stage boundaries to maintain control over the project’s viability. On the PRINCE2 Foundation exam, this concept tests your understanding of the Board’s strategic role versus the Project Manager’s tactical role, and a common trap is confusing the Board’s authorization of stage starts with the Project Manager’s responsibility for producing stage plans. To remember this, think of the Board as the “gatekeeper” at each stage boundary—they hold the keys to let the next stage proceed.
This PRINCE2F practice question tests your understanding of prince2 processes. 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 TWO of the following are responsibilities of the Project Board?
Manage day-to-day activities
Why wrong: Done by PM in CS.
Authorize the Project Plan
The board approves the Project Plan.
Produce Checkpoint Reports
Why wrong: Done by Team Manager in MP.
Authorize the start of each stage
Done in DP.
Update the Daily Log
Why wrong: Updated by PM.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Authorize the Project Plan
The Project Board is responsible for overall project governance, including authorizing the Project Plan (which defines the project's scope, cost, and schedule) and authorizing the start of each management stage. These decisions ensure the project remains aligned with business objectives and that stage boundaries are properly controlled.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Manage day-to-day activities
Why it's wrong here
Done by PM in CS.
Authorize the Project Plan
Why this is correct
The board approves the Project Plan.
Related concept
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Produce Checkpoint Reports
Why it's wrong here
Done by Team Manager in MP.
Authorize the start of each stage
Why this is correct
Done in DP.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Update the Daily Log
Why it's wrong here
Updated by PM.
Common exam traps
PeopleCert often tests the distinction between strategic governance (Project Board) and operational management (Project Manager), so candidates mistakenly assign day-to-day tasks like updating logs or producing reports to the board.
Detailed technical explanation
In PRINCE2, the Project Board's authority is exercised through formal authorizations at key decision points: the initiation stage (authorizing the Project Plan) and at each stage boundary (authorizing the next stage). This ensures that the board retains control over major commitments of resources and that the project does not proceed without explicit approval, even if the Project Manager has day-to-day control.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A practitioner preparing for the PRINCE2F exam encounters this exact type of scenario on the job. The correct answer here is not the most general option — it is the best answer for the specific constraint described. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Real exam questions reward reading the full scenario before eliminating options, because the constraint defines which answer fits.
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PRINCE2 Processes — This question tests PRINCE2 Processes — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Authorize the Project Plan — The Project Board is responsible for overall project governance, including authorizing the Project Plan (which defines the project's scope, cost, and schedule) and authorizing the start of each management stage. These decisions ensure the project remains aligned with business objectives and that stage boundaries are properly controlled.
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