PRINCE2 PRINCE2 Certifications PRINCE2-PRACTITIONER Questions & Answers

• Question 171:

  The Team Manager has received notification that the new hardware and software solution has been installed and completed, but there is a concern that it has not been approved by the appropriate people.

  Which 2 actions should the Team Manager take to check that the completed products have been approved as required?

  A. Check the Work Package to ascertain who should approve the completed Work Package.

  B. Check the Product Descriptions to ascertain who should have approved the products.

  C. Check the Configuration Management Strategy for product handover procedures.

  D. Check the approval records as required in the Work Package.

  E. Check the Product Descriptions for the quality method required.

  Correct Answer: BD

• Question 172:

  The Work Package has been in progress for four weeks and has four weeks remaining. The Information Technology Team Manager is concerned that he has no idea what the service provider is doing about preparing to accept the transfer of Information Technology equipment and staff. He is uncertain about what should be happening.

  Which 2 initial actions should the Team Manager take in response to this concern?

  A. Notify the Project Manager by raising an Exception Report.

  B. Raise this concern in the next fortnightly Checkpoint Report.

  C. Check the Communication Management Strategy to ascertain what records of communications with the service provider are required.

  D. Check the Information Technology Work Package for development interfaces to see whether the service provider Team Manager should have been liaising with the Information Technology team during development.

  E. Raise an issue to notify the Project Manager of this concern.

  Correct Answer: DE

• Question 173:

  Two weeks after starting work the Team Manager noticed that each completed product had exceeded its estimated effort by around 10%. If this trend continues the Work Package will exceed its agreed cost tolerance of 5%.

  Which 2 actions should the Team Manager take in response to this situation?

  A. Check the status of the products currently being worked on and analyze the effort expended, to determine if the trend is continuing.

  B. Update the Team Plan by increasing all future work estimates by 10%.

  C. Amend the Work Package and ensure that the revised targets are met.

  D. Escalate the situation in the next Checkpoint Report.

  E. Raise an issue that costs will exceed tolerance if the current trend continues.

  Correct Answer: AE

• Question 174:

  Which management product do the Project Board use to decide whether to authorize initiation?

  A. Project Brief

  B. Business Case

  C. Project Initiation Documentation

  D. Project Product Description

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 175:

  Which of the following is NOT a trigger for the project manager to authorize a work package?

  A. Stage Authorization

  B. Corrective Action

  C. Exception plan approved

  D. Reporting highlights

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 176:

  Which activity is responsible for updating the stage plan with actual during Controlling a Stage?

  A. Review the stage status

  B. Review work package status

  C. Report Highlights

  D. Take corrective action

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 177:

  During Executing a Work package, specialist products are created and quality reviews are carried out - which management product captures the details of these reviews?

  A. Team Plan

  B. Checkpoint Report

  C. Quality Register

  D. Configuration Item Record

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 178:

  During a work package the Team manager needs to keep the project manager informed, which management product is used for this?

  A. Highlight report

  B. Checkpoint Report

  C. Issue Report

  D. End Stage Report

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 179:

  While producing the Team Plan to deliver the agreed Work Package, it became apparent that the user representatives assigned 10 check some of the products were unsuitable.

  Which 2 actions should the Team Manager take in response to this situation?

  A. Consult the Senior Supplier to assign suitable reviewers.

  B. Discuss the situation with Project Assurance and agree the changes or additions to the reviewers. Advise the Project Manager of this risk.

  C. Ensure the Quality Register is updated with details of the agreed amendments to the reviewers.

  D. Notify the Project Manager by raising an Exception Report explaining that the original reviewers are unsuitable.

  Correct Answer: AB

• Question 180:

  The chair of a quality review meeting advised the Team Manager that, because there were so many major issues, the product had been rejected. The presenter estimated that the corrections would take about two weeks. The re-assessment of the product will take a further week, resulting in a three-week delay. The Work Package only has one week tolerance.

  Which 2 actions should the Team Manager take in response to this situation?

  A. Ask the reviewers to work overtime to prevent the delay.

  B. Ensure that the situation is included in the next Highlight Report.

  C. Raise an issue explaining that tolerances are forecast to be exceeded.

  D. Advise the Project Manager of the risk that there may be a two-week delay in the delivery of one of the products.

  E. Ensure that the Quality Register is updated with the quality review result.

  Correct Answer: CE