Pre-Course Study Guide For Course 1176: Prince2 6th Edition Achieving Foundation Certification

Pre-course Study Guide for Course 1176
PRINCE2® 6th Edition Achieving

Foundation Certification
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by Duncan Wade
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Reference Manual Contents
Introduction to Learning Tree Course 1176:

PRINCE2®: Achieving Foundation Certification ................................................................... 1
How to Use This Guide........................................................................................................ 3
Recommended Approach to the Pre-course Study ............................................................. 5
Pre-course Reading Assignments ....................................................................................... 7
Test Questions to Complement Pre-course Reading ........................................................ 11
Answers............................................................................................................................. 37
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Course1176, PRINCE2: Achieving Foundation Certification.
This Pre-course Study Guide identifies and structures the work that you
should complete before you come to the course. It suggests what you should
focus on, and includes suggestions about how you can study most effectively.
Please note that PRINCE2 assumes that you have some basic experience of
projects and project management. If you have no experience of either you
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About the exam
The Foundation Exam is taken on day three. This is a one-hour, multiple-

choice paper with no reference material allowed. There are 60 questions. You
will need to achieve 33 correct answers to pass.
Please be aware that…
You will need to schedule for 2 hours of home study each night during the
course.
The course hours are 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. for the first two days and 9.00
a.m. to 5.00 p.m. the final day.
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How to Use This Guide
To give you the very best opportunity to pass the PRINCE2 exams, we have
put together this guide, which describes the work that you will need to
complete before arriving to the course.
The work is based on the PRINCE2 manual, Managing

Successful Projects with PRINCE2 6th Edition, which is
included with this study guide in your pre-course
materials.
The manual is nearly 400 pages long. You will need to

approach the work in a structured manner and
persevere if you are going to take in and understand the
detail.
The following is a guide to help you organize your study plan and a schedule
of the work that you should complete before arriving at the course.
Please note that translated glossaries can be viewed or
downloaded via
https://www.axelos.com/glossaries-of-terms
Experience has proven that reading the PRINCE2 Manual and

completing the pre-course assignments has a significant impact
on your chances of passing the PRINCE2 exams that you will take
during the course.
Recommended Approach
to the Pre-course Study
There are a number of methods you can use to help you

understand and remember the material in the PRINCE2
Manual. Choose a way of working (in addition to the
reading) that works for you.
1. Tab the manual

Information access will be
important during the exam.
Please use four different 2. Make notes
colour tabs in the following
manner:
• Tab the chapter starts of Make a mindmap
Themes (see example at
• Tab the chapter starts of right)
Processes and/or
• Reserve some tabs to be
used during the course as Use your own
directed by the instructor preferred way
of learning
key points
Manual
3. Try Sample questions

Try out your knowledge by completing the sample exam questions provided. As you
complete each section of reading you should be able to answer the questions
provided.
Pre-course Reading Assignments
Objectives
After completing the work set out below, you should be:
1. Familiar with the overall structure and approach of the
PRINCE2 methodology
2. Able to distinguish the various terms used in PRINCE2
3. Able to quickly locate specific topic areas of PRINCE2 in the
manual
Step Read the following sections in the manual. Time to Done Date
complete (tick) done
Make notes using your preferred method and
try the questions at the end of each section. Minimum
1. Getting to grips with PRINCE2 2 hrs
Chapters 1–5, an overview of PRINCE2, the

Principles, and an intro to the themes
Appendices A, B, C, D, and E. Do not read them

in detail but review them with an intention of
becoming familiar with what each appendix
covers
Complete test questions, page 11
2. Starting up a project 2 hrs
Chapters 13 and 14, Intro to Processes and

Starting up a Project Process
Chapter 7, Organization
(continued)
try the questions at the end of each section.
3. Initiating a project 2 hrs
Chapter 16, Initiating a Project
Chapter 6, Business Case
4. Planning a project 2 hrs
Chapter 9, Plans
Chapter 10, Risk
Appendix D, Product Based Planning Example
5. Controlling a project; part I 2 hrs
Chapter 17, Controlling a Stage
Chapter 18, Managing Product Delivery
Chapter 12, Progress
(continued)
try the questions at the end of each section.
6. Controlling a project; part II 2 hrs
Chapter 19, Managing a Stage Boundary
Chapter 8, Quality
7. Managing change and issues 2 hrs
Chapter 11, Change
Appendix C, Roles and Responsibilities
8. Closing and Directing a project 2 hrs
Chapter 20, Closing a Project
Chapter 15, Directing a Project
9. Management Products 2 hrs
Appendix A, Product Descriptions
Glossary
Total hours spent on preparation 20 hrs*

(including the practice Exam questions)
*Please note this is likely to be the minimum time required.
Test Questions
to Complement Pre-course Reading
Test Questions for Section 1: Getting to Grips With PRINCE2
1. Fill in the missing phrase from “a project is a temporary organization that is

created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products
according to [?]”
a) The customer’s needs
b) An agreed contract
c) The project plan
d) An agreed business case
2. What is another term for “deliverable”?

a) Item
b) Package
c) Product
d) Component
3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of project work?

a) Change
b) Temporary
c) Defined
d) Uncertainty
4. Which one of these is not a PRINCE2 theme?

a) Plans
b) Change
c) Work Package
d) Progress
Test Questions
(continued)
5. Fill in the missing phrase from “project management is the planning,

delegating, monitoring and [?] of all aspects of the project.”
a) Negotiation
b) Reporting
c) Control
d) Definition
6. The statement “PRINCE2 can be applied to any project regardless of

project scale, type, organization, geography or culture” is…
a) True
b) False
7. Which of the following is not considered as an aspect of project

performance to be managed?
a) Timescales
b) Scope
c) Quality
d) Contingency
8. Which of the following products is not created during the PRINCE2 process
model?
a) Project brief
b) Project mandate
c) Project initiation documentation
d) Project plan
9. Which of the following is not a PRINCE2 Principle?

a) Continued business justification
b) Defined job descriptions
c) Manage by exception
d) Focus on products
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 2: Starting up a project
1. In PRINCE2 what product is used to document the information that

establishes the business justification for the project?
a) Project initiation document
b) Outline business case
c) End stage approval
d) Project brief
2. Which of the following is not one of the things that that PRINCE2 depends
upon to select an appropriate management stage in the “manage by stages”
principle?
a) Planning the project in detail right from the start
b) The size and complexity of the project
c) Significant decisions and control points
d) Organizational policies and standards
3. Which product does PRINCE2 call the trigger for the project?
a) The project mandate
b) The project plan
c) The project brief
d) The business case
4. Which does PRINCE2 regard as the third project interest, given user and
supplier as the other two?
a) Technical
b) Management
c) Business
d) Quality
5. In the purpose of starting up a project, which phrase completes the

sentence “by answering the question: Do we have a [?]”?
a) Clear project plan
b) Viable and worthwhile project
c) Decision maker with appropriate authority
d) Selected supplier
Test Questions
(continued)
6. Which role from the following list does PRINCE2 say cannot be shared?
a) Team Manager
b) Project Assurance
c) Project Manager
d) Project Support
7. Which individual role is ultimately accountable for the project?

a) Project Manager
b) Senior Supplier
c) Executive
d) Senior User
8. Who is held to account by corporate, programme management, or the

customer that the forecasted benefits are in fact realized?
a) The Executive
b) The Project Manager
c) The Senior User
d) The entire Project Board
9. To whom do appointed Project Assurance roles report?

a) Project Manager
b) Corporate Management
c) Project Executive
d) Project Board member for the interest concerned
10. Which phrase applies to the supplier representative in a PRINCE2 project

management team?
a) They will be impacted by the project outcome
b) Representation from the business viewpoint
c) Will provide the funding
d) Is accountable for the quality of products delivered
Test Questions
(continued)
11. Who is responsible for documenting the communications management

approach?
a) Executive
b) Project Manager
c) Senior User
d) Team Manager
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 3: Initiating a project
1. In what sequence would the (a) project initiation documentation, (b) the
project mandate and (c) the project brief appear in a PRINCE2 project?
a) a, b, c
b) b, c, a
c) c, a, b
d) c, b, a
2. Which is the last management approach to be produced?

a) Communications management approach
b) Risk management approach
c) Quality management approach
d) Change control approach
3. What name is given to the permissible deviation from a plan allowed

without immediate reporting to the Project Board?
a) Allowance
b) Contingency
c) Concession
d) Tolerance
4. In which process is the Project Brief produced?

a) Starting up a project
b) Initiating a project
c) Authorizing initiation
d) Authorizing a project
5. The initial project plan is based on the project brief, the management
approaches, and which other product?
a) The Project approach
b) The Project initiation documentation
c) The project start-up notification
d) The project mandate
Test Questions
(continued)
6. An “outcome” is to an “output”, as a [?] is to an “outcome”?

a) Benefit
b) Tolerance
c) Variable
d) Impact
7. Which PRINCE2 principle is explicitly supported by the business case?

a) Tailor to suit the project environment
b) Manage by exception
c) Continued business justification
d) Focus on products
8. Apart from “initiating a project” in which process is the business case

updated?
a) Managing product delivery
b) Controlling a stage
c) Managing a stage boundary
d) Authorizing a stage
9. Which option is not part of the project initiation documentation?

a) Project plan
b) Detailed business case
d) Next stage plan
10. What is input to the Project Board with a request to authorize the project?
a) The project brief
b) The project mandate
c) The project initiation documentation
d) An implementation plan
Test Questions
(continued)
11. Which of the following statements is false?

a) The Senior User creates the benefits management approach
b) The Executive is accountable for the benefits management approach
for the duration of the project
c) The Senior User specifies the benefits
d) The benefits management approach is kept separate from the project
plan
12. There are 3 basic business options concerning any investment. Identify
the incorrect option from the following list.
a) Do nothing
b) Do the minimum
c) Do it all
d) Do something
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 4: Planning a project
1. Plans provide the backbone of what?

a) Management information
b) Change management
c) Directing a project
d) Risk management
2. Exception plans are produced for…?

a) Corporate, project and stage levels
b) Corporate and project levels
c) Project level
d) Project and stage levels
3. The PRINCE2 principle of “manage by exception” is explained by …?

a) A PRINCE2 project is planned, monitored and controlled
b) A PRINCE2 project has defined tolerances for each project objective
c) A PRINCE2 project focuses on the definition and delivery of products
d) A PRINCE2 project learns from previous experience
4. Which of these statements is false with regard to the project product

description?
a) It is often written by Senior Supplier
b) It is specified by the Senior User
c) Writing it is the first task of product-based planning
d) It contains the customer’s quality expectations
5. Which of these statements is false?

a) The project plan provides a statement of how and when a project’s
performance targets are to be achieved
b) A stage plan is required for each management stage
c) Exception plans are not produced for work packages
d) At least one team plan is needed for every Team Manager
Test Questions
(continued)
6. The product flow diagram also identifies dependencies on any products…?

a) Independent of the project and not used by the project
b) Created outside of the office
c) Outside the scope of the plan and used by the project
d) Which are components of a higher level product
7. How is a risk defined?
a) A systematic application of processes
b) An impact on the project
c) An uncertain event
d) A known event
8. When should a product description be baselined?

a) As soon as it is available in draft form
b) When the associated product has passed its quality check
c) When the plan containing its creation is baselined
d) As soon as it is written
9. Which of these is not a valid risk response?

a) Avoid
b) Deny
c) Reduce
d) Exploit
10. The person responsible for the management, monitoring and control of all
aspects of a particular risk assigned to them is called the …?
a) Actionee
b) Monitor
c) Owner
d) Librarian
Test Questions
(continued)
11. The Project Board has three responsibilities towards the management of
risk. Which of the following options is the false one?
a) Ensure that the risk management approach is appropriate
b) Ensure that risks relating to the supplier aspects are identified
c) Ensure that risks to users are identified, assessed and controlled
d) Ensure that project risks are being identified, assessed and controlled
throughout the project lifecycle
12. The risk event should describe …?

a) The source of the risk
b) The area of uncertainty
c) The impact
d) The trigger points
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 5: Controlling a project; part I
1. An exception is a situation where ...?

a) There will be a deviation from the plan
b) There will be a deviation beyond the agreed tolerance levels
c) It can be forecast that there will be a deviation beyond the agreed
tolerance levels
d) Something has gone wrong
2. The activities of controlling a stage are [?] orientated.

a) Team Manager
b) Project Manager
c) Project Board
d) Corporate Management
3. The activities of controlling a stage break into 3 groups. Which is incorrect?

a) Work packages
b) Monitoring and reporting
c) Issues
d) Stage boundaries
4. In which activity are checkpoint reports created?

a) Execute a work package
b) Accept a work package
c) Deliver a work package
d) Review work package status
5. Which step is not part of “accept a work package”?

a) Understand the reporting requirements
b) Agree tolerances for the work package
c) Examine the project initiation documentation
d) Produce a team plan which shows that the work package can be
completed within the given constraints
Test Questions
(continued)
6. From the products listed, which one is produced during ‘Starting Up a

Project’?
a) The project initiation documentation
b) The project plan
c) The change management approach
d) The project approach
7. What is the purpose of the process managing product delivery?

a) To control the link between the Project Manager and the Team
Manager
b) To control the link between the Project Board and the Team Manager
c) To involve Project Assurance with all delivery activities
d) To assign work to be done, monitor such work and report progress
8. Which of the following are not a factor that will influence the length of a
management stage?
a) The planning horizon
b) Alignment with programme activities
c) Where the key decision points need to be
d) The level of risk
9) The purpose of tailoring as described in the PRINCE2 principle is to …?

a) Ensure that the products are correctly identified
b) To fulfil stakeholder expectations
c) Ensure the efficient use of senior management time
d) Ensure that project controls are approapriate to the project’s scale
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 6: Controlling a project; part II
1. Which of the following is not a quality review team role?

a) Scribe
b) Chair
c) Presenter
d) Reviewer
2. Which of the following statements about the customer quality expectations

is false?
a) They are defined and agreed early in the process “starting up a project”
b) They should cover the key quality requirements for the project product
c) They are captured in discussions with the customer and then refined for
inclusion in the quality management approach
d) They should be reviewed at the end of each management stage in case
any external factors have changed them
3. Which one of these statements describes the true purpose of acceptance

criteria?
a) A justification for undertaking the project based on estimated costs and
anticipated benefits
b) A list of measurable definitions of the attributes required for a set of
products to be acceptable to key stakeholders
c) To provide a full and firm foundation for the initiation of a project
d) To trigger “starting up a project”
4. There are two types of quality method…?

a) Walkthroughs and dynamic testing methods
b) Static and dynamic methods
c) In-process and Ex-process methods
d) In-process and appraisal methods
Test Questions
(continued)
5. The quality management approach describes …?

a) How quality will be managed on the project
b) The customer’s quality expectations
c) Quality assurance
d) Project assurance
6. Which role(s) approve the project product description?

a) Executive
b) Senior User
c) Senior Supplier
d) All of the above
7. Which are valid triggers for the process Managing a Stage Boundary?
a) plan the next stage b) produce an exception plan c) produce the project
plan
a) a, b, and c
b) a and b
c) a and c
d) b and c
8. In which process are checks made for changes to the project management
team?
b) Managing a stage boundary
c) Closing a project
d) Directing a project
9. Quality responsibilities, both within and external to the project, are defined
in which process?
a) Initiating a project
b) Starting up a project
Test Questions
(continued)
10. New versions of the project plan are produced at the end of each stage to
reflect updated information. Identify which option is false.
a) Actuals from the current stage plan
b) Forecasts from the next stage plan
c) Any changes to the project product description
d) Any change to the customer’s quality criteria
11. What action should a reviewer take on finding a grammatical mistake in a

product under review?
a) Note on the question list
b) Advise the producer
c) Note on the action list
d) Annotate the product copy
12. The defined roles and responsibilities principle describes the primary
stakeholders of a project. Which of the following is not in the list?
a) Business sponsors
b) Change management
c) Users
d) Suppliers
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 7: Managing change and issues
1. Which product keeps track of formal requests for change?

a) Request register
b) Daily log
c) Issue register
d) Issue log
2. Which product documents the issue and change control procedures?

a) Configuration management approach
b) Product status account
c) Issue register
3. Which process defines and establishes the project’s controls for issues and
changes?
d) Managing a stage boundary
4. How often does PRINCE2 recommend that the issue register should be
reviewed?
a) Weekly
b) At exception assessments
c) At checkpoint meetings
d) On a regular basis
5. The management report that provides information about the state of

products is …?
a) Issue report
b) End stage report
c) Configuration item record
d) Product status account
Test Questions
(continued)
6. Which of the following describes any situation where a product is failing, or

is forecast to fail, to meet its specification?
a) Exception report
b) Off-specification
c) Follow-on action recommendations
d) Highlight report
7. Which is not a core activity of the recommended issue and change control
procedure?
a) Capture
b) Audit
c) Assess
d) Implement
8. How does the daily log contribute to the management of

problems/concerns?
a) Records items that will be handled informally by the Project Manager
b) Records all items that will be dealt with by the project
c) Records the formal responses of the Project Manager
d) Records both formal and informal items that will be handled by the
Project Manager
9. Issue reports are created for …?

a) All requests for change
b) Issues that will be handled formally
c) Issues that will not be assessed for impact
d) Record of some current or forecast failure to meet a requirement
10. Which of the following is not a question asked by an impact analysis of an

issue?
a) Impact on… project performance targets?
b) Impact on… project business case?
c) Impact on… project risk profile?
d) Impact on… project management team?
Test Questions
(continued)
11. What is a concession?

a) A contract to a third party
b) An error found in a quality review which is not corrected
c) An off-specification accepted by the Project Board without corrective
action
d) An allowance above and beyond tolerance levels
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 8: Closing and Directing a project
1. Which statement is not a support to the statement…

A clear end to a project:
a) Transfers ownership of the products to the customer
b) Provides an opportunity to ensure that all unachieved goals and
objectives are identified
c) Provides the opportunity to evaluate achievement of all the expected
benefits
d) Is always more successful than a slow drift into use
2. Which of these items does not involve the Project Board?

a) Exception assessment
b) Highlight reports
c) Project closure
d) Work package authorization
3. Which document contains the Project Manager’s assessment of how the

project performed?
a) End project report
b) Benefits management approach
c) Lessons report
d) Follow-on action recommendations
4. The quality management approach is written in which process?

5. What are defined as “a section of the project” that the Project Manager
manages on behalf of the Project Board?
a) Work packages
b) Product descriptions
c) Quality reviews
d) Management stages
Test Questions
(continued)
6. Which of these is mandatory in a PRINCE2 project?

a) The use of Team Managers
b) The use of exception plans
c) The use of stages
d) The use of quality reviews
7. Which process provides the information needed for the Project Board to
confirm the validity and achievability of the project plan?
b) Closing a project
c) Controlling a stage
d) Managing a stage boundary
8. In which process are decisions made on exception situations?

a) Managing a stage boundary
b) Closing a project
d) Managing product delivery
9. Which process ensures that the project’s products have been approved by
the authorities identified in their product descriptions?
a) Closing a project
b) Managing product delivery
c) Managing stage boundaries
d) Controlling a stage
10. When should a product description be baselined?

a) As soon as it is available in draft form
b) When the associated product has passed its quality check
c) When the plan containing its creation is baselined
d) As soon as it is written
Test Questions
(continued)
11. When does the directing a project process start?

a) On completion of the starting up a project process
b) On completion of the initiating a project process
c) At the start of the starting up a project process
d) As soon as the Executive is appointed
Test Questions
(continued)
Test Questions for Section 9: Management Products
1. Which report does the Project Manager receive on a regular basis?

a) Highlight report
b) Checkpoint report
c) Issue report
d) Exception report
2. Which report does the Project Board receive on a regular basis?

a) Highlight report
c) Issue report
d) Exception report
3. Which report is used to review how the project performed against the
project initiation documentation used to authorize the project
a) End stage report
b) Lesson report
c) End project report
d) Follow-on action recommendation
4. Which product is derived from Checkpoint reports, the three registers and
the current Stage Plan and actuals?
a) Highlight report
c) Issue report
d) Exception report
5. The purpose of this product is described as “to provoke action”?

a) End stage report
b) Lesson report
c) End project report
d) Follow-on action recommendation
Test Questions
(continued)
6. Which product is described as a “list of products to be delivered within the

scope of the plan together with key status dates”?
a) Product status account
b) Configuration item records
c) Product breakdown structure
d) Product checklist
7. Which of the following is not one of the types of management product

described in Appendix A?
a) Baseline
b) Records
c) Version
d) Reports
8. Which product is derived from the business case and the project product
description (the acceptance criteria in particular). it is created in the initiating
a project process...?
a) Benefits management approach
b) Project brief
c) Initiation stage plan
d) Project approach
9. Which approach contains the results of a stakeholder analysis?

a) Risk management approach
b) Quality management approach
c) Change control approach
d) Communication management approach
10. Which product contains the issue and change control procedure?
a) Product status account
b) Project brief
Test Questions
(continued)
11. Which product contains the customer’s quality expectations and the
acceptance criteria?
a) Project product description
b) Project brief
c) Project initiation documentation
d) Project mandate
12. Which product is described in its purpose as “used to gain agreement

from the User on the project’s scope and requirements”?
a) Terms of reference
b) Project plan
c) Project product description
d) Business case
13. Which product is described as “used to record informal issues, required

actions or significant events”?
a) Issue register
b) Daily log
c) Quality register
d) Lessons log
14. Which product records “references to the quality inspection

documentation, such as a test plan or the details of any actions required to
correct errors”?
a) Issue register
b) Quality management approach
c) Quality register
d) Daily log
15. Which product’s purpose is to provide a record of such information as

history, status, version, and variant?
a) Product description
b) Product checklist
c) Quality register
d) Configuration item record
Answers
Section 1: Getting to grips with PRINCE2

1. D
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. B
Section 2: Starting up a project

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. B
Section 3: Initiating a project

1. B
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. C
Foundation Answers
(continued)
Section 4: Planning a project

1. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. D
12. B
Section 5: Controlling a project; part I

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. D
Foundation Answers
(continued)
Section 6: Controlling a project; part II

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. D
12. B
Section 7: Managing change and issues

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. C
Foundation Answers
(continued)
Section 8: Closing and Directing a project

1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. A
Section 9: Management Products

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. D

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PRINCE2® 6th Edition Achieving

© LEARNING TREE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Introduction to Learning Tree Course 1176:

Welcome to Learning Tree International, and thank you for enrolling in

Course 296, Project Management: Skills for Success

About the exam

The Foundation Exam is taken on day three. This is a one-hour, multiple-

Please be aware that…

Questions about the course or

The work is based on the PRINCE2 manual, Managing

The manual is nearly 400 pages long. You will need to

Experience has proven that reading the PRINCE2 Manual and

There are a number of methods you can use to help you

1. Tab the manual

3. Try Sample questions

1. Getting to grips with PRINCE2 2 hrs

Chapters 1–5, an overview of PRINCE2, the

Appendices A, B, C, D, and E. Do not read them

Complete test questions, page 11

2. Starting up a project 2 hrs

Chapters 13 and 14, Intro to Processes and

Complete test questions, page 13

3. Initiating a project 2 hrs

Chapter 16, Initiating a Project

Chapter 6, Business Case

Complete test questions, page 16

4. Planning a project 2 hrs

Chapter 10, Risk

Appendix D, Product Based Planning Example

Complete test questions, page 19

5. Controlling a project; part I 2 hrs

Chapter 17, Controlling a Stage

Chapter 18, Managing Product Delivery

Chapter 12, Progress

Complete test questions, page 22

6. Controlling a project; part II 2 hrs

Chapter 19, Managing a Stage Boundary

Complete test questions, page 24

7. Managing change and issues 2 hrs

Chapter 11, Change

Appendix C, Roles and Responsibilities

Complete test questions, page 27

8. Closing and Directing a project 2 hrs

Chapter 20, Closing a Project

Chapter 15, Directing a Project

Complete test questions, page 30

9. Management Products 2 hrs

Appendix A, Product Descriptions

Complete test questions, page 33

Total hours spent on preparation 20 hrs*

Test Questions for Section 1: Getting to Grips With PRINCE2

1. Fill in the missing phrase from “a project is a temporary organization that is

2. What is another term for “deliverable”?

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of project work?

4. Which one of these is not a PRINCE2 theme?

5. Fill in the missing phrase from “project management is the planning,

6. The statement “PRINCE2 can be applied to any project regardless of

7. Which of the following is not considered as an aspect of project

9. Which of the following is not a PRINCE2 Principle?

Test Questions for Section 2: Starting up a project

1. In PRINCE2 what product is used to document the information that

5. In the purpose of starting up a project, which phrase completes the