p2 F Exam Sample Paper 1a v3 2005

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The Foundation Examination
Sample Foundation Examination Paper

1version 3.0
Multiple Choice
Instructions
1.
All 75 questions should be attempted.
2.
There are no trick questions.
3.
All answers are to be marked on the original examination paper.
4.
Please use a pen to mark your answers with either a or X.
5.
You have 1 hour for this paper.
6.
You must get 38 or more correct to pass.
Candidate Number:
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1. In PRINCE2 what product is used to define the information that justifies the
setting up, continuation or termination of the project?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Project Initiation Document

Business Case
End Stage Approval
Project Brief
2. Which product keeps track of Requests For Change?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.
Request Log
Daily Log
Quality Log
Issue Log
What provision in Planning can be made for implementing Requests for Change?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Project and stage tolerances

Contingency plans
A Change Budget
Adding a contingency margin to estimates
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The Project Plan
A specified Business Case
5. In what sequence would the (a) Project Initiation Document, (b) the Project
Mandate and (c) the Project Brief appear in a PRINCE2 project?
a)
b)
c)
d)
a, b, c
b, c, a
c, a, b
c, b, a

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6.
Which would require the production of an Exception Report?

a)
b)
c)
d)
When a Project Issue is received

When a Project Board member raises a complaint
When a Request For Change or Off-Specification has been received
When the current forecasts for the end of the stage deviate beyond the
delegated tolerance bounds
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a) provides a useful opportunity to take stock of achievements

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 the natural tendency to drift into
operational Management
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Item
Package
Product
Component
Which of these items does NOT involve the Project Board?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Exception Assessment
Highlight Reports
Project Closure
Work Package Authorisation
10. What name is given to the permissible deviation from a plan allowed without
immediate reporting to the Project Board?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Allowance
Contingency
Concession
Tolerance

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11. What other control is closely linked with configuration management?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Risk Management
Project Closure
Change Control
Project Initiation
12. Which of these processes does NOT trigger the Planning (PL) process?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Starting Up a Project (SU)

Initiating a Project (IP)
Managing Stage Boundaries (SB)
Controlling a Stage (CS)
13. In a Product Breakdown Structure what category of product is a Highlight Report?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Quality
Specialist
Technical
Management
14. If, after a Quality Review Follow-up Action, an error is still not resolved, what
action should be taken?
a)
b)
c)
d)
An Exception Report is made

A Project Issue is raised
An Exception Memo is raised
The review is reconvened
15. Which of the following is NOT a PRINCE2 definition of a project?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Has an organisation structure

Produces defined and measurable business products
Uses a defined amount of resources
Uses a defined set of techniques

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16. What environment does PRINCE2 assume?

a)
b)
c)
d)
A fixed-PRICE contract
A Customer/Supplier environment
A specialist environment
A third-party environment
17. Which feature of PRINCE2 tells the Project Manager where a product is, what its
status is and who is working on it?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Work Package
Product Description
Checkpoint Report
Configuration Management
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c)
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To provide useful lessons to future projects

Never throw anything away.
This material may be needed by Programme Management
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Establish terms of reference as a prerequisite to the start of the project

Use a defined structure for delegation, authority and communication
Divide the project into manageable stages for more accurate planning
Provide brief reports to management at regular meetings
20. Which of these is NOT a valid Risk Management action?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Prevention
Denial
Reduction
Transference

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21. Which one of these is NOT a PRINCE2 Component?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Plans
Controls
Work Package
22. Which document lists the major products of a plan with their key delivery dates?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Product Outline
Product Breakdown Structure
Checkpoint Report
Product Checklist
23. The configuration of the final deliverable of the project is a)

b)
c)
d)
The sum total of its products

The interim products
Its product description
The single end-product
24. Which part of a product lifespan is not part of a project life cycle in the eyes of
PRINCE2?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The change-over to operational use of the product

Assessment of the value of the product after a period of use
The specification of the product
Finalisation of the business case
25. What is the first job carried out on receipt of a new Project Issue?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Allocation of priority
Logging
Decision on what type of issue
Impact Analysis

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26. Which of these statements is FALSE?

a)
b)
c)
d)
The Project Plan is an overview of the total project.

For each stage identified in the Project Plan, a Stage Plan is required.
An Exception Plan needs the approval of the next higher level of authority.
A Team Plan needs approval by the Project Board.
27. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a) Customer quality expectations should be discovered in the process
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d) The Stage Plan describes in detail how part of the Project Plan will be
carried out
28. 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 measurable definition of what must be done for the final product to be
acceptable to the Customer.
c) To provide a full and firm foundation for the initiation of a project.
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29. How often does PRINCE2 recommend that open Project Issues should be
reviewed?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Weekly
At Exception Assessments
At Checkpoint Meetings
On a regular basis
30. What other product is reviewed at the end of each stage apart from the Business
Case and Project Plan?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Project Mandate

The Quality Log
The Risk Log
The Project Brief

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31. Why is a copy of the Project Issue always returned to the author?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The author owns it.

To acknowledge its receipt and entry into the system.
To elicit further information.
To notify rejection of the Issue.
32. Which product reviews the benefits achieved by the project?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Post-Project Review
Post-Project Review Plan
End Project Report
Follow-on Action Recommendations
33. Which of these statements is FALSE?

a)
b)
c)
d)
A PRINCE2 project has a finite life span

A PRINCE2 project has a defined amount of resources
A PRINCE2 project may have only activities, i.e. no products
A PRINCE2 project has an organisation structure with defined
responsibilities, to manage the project
34. Thepe
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pa
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di
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Supporter
Monitor
Owner
Librarian
35. Which document reviews actual achievements against the Project Initiation
Document?
a)
b)
c)
d)
End Project Report

Post-Project Review
Lessons Learned Report
Follow-On Action Recommendations

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36. I
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a
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Configuration items
Requests For Change
Project Issues
Exception Reports
Action items
37. Which one of these is NOT a key criterion for producing a Product Flow
Diagram?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Are the products clearly and unambiguously defined?

On what other products is each product dependent?
Is any product dependant on a product outside the scope of this plan?
Which products can be developed in parallel?
38. For a Quality Review, when are suitable reviewers identified?

a)
b)
c)
d)
When the product is passed to configuration management

In the Project Quality Plan
During the QR preparation step
In planning the relevant stage
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a)
b)
c)
d)
The Project Mandate

The Project Plan
The Project Brief
The Business Case
40. Which does PRINCE2 regard as the third project interest, given user and supplier
as the other two?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Technical
Management
Business
Quality

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41. PRINCE2 lists a number of reasons why it is seldom desirable or possible to plan
an entire project in detail at the start. Which of these is NOT one of these reasons?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A changing or uncertain environment

A PRINCE2 requirement
Difficulty in predicting business conditions in the future
Difficulty in predicting resource availability well into the future
42. In which process is the Project Brief produced?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Starting Up a Project
Initiating a Project
Authorising Initiation
Authorising a Project
43. When should a Product Description be baselined?

a)
b)
c)
d)
As soon as it is available in draft form

When the associated product has passed its quality check
When the plan containing its creation is baselined
As soon as it is written
44. An Exception Plan covers what period?

a) From the problem to the end of the project
b) From the problem to the end of a plan that will no longer finish within
agreed tolerances
c) The work needed to put the project back within its tolerances
d) The time needed to produce an Exception Report
45. Stage boundaries may be chosen according to a number of parameters. Which one
of the following is NOT one of the parameters?
a) The need to have a separate stage for the formal close of the project
b) A review of a risky project at key moments when new information about
those risks appears
c) Ensuring that key decisions are made prior to the detailed work needed to
implement them
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assess the project viability at regular intervals

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46. The initial Project Plan is based on the Project Brief, the Project Quality Plan and
which other product?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Project Approach

The Project Initiation Document
The project start-up notification
The Project Mandate
47. Which document is a record of some current or forecast failure to meet a

requirement?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Exception Report
Off-Specification
Follow-On Action Recommendations
Highlight Report
48. If there is a request to change a baselined product, and the change can be done
within the stage or Work Package tolerances, how can the decision to implement the
change be made?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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formal change control
49.
Cont
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?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Managing Stage Boundaries

Approving a Stage or Exception Plan
Managing Product Delivery
Planning
50. The Project Quality Plan is written in which process?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Starting up a Project
Directing a Project

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51. Wha
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f
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pa
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Work Packages
Product Descriptions
Quality Reviews
Stages
52. In which lower leve

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a)
b)
c)
d)
Reporting Highlights
Assessing Progress
Capturing Project Issues
Examining Project Issues
53. If a question arises on why a particular product was changed, which element of
PRINCE2 would be of most help in finding the information?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Issue Log
Quality Log
Change Control
54. In which sub-process is a Stage Plan updated with actuals?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Assessing Progress
Reviewing Stage Status
Planning a Stage
55. In which sub-process are Checkpoint Reports created?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Executing a Work Package

Assessing Progress

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56. Are the following statements true or false?
Delegated Project Assurance roles report directly to corporate or

programme management
In PRINCE2 the Project Manager role must be full time
A project management structure is a temporary structure

a)
b)
c)
d)
All three are false

Only the third is true
Only the first is false
The second and third are true
57. Thepr
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,
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b)
c)
d)
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After the start-up of the project

At the end of the Initiation Stage
Before start-up of the project
58. Apa
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a)
b)
c)
d)

Controlling a Stage
Authorising a Stage
59. Thee
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nf
or
ma
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xpe
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dbyt
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Pr
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a)
b)
c)
d)
A Project Plan
A Project Mandate
An appointed organisation
Project Initiation Document
60. In the PRINCE2 document management structure, how many types of file are
recommended?
a)
b)
c)
d)
One for each Stage

Two, Management and Specialist
Just the Quality File
Three; project, stages and quality

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61. In a Quality Review which role does PRINCE2 suggest must ensure that all
reviewers are provided with the relevant review products?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Producer
Scribe
Review Chairperson
Configuration Librarian
62. Which of these is mandatory in a PRINCE2 project?

a)
b)
c)
d)
The use of Team Managers

The use of Exception Plans
The use of Stages
The use of Quality Reviews
63. The Project Board has three responsibilities towards the management of risk.
Which of the following options is the FALSE one?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Notifying the Project Manager of any external risk exposure to the project
Making decisions on recommended reactions to risk
Identifying, recording and regularly reviewing risks
Striking a balance between levels of risk and potential benefits
64. What function creates, maintains and monitors the use of a quality system?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Project Support
Quality Planning
Quality Control
Quality assurance
65. Which is NOT a purpose of configuration management?

a)
b)
c)
d)
To identify products
To create products
To track products
To protect products

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66. Whi
c
hs
t
e
pi
sNOTpa
r
tof
Ac
c
e
pt
i
ngaWor
kPa
c
ka
g
e
?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Understand the reporting requirements

Agree tolerance margins for the Work Package
Monitor and control the risks associated with the Work Package
Produce a Team Plan which shows that the Work Package can be
completed within the constraints
67. Which process provides the information needed for the Project Board to assess the
continuing viability of the project?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Closing a Project
Planning
68. In which process are choices made about planning tools and estimating methods?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Planning
69. In which process are decisions made on Exception Reports?

a)
b)
c)
d)

Closing a Project
Directing a Project
70. Which process checks for changes to the project management team?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Closing a Project
Directing a Project

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71. Fr
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?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Project Initiation Document

The Project Plan
The Project Quality Plan
The Project Approach
72. Quality responsibilities, both within and external to the project, are defined in
which process?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Directing a Project
73. Acceptance for the completed products is obtained as part of which process?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Closing a Project
Controlling a Stage
74. An Exception Report is produced in which sub-process?

a)
b)
c)
d)
Taking Corrective Action

Escalating Project Issues
75. Which is the missing section of the suggested Project File, if the others are
Organisation, Plans, Business Case, Communication Plan and Control?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Correspondence
Daily Log
Risk Log
Issue Log

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Document Version Number:

Date of first draft:

Next Scheduled review date:

Change / Reasons for change / Comments:

Question 12, option b amended to read

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The Foundation Examination

Sample Foundation Examination Paper

All 75 questions should be attempted.

There are no trick questions.

All answers are to be marked on the original examination paper.

Please use a pen to mark your answers with either a or X.

You have 1 hour for this paper.

You must get 38 or more correct to pass.

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Project Initiation Document

2. Which product keeps track of Requests For Change?

Project and stage tolerances

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Which would require the production of an Exception Report?

When a Project Issue is received

a) provides a useful opportunity to take stock of achievements

Which of these items does NOT involve the Project Board?

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11. What other control is closely linked with configuration management?

Starting Up a Project (SU)

13. In a Product Breakdown Structure what category of product is a Highlight Report?

An Exception Report is made

15. Which of the following is NOT a PRINCE2 definition of a project?

Has an organisation structure

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16. What environment does PRINCE2 assume?

To provide useful lessons to future projects

Establish terms of reference as a prerequisite to the start of the project

20. Which of these is NOT a valid Risk Management action?

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21. Which one of these is NOT a PRINCE2 Component?

23. The configuration of the final deliverable of the project is a)

The sum total of its products

The change-over to operational use of the product

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26. Which of these statements is FALSE?

The Project Plan is an overview of the total project.

27. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

The Project Mandate

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The author owns it.

32. Which product reviews the benefits achieved by the project?

33. Which of these statements is FALSE?

A PRINCE2 project has a finite life span

End Project Report

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Are the products clearly and unambiguously defined?

38. For a Quality Review, when are suitable reviewers identified?

When the product is passed to configuration management

The Project Mandate

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A changing or uncertain environment

42. In which process is the Project Brief produced?

43. When should a Product Description be baselined?