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1. Which of the following is not a key element of Starting up a Project?
The Issue Log is created in the sub-process Setting Up Project Files (IP5). The answer to this question is found on pages 26–27 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
2. A prerequisite of the first sub-process, Appointing an Executive and a Project Manager (SU1), is:
The Project Mandate is what triggers the project. The answer to this question is found on page 29 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
3. In which sub-process is the Project Brief created?
The Project Brief is created in Preparing a Project Brief (SU4), along with the Daily Log, Risk Log and Outline Business Case. The answer to this question is found on pages 38 and 39 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
4. Which of the following is not an objective of the sub-process Preparing a Project Brief (SU4)?
The objectives of Preparing a Project Brief (SU4) can be found on page 38 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
5. Which of the following is not an objective of the process Initiating a Project?
The Project Mandate has to exist before Starting up a Project. The objectives of the Initiating a Project process are found on page 49 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
6. Which of the following statements most accurately defines a Business Case?
The answer to this question is found on page 197 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
7. When are quality considerations first encountered in a PRINCE2 project?
In PRINCE2, quality considerations begin with establishing the Acceptance Criteria and the customer's quality expectations. The answer to this question is found on page 268 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
8. Which of the following roles would most likely dictate the project's Acceptance Criteria?
Acceptance Criteria are based on the customer's quality expectations and are derived from the Senior User. The answer to this question is found on page 342 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
9. Actions or significant events not caught by other PRINCE2 documentation may be captured in which of the following documents?
The Daily Log can be tailored to the Project Manager's own preferences or needs and entries can be made at any time. The answer to this question can be found on page 350 of the PRINCE2 Manual. You can also read more about the Daily Log on page 243 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
10. Which of the following statements is not true?
The Project Mandate is normally provided by corporate or programme management. It is accepted that the Project Mandate may be anything from a verbal request to a complete Project Brief. The answer to this question is found on page 379 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
11. Which of the following statements is true?
The Project Quality Plan is derived from the supplier and customer quality management systems. If both the customer and supplier have a quality management system, there must be agreement on which quality management system or what amalgamation of standards from both sets of standards will be used. The elements from which the Project Quality Plan is derived can be found on page 383 of the PRINCE2 Manual. You can also read more about quality management systems on page 270 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
12. Which of the descriptions of the process Starting up a Project is false?
The Project Mandate is expected to exist before Starting up a Project. You can refer to page 26 of the PRINCE2 Manual for the context within which Starting up a Project is triggered.
13. Which of the following management products is not produced during Starting up a Project?
The Project Initiation Document is produced during the process Initiating a Project. The products of Starting up a Project can be found at the end of each section of the Starting up a Project chapter of the PRINCE2 Manual, on pages 30, 33, 36, 39, 42 and 44.
14. Once defined in Designing a Project Management Team (SU2), no management team appointments are made until the project has commenced.
The project management team is appointed in the very next process – Appointing a Project Management Team (SU3), and the project only commences once it has been approved in Authorising Initiation (DP1). You can read more about the sub-process Appointing a Project Management Team (SU3) on page 34 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
15. Which of the following is not covered in the management product 'Project Approach'?
Quality level requirements are stated in the Project Quality Plan created in Initiating a Project. You can read more about the Project Quality Plan on page 271 of the PRINCE2 Manual. Composition of the Project Approach document is found on page 372 of the PRINCE2 Manual. You can also read more about the creation of the Project Approach document on page 40 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
16. The Project Mandate is usually derived from:
Programme or corporate management may have made a sketch on the back of an envelope – although the Project Manager is unlikely to understand it! The answer to this question is found on page 26 of the PRINCE2 Manual.
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