PRINCE2 Exam PRINCE2Practitioner Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 21,2026- Exam Code: PRINCE2Practitioner
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All the products that are due in stage 3 have been completed, apart from the ‘updated corporate quality procedures’. The work has been completed but the product has not yet been approved. The executive has been told that it will be signed off before the end of the project. In response to an exception report, the executive has instructed the project manager to plan to obtain approval of the product in stage 4.
Is this appropriate application of the report management stage end’ activity, and why?
- A . Yes, because approval of the product can be carried forward into the next stage, with authority from the project board.
- B . Yes, because the completion of the product in the next stage is a follow-on action recommendation for stage 4.
- C . No, because approval of the products was planned for stage 3 and must be completed before the stage ends.
- D . No, because a project-level exception plan is required before approval of the quality procedures can be delayed.
Question Set 3
Which of the following statements describes an outcome?
- A . Any of the projects specialist products
- B . A result of the change derived from using the project’s products
- C . A measurable improvement resulting from a change
- D . Something perceived as advantages by a stakeholder
Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Major risks heading?
- A . Due to market conditions a suitable service provider may not be found, possibly leading to premature closure of the project.
- B . Owing to employment contract changes staff may resist outsourcing, which would make it difficult to transfer staff to the selected service provider.
- C . MFH’s operations may be reduced and the 1a-year contract may not achieve its estimated value of £80m, which would reduce the service provider’s profit.
- D . The initial estimates, taken from the feasibility study report, indicate that the project will take two years to complete, which means that the business problems would remain for this period.
- E . The management stages recommended by the consultants may not be appropriate, resulting in confusion in planning.
At the end of stage 2, the specialist ‘e-learning course’ supplier will be selected. As a result, it is decided that the quality management approach will not be created until the end of stage 2, to take into account this supplier’s standards and techniques.
Is this appropriate, and why?
- A . Yes, because the quality management approach should take into account the supplier’s standards, tools and techniques.
- B . Yes, because the product description for each product will define the required quality approach within each stage.
- C . No, because the quality management approach should be created during the initiation stage and updated later.
- D . No, because the quality management approach should be limited to ABC Company’s quality standards.
Testlet 1
Project Scenario C Health and Safety Training Project:
ABC Company is a well-established training company that uses a standard model to develop training materials and deliver courses to customers.
ABC Company has commissioned a project in response to recent changes in government legislation relating to health and safety on construction sites. The project will deliver “capability to provide health and safety training”, including the materials needed for classroom-based training and e-learning. The expected benefits for construction companies include a reduction in lost days and legal costs due to accidents.
The e-learning course will be developed by a specialist external consultancy. The materials for classroom-based training will be delivered by ABC Company’s development team. All course materials will be piloted before they are used. ABC Company will deliver training to its customers and also hopes to sell the course materials to other training companies as part of their operational business. ABC Company will use their own sales and marketing departments to promote the courses.
The legislation requires construction companies to comply with the new legislation within two years. The course materials and trainers have to be accredited by a government agency before courses can be delivered. ABC Company is planning to deliver pilot courses within five months of starting the project.
The ABC Company standard development model for new courses recommends the following stages:
End of the Project scenario.
Additional Information:
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) founded the company five years ago. Under her leadership, ABC Company has grown quickly into a successful training company. It delivers a range of accredited professional training.
The Finance Director is also a founder member of ABC Company and is responsible for authorizing budgets for the Operations and Development Teams. She authorizes all large contracts personally.
The Purchasing Manager reports to the Finance Director and is responsible for managing and monitoring supplier contracts.
The Operations Director is responsible for the delivery off all training and for the training development budget. His department organizes courses, venues and trainers. They work with the Product and the Sales teams to provide a comprehensive training schedule. ABC Company’s IT manager reports to the Operations Director.
The Business Development Director has recently been appointed to identify new training needs and propose new products. She will work with the Operations. Director to ensure a cost-conscious approach and that appropriate development technologies are used for the health and safety course.
The Training Development Manager reports to the Business Development Director and is responsible for developing training materials and gaining accreditation, in accordance with the standard course development model. Course developers in his team have skills in a range of development technologies and are allocated to projects as needed.
The Training Delivery Manager , who reports to the Operations Director, is responsible for ensuring that internal and external trainers deliver ABC Company training courses to the required standard. He also checks course materials to ensure they are fit for purpose and of the required quality.
The Central Services Director has responsibility for corporate communications, facilities management and configuration management. He recently led a project to consolidate all company quality systems into one quality management system and set up a corporate quality department, now managed by the Corporate Quality Manager.
The Corporate Document Manager reports to the Central Services Director. She helped establish the company’s document management system and now operates it across the business. She manages a team of administrators and contracts staff when workload is high.
The Sales Director joined ABC Company two months ago and is keen to establish himself by suggesting new markets for the courses and material. All account managers and the marketing team report to him. They promote existing training courses to other training companies and existing customers.
End of the additional information.
Based on lessons from previous projects that used the ABC Company standard development model, the project board has set low cost and time tolerances for stage 2. As a result, the project manager plans to set very low tolerances for time and cost for all work packages to be carried out during stage 2. Is this an appropriate application of the ‘manage by exception’ principle, and why?
- A . Yes, because the project manager should set tolerance equally for all work packages in a stage.
- B . Yes, because setting appropriate tolerances for work packages will help keep the stage within tolerances.
- C . No, because tolerances set by the project manager should be the same as those set by the project board.
- D . No, because the project manager should divide the stage tolerances between the team managers.
Which 2 statements explain why the CEO should be appointed as the Executive for this project?
- A . He started the company 25 years ago.
- B . He knows his job very well.
- C . He restricts his visits to the engineering area.
- D . He has the authority to commit resources as required.
- E . He has an overall perspective of the business’s strategic requirements.
Which 2 alternative actions apply to the proposed Senior Supplier for this project?
- A . Retain because she is responsible for the design of the future Information Technology organization and working practices.
- B . Add ‘Director of Facilities’ because he is responsible for the design of the future organization, processes, systems and operation models for Facilities.
- C . Add ‘Hardware Manager’ because he provides computer hardware to all business functions and will be impacted by the outcome.
- D . Remove because she only represents the Information Technology Division.
- E . Replace with ‘Director of Facilities’ because he supports the initiative and has many ideas about how to improve the service.
ABC Company has decided to include the Health and Safety Training Project in a programme to support their strategy to deliver globally. The programme team has provided the detailed business justification and, as a result, the project board has decided that the business case will not need refining further during the ‘initiating a project’ process.
Is this an appropriate action for the project board, and why?
- A . Yes, because the project board are able to use the business case provided by the programme.
- B . Yes, because when the project is part of a programme, the programme team provides the business case.
- C . No, because the programme team cannot constrain the project manager’s choices.
- D . No, because each project in the programme will need a revised business case.
The external team manager for the ‘e-learning course’ has reviewed the quality register to ensure all
quality activities have been completed. The ‘e-learning course’ has been approved and accreditation has
been achieved. As a result, the team manager updated the work package to notify the project manager
that it is complete, and updated the team plan.
Is this appropriate, and why?
- A . Yes, because the project manager needs to receive confirmation that work has been completed and approved.
- B . Yes, because a team plan to gain accreditation of the ‘e-learning course’ is required to be part of the work package.
- C . No, because it is the configuration item record of the relevant product description that is updated, not the work package.
- D . No, because the work package should be checked to confirm the reporting arrangements of the ‘e-learning course’.
An external consultant has signed a contract and agreed a work package to accredit the trainers. The Purchasing Manager will monitor the contract, which states the requirement to organize the accreditation with the Training Delivery Manager. The Training Delivery Manager has tried to contact the consultant but there has been no response. The project manager believes there is a risk that the consultant is prioritizing other clients’ work.
The Purchasing Manager has been assigned as the risk owner. Is this an appropriate approach to managing this risk, and why?
- A . Yes, because the Purchasing Manager is monitoring the contract and therefore best suited to controlling the risk.
- B . Yes, because the Purchasing Manager should have identified the risk when the work package was agreed.
- C . No, because the team manager should be the risk owner to risks concerning the delivery of a work package.
- D . No, because the risk was transferred to the Training Delivery Manager when the work package was authorized.