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PRINCE2 Prince2-Practitioner - PRINCE2 7 Practitioner (7th Edition) Exam

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Total 263 questions

Scenario

Product Summary

A list of customers will be collated. This will use existing information from the Accounts department about current customers, and existing information from the Marketing department about prospective customers.

Using the tariff of mailing costs available from the Post Office, a production cost forecast will be produced to allow the CEO and the Marketing Director to decide whether to continue with the project. If they decide to continue, they will give the approval to launch the internal label design competition. Competition rules will be required to communicate details of the competition to the staff. The chosen label design will then be selected from the competition entries.

The photos for the calendar must be based on existing photo design ideas available from the Marketing department. The selected photos will be chosen from these. Monthly calendar displays will be created to show the required layout of each page.

Product Breakdown Structure (contains errors)

Extract from Stage Plan for stage 3.

(All entries are true statements but may not be shown under the correct heading or in the correct document).

Using the Project Scenario and the Extract from Stage Plan for stage 3 provided as additional intonation for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following 5 questions.

The Stage Plan for stage 3 has been produced.

The Engineering Manager insists that there are to be no interruptions to operations whilst photographs are being taken of the engineering staff performing their everyday duties and operating machinery. Two weeks ago the professional photographer produced the photo session schedule based on the operational staff schedule. The operational staff schedule is produced weekly and maintained by the Engineering Manager.

None of the £500 change budget has been used to date and this is available for the stage.

Which 2 statements apply to the Budgets section?

A.

Amend entry 15 because it should also include the cost of management activities.

B.

Delete entry 16 because timescales should NOT be shown under the heading of budgets.

C.

Delete entry 17 because the risk budget should be shown in the Risk Management Strategy.

D.

Add 'Change budget - £500'.

E.

Add 'Cost tolerance - +£6k 1-£6k

The project has a cost tolerance of +5% I ·5%, of which stage 2 has a tolerance of +£45k 1-£45k.

Lines 1 to 6 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.

Scenario

Product Summary

A list of customers will be collated. This will use existing information from the Accounts department about current customers, and existing information from the Marketing department about prospective customers.

Using the tariff of mailing costs available from the Post Office, a production cost forecast will be produced to allow the CEO and the Marketing Director to decide whether to continue with the project. If they decide to continue, they will give the approval to launch the internal label design competition. Competition rules will be required to communicate details of the competition to the staff. The chosen label design will then be selected from the competition entries.

The photos for the calendar must be based on existing photo design ideas available from the Marketing department. The selected photos will be chosen from these. Monthly calendar displays will be created to show the required layout of each page.

Product Breakdown Structure (contains errors)

Extract from Stage Plan for stage 3.

(All entries are true statements but may not be shown under the correct heading or in the correct document).

Using the Project Scenario and the Extract from Stage Plan for stage 3 provided as additional intonation for this question in the Scenario Booklet, answer the following 5 questions.

The Stage Plan for stage 3 has been produced.

The Engineering Manager insists that there are to be no interruptions to operations whilst photographs are being taken of the engineering staff performing their everyday duties and operating machinery. Two weeks ago the professional photographer produced the photo session schedule based on the operational staff schedule. The operational staff schedule is produced weekly and maintained by the Engineering Manager.

None of the £500 change budget has been used to date and this is available for the stage.

Which 2 statements apply to the Planning assumptions section?

A.

No change to entry 8 because this cannot be confirmed until all of the label designs entries have been received and an assessment made.

B.

Move entry 8 to External dependencies because the label designs are created outside of the scope of the project.

C.

Delete entry 9 because the photo session schedule should have been approved as part of stage 2.

D.

Move entry 9 to External dependencies because the photo session schedule is created by the professional photographer.

E.

Delete entry 10 because the inclusion of different members from the Engineering team in each photo should be shown in the Product Description for the photos.

Which of the following is not part of the composition of a Plan?

A.

Pre-requites

B.

Assumptions

C.

Quality responsibilities

D.

Product descriptions

Having completed designing the plan, in which order should the next steps take place to produce a plan?

1. Prepare Estimates

2. Define and analyze Products

3. Prepare the schedule

4. Identify activities and dependencies

A.

2, 4, 3, 1

B.

4, 2, 1, 3

C.

4, 3, 2, 1

D.

2, 4, 1, 3

Who is responsible for ensuring that Communication Management Strategy is appropriate and that planned communication activities actually take place?

A.

Project Assurance

B.

Project Manager

C.

Corporate or Programme Management

D.

Project Support

Product based planning focuses on which of the following:

1. Creating product descriptions

2. Identifying activities

3. Creating a Product hierarchy

4. Creating a Product sequence

A.

1, 2, 3

B.

2, 3, 4

C.

1, 3, 4

D.

1, 2, 4

Product Summary

A list of customers will be collated. This will use existing information from the Accounts department about current customers, and existing information from the Marketing department about prospective customers.

Using the tariff of mailing costs available from the Post Office, a production cost forecast will be produced to allow the CEO and the Marketing Director to decide whether to continue with the project. If they decide to continue, they will give the approval to launch the internal label design competition. Competition rules will be required to communicate details of the competition to the staff. The chosen label design will then be selected from the competition entries.

The photos for the calendar must be based on existing photo design ideas available from the Marketing department. The selected photos will be chosen from these. Monthly calendar displays will be created to show the required layout of each page.

Product Breakdown Structure (contains errors)

Extract from Stage Plan for stage 3.

(All entries are true statements but may not be shown under the correct heading or in the correct document).

Using the Product Summary and Product Breakdown Structure provided as additional Information for this question In the Scenario Booklet, answer the following question.

Column 1 is a list of some of the entries in the product breakdown structure. Determine whether each entry in Column 1 has been correctly shown in the product breakdown structure. Select from Column 2 the appropriate statement that correctly describes that entry. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.

Which of the following represents the four key characteristics a good Project board should display?

A.

Authority, Credibility, Commitment, Availability

B.

Authority, Credibility, Delegation, Availability

C.

Authority, Availability, Connections, Delegation

D.

Authority, Credibility, Connections, Delegation

Scenario

Additional Information

Chief Executive Officer (CEO): He started the company 25 years ago and knows his job very well. He injured his leg two years ago which has restricted his visits to the engineering area. As CEO he has an overall perspective of the business strategic requirements and the authority to commit resources as required.

Marketing Director: She has been with the company for three years, following a successful career with a publicity company. She has the ability to represent the needs of the business, particularly as this is a marketing project. She has the authority to commit the annual business marketing budget, from which the project will be funded, as she sees appropriate. She will be responsible for monitoring the expected benefits of the calendar, in particular the improvement of the company's image.

Engineering Manager: He has been responsible for many engineering innovations in the company and is still as keen and energetic as the day he started. VVhilst he will not be part of the project team, his staff will feature in the photos for the promotional calendar.

Central Records: This group of five staff looks after all company records and document control. They now maintain all project files.

Bright Lights: This is the local office supplies company. It supplies all the stationery and office equipment needs of the company and will supply the stationery for this project.

Portraits ltd: This is a professional photographic company with a number of excellent photographers and a history of successful work. This company has been selected to take the photos for the company calendar. It has yet be decided which of the photographers to use.

Which 2 statements explain why the Marketing Director should be appointed as the Executive for this project?

A.

She has been with the company for three years.

B.

She previously had a successful career in publicity.

C.

She is able to represent the business needs of MNO Manufacturing.

D.

She has authority to commit the marketing budget, from which the project will be funded.

E.

She requires more experience working with the engineering industry.