Dumps of PRINCE2-Practitioner Cover all the requirements of the Real Exam [Q146-Q166]

QUESTION 146
This question provides a number of changes which may or may not be required to the Extract from the Communication Management Strategy provided in the additional information.
What statement applies to the Records section?

QUESTION 147
Which product should show that without the calendar the company is going to experience difficulties recovering its decline in orders, and alternative solutions are required if the company is going to recover its position?

QUESTION 148
Which of the following reports does not contain any information on risk?

QUESTION 149
Scenario
Additional Information
Extract from the Communication Management Strategy.
The project information in the table below is true, but it may not be recorded under the correct heading or be in the correct document.

Using the Project Scenario, select the appropriate response to each of the following 5 questions which have been raised by the Project Board.
The project is now at the end of the initiation stage. Having decided that the Calendar project is a relatively simple project, the Project Manager combined the Starting Up a Project process and the Initiating a Project process. No Project Brief has been produced. Instead the Project Manager used the project mandate to produce a simple Project Initiation Documentation (PlO). The PlO includes the Business Case, a product checklist and several Product Descriptions, Including the Project Product Description. Short sections are also included for each of the strategies and the controls to be applied. The Project Manager has elected to use the Daily Log to record all risks, issues, lessons and quality – results.
After the initiation stage there will be two further stages during which a small number of Work Packages will be authorized. While these are being managed, the Project Manager will hold regular checkpoints, which will support the production of weekly Highlight Reports to the Project Board.
This question provides a number of changes which may or may not be required to the Extract from the Communication Management Strategy provided in the additional information.
Which statement applies to the Stakeholder analysis: Interested parties section?

QUESTION 150
Which 2 statements apply to the Customer’s quality expectations section?

QUESTION 151
Who is responsible for reviewing the risk management practices to ensure they are in line with the project’s risk management strategy?

QUESTION 152
Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Reasons heading?

QUESTION 153
Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Expected dis-benefits heading?

QUESTION 154
Project Scenario – 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.
The delivery of the pilot courses has been split into two separate products: ‘planned pilot courses’ and
‘delivered pilot courses’. ‘Planned pilot courses’ will be produced during stage 3, and the ‘delivered pilot courses’ will take place during stage 4. This will allow the project board to approve the plan for the pilot courses before the resources are committed to delivering the pilot courses.
Why is this an appropriate application of the plans theme to control the project?

QUESTION 155
Additional Information Product Description

Quality notes from the Daily Log
The Director of Information Technology Division (DIT) has been asked to ensure that any changes to the outsourced staff employment contracts adhere to employment law. The DIT will review future job descriptions of the transferred staff before the final contract is signed with the selected service provider.
The service level agreement between MFH and the selected service provider will specify the type and quality of service required. The selected service provider must follow the industry standards for providing outsourced services.
MFH has a quality management system which contains a document control procedure for all its documentation, however this does not include change management.
All project documents will be subject to a quality review. Nominated products will require a
formal approval record signed-off by the quality review chair.
Extract from the draft Quality Management Strategy (may contain errors)
Introduction
1.This document defines the approach to be taken to achieve the required quality levels during the project.
2.The Project Board will have overall responsibility for the Quality Management Strategy.
3.Project Assurance will provide assurance on the implementation of the Quality Management Strategy.
Quality management procedure – Quality standards
4.The selected service provider will operate to industry standards for providing outsourced services.
5.MFH document standards will be used.
Records
6.A Quality Register will be maintained to record the planned quality events and the actual results from the quality activities.
7.Configuration Item Records will be maintained for each product to describe its status, version and variant.
8.Approval records for products that require them will be stored in the quality database. Roles and responsibilities
9.The DIT will check that the employment contracts for outsourced staff adhere to employment law.
10.
Team Managers will provide details of quality checks that have been carried out.
11.
Team Managers will ensure that the Quality Register is updated with the names of team members who are involved in the review process.
12.
The Senior User will review the Product Descriptions of the products to be produced by the selected service provider to ensure that they can be achieved.
The service level agreement contains a number of technical terms that are missing from its glossary of terms.

QUESTION 156
While preparing the Quality Management Strategy, the Project Manager noticed that the corporate quality management system does not specifically cover project management.
Which option provides an appropriate way for the Project Manager proceed?

QUESTION 157
Which of the following activities could trigger the production of an exception plan?

QUESTION 158
According to PRINCE2, which statement about appointing the MFH Quality Manager to administer the
configuration management procedure is correct?

QUESTION 159
Towards the end of stage 2, the stage 3 plan is being prepared. This includes the work required to promote the
new courses to other training companies. In addition to the current ways of marketing the courses, the Sales
Director wants to advertise in trade magazines. The likely costs involved and the opportunities it may bring
have been identified.
As part of the ‘update the project plan’ activity, what should the project manager be responsible for?

QUESTION 160
MANAGING A STAGE BOUNDARY
The ABC Company trainers have been accredited and the course booking procedures have been amended.
The ‘managing a stage boundary’ process is taking place at the end of stage 3.
Which activity should occur during the ‘update the business case’ activity?

QUESTION 161
ABC has experience of delivering training projects that respond to new legislation. Previous projects have had to change the acceptance criteria, due to further updates being made to legislation during the project.
What action should be taken to address this, and why?

QUESTION 162
During the ‘create the project plan’ activity as part of the initiation stage, the project manager identifies several threats to the project timescales. These threats relate to stage 3 products. Therefore, the project manager decides to wait until the end of stage 2 to assess the risks to the project plan.
Is this an appropriate application of the plans theme, and why?

QUESTION 163
The project is at the start of stage 3, and there will be six teams working on product delivery. In order to exercise control, the project manager has asked each team to submit a detailed team plan for approval. The external team manager for the ‘e-learning course’ has agreed to submit a summary to the project manager, but will submit the detailed team plan to the senior supplier to review and approve.
Is the team manager’s response appropriate, and why?

QUESTION 164
When updating the project plan as part of Managing a stage boundary, what else might be updated?

QUESTION 165
Which of the following roles cannot be combined?

QUESTION 166
The executive has set the following tolerances for stage 2:
Time (+/- 1 week)
Cost (+/- £20,000)
Scope (using MoSCoW prioritization technique)
Risk (based on the risk appetite defined in the risk management approach) These tolerances have been recorded in the stage plan. The project manager will report progress regularly via highlight reports to the project board and use exception reports to raise exceptions. In addition, the project assurance role will monitor the stage to provide confidence to the project board that exceptions are being reported.
How well does this apply the ‘manage by exception’ principle, and why?