PRINCE2 Practitioner Sample Questions

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The following sample exam questions are designed to provide an indication of the question types for the PRINCE2 7 Practitioner exam.

The PRINCE2 Practitioner exam is a 2.5-hour exam, with two question styles:

• Multiple choice
• Matching questions

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1. At the end of stage 3, it was discovered that our estimates were incorrect, as we did not engage experienced technicians during our planning. Experience technicians will be consulted whilst planning future stages. 
Which principle is being applied, and why?

 

1. ‘Ensure continued business justification’, because the project should have not started
2. ‘Ensure continued business justification’, because a benefits management approach should have been updated at the end of the stage
3. ‘Learn from experience’, because technicians should always be involved in planning a project
4. ‘Learn from experience’, because the project should continue to learn from its experiences.

2. During the managing a stage boundary process the project manager has chosen to create a checkpoint report to advise the project board of stage performance. Is this a correct action?

1. Yes, as checkpoint reports provide the status of a work package
2. Yes, because checkpoint reports are produced on a time-driven basis
3. No, as a stage plan for the next stage is produced at this point in the project
4. No, as an end stage report is used together with the next stage plan to give the project board sufficient information on project progress to date and decide what action to take next with the project

Here are three statements that may be found in a PRINCE2 management product.

In which document (A-D) would each statement be recorded?

Choose only one document for each statement. Each document can be used once, more than once, or not at all.

	Column 1	Column 2
3.	The implementation of the project’s product will increase the organization’s ongoing operational costs	Business Case Risk Register Stage Plan Highlight Report
4.	Stage costs are projected to increase by 3 per cent however this stage is projected to be completed within cost tolerances
5.	The designs identified a major requirements problem, this issue has now been resolved
6.	The requirements must remain unchanged for this stage to succeed