Free PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7) Practice Questions

The correct mapping is Action 1 — E; Action 2 — B; Action 3 — A .

For Action 1 , project support can assist the project manager with administrative and information-management activities, including assembling information from the lessons log and helping compile the lessons report. Accountability for managing lessons remains with the appropriate management roles, but project support provides practical assistance with maintaining and consolidating project records.

For Action 2 , the project manager is responsible for monitoring the current management stage against its agreed targets and tolerances. When the project manager forecasts that stage tolerance will be exceeded, the situation becomes an exception. The project manager must escalate it to the project board through an exception report , because corrective action requiring authority beyond the project manager’s delegated tolerance cannot be decided unilaterally.

For Action 3 , the project executive , leading the project board, is responsible for the project-board decision on the exception plan. The board reviews the proposed recovery approach, including revised targets and tolerances, and determines whether continued delivery remains justified and the plan should be authorized.

PRINCE2 7 reference topics: Progress practice; lessons report; project support; tolerances; exceptions; exception report; exception plan; project board authority. The three actions are shown in Question 33 of the uploaded source.

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The correct mapping is Action 1 — A; Action 2 — E; Action 3 — C .

For Action 1 , the appointment of an additional contractor exceeds the project manager’s delegated authority. Although both options remain within overall stage cost and time tolerances, the project manager cannot authorize a decision that falls outside their defined authority. The matter must therefore be referred to the appropriate project-board authority, with the project executive responsible for leading the decision.

For Action 2 , maintaining project records is part of the project manager’s day-to-day management responsibility. Once a decision has been taken, the project manager should ensure that the issue record is updated with the authorized response and decision so that there is an accurate audit trail.

For Action 3 , the senior supplier represents those providing specialist resources and expertise to create the project’s products. Confirming that appropriate supplier resources can be made available for additional site-clearance work consequently aligns with the supplier interest.

This question illustrates that issue management must operate within the project’s governance and delegation arrangements. Remaining within tolerance does not automatically permit the project manager to take an action specifically outside their delegated authority.

PRINCE2 7 reference topics: Issues practice; delegated authority; issue report; issue register; project executive; project manager; senior supplier.

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The correct mapping is Item 1 — A; Item 2 — B; Item 3 — D .

Item 1 belongs under Quality method. It specifies how the required quality criterion will be verified: specialist equipment will measure whether the panels achieve the applicable energy-output standard. The method identifies the technique used to conduct the quality activity.

Item 2 belongs under Dates. It states when the quality activity is scheduled to occur—week 2 of stage 4—and also relates its timing to another quality activity, the security-system test.

Item 3 belongs under Result. It records the outcome of the completed test, specifically that one panel failed to satisfy the required energy-output standard. This is the actual result of the quality activity rather than its planned method or timing.

The remaining headings perform different functions. Responsibilities identify those accountable for carrying out, reviewing, or approving the quality activity. Records identify or reference the evidence and documentation produced as a consequence of the quality activity.

The quality register therefore provides an operational record of planned and completed quality activities, supporting traceability between what was to be tested, how and when it was tested, who was involved, and what outcome was obtained.

PRINCE2 7 reference topics: Quality practice; quality register; quality methods; quality-control activities; quality results; records and responsibilities.

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The correct mapping is Statement 1 — F; Statement 2 — B; Statement 3 — A .

Statement 1 belongs in the commercial management approach because it concerns the commercial and sourcing arrangements for delivery. The use of an external supplier for most specialist work is a supplier and procurement consideration and therefore needs to be addressed through the project’s commercial management arrangements.

Statement 2 belongs in the benefits management approach because it specifies a measurable target, identifies how achievement will be monitored, and allocates responsibility for reviewing the resulting evidence. Although the target concerns sustainability, the statement is principally about how the target’s achievement will be measured and reviewed. Those arrangements are characteristic of benefits-management planning.

Statement 3 belongs in the business case because the committed funding relates directly to the investment required to undertake the project and therefore forms part of the project’s justification and financial basis.

The distractors serve different purposes. The sustainability management approach addresses how sustainability will be managed throughout the project; the end stage report records stage performance; and the project brief establishes the project’s initial foundation during starting up a project. The question tests the ability to distinguish closely related management products according to the specific information each is designed to control.

PRINCE2 7 reference topics: Business case practice; commercial management approach; benefits management approach; investment justification; management products.

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