PeopleCert PRINCE2 7 Foundation Practice Exam

• A. People
• B. Principles Correct answer
• C. Processes
• D. Practices

'Principles' is correct: the principles are the guiding obligations and good practice for the project. People deals with leading, managing and working together, processes describe the project lifecycle, and practices address aspects of management needed continually.

• A. principles
• B. people
• C. processes Correct answer
• D. practices

'Processes' is correct: the processes element describes the project lifecycle, from starting up a project to closing it. Principles are guiding obligations, people covers leading and working together, and practices address aspects needed throughout the project.

• A. Designing, building, testing and releasing the products
• B. Planning, delegating, monitoring and controlling the work Correct answer
• C. Budgeting, hiring, training and appraising the staff
• D. Operating, maintaining, supporting and retiring the outcome

Project management covers planning, delegating, monitoring and controlling the work. Designing, building and testing products is specialist work, staff budgeting and appraisal is general line management, and operating and retiring the outcome is operational management after the project.

• A. Hybrid
• B. Iterative-incremental
• C. Linear-sequential Correct answer
• D. Agile

Linear-sequential delivery completes each step of the work before the next one starts. Iterative-incremental delivery repeats cycles and releases in pieces, hybrid combines both, and agile is a family of iterative-incremental ways of working.

• A. A plan that is approved before each stage
• B. A budget that is fixed at project initiation
• C. A justification that is documented and remains valid Correct answer
• D. A product description for each deliverable

A justification that is documented and remains valid is correct because the principle requires a documented business justification that is kept valid for the whole project. A fixed budget, a plan approved before each stage and product descriptions support control and planning, but they do not express this principle.

• A. 1 and 4 Correct answer
• B. 3 and 4
• C. 2 and 3
• D. 1 and 2

Statements 1 and 4 are true: the justification is documented and approved, and the project is stopped if it is no longer valid. Statement 2 is false because the justification is reviewed and kept valid, not fixed at initiation. Statement 3 is false because the project board, not the project manager, is accountable for the justification.

• A. audited
• B. acted on Correct answer
• C. approved
• D. archived

Acted on is correct because Learn from experience requires lessons to be sought, recorded and acted on. Lessons that are only audited, approved or archived bring no benefit to the project.

• A. The project board
• B. Everyone involved in the project Correct answer
• C. The project manager
• D. Project support

Everyone involved in the project is correct because seeking lessons is not limited to one role. The project manager, the project board and project support all take part, and everyone is expected to seek lessons and act on them.

• A. Culture Correct answer
• B. Escalation
• C. Tailoring
• D. Governance

Culture is correct because it describes the shared values, beliefs and behaviours of an organization. Escalation is passing an issue to a higher level, tailoring is adapting the method and governance is the framework of authority and accountability.

• A. Collaboration Correct answer
• B. Baselining
• C. Delegation
• D. Assurance

Collaboration is correct because it means working with others towards a shared objective while sharing information and responsibility. Baselining fixes an agreed version of a product, delegation passes authority down and assurance is independent checking.

• A. 3 and 4
• B. 1 and 2
• C. 2 and 4
• D. 1 and 3 Correct answer

Statements 1 and 3 are true: leadership involves setting a direction and inspiring others to follow it, and anyone on the project can show it. Statement 2 is false because controlling work against a plan is management. Statement 4 is false because leadership is not a duty held by one role such as the executive.

• A. Customers who will buy the outcome
• B. Staff who will support the product after handover
• C. Members of the project management team Correct answer
• D. Users who will operate the final product

Members of the project management team is correct because they work within the project to direct, manage and deliver it. Customers, users and operational support staff are stakeholders who are affected by the project rather than working inside it.

• A. To report on the project's performance at closure
• B. To record the work of a single management stage in detail
• C. To provide a basis for the decision to initiate the project
• D. To define the project and form the basis for its management Correct answer

"To define the project and form the basis for its management" is correct because the project initiation documentation (PID) defines the project and gives the basis for managing it and assessing its overall success. Deciding whether to initiate belongs to the project brief and the authorize initiation decision, a single stage is recorded in a stage plan, and closure performance goes in the end project report.

• A. How and when product quality will be checked
• B. How and when changes to baselines will be approved
• C. How and when benefits achievement will be measured Correct answer
• D. How and when progress will be reported to the project board

"How and when benefits achievement will be measured" is correct because the benefits management approach defines how and when achievement of the benefits will be measured. Checking product quality is covered by the quality management approach, approving baseline changes by the change control approach, and progress reporting by the communication management approach.

• A. 1 and 2
• B. 2 and 3
• C. 3 and 4
• D. 1 and 4 Correct answer

"1 and 4" is correct. Statement 1 is true: an outcome is the result of the change derived from using the outputs. Statement 4 is true: a benefit is the measurable improvement resulting from an outcome. Statement 2 is false because it gives the definition of a benefit to an output, and statement 3 is false because a specialist product the project delivers is an output, not an outcome.

• A. Managing
• B. Corporate, programme management or the customer
• C. Delivering
• D. Directing Correct answer

"Directing" is correct because the project board works at the directing level, setting direction and making key decisions. "Managing" is the project manager's level and "Delivering" is the team's level. "Corporate, programme management or the customer" is the level above the project that provides the project mandate.

• A. Ensure the prerequisites for initiating a project are in place Correct answer
• B. Establish solid foundations for the project
• C. Provide the information needed to review the stage just completed
• D. Provide a fixed point to confirm acceptance of the project product

The purpose of starting up a project is to ensure the prerequisites for initiating a project are in place. 'Establish solid foundations for the project' is the purpose of initiating a project, 'Provide the information needed to review the stage just completed' belongs to managing a stage boundary, and 'Provide a fixed point to confirm acceptance of the project product' belongs to closing a project.

• A. funded and approved
• B. scoped and estimated
• C. planned and controlled
• D. viable and worthwhile Correct answer

Starting up a project answers the question 'do we have a viable and worthwhile project?' Funding and approval come later through the project board, while scoping, planning and control are the concern of initiating a project and the stages that follow.

• A. Controlling a stage
• B. Managing a stage boundary
• C. Initiating a project
• D. Directing a project Correct answer

Directing a project enables the project board to be accountable for the project's success by making key decisions and exercising overall control, while delegating day-to-day management to the project manager. Controlling a stage and managing a stage boundary are project manager processes, and initiating a project builds the foundations.

• A. 1 and 3 Correct answer
• B. 1 and 2
• C. 3 and 4
• D. 2 and 4

Statements 1 and 3 are true: directing a project is how the project board is accountable for the project's success, and it includes authorizing project closure. Statement 2 is false because day-to-day management of each stage is done by the project manager in controlling a stage. Statement 4 is false because the project plan is created in initiating a project.