Free PRINCE2 Foundation Practice Exam (2026)

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Question 1Practices⚑ Flag

When preparing the business case for a new payroll system, the project team at Hartwell Mills compares several options. Which option should ALWAYS be included as a baseline for comparison?

ADo nothing BBuy the cheapest system COutsource payroll DBuild in-house

Correct answer: A. Do nothing
The business case should consider a do-nothing option, which acts as a baseline for comparing the costs and benefits of the others. The cheapest option is not automatically the best, because benefits and risks also matter.

Question 2Processes⚑ Flag

A project mandate has just been received at Thornbury Water. What is the FIRST activity in starting up a project?

ADesign the project management team BPlan the initiation stage CAppoint the executive and the project manager DPrepare the outline business case for the board

Correct answer: C. Appoint the executive and the project manager
Starting up begins by appointing the executive and the project manager, because someone must be accountable and someone must do the start-up work. The outline business case and the initiation stage plan are prepared later in the process.

Question 3Principles & People⚑ Flag

Two stages into a new product line, Quarry Cosmetics learns that a competitor has launched a cheaper version, and the expected benefits are no longer achievable. Under PRINCE2, what should happen?

AFinish the current stage and start a new project for the rest BRemove the benefits from the business case and keep going CContinue to the end, since the investment has already been made DRedirect or stop it, as it is no longer justified

Correct answer: D. Redirect or stop it, as it is no longer justified
Ensure continued business justification means a project that can no longer be justified should be changed or stopped. Money already spent is not a reason to continue, which is the trap in the first option.

Question 4Practices⚑ Flag

On a new ward booking system at a hospital, who is responsible for specifying the expected benefits and making sure they are realized once the system is in use?

AThe project manager BProject support CThe senior supplier DThe senior user

Correct answer: D. The senior user
The senior user specifies the benefits and is accountable for showing they are realized through use of the products. The project manager delivers the products but has no authority over how users work after handover.

Question 5Practices⚑ Flag

A project's business case lists 'better team spirit' as its main benefit. What is the BEST improvement?

ARemove it, because only financial savings can count as benefits BDefine how it will be measured, such as staff survey scores CMove it to the risk register as an opportunity DRecord it as an output of the project

Correct answer: B. Define how it will be measured, such as staff survey scores
A benefit should be measurable so that its realization can be shown, for example through survey scores or staff turnover. Benefits do not have to be financial, so removing it would be wrong.

Question 6Processes⚑ Flag

Near the end of starting up a project, the project manager prepares a plan covering the work, time and cost needed to produce the project initiation documentation. What is this plan?

AThe project plan BThe initiation stage plan CA team plan DAn exception plan

Correct answer: B. The initiation stage plan
The initiation stage plan is created at the end of starting up a project so the board can authorize the initiation stage. The project plan is created later, during initiating a project.

Question 7Practices⚑ Flag

An executive wants to know where the allowed shortfall in expected benefits is recorded. Where should benefits tolerance be documented?

AIn the quality register BIn the checkpoint report CIn the team plan DIn the business case

Correct answer: D. In the business case
Benefits tolerance is set out in the business case, alongside the expected benefits it applies to. The quality register only tracks quality activities and does not hold tolerances.

Question 8Principles & People⚑ Flag

The project manager of a hospital refurbishment plans to collect lessons only at the final closure meeting. What is the BEST advice?

ALessons are the senior user's job, not the project manager's BThis is correct, because lessons belong in the end project report CLessons should be sought and acted on throughout the project DLessons should be collected only by project assurance

Correct answer: C. Lessons should be sought and acted on throughout the project
Learn from experience applies at the start, during and at the end of a project, so lessons can improve the work while it is under way. Waiting until closure only helps future projects.

Question 9Processes⚑ Flag

During starting up a project at Greyfield Pharma, the team decides whether the solution will be built in-house, bought, or delivered in short iterations. What is the team doing?

AEvaluating the project before it closes down BChoosing how the project will be delivered CAuthorizing the first work package for a team DUpdating the business case at a stage boundary

Correct answer: B. Choosing how the project will be delivered
Starting up a project includes deciding the overall approach to delivering the solution, such as building, buying or working iteratively, and this feeds the project brief. Updating the business case at a stage boundary happens later, in managing a stage boundary.

Question 10Practices⚑ Flag

A new hospital IT system will be used by nurses, doctors and pharmacists, and each group wants a voice on the project board. What is the BEST approach?

AAdd each group's lead to project support BAppoint one executive from each group CAllow the senior user role to be shared by representatives DLet the project manager speak on behalf of all three user groups

Correct answer: C. Allow the senior user role to be shared by representatives
The senior user role can be held by more than one person, so several user groups can be represented. The executive role cannot be shared, so appointing one from each group would break that rule.

Question 11Practices⚑ Flag

In PRINCE2, at which level of the project management structure does the project manager work?

AManaging BDelivering CCommissioning DDirecting

Correct answer: A. Managing
PRINCE2 separates directing (the project board), managing (the project manager) and delivering (team managers and teams), with the business layer above the project. The project manager runs the project day to day on behalf of the board.

Question 12Processes⚑ Flag

The project board at Linden Bank has approved the project initiation documentation. Which directing a project activity has taken place?

AAuthorize initiation BAuthorize the project CGive ad hoc direction DAuthorize project closure

Correct answer: B. Authorize the project
Authorizing the project happens when the board approves the project initiation documentation and commits to the project. Authorizing initiation happened earlier, based on the project brief.

Question 13Principles & People⚑ Flag

A five-year rail upgrade has a high-level project plan. The project manager says the next six months can be planned in detail but later years cannot. Which statement BEST reflects PRINCE2?

AStages should reflect how far ahead detail can be planned BThe project should have only one management stage to keep control simple CDetailed planning should be left to the team managers alone DEvery task for all five years must be planned in detail now

Correct answer: A. Stages should reflect how far ahead detail can be planned
Manage by stages lets the project plan in detail only as far ahead as is sensible, with a high-level project plan for the rest. A PRINCE2 project needs at least two management stages, the initiation stage and one more, so a single stage is not allowed.

Question 14Practices⚑ Flag

A small project at Kirkwood Council has a tight budget. The executive suggests also acting as project manager. Is this acceptable?

ANo, the executive must also be the senior user BYes, provided the project lasts less than six months in total CNo, the executive and project manager roles must be kept apart DYes, as long as the project assurance role is dropped to save money

Correct answer: C. No, the executive and project manager roles must be kept apart
The executive and project manager roles cannot be combined, because the board must be able to hold the project manager to account. Other roles can be combined on small projects, such as executive and senior user.

Question 15Practices⚑ Flag

An outside engineering firm will build part of a bridge project using its own staff under the project manager's direction. Which role should the firm's site lead MOST likely take?

AProject manager BExecutive CProject assurance DTeam manager

Correct answer: D. Team manager
A team manager is responsible for delivering the products set out in a work package and can come from a supplier organization. The project manager role stays with the person managing the whole project for the board.

Question 16Processes⚑ Flag

At the end of stage 2, the board reviews the end stage report and the stage plan for stage 3. What does the board decide in directing a project?

AWhether to authorize initiation BWhether to accept a work package CWhether to take corrective action DWhether to authorize the next stage

Correct answer: D. Whether to authorize the next stage
At each stage boundary the board decides whether to authorize the next stage, based on the end stage report, the next stage plan and the updated business case. Accepting a work package is done by a team manager.

Question 17Practices⚑ Flag

Who normally sets the overall tolerances for a project, such as limits on total cost and end date?

AThe business layer that commissioned the project BProject assurance, during the initiation stage CThe project manager, when writing the project plan DThe team managers, through their checkpoint reports

Correct answer: A. The business layer that commissioned the project
Project tolerances are set by the business layer that commissions the project, and the board manages within them. The project manager proposes plans but does not set the project's overall limits.

Question 18Principles & People⚑ Flag

Strand Systems is an outside supplier building a payroll system for a retailer under a fixed-price contract. Strand's directors want to check the work is profitable for them. How does PRINCE2 view this?

AStrand's profit should be added to the retailer's project business case BStrand may keep its own business case, separate from the customer's CSuppliers have no need to justify their part of the work DStrand's director should become the project executive

Correct answer: B. Strand may keep its own business case, separate from the customer's
In a customer and supplier relationship, the project business case covers the customer's justification. The supplier normally has its own business case for taking part, which it manages separately. Adding the supplier's profit to the customer's business case mixes the two.

Question 19Processes⚑ Flag

The project manager at Elmwood Retail recommends that the project closes after all products are handed over. Who confirms closure and notifies the wider organization?

AThe team managers BProject support CThe project manager DThe project board

Correct answer: D. The project board
The project board authorizes project closure in directing a project and notifies the commissioning organization that the project has closed. The project manager recommends closure but does not authorize it.

Question 20Practices⚑ Flag

Before a stage starts, the project manager at Orchard Mills wants the purpose, composition and quality criteria of each major deliverable agreed with the people who will use it. What should be written?

AA checkpoint report for each team BA risk register entry for each deliverable CA product description for each deliverable DA detailed Gantt chart for the stage

Correct answer: C. A product description for each deliverable
A product description sets out a product's purpose, composition, quality criteria and who will approve it, and should be agreed before work starts. A Gantt chart shows timing of activities, not what each product must contain.

Question 21Practices⚑ Flag

Which plan forms the basis for the project manager's day-to-day control of the current management stage?

AThe stage plan BThe project plan CThe benefits management approach DThe project brief

Correct answer: A. The stage plan
A stage plan is produced for each management stage and gives the detail the project manager needs to control that stage day to day. The project plan is too high level for daily control.

Question 22Processes⚑ Flag

In initiating a project, the outline business case from starting up is turned into a more detailed version. What new information MOST supports this?

AThe highlight reports from the final stage BThe end project report from a similar project run last year CEstimates of time and cost from the project plan DThe checkpoint reports from team managers

Correct answer: C. Estimates of time and cost from the project plan
The detailed business case is refined in initiating a project using the time and cost estimates from the newly created project plan. Checkpoint and highlight reports come later, once delivery is under way.

Question 23Principles & People⚑ Flag

Where should the decisions about how PRINCE2 is tailored for a project be documented?

AIn the project initiation documentation BIn each team manager's checkpoint report CIn the lessons report at project closure DIn the issue register as a formal issue

Correct answer: A. In the project initiation documentation
How PRINCE2 is tailored is recorded in the project initiation documentation, so everyone knows how the method will be applied. The lessons report may later comment on how well tailoring worked, but it is not where the decisions are set.

Question 24Practices⚑ Flag

A new booking website depends on a payment gateway that another company will supply under a separate contract. How should the gateway be shown in the product breakdown structure?

ALeft out, because it is outside the project's scope BAs an external product the project depends on CAs a work package for the project's own team DAs a risk only, not as a product

Correct answer: B. As an external product the project depends on
External products are products the project needs but does not create, and they are shown in the product breakdown structure so the dependency is visible. Leaving them out hides a dependency that could delay the project.

Question 25Practices⚑ Flag

A planner has defined the products and identified the activities and dependencies for a stage. What is the NEXT planning step?

APrepare estimates for the activities BWrite the project product description CDocument the plan and seek approval DCreate the product breakdown structure

Correct answer: A. Prepare estimates for the activities
Once activities and dependencies are known, the planner estimates the effort and resources needed, then prepares the schedule. Documenting the plan comes after scheduling, and the product breakdown structure was already part of defining products.

Question 26Processes⚑ Flag

During initiation at Marsh Electric, the project manager decides how often highlight reports will be produced and what tolerances apply at each level. Which activity is this?

AReview the stage status BDeliver a work package CSet up the project controls DPlan the next stage

Correct answer: C. Set up the project controls
Setting up the project controls defines how the board and project manager will monitor and control the project, such as reporting frequency and tolerances. Reviewing the stage status is part of controlling a stage during delivery.

Question 27Practices⚑ Flag

A product description for a call center script says calls should take 4 minutes, plus or minus 30 seconds. What does the plus or minus 30 seconds represent?

AA risk threshold BA quality tolerance CA time tolerance for the stage DAn acceptance method

Correct answer: B. A quality tolerance
A quality tolerance is the allowed range for a quality criterion, recorded in the product description. It is about the product's characteristics, not about how long the stage may take.

Question 28Principles & People⚑ Flag

Why do projects usually need more active risk management than business as usual activities?

AProjects have no fixed budget or end date BProjects are run by people outside the organization CProjects are always larger than business as usual work DProjects bring change, which creates more uncertainty

Correct answer: D. Projects bring change, which creates more uncertainty
Projects introduce change, and change brings uncertainty, so threats and opportunities must be actively managed. Projects are not always larger than routine work, and they do have a defined end.

Question 29Processes⚑ Flag

In initiating a project, why are the management approaches, such as risk, quality and change control, agreed before the project plan is finished?

ABecause they affect the work, time and cost the plan must include BBecause the project board is not allowed to read the plan until they exist CBecause they replace the need for product descriptions DBecause they are written by team managers in each stage

Correct answer: A. Because they affect the work, time and cost the plan must include
The management approaches define activities such as quality checks, risk reviews and change control, which add work and cost that the project plan must include. They do not replace product descriptions, which define the products themselves.

Question 30Practices⚑ Flag

Engineers at a car parts maker inspect a finished gearbox against the quality criteria in its product description and record the result. This is an example of what?

AQuality planning BQuality control CQuality assurance DProject assurance

Correct answer: B. Quality control
Quality control is carrying out the planned quality methods, such as inspections and tests, and recording the results. Quality planning defines what checks will be done but does not perform them.

Question 31Practices⚑ Flag

A customer and its supplier each have their own quality management systems with different standards. How should the project deal with this?

AState in the quality management approach which standards apply BUse the customer's standards for some products and decide the rest later CAvoid quality standards to prevent arguments between the two DUse the supplier's standards, because the supplier builds the products

Correct answer: A. State in the quality management approach which standards apply
The quality management approach should make clear which quality standards and procedures apply where the customer and supplier systems differ. Simply choosing the supplier's standards ignores what the customer needs in order to accept the products.

Question 32Processes⚑ Flag

A team manager tells the project manager that a work package is complete and its products approved. Which controlling a stage activity follows?

AAuthorize the project's initiation BAccept a new work package for delivery CHand over products to operations DReceive completed work packages

Correct answer: D. Receive completed work packages
Receiving completed work packages lets the project manager confirm the work is done and approved, then update the stage plan. Accepting a work package is the team manager's activity at the start of the work in managing product delivery.

Question 33Principles & People⚑ Flag

Which of the following is one of the six aspects of project performance that PRINCE2 manages?

ABenefits BStakeholders CResources DCommunication

Correct answer: A. Benefits
The six aspects are time, cost, quality, scope, benefits and risk. Resources are used to meet these targets but are not one of the aspects themselves.

Question 34Practices⚑ Flag

At the end of a project to deliver new ticket machines, who should confirm that the project product meets its acceptance criteria?

AProject support, after checking the registers BThe senior supplier, because its teams delivered the machines CThe users or those named as responsible for acceptance DThe team managers who built the ticket machines

Correct answer: C. The users or those named as responsible for acceptance
Acceptance is confirmed by the people with acceptance responsibility, usually the users or their representatives, against the acceptance criteria in the project product description. The supplier delivers the product but cannot accept it on the customer's behalf.

Question 35Practices⚑ Flag

Which risk description is written in the BEST way?

ABecause the vendor is short of staff, delivery may slip, which would delay launch BThere is a chance that the project could face various problems with its main vendor CVendor staff shortages are a serious issue for every part of the project DLate delivery from the vendor is a big concern for the whole project team

Correct answer: A. Because the vendor is short of staff, delivery may slip, which would delay launch
A clear risk description states the cause, the uncertain event and its effect, so responses can target the right part. A statement of a known fact, such as a staff shortage, is a cause or an issue, not a full risk description.

Question 36Processes⚑ Flag

In which process does the project manager spend most of each delivery stage, assigning work, monitoring progress and dealing with issues?

AManaging product delivery BClosing a project CDirecting a project DControlling a stage

Correct answer: D. Controlling a stage
Controlling a stage covers the project manager's day-to-day management of a stage. Managing product delivery is where team managers carry out the work, not where the project manager directs it.

Question 37Practices⚑ Flag

A project team at a chemical plant decides to use a different, proven process so that a risky new technique is no longer needed. Which response is this?

AAccept BAvoid CReduce DShare

Correct answer: B. Avoid
Avoid changes the plan so the threat can no longer affect the project. Reduce would lower the probability or impact but still leave the threat in place.

Question 38Principles & People⚑ Flag

Which integrated element of PRINCE2 7 focuses on leadership, team building, culture and communication?

AProject context BPrinciples CPeople DPractices

Correct answer: C. People
The people element covers how individuals and teams are led and how they work together and communicate. Project context is about the environment the project runs in and drives tailoring, rather than leadership.

Question 39Processes⚑ Flag

What is the MAIN purpose of managing product delivery?

ATo prepare the project for formal closure BTo control the link between the project manager and teams CTo let the project board check and approve each specialist product DTo plan the next management stage in detail

Correct answer: B. To control the link between the project manager and teams
Managing product delivery controls the link between the project manager and team managers, with agreed requirements for accepting, doing and delivering work. The board does not approve each specialist product, which would undermine manage by exception.

Question 40Practices⚑ Flag

Two risks have the same probability and impact. One could occur next week, the other in nine months. Which risk attribute explains why the first needs attention sooner?

AAppetite BOwnership CTolerance DProximity

Correct answer: D. Proximity
Proximity describes when a risk might occur, which affects how urgently it should be addressed. Risk tolerance is a threshold for escalation, not a measure of timing.

Question 41Practices⚑ Flag

A school project learns that booking a builder early might earn a discount. The team takes steps to make the discount more likely and larger, though it is still not certain. Which response is this?

AExploit BEnhance CTransfer DReject

Correct answer: B. Enhance
Enhance takes action to increase the probability or the impact of an opportunity. Exploit would make the opportunity certain, which is not the case here.

Question 42Processes⚑ Flag

During execute a work package at Calder Systems, what should the team manager make sure happens to each product?

AIt is added to the business case as a new benefit BIt is reviewed by the business layer before testing CIt passes its planned quality checks and gets approval DIt is handed over directly to the end users for live use

Correct answer: C. It passes its planned quality checks and gets approval
While executing a work package, the team builds the products, carries out the planned quality checks and obtains approval from the named approvers. Handing products to end users for live use is done in closing a project or as planned, not by the team on its own.

Question 43Principles & People⚑ Flag

Stakeholders on a new airport terminal project range from airline executives to local residents. The project manager wants to define how and how often each group will be informed. Which product BEST supports this?

AThe communication management approach BThe quality management approach CThe highlight report DThe project product description for the terminal

Correct answer: A. The communication management approach
The communication management approach describes how and how often information will be shared with stakeholders inside and outside the project. Highlight reports go only to the board, so they do not cover communication with residents.

Question 44Practices⚑ Flag

A threat to a marketing project has a low probability and a small impact, and any response would cost more than the impact itself. Which response is MOST appropriate?

AAvoid BTransfer CEnhance DAccept

Correct answer: D. Accept
Accept is a conscious decision to take the chance of the threat occurring, often because responses would cost more than the risk. The risk should still be recorded and monitored. Enhance applies to opportunities, not threats.

Question 45Practices⚑ Flag

A key developer will be on medical leave for three weeks, which will affect the schedule. The work is not changing and no product is failing its specification. What type of issue is this?

AProblem or concern BOpportunity CRequest for change DOff-specification

Correct answer: A. Problem or concern
A problem or concern is any issue that is not a request for change or an off-specification, and it must be resolved or escalated. It is not an off-specification because no product is failing to meet its requirements.

Question 46Processes⚑ Flag

Managing a stage boundary is normally used near the end of each stage. What else can cause the project manager to start this process partway through a stage?

AA new entry being added to the lessons log BA highlight report being due for the board CA request from the board to produce an exception plan DA checkpoint report showing that a team's work package is running late

Correct answer: C. A request from the board to produce an exception plan
Besides the normal end of a stage, managing a stage boundary is used when the board asks for an exception plan after reviewing an exception report. A late work package that stays within tolerance is handled in controlling a stage, not by starting a stage boundary.

Question 47Practices⚑ Flag

During initiation, the project manager at Bayview Transport defines how issues will be captured and assessed, who can approve changes, and how changes will be funded. Which product is being created?

AThe issue register BThe risk management approach CThe issue report DThe change control approach

Correct answer: D. The change control approach
The change control approach sets out how issues and changes will be identified, assessed and controlled, including who can approve them. The issue register is where individual issues are logged, not where the procedure is defined.

Question 48Principles & People⚑ Flag

Before writing any communication plans, the project manager of a city transport project wants to understand who will be affected and how much influence each group has. What should be done FIRST?

ASchedule weekly meetings with the project board BAgree the acceptance criteria with users CSend a project newsletter to every resident in the city DIdentify stakeholders and analyze their interests

Correct answer: D. Identify stakeholders and analyze their interests
Stakeholder engagement starts by identifying who is affected and analyzing their interests and influence. Only then can suitable communication be planned. Sending a newsletter first assumes everyone needs the same message.

Question 49Processes⚑ Flag

The final stage of a project is nearly complete. What does the project manager do instead of managing a stage boundary?

AStart initiating a project again BMove into closing a project CRaise an exception report DWait for a new project mandate

Correct answer: B. Move into closing a project
Managing a stage boundary is not used at the end of the final stage; instead the project manager moves into closing a project. Raising an exception report is only needed when tolerances are forecast to be exceeded.

Question 50Practices⚑ Flag

An issue needs formal handling, and the board wants a document describing it, its impact analysis and the options considered. What should the project manager produce?

AA lessons report BA checkpoint report CAn issue report DA highlight report

Correct answer: C. An issue report
An issue report describes a formally handled issue, including its impact and recommended options, for the decision maker. A highlight report gives a regular stage summary and is not focused on one issue.

Question 51Practices⚑ Flag

A new website is delivered with a minor color mismatch on one page. The board decides to accept the page as it is without fixing it. What is this decision called?

AA request for change BA risk response CA tolerance breach DA concession

Correct answer: D. A concession
A concession is when an off-specification is accepted without corrective action. A request for change would alter the specification itself, rather than accept the product as delivered.

Question 52Processes⚑ Flag

As a project nears its planned end, the project manager at Fulton Grain checks that all planned products have been delivered and updates the project plan with final actuals. Which closing activity is this?

AEvaluate the project BGive ad hoc direction CPrepare planned closure DPrepare premature closure

Correct answer: C. Prepare planned closure
Prepare planned closure confirms that the planned products are complete and updates the project plan with actuals before resources are released. Premature closure applies only when the board directs the project to stop early.

Question 53Principles & People⚑ Flag

Team members on a merger integration project come from two former companies with very different working styles, and meetings often end in conflict. What should the project manager do FIRST?

AReplace the team members from the smaller company BAgree shared ways of working and clear team goals CAsk the project board to resolve each conflict DLet each group follow its own methods separately

Correct answer: B. Agree shared ways of working and clear team goals
Building an effective team means creating shared goals and agreed ways of working, especially when people come from different cultures. Pushing each conflict to the board goes against manage by exception and does not fix the cause.

Question 54Practices⚑ Flag

Which of these PRINCE2 controls is event-driven rather than time-driven?

AThe highlight report BThe checkpoint report CThe end stage report DA fortnightly team update

Correct answer: C. The end stage report
Event-driven controls happen when something specific occurs, such as the end of a stage. Highlight and checkpoint reports are time-driven because they are produced at set intervals.

Question 55Practices⚑ Flag

A stage is planned to end on 10 May, with a time tolerance of plus three weeks and minus one week. What is the latest end date the project manager can accept without escalating?

A31 May B3 May C24 May D7 June

Correct answer: A. 31 May
Plus three weeks from 10 May is 21 days later, which is 31 May. The minus one week gives the earliest acceptable date, 3 May, which is not what the question asks.

Question 56Processes⚑ Flag

At closure, some minor defects and a request for an extra report remain unresolved. How should these be passed to the people who will run the product?

AAs stage tolerances for the next project BAs follow-on action recommendations CAs new work packages for the team DAs entries in the quality register

Correct answer: B. As follow-on action recommendations
Follow-on action recommendations pass unfinished work, open issues and risks to the people responsible for the product after the project. Creating new work packages would extend the project instead of closing it.

Question 57Practices⚑ Flag

The board agrees that up to two lower-priority features may be dropped from a stage without escalation. What type of tolerance is this?

AScope tolerance BQuality tolerance CBenefits tolerance DRisk tolerance

Correct answer: A. Scope tolerance
Scope tolerance sets how much the scope can vary, often expressed as prioritized features that may be dropped. Quality tolerance concerns the allowed range for a product's quality criteria, not which features are delivered.

Question 58Principles & People⚑ Flag

A software company delivers products in short iterations using an agile team. Its leaders ask whether PRINCE2 can still be used. What is the BEST answer?

ANo, unless every iteration is treated as a separate project BNo, PRINCE2 only works with a linear, sequential approach CYes, by tailoring it to the agile delivery approach DYes, but only if the agile team stops using iterations

Correct answer: C. Yes, by tailoring it to the agile delivery approach
PRINCE2 is designed to be tailored to the project context, including agile or iterative delivery. Treating each iteration as a separate project would add needless overhead and is not required.

Question 59Processes⚑ Flag

Toward the end of a project, the project manager prepares a document on what went well and badly with the project's management, so future projects can benefit. What is this product?

AThe highlight report BThe issue report CThe checkpoint report DThe lessons report

Correct answer: D. The lessons report
A lessons report captures lessons that could help other projects. It is produced when evaluating the project and may also be produced at the end of a stage. The issue report covers a single issue, not overall lessons.

Question 60Practices⚑ Flag

A team manager forecasts that a work package will exceed its agreed cost tolerance. What should the team manager do?

ASend an exception report to the project board BAgree extra funds directly with the executive CContinue and explain the overrun at handover DRaise an issue with the project manager

Correct answer: D. Raise an issue with the project manager
Team managers work within work package tolerances set by the project manager and raise an issue to the project manager if they are forecast to be exceeded. Exception reports to the board are the project manager's job when stage tolerances are threatened.