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10 free, exam-style PRINCE2 7 Foundation (PRINCE2) practice questions with answers and explanations. No signup required. Work through them below, then take the full free PRINCE2 practice test to study every exam domain.

The PRINCE2 exam has 60 questions and runs 1 hour.

These 10 free PRINCE2 questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the PRINCE2 7 Foundation blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2 3% of exam

Question 1

A project will deliver a new mobile app (the output). Staff will use the app to log their timesheets remotely (the outcome). This will save the company £50,000 per year in administrative costs. What does the £50,000 saving represent?

  1. An outcome
  2. A business objective
  3. A benefit
  4. An output
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Correct answer: C - A benefit

Domain 2: Understand how the PRINCE2 principles underpin the PRINCE2 method 8% of exam

Question 2

The project board has decided that the project should close prematurely as the external environment has changed. Which principle is being applied?

  1. Manage by exception and escalation
  2. Ensure continued business justification
  3. Learn from experience and lessons
  4. Tailor to suit the project environment
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Correct answer: B - Ensure continued business justification

Question 3

The stage plan includes a tolerance of +10% / -5% for stage costs. Current forecasts show costs will be 8% over plan. What should happen?

  1. The Project Manager should reduce quality to save costs
  2. The Team Manager should absorb the cost increase
  3. Nothing, as this is within tolerance
  4. The Project Manager should raise an Exception Report
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Correct answer: C - Nothing, as this is within tolerance

Domain 3: Understand the importance of people in successful projects 14% of exam

Question 4

Which role CANNOT be combined with the Project Manager?

  1. Project Assurance
  2. Senior Supplier
  3. Executive
  4. Team Manager
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Correct answer: A - Project Assurance

Question 5

The Executive and Senior User disagree about whether a change should be approved. According to PRINCE2, who has the final say?

  1. The Project Manager, who manages day-to-day issues
  2. The decision must be escalated to corporate management
  3. The Senior User, as the change affects users
  4. The Executive, who has the final decision-making authority
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Correct answer: D - The Executive, who has the final decision-making authority

Domain 4: Understand the PRINCE2 practices and how they are applied throughout the project 60% of exam

Question 6

A project takes out an insurance policy to cover potential flood damage to equipment. This is an example of which threat response?

  1. Reduce
  2. Avoid
  3. Transfer
  4. Accept
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Correct answer: C - Transfer

Question 7

What is the PRIMARY difference between quality control and quality assurance?

  1. Quality control is performed by the Project Board; quality assurance by the Team Manager
  2. Quality control is more expensive than quality assurance
  3. Quality control happens first; quality assurance happens later
  4. Quality control checks products; quality assurance checks processes
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Correct answer: D - Quality control checks products; quality assurance checks processes

Question 8

A product has been tested and fails to meet two of its quality criteria. This is an example of:

  1. A quality assurance deviation
  2. An off-specification
  3. A corrective action request
  4. A non-conformance report
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Correct answer: B - An off-specification

Question 9

A project delivers all its products successfully, but the organization decides not to implement them. What happens to the expected benefits?

  1. They will not be realized because the outputs are not being used to create outcomes
  2. They remain the responsibility of the project sponsor to deliver through operational activities
  3. They are considered delivered since all project products were completed successfully
  4. They become part of the organization's benefit realization register for future tracking
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Correct answer: A - They will not be realized because the outputs are not being used to create outcomes

Domain 5: Understand the PRINCE2 processes and how they are carried out throughout the project 15% of exam

Question 10

Closing a Project handles which TWO types of closure?

  1. Partial closure and full closure
  2. Planned closure and premature closure
  3. Planned closure and emergency closure
  4. Normal closure and extended closure
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Correct answer: B - Planned closure and premature closure

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