MSPF Online Practice Questions and Answers

What role stipulates and guides the direction of a risk actionee?

A. Risk owner

B. Design Authority

C. Programme Manager

D. Project board

Which management experience would BEST enable a member of a Business Change Team to fulfil their responsibilities?

A. Transition

B. Project

C. Risk

D. Portfolio

What role focuses on ensuring appropriate ownership of risks relating to external events beyond the boundaries of the programme?

A. Risk owner

B. Programme Manager

C. SeniorResponsibleOwner

D. Risk actionee

What source of information explains when health checks, audits and reviews will be undertaken?

A. Quality and Assurance Strategy

B. Quality and Assurance Plan

C. Information Management Strategy

D. Information Management Plan

Which is a definition of a stakeholder?

A. Someone who represents a group of Business Change Managers, similar to a senior Business Change Manager

B. Role which provides the information hub and is the standards custodian for a programme and its delivery objectives

C. Any individual, group or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by, a programme

D. Person with overall responsibility for ensuring that a project or programme meets its objectives and delivers the projected benefits

What process provides the outputs required to deliver the Blueprint?

A. Managing the Tranches

B. Delivering the Capability

C. Benefits Management

D. Realizing the Benefits

Which area of management within programme quality tracks and protects project outputs?

A. Process

B. Asset

C. Information

D. Supply chain

What role has a focus on leading reviews and ensuring adequate assurance is designed into controls?

A. Senior Responsible Owner

B. Programme Manager

C. Business Change Manager

D. Programme Office

Which information is NOT generally found in the Business Case?

A. Value of the benefits

B. Costs of delivering the Blueprint

C. Strategic risks to the programme

D. Definition of internal controls

Which of the following statements about the purpose of issue management is true?

1.

To prepare for a potential situation that could improve the Business Case

2.

To resolve an unacceptable situation that has affected the delivery of capability

A. Only 1 is true

B. Only 2 is true

C. Both land 2are true

D. Neither 1 or 2 is true

Which is a term for the assessment of the management and conduct of a programme?

A. Benefits modelling

B. Data measurement

C. Critical success factors

D. Programme audit

Which is NOT an area of focus for the Programme Manager when involved in the development of the Blueprint?

A. Ensure that the Programme Board assess and understand what the Blueprint means

B. Work with the Business Change Team to design a coherent Blueprint

C. Confirm the impact on the Blueprint if programme changes are proposed

D. Ensure all outstanding uncertainties in the Blueprint are recorded as risks

What type of programme is sometimes referred to as a 'must do' programme?

A. Vision-led

B. Emergent

C. Compliance

D. Specification-led

What role acts as the nerve centre for the programme?

A. Programme Office

B. Programme Assurance

C. Programme Board

D. Design Authority

What document describes a programme's projects, their timescales and dependencies?

A. Project brief

B. Highlight report

C. Blueprint

D. Projects Dossier