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Free APMG-International Better-Business-Cases-Practitioner Practice Exam with Questions & Answers

Questions 1

The new campus scheme will take three years to complete. Projected inflation over this period will mean that staffing costs will be 6%

higher when the campus is operational.

Should this increase be managed as a risk to the project?

Options:
A.

No, because inflation should be included as a cost in the Financial Appraisal.

B.

No, because any increase in cost should be dealt with as an issue.

C.

Yes, because any cost increase could threaten the affordability of a scheme.

D.

Yes, because any risk that might affect the financial viability of a scheme should be closely managed.

Questions 2

Answer the following questions about the benefits realization strategy, framework and plans that have been drafted for

the Pittville project.

Decide whether the entry is appropriate for the document identified and select the responses that support your decision.

Remember to select 2 answers to each question.

The Management Case states that the Western Area Learning Improvements Programme Director is ultimately responsible for:

1. Delivering the benefits of the Pittville project

2. Ensuring arrangements have been made to realize the benefits.

Which 2 statements apply to these entries?

Options:
A.

Amend entry 1, because the SRO of the programme and project should be ultimately responsible for delivering the benefits.

B.

Amend entry 1, because the SRO of the programme should delegate responsibility for delivering benefits to the Project Manager.

C.

Amend entry 2, because the SRO of the programme should ensure that mechanisms are in place for realizing benefits.

D.

No change to entry 2, because the delivery of benefits should be tracked at programme level.

E.

No change to entry 2, because the Programme Director should report on the delivery of benefits to the other members of the Consortium.

Questions 3

The Financial Appraisal includes a sensitivity analysis of the new campus based on varying forecasts for future demand.

Is this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for the project?

Options:
A.

No, because a sensitivity analysis is only conducted in the Economic Case.

B.

No, because the forecast for demand was identified in the Strategic Case.

C.

Yes, because the preferred option should be subject to a sensitivity analysis in the Financial and Economic Case.

D.

Yes, because all short listed options should be subject to sensitivity analysis.

Questions 4

Answer the following question about the Programme Business Case.

The following questions include only true statements, but only 2 statements are

appropriate entries for that heading in the Strategic Case section.

Remember to select 2 answers to each question.

Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Organization overview heading?

Options:
A.

The Consortium has been formed to plan the transformation of education and learning for 14-19- year-olds throughout the Western Area.

B.

Formal meetings have been held over the past nine months to establish the goals to be achieved.

C.

Pittville is the commercial, retail and cultural centre of Topland, with a population of circa22,000.

D.

There are problems accessing learning in some parts of the region.

E.

There is a shortage of higher education establishments in the region.

Questions 5

Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about scoping the proposal and preparing the Strategic Outline Case for

the Pittville project.

Decide whether the approach is appropriate for stage 1, and select the response that supports your decision.

When preparing the Strategic Outline Case, the need to address the number of education courses available to 16-18-year-olds was

considered to be sufficiently large and stand alone to form a project.

Was this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project?

Options:
A.

No, because the Pittville project is part of a larger programme of change.

B.

No, because whether the change is sufficiently large to warrant a project should have been determined before this stage.

C.

Yes, because this stage should confirm the strategic context of the proposal.

D.

Yes, because this stage should provide stakeholders with an early indication of the preferredoption.

Questions 6

Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Potential for risk transfer heading?

Options:
A.

Teaching staff will automatically become employees at the new campus with the same terms and conditions of employment.

B.

The selected contractor will be responsible for taking measures to reduce any potential errors in the construction phase.

C.

All construction work is to comply with standard building regulations.

D.

The new campus building is to be listed as an asset on the Local Education Authority balance sheet.

E.

The Local Education Authority is best placed to respond to possible opposition from staff and parents.

Questions 7

Answer the following questions.

Remember to select 2 answers to each question.

Which 2 details should be defined when agreeing the strategic context of a scheme?

Options:
A.

Business fit and synergy with other parts of the organization.

B.

The spending option that optimizes Value For Money.

C.

A profile of the organization.

D.

Critical success factors essential to the successful delivery of the project.

E.

As wide a range of options as possible that meet the spending objectives.

Questions 8

Answer the following question about scoping the proposal and preparing the Strategic Outline

Case (SOC) for the Pittville project.

Column 1 is a list of information gathered about the Pittville project. For each entry in Column 1, select

from Column 2 the option that best describes it. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more

than once or not at all.

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Questions 9

Service Solution 3: 'New learning campus on Old Fire Station Headquarters site, close Pittville High

School and transfer all further education units in the Pittville area'.

Based on information available so far, which 2 critical success factors does this option deliver against?

Options:
A.

Strategic fit and business needs.

B.

Potential Value For Money.

C.

Supply side capacity and capability.

D.

Potential affordability.

E.

Potential achievability.

Questions 10

Which 2 attributes demonstrate that this option supports the key CSF Potential achievability?

Options:
A.

The Pittville project is part of a larger programme of change.

B.

Having a sufficient number of students with one provider will potentially attract good quality teaching staff.

C.

Pittville University can accommodate a further 80 full time learners within the existing facility before the new site is available.

D.

The building of the new campus must achieve compliance with the regulations on the Disability Discrimination Act.

E.

The Consortium has agreed that the priority for the Western Area Learning Improvements Programme is improving the learning provision for 16-18-year-olds in Pittville.