PRINCE2 Agile Foundation practice questions and answers 2026. Tap an option to test yourself — you'll see the correct answer and a plain-English explanation for every question. Free, no login.
Q1In the Directing a Project process, which of the following does the project board authorise?
✓ Correct answer: A. Initiation and closure of the project
It is the project board's role to sanction both project initiation and project closure. Why the other options are incorrect: • Day-to-day work package assignments: Authorising day-to-day work packages falls within the project manager's remit, not the board's. • Quality assurance inspections: Quality inspections are not part of the directing process and are not a board-level activity. • Granular team-level plans: Detailed team-level plans are the responsibility of team managers, not the board. • Actions taken to respond to risks: Managing and enacting risk responses is the project manager's responsibility.
Q2What best explains why a Business Case may need to be revised during a project?
✓ Correct answer: A. The project environment and costs can evolve
A Business Case must be revised when underlying assumptions, costs, risks, or anticipated benefits alter during the project. Why the other options are incorrect: • To ensure the project delivers success: No project management methodology can guarantee a successful outcome. • To reduce the involvement of stakeholders: Stakeholders continue to play an essential role irrespective of whether the Business Case is updated. • To do away with project controls: Project controls remain in force even when the Business Case is revised. • To streamline the team structure: Team structure is a matter for the Organization theme and is unrelated to Business Case updates.
Q3Which of the following does NOT form part of Controlling a Stage?
✓ Correct answer: A. Approving the final closure of the project
Final project closure is addressed within the Closing a Project process and lies outside the scope of Controlling a Stage. Why the other options are incorrect: • Tracking stage progress: Tracking progress is one of the central purposes of this process. • Managing issues that arise: Managing issues as they emerge is the project manager's responsibility within this process. • Providing regular progress reports: Regular stage progress reporting is a standard output of this process. • Taking corrective action when needed: Taking corrective action to maintain stage tolerances is an integral part of stage control.
Q4Which role is responsible for identifying and advising on risks that suppliers pose to delivery schedules?
✓ Correct answer: A. Senior supplier
The senior supplier identifies supplier-related risks that could affect delivery schedules and advises the project accordingly. Why the other options are incorrect: • Executive: The executive ensures the project remains strategically aligned but is not responsible for supplier scheduling risks. • Senior user: The senior user is focused on outcomes and benefits rather than on supplier scheduling risks. • Project assurance: Project assurance monitors whether processes are followed but does not own risk identification or advice. • Project support: Project support handles administrative functions and does not provide risk guidance.
Q5Under what circumstances might additional management stages be introduced?
✓ Correct answer: A. When greater control is needed on complex projects
On more complex projects, adding extra stages is a way of increasing management control. Why the other options are incorrect: • To reduce the amount of planning required: Adding stages increases the amount of planning required, not reduces it. • To ensure the project closes sooner: More stages do not lead to earlier project closure. • To decrease the number of reviews: Each additional stage introduces another review point, increasing rather than decreasing the number of reviews. • To avoid the need for Project Board decisions: The Project Board retains its decision-making role regardless of how many stages exist.
Q6What information does a work package typically contain?
✓ Correct answer: A. The work's scope, permitted variances, and reporting obligations
A work package sets out the scope of the assigned work alongside the tolerances and reporting requirements applicable to it. Why the other options are incorrect: • A detailed business case together with expected benefits: Business case content and benefits realisation planning are held in separate documents. • The strategic objectives of the corporate portfolio: Corporate portfolio objectives are defined at an organisational level above the project. • The criteria for final project acceptance: Project-level acceptance criteria are documented in the project product description. • The content and timing of stage boundary reviews: Stage boundary review content is addressed through the managing a stage boundary process, not work packages.
Q7Which statement correctly identifies two aspects of the Risk Management Approach?
✓ Correct answer: A. Sets out the procedures AND reporting obligations for managing risk
The Risk Management Approach document sets out how risks will be handled, including the procedures to follow and what reporting is required. Why the other options are incorrect: • Lists identified risks AND the responses assigned to them: Logging identified risks and their responses is the function of the Risk Register. • Outlines stage tolerances AND the escalation process: Stage tolerances are addressed within the Progress theme. • Describes product criteria AND how acceptance is determined: Product acceptance criteria are defined within the Quality theme. • Records lessons learned AND resulting recommendations: Lessons and associated recommendations are recorded in the Lessons Log.
Q8What does the Progress theme primarily aim to achieve?
✓ Correct answer: A. To track actual performance against the project plan
The Progress theme tracks how actual delivery compares with the plan and provides the means to control the project. Why the other options are incorrect: • To define the business benefits and project justification: Establishing business justification falls under the Business Case theme. • To set out approaches to risk management: Risk management approaches are addressed by the Risk theme. • To establish quality criteria for project products: Product quality criteria are the concern of the Quality theme. • To outline procedures for handling changes: Change control procedures belong to the Change theme.
Q9In which document would you find the evidence supporting a project's business justification?
✓ Correct answer: A. The Business Case
The Business Case is the document that sets out and maintains the evidence for why the project is justified. Why the other options are incorrect: • A Work Package: Work Packages define the work to be carried out and do not contain business justification evidence. • The Issue Register: The Issue Register records problems and concerns raised during the project, not justification evidence. • The Risk Register: The Risk Register is used to track and manage risks, not to hold evidence of the business justification. • The Team Plan: Team Plans address how work will be delivered at an operational level and are not justification documents.
Q10What determines the format and content requirements of a checkpoint report?
✓ Correct answer: B. The work package agreement
It is the work package that sets out the required format and content for checkpoint reports. Why the other options are incorrect: • The project initiation documentation: The PID establishes overall project controls but does not define the specifics of checkpoint content. • The organisation's quality management approach: Organisational quality approaches do not dictate checkpoint report content. • The business case outline: The business case provides financial and strategic justification, not report templates. • The highlight report template: Highlight reports are a separate report type and do not serve as a template for checkpoints.
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