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NEW QUESTION # 26
The Local Education Authority Director has been appointed as the Senior Responsible Owner for the Western Area Learning Improvement Programme.
Which action is MOST appropriate for this role?
- A. Document the impact of the programme on the organization's income and expenditure account in the programme's business case.
- B. Provide assurance that the programme has delivered its anticipated benefits.
- C. Champion the project when it gets into difficulties.
- D. Consider the downsizing of 11 to 18-year-old education and training provision elsewhere to offset the new campus.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 27
Answer the following question about spending objectives for the Pittville project.
The following questions include only true statements about the Pittville project, but only 1 statement is an appropriately defined SMART spending objective for the stated outcome.
Which is an appropriately defined SMART spending objective for increased 16-18 year-old learners participation?
- A. To accommodate a further 80 full time learners within thePittville University existing facility.
- B. To increase the rate of 16-18-year-olds in education and training by at least 15% within three years.
- C. To absorb 11-16 year-old pupils from Pittville High into the other schools if all further education units were moved to a new campus.
- D. To offer a broader range of education courses for 16-18-year-olds.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 28
The rationalization of courses will increase the utilization of teaching staff from 75% to 90% and improve teacher/pupil ratios.
During which activity should the project manager capture this information?
- A. Agree strategic context.
- B. Determine spending objectives, existing arrangements and business needs.
- C. Determine benefits, risks, constraints and dependencies.
- D. Determine potential business scope and key service requirements.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 29
Answer the following questions about the actions taken when preparing the Economic Case within the Full Business Case (FBC).
Decide whether the action taken represents an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project and select the response that supports your decision.
Since approval of the OBC, there has been an attractive bid for the Old Fire Station Headquarters site by a supermarket company.
The bid is 15% higher than the original amount that the site was valued at.
Should the FBC production be delayed while the ranking of the options in the OBC is reassessed?
- A. No, because the sale price of the site is an opportunity cost which is irrelevant to the Economic Appraisal.
- B. No, because the anticipated benefits will remain the same.
- C. Yes, because the FBC must be re-submitted for re-approval if the costs vary significantly.
- D. Yes, because the FBC should be based on accurate Economic Appraisals for all options.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 30
Answer the following questions about the actions taken when preparing the Economic Case within the Full Business Case (FBC).
The Outline Business Case (OBC) was based on the following preferred way forward:
Decide whether the action taken represents an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for this project and select the response that supports your decision.
Since the OBC, the Government has established that students from the country do not have to pay university tuition fees. There has been a further 15% increase in interest for taking a Welsh language course at Pittville University.
Should the service scope and underlying assumptions be amended?
- A. No, because an increase in interest will NOT reduce the support for the preferred option from the Local Education Authority.
- B. Yes, because any changes to service requirements may require following-up throughout the whole case.
- C. Yes, because students are Pittville project stakeholders.
- D. No, because the underlying business need of falling 16-18-year-olds participation in education remains the same.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 31
The Financial Appraisal includes an estimated 60% taxation costs that are NOT reclaimable.
Is this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for the project?
- A. No, because it is the Economic Case that should include inflation and taxation costs.
- B. No, because taxation costs should be excluded from the Financial Appraisal.
- C. Yes, because both resource and non-resource costs and benefits should be factored into the analysis.
- D. Yes, because the Financial Appraisal should demonstrate value for money.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 32
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?
- A. No, because whether the change is sufficiently large to warrant a project should have been determined before this stage.
- B. Yes, because this stage should confirm the strategic context of the proposal.
- C. Yes, because this stage should provide stakeholders with an early indication of the preferred option.
- D. No, because the Pittville project is part of a larger programme of change.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 33
Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about the Management Case section of the Full Business Case 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 Programme and Project Management Framework section states:
1. The Programme Director is to be responsible for the Western Area Learning Improvements Programme.
2. Project progress reports are to be provided to the Consortium at the end of each month.
Which 2 statements apply to these entries?
- A. Amend entry 1, because the Western Area Learning Consortium should be jointly accountable for the Programme.
- B. Amend entry 1, because the Senior Responsible Owner should NOT be the Programme Director.
- C. No change to entry 2, because the project framework should include project reporting arrangements in relation to the programme.
- D. Remove entry 2, because project reporting arrangements should be documented in the Project Plan.
- E. No change to entry 1, because this is appropriate.
Answer: A,C
NEW QUESTION # 34
Answer the following question about the Outline Business Case.
The following questions include only true statements about the Pittville project.
However only one statement is an appropriate entry for that heading in the Management Case section.
Which statement should be recorded under the Programme and Project Management heading?
- A. Projected inflation will mean that costs will be 6% higher when the campus is operational.
- B. Temporary accommodation will be put on the site of the Old Fire Station Headquarters at least 3 months before the development of the new campus takes place.
- C. Opportunities will be created for teachers to be involved in delivering new courses.
- D. The chosen service provider must have experience in the construction of publicly used buildings.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 35
Answer the following questions about preparing for the potential deal for the Pittville project.
Column 1 contains information about the Pittville project. For each entry in Column
1, select from Column 2 the Action within the Five Case Model that should use this information. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Answer:
Explanation:
NEW QUESTION # 36
It is estimated that 60% of the taxation costs on the development will NOT be reclaimable.
Should the unclaimable taxation costs be excluded from the Financial Appraisal?
- A. Yes, because taxation costs should be excluded from the Financial Appraisal.
- B. Yes, because it is the Economic Case that should include inflation and taxation costs.
- C. No, because both resource and non-resource costs and benefits should be factored into the analysis.
- D. No, because the Financial Appraisal should demonstrate value for money.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 37
The Management Case states that, because the Pittville project is part of the Western Area Learning Improvements Programme:
1. A benefits realization strategy and benefits register are NOT required for the project.
2. All benefits will be tracked at the programme level.
Which 2 statements apply to these entries?
- A. Amend entry 1, because all projects should use a benefits register to identify key benefits and how they will be tracked.
- B. Amend entry 2, because the potential benefits from the project should be documented only in the Economic Case.
- C. No change to entry 2, because tracking benefits at the programme level will help to avoid double counting of benefits from different projects.
- D. Amend entry 1, because the benefits realization strategy for the project should outline how the programme's approach to realizing benefits is being adapted for the project.
- E. No change to entry 2, because when a project is part of a wider programme, benefits should be tracked only at the programme level.
Answer: A,D
NEW QUESTION # 38
An extract of an entry in the benefits register includes the following information:
1. Benefit type: Cash-releasing
2. Description: A net overall saving in the cost of cleaning
3. Target improvement: Reduce overall costs of cleaning contracts by 10% per annum
4. Responsible officer: Pittville University Procurement Manager.
Which 2 statements apply to these entries?
- A. Amend entry 4, because the SRO should be the responsible officer for all benefits.
- B. Amend entry 1, because the benefit type should be 'financial but non-cash-releasing'.
- C. Amend entry 3, because the improvement is unknown.
- D. No change to entry 3, because the benefits register should indicate the level of improvement expected.
- E. No change to entry 1, because the benefit is cash-releasing and should be measured in financial terms.
Answer: D,E
NEW QUESTION # 39
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.
There is a risk that the local planning authority may reject proposals for development of the Old Fire Station Headquarters site. This will cause delays to the project.
Should this risk be recorded as an external non-systemic risk within the Strategic Outline Case?
- A. Yes, because the local planning authority is an external organization.
- B. No, because this is a service risk associated with the design and build phases of the project.
- C. Yes, because changes to the Old Fire Station Headquarters site will affect the environment.
- D. No, because risks should be identified in the Outline Business Case.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 40
Using the Scenario and the extract below from the Revenue Budget for the Pittville project, answer the following questions. (Note. The figures entered are correct).
Which 2 observations correctly evaluate the Expenditure?
- A. The cost of finance should be moved to the Economic Appraisal.
- B. To be useful this table should cover the lifetime of the asset.
- C. The cost of building the new campus should be included in this table.
- D. Equipment costs should be moved to the capital costs.
- E. Staffing costs should be moved to the Economic Appraisal.
Answer: B,D
NEW QUESTION # 41
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