Material allowed | None | This is a ‘closed book’ exam. The Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 publication, 2017 edition, should be used for study, but is NOT permitted to be used in the exam. |
Exam duration |
60 minutes | Candidates taking the exam in a language that is not their native or working language may be awarded 25% extra time, i.e. 75 minutes in total. |
Number of marks | 60 marks | There are 60 questions, each worth 1 mark. There is no negative marking. |
Pass mark | 33 marks | You will need to get 33 questions correct (55%) to pass the exam |
Level of thinking | Bloom’s levels 1&2 | “Bloom’s level” describes the type of thinking needed to answer the question. For Bloom’s level 1 questions, you need to recall information about the PRINCE2 method. For Bloom’s 2 questions, you need to show understanding of these concepts. |
Question types | Classic, Missing word, & List | The questions are all ‘multiple choice’. For the ‘classic’ questions, you have a question and four answer options. For the ‘missing word’ questions, there is a sentence with a word missing and you have to select the missing word from four options. For the ‘list’ questions, there is a list of four statements and you have to select the two correct statements. |
Exam language | ENG | Exam is only available in English |
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