CIMA CIMAPRA19-E02-1-ENG E2 Managing Performance (Online) Online Training
CIMA CIMAPRA19-E02-1-ENG Online Training
The questions for CIMAPRA19-E02-1-ENG were last updated at Jul 18,2025.
- Exam Code: CIMAPRA19-E02-1-ENG
- Exam Name: E2 Managing Performance (Online)
- Certification Provider: CIMA
- Latest update: Jul 18,2025
The PRINCE2 project management methodology has consistent principles governing roles, plans, processes and risks.
Which TWO of the following statements are correct?
- A . Team plans are mandatory within PRINCE2.
- B . A PRINCE2 organisation is a technical project team, assembled to achieve an unspecified objective.
- C . A project issue is any factor which could have an effect on the project (either detrimental or beneficial).
- D . One of the objectives of the process "Initiating a Project" is to define how the required product quality will be achieved.
Under UK law, the case of constructive dismissal occurs in which of the following situations?
- A . Because the role of the employee has become redundant.
- B . Because of resignation by the employee due to the conduct of the employer.
- C . Because of a reason related to the employee’s capability or qualifications.
- D . Because a statutory duty or restriction prohibited the employment being continued.
According to Mintzberg, a manager must exhibit which of the following skills in order to create the conditions for new ideas to flourish and strategies to emerge? Select ALL that apply.
- A . Manage stability
- B . Detect discontinuity
- C . Keep decisions small
- D . Detect conflict
- E . Manage patterns
- F . Reconcile change and continuity
The organisational iceberg describes which TWO levels at which culture operates?
- A . Values
- B . Formal aspects
- C . Basic assumptions
- D . Behavioral aspects
- E . Control systems
Bob is the Finance Director of a manufacturing business selling luggage sucn as suitcases. He decides to undertake a business process re-engineering of the credit control function in order to achieve dramatic improvements.
What wouldn’t be classed as the main improvements bob expects to deliver? Select ALL that apply.
- A . To change the culture of the team
- B . To improve security of information
- C . To automate the credit control process to reduce costs
- D . To improve the speed of the process to improve efficiency
- E . To reduce errors in credit control and produce more accurate information
- F . To do this in line with new sophisticated information systems
- G . To improve the motivation of the team
- H . To focus resources on other strategic areas of the business
Which of the following are examples of problems associated with group working?
(i) The Abilene paradox
(ii) Synergy
(iii) Risky Shift
(iv) Groupthink
(v) Conformity
- A . All of the above
- B . (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)
- C . (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
- D . (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
Leading and developing a high performing team that has only recently come together is a challenge requiring leaders to prioritise different issues and adopt different styles and tactics at different stages of team development.
At one point the leader will need to:
• confirm personal roles and responsibilities,
• plan the workload and agree working practices,
• ensure all sources of conflict have been resolved, and
• motivate team members to deliver their full potential.
With respect to the Tuckman model of team development, which is the stage where these leadership actions are most appropriate?
- A . Norming
- B . Storming
- C . Forming
- D . Performing
A large department store currently employs a total of 110 staff, of whom 72 are part-time hourly paid employees. The part-time employees generally work the same number of hours every week and have a stable pattern of work and regular income. During busy periods there is the opportunity for over-time, which is payable at 50% more than the normal hourly rate.
A new chief executive is aware that some part-time staff work much harder than others and intends to address the situation by moving all part-time staff onto zero hours contracts where no paid hours are guaranteed and the personal workload of each employee
is notified in advance each week. Overtime should be eliminated. In return, the basic hourly rate will be increased by 20% and there will be opportunities for promotion and new responsibilities.
News of these changes has caused considerable unrest. The HR Director knows that resistance to change will have to be managed very carefully and is using Lewin’s force field model as the framework for analysis.
Which restraining forces are present in the scenario? Select ALL that apply.
- A . Anxiety about job security
- B . New system appears less rewarding
- C . Fear of loss of power or status
- D . Fresh challenges from new responsibilities
- E . Improved financial rewards
- F . Increased promotion opportunities
Which TWO of the following is the Business Strategy of an organisation mainly concerned with?
- A . The decision to exit a market.
- B . How a product would be priced in the market place.
- C . The competitiveness of a particular division.
- D . The efficiency of production, marketing and other functions.
- E . Setting the direction for the organisation.
A Company achieves its competitive advantage by adopting a positioning view to strategy setting.
Which TWO of the technical models below are most suited to this approach?
- A . Michael Porter’s Value Chain.
- B . PESTEL analysis.
- C . Michael Porter’s Five Forces model.
- D . Resource Audit.