Better Business Cases Practitioner Exam Questions and Answers
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?
Temporary accommodation has been put on the site of the Old Fire Station Headquarters whilst thedevelopment of
the new campus takes place.
Should the cost of the temporary accommodation be treated as a capital cost within the Financial Appraisal?
The Financial Appraisal for the new campus includes the cost of inflation over the life of the scheme.
Is this an appropriate application of the Five Case Model for the project?
The Benefits Realization Framework section states:
1. It was identified in the OBC that existing schools and universities play a major role in the success or otherwise of the Pittville
project. A strategy for Learning Provider engagement is to be prepared.
2. A senior manager within the Local Education Authority is ultimately responsible for benefits realization.
Which 2 statements apply to these entries?
Column 1 contains only true statements about the Pittville project. For each entry in Column 1, decide whether or not it should be
explained within the Commercial Case or the Financial Case, and then select your answer from Column 2. Each selection from
Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Which 2 observations correctly evaluate the Income?
Answer the following question about the Economic Case within the Outline Business Case
(OBC).
The Preferred Way Forward is the Service Solution to provide a new Learning Campus on the
Old Fire Station Headquarters site and to close and transfer all further education units in the
Pittville area. However there are concerns that the project timescale may be difficult to keep
due to the following reasons:
. Planning authority consent may delay the schedule because the site is in a conservation
area
. Staff and students could be opposed to moving location.
Lines 1 to 5 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each
line identify the appropriate option, from options A to E, that applies. Each option can be used once,
more than once or not at all.
Which statement should be recorded under the Post Project Evaluation heading?
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.
Which is an appropriately defined SMART spending objective for more choice of subjects?
Which 2 attributes demonstrate that this option supports the key CSF Potential achievability?
Which detail should be explained in the Commercial Case?
Using the Scenario, answer the following questions about the Commercial Case for the Pittville project.
Lines 1 to 6 in the table below consist of an assertion statement and a reason statement. For each line identify the appropriate
option, from options A to E, that applies. Each option can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Using the Scenario, answer the following questions.
Column 1 is a list of areas of interest to be included in the communications planned for the Pittville project. For each area of interest
in Column 1, select from Column 2 the MOST appropriate stakeholder group to which it will apply. Each selection from Column 2
can be used once, more than once or not at all.
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?
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?
Answer the following question about benefits criteria.
Column 1 is a list of benefits. For each benefit in Column 1, select from Column 2 the benefit criteria heading under which it should be
classified. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Service Solution 1: 'Do minimum - introduce learning network to
existing schools and universities only'.
Which 2 statements are correct about this entry in the Options
Framework?
Which detail should be explained in the Financial Case?
Answer the following questions about 'Ensuring Successful Delivery' for the Pittville project.
The best and final offers have been returned for the delivery of the new campus. The preferred supplier was a
construction enterprise called Piaffeco.
Column 1 contains activities taken in the Pittville project. For each entry in Column 1, select from Column 2 the Action within the
Five Case Model that should undertake this activity. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than once or not at all.
Using the extract below from the Capital Profile for the new campus, answer the following questions.
(Note. The figures entered are correct).
Which 2 details should be defined when determining benefits, risks, constraints and dependencies?
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?
Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Benefits, risks, dependencies and constraints heading?
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?
Answer the following question about the costs identified when preparing the Economic Appraisal for the short list options
for the Pittville project.
Column 1 contains a list of the costs identified. For each cost in Column 1, decide if the cost should be included in the Economic
Appraisal and select from Column 2 the type of cost it represents. Each selection from Column 2 can be used once, more than
once or not at all.
Column 1
1) The additional on-going cost of electricity for the Pittville
University development.
2) The money spent to date on the Old Fire Station
Headquarters site feasibility study and legal advice.
3) The cost of a stand-alone technology cabin with a
separate contract for specialist call-out support, paid on
an as-needed basis.
4) The Highways Department will have to upgrade the
access road to the Old Fire Station Headquarters site.
However, this cost will NOT count against the Pittville
project budget.
The Old Fire Station Headquarters site was to be sold
but will now be used for the new campus. It is owned by
the Council so there is no cost.
6) The car park at Pittville University will need to be
expanded if over 1,500 students attend the university.
Column 2
A)NOT included in the Economic Appraisal
B)Fixed cost
C)Variable cost
D)Semi-variable cost
E)Step cost
The Consortium has appointed its own assurance on the Western Area Learning
Improvement Programme.
Which action should be completed by this role?
Which 2 statements should be recorded under the Potential for risk transfer heading?
