Microsoft Project

Project 2013 enables you to perform which of the following actions? (Select all that apply.) A. Generate views and reports based on your project data. B. Manage tasks, costs, work, and resources for a project. C. Manage communications with everyone who is working on a project. D. Create and manage user groups associated with a project. E. Manage and track your plan throughout the life of a project.

A. Generate views and reports based on your project data. B. Manage tasks, costs, work, and resources for a project. E. Manage and track your plan throughout the life of a project.

7. You want to customize the appearance of the Work Burndown chart on the Work Overview report. Which tabs can you use? (Select all that apply.) A. The Format contextual tab under the Chart Tools contextual tab. B. The Design contextual tab under the Report Tools contextual tab. C. The Layout contextual tab under the Table Tools contextual tab. D. The Design contextual tab under the Chart Tools contextual tab. E. The Report tab.

A. The Format contextual tab under the Chart Tools contextual tab. D. The Design contextual tab under the Chart Tools contextual tab.

12. Project 2013 includes which base calendars? (Select all that apply.) A. The standard workday calendar. B. The weekly calendar. C. The 24-hour calendar. D. The daily calendar. E. The night-shift calendar.

A. The standard workday calendar. C. The 24-hour calendar. E. The night-shift calendar.

True or false: If you create an exception, also known as a non-working day, for your project plan in the project calendar, that exception will appear in all resource calendars based on the project calendar. A. True B. False

A. True

True or false: When you assign a resource to multiple tasks, Project 2013 will automatically determine whether the resource is over allocated. A. True B. False

A. True

True or false: You can set a task's completion percentage to 10 percent. A. True B. False

A. True

In which of the following situations should you save a project baseline? (Select all that apply.) A. You have developed your plan as fully as possible. B. You have not yet entered any actual values, such as a task's percentage of completion. C. You have just created a new plan. D. You have created all work and cost resources that will work on your project but have not yet assigned them to any tasks. E. You have created all the tasks that you know will need to be completed for your plan.

A. You have developed your plan as fully as possible. B. You have not yet entered any actual values, such as a task's percentage of completion.

You are preparing a Gantt Chart to share with your management team. Which of the following techniques could you use to draw their attention to a specific milestone task in your plan? (Select all that apply.) A. Delete the Gantt bar from the milestone task. B. Change the task's milestone task indicator. C. Apply a background color to the entire task row in both the table and the bar chart. D. Apply font formatting to the Task Name text. E. Apply a background color to the Task Name text.

B. Change the task's milestone task indicator. D. Apply font formatting to the Task Name text. E. Apply a background color to the Task Name text.

In Project 2013, views enable you to perform which of the following actions with project data? (Select all that apply.) A. Reformat project data. B. Enter and edit project data. C. Display project data. D. Analyze project data. E. Bulk mail project data.

B. Enter and edit project data. C. Display project data. D. Analyze project data.

True or false: In Project 2013, you can create a schedule for your plan from both its start date and its finish date. A. True B. False

B. False

True or false: Project 2013 assigns a zero duration to both summary tasks and milestone tasks. A. True B. False

B. False

True or false: You can copy Project 2013 reports to other applications, but you cannot copy Timeline views or Gantt Chart views. A. True B. False

B. False

True or false: You can directly edit your plan in a report A. True B. False

B. False

Which work resource fields do you use to establish how much time a resource will work on your plan, as well as the cost of that resource? (Select all that apply.) A. The Material field. B. The Standard Rate field. C. The Prorated field. D. The Weekly Rate field. E. The Maximum Units field.

B. The Standard Rate field. E. The Maximum Units field.

In Project 2013, what is a cost resource? A. The financial cost for a consumable that is associated with a task in a plan. B. The financial cost, such as travel, associated with a task in a plan. C. The financial cost of hiring a person or piece of equipment to complete a task in a plan. D. None of the above. E. The cumulative cost to perform all tasks in a plan.

B. The financial cost, such as travel, associated with a task in a plan.

Assigning resources to tasks helps you answer which of the following questions? (Select all that apply.) A. Will all of the tasks required for your project be accomplished in your required timeline? B. Are all of your resources available throughout the course of your project? C. Are you expecting a resource to work on a task when that resource is not available? D. Do you have the correct number of resources to accomplish the scope of work that your project requires? E. Who should be working on what tasks, and when?

C. Are you expecting a resource to work on a task when that resource is not available? D. Do you have the correct number of resources to accomplish the scope of work that your project requires? E. Who should be working on what tasks, and when?

In your plan, you can organize tasks into a phase by doing which of the following? (Select all that apply.) A. In the Task Form view, press CTRL+N. Then, in the New Task dialog box, select Summary Task, and then click OK. B. In the Gantt Chart view, in the task list, select the names of the tasks that you want to organize. Then, right-click the selected tasks, and on the shortcut menu, select Summary Task. C. In the Gantt Chart view, in the task list, select the names of the tasks that you want to organize, and then on the Task tab, in the Insert group, select Summary. D. In the Gantt Chart view, in the task list, select the names of the tasks that you want to organize, and then on the Task tab, in the Schedule group, select Indent Task. E. In the Gantt Chart view, on the Task tab, in the Insert group, select the Task arrow, and then select Summary Task.

C. In the Gantt Chart view, in the task list, select the names of the tasks that you want to organize, and then on the Task tab, in the Insert group, select Summary. D. In the Gantt Chart view, in the task list, select the names of the tasks that you want to organize, and then on the Task tab, in the Schedule group, select Indent Task.

Why is it important to capture a project baseline? A. So that you can easily switch out resources without losing track of the work that previous resources have completed. B. So that you can easily change your plan's deadlines without losing track of what they were originally. C. So that you can easily compare actual project performance with your original plan. D. So that you can more easily share the project's progress with workers and stakeholders. E. So that you can make sure that the actual work for the project is completed according to your plan's schedule.

C. So that you can easily compare actual project performance with your original plan.

Reports in Project 2013 have been updated to include which of the following? A. Charts and images. B. Charts. C. Tables, charts, and images. D. Tables. E. Tables and images.

C. Tables, charts, and images.

Why would you share a Timeline view with other people? A. None of the above. B. To show them which resources are assigned to which tasks. C. To show them the amount of time you have allocated to a specific task. D. To give them a quick summary of your plan. E. To show them how work is progressing on your plan.

D. To give them a quick summary of your plan.

1. What methods can you use to track progress for your project? A. Record project work as scheduled. B. Record assignment-level work by time period. C. Record each task's percentage of completion. D. Record actual start and finish dates, actual work, and actual and remaining durations for each task. E. All of the above.

E. All of the above.

What steps can you follow to create a copy of your plan's Timeline view that is customized to fit in an email message? (Select all that apply.) A. Double-click anywhere in the Timeline view, and in the Copy section of the Timeline View dialog box, select For-Email. Then click OK. B. Select anywhere in the Timeline view, click the View tab, and then in the Timeline group, select Send to E-mail. C. None of the above. D. Right-click the Timeline view, and then select Copy Timeline. In the Copy section of the Timeline View dialog box, select For-Email, and then click OK. E. Click anywhere in the Timeline view, and then click the Format tab. In the Copy group, select Copy Timeline, and then select For E-mail.

E. Click anywhere in the Timeline view, and then click the Format tab. In the Copy group, select Copy Timeline, and then select For E-mail.

Which of the following describes a single-day, non-recurring, project-wide work exception? A. On the Project tab, select Change Working Time. In the Change Working Time dialog box, on the Exceptions tab, in the Name field, type the name of the exception. In the Start field, set the exception's start date, and in the Finish field, set the exception's finish date. Then click OK to save the exception. B. None of the above. C. On the Project tab, select Change Working Time. In the Change Working Time dialog box, select a date in the calendar, and on the Exceptions tab, create the name of the exception. Then, in the Start field, set the exception's start date, and then click OK to save the exception. D. In the Gantt Chart view, right-click a date, and then on the shortcut menu, select Non-working day. E. On the Project tab, select Change Working Time. In the Change Working Time dialog box, on the Exceptions tab, in the Name field, type the name of the exception. In the Start field, set the exception's start date, and then click OK to save the exception.

E. On the Project tab, select Change Working Time. In the Change Working Time dialog box, on the Exceptions tab, in the Name field, type the name of the exception. In the Start field, set the exception's start date, and then click OK to save the exception.