Microsoft 74-343 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 74-343 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Your organization uses Microsoft Project.

  You are finalizing the Project Schedule for a very complex project with over 100 resources.

  You need to ensure that all tasks are assigned to resources.

  What should you do?

  A. Use Task Usage view and look for Unassigned tasks.
  B. Use Resource Graph view and look for the Unassigned resource name.
  C. Use Resource Usage view and look for the Unassigned resource name.
  D. Use Resource Sheet view and look for Unassigned tasks.
  C. Use Resource Usage view and look for the Unassigned resource name.

• Question 2:

  Your company uses Microsoft Project.

  You are scheduling two tasks. One task is named Test Solution, and the other task is named Create Solution Test Plan. You want the Test Solution task to start three working days after the finish date of the Create Solution Test Plan task.

  You need to set up a dependency between these two tasks.

  What should you do?

  A. Create a Start to Start predecessor relationship from the Create Solution Test Plan task to the Test Solution task. Set a lead time of three days.
  B. Create a Start to Start predecessor relationship from the Test Solution task to the Create Solution Test Plan task. Set a lead time of three days.
  C. Create a Finish to Start predecessor relationship from the Test Solution task to the Create Solution Test Plan task. Set a lag time of three days.
  D. Create a Finish to Start predecessor relationship from the Create Solution Test Plan task to the Test Solution task. Set a lag time of three days.
  D. Create a Finish to Start predecessor relationship from the Create Solution Test Plan task to the Test Solution task. Set a lag time of three days.

• Question 3:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  A senior stakeholder asks you to update your project to reflect your organization's scheduled two-week closure.

  You need to reflect the closure within your schedule.

  What should you do?

  A. Create a resource and specify non-working days for the resource which reflect the closure. Assign this resource to each task.
  B. Open the Project Calendar and modify the default work week by setting the dates as non-working time.
  C. Create a new calendar and assign this to the tasks that are scheduled over the period of closure.
  D. Open the Project Calendar and enter the planned closure in the Exceptions tab.
  D. Open the Project Calendar and enter the planned closure in the Exceptions tab.

• Question 4:

  You are a project manager for a software development company that uses Microsoft Project.

  For managing projects, your company has its own specialized processes, all of which you are familiar with, except for the reporting processes. Additionally, your company's status reports of project progress are based on Work and Cumulative

  Work.

  Thirty minutes before a meeting is scheduled to begin, the president of your company asks you to present the status report at the meeting.

  You need the report to show all project tasks, resources assigned, and their respective Work and Cumulative Work on a monthly basis.

  What should you do?

  A. Select the Gantt Chart view that has all project tasks and resources assigned. Click Add New Column to add Work and Cumulative Work. Go to the Gantt chart and adjust the timescale by zooming in or out to fit the monthly basis.
  B. Select the Gantt Chart view that has all project tasks and resources assigned. Right-click on the Gantt chart, selecting Work and Cumulative Work. Adjust the timescale by zooming in or out to fit the monthly basis.
  C. Select the Task Usage view that has all project tasks and resources assigned. Right-click the Details table, selecting Work and Cumulative Work. Adjust the timescale by zooming in or out to fit the monthly basis.
  D. Select the Network Diagram View. Choose Format Box Styles and add Cumulative Work to the Critical Task Box style.
  C. Select the Task Usage view that has all project tasks and resources assigned. Right-click the Details table, selecting Work and Cumulative Work. Adjust the timescale by zooming in or out to fit the monthly basis.

• Question 5:

  You are an independent project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You work in multiple projects for different customers and use one project to manage all their tasks. You create a custom field called Customer Name to identify the customer, and you use the Cost field to monitor the amount of money for each

  task.

  You need to view the most expensive detail tasks in the top of your table without subtotals and summaries.

  You turned off summary tasks. What should you do next?

  A. Set the Sort by option to Cost Descending.
  B. Create a custom group based on Cost and Customer Name fields. Define a group by Cost with order as ascending.
  C. Set the Sort by option to Cost Ascending.
  D. Create a custom view based on Cost and Customer Name fields. Define a group by Cost with order as descending.
  A. Set the Sort by option to Cost Descending.

• Question 6:

  You are using Microsoft Project.

  Three years ago, you successfully completed a project to review all of the suppliers within your organization, and you have been asked to run a similar project again. You still have the project plan from three years ago.

  You need to use the most efficient method to produce a new plan with tasks based upon the old project plan.

  What should you do?

  A. Rename the old plan to a .mpt file, and select it from the featured templates to create the new project.
  B. Open the file in an earlier version of Project and save it as the newest file format. Open the file in the most recent version of Project.
  C. Open the file, and copy and paste the task list into the schedule.
  D. Use the New from existing project option to create the new project.
  D. Use the New from existing project option to create the new project.

• Question 7:

  This question requires that you evaluate the underlined text to determine if it is correct.

  You are a project manager on a book publishing project. You have a task named Bind the pages. You have a resource that is available full-time for the project, but will only work on this task half-time to remain available for other tasks on the

  project at the same time. You will assign the resource to the task at 50 percent units to ensure the task and the resource are scheduled correctly.

  Review the underlined text. If it makes the statement correct, select "No change is needed". If the statement is incorrect, select the answer choice that makes the statement correct.

  A. change the resource's calendar to reflect half-time
  B. No change is needed
  C. double the duration of the task
  D. change the task calendar to 24 hours, and select Scheduling ignores resource calendars checkbox
  B. No change is needed

• Question 8:

  You are project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  Your organization uses Microsoft SharePoint and uses a SharePoint task list to define the tasks required on an upcoming project. The task list contains over 100 items.

  You need to create a project based on the tasks in the SharePoint list in the most efficient manner.

  What should you do?

  A. Export the tasks into Microsoft Excel and then import the Excel file into Microsoft Project.
  B. Edit the Project Summary Task hyperlink column to point to the SharePoint task list and click the Import button.
  C. Open the tasks directly from the SharePoint site into Microsoft Project.
  D. Copy and paste the tasks from SharePoint into Microsoft Project.
  C. Open the tasks directly from the SharePoint site into Microsoft Project.

• Question 9:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You regularly customize the Bar Styles for a project prior to printing the project schedule.

  You need to add the Bar Styles button to the Quick Access Toolbar as quickly as possible.

  What are two ways to achieve this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

  A. Expand the Quick Access Toolbar drop-down menu, and select Format Bar Styles from the menu list.
  B. Customize the Quick Access Toolbar and add Format Bar Styles (Gantt Chart) command to the ribbon.
  C. Collapse the ribbon. Commonly used Ribbon commands are automatically placed onto the Quick Access Toolbar.
  D. Right click the Bar Styles button in the ribbon and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
  B. Customize the Quick Access Toolbar and add Format Bar Styles (Gantt Chart) command to the ribbon.
  D. Right click the Bar Styles button in the ribbon and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar.

• Question 10:

  You are a resource manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You manage all of your resources in a single plan, which acts as a Shared Resource Pool for other projects in your organization. Each resource needs to pass an annual exam in order to work on construction sites.

  You need to set up a method that allows you to pick the renewal month for each resource.

  What should you do?

  A. Rename the Resource Text1 Custom field to Exam Expiration Date. Enter the month when the exam expires. Select the correct expiration date for each resource.
  B. Use the Organizer to copy the ResourceFinish1 Custom field from the Global.mpt. Select the correct expiration date for each resource.
  C. Rename the Resource Date1 Custom field to Exam Expiration Date. Create a Lookup table with values containing the last date of each month. Select the correct expiration date for each exam.
  D. Rename the Resource Month1 Custom field to Exam Expiration Date. Create a Lookup table with monthly values. Select the correct expiration month for each exam.
  E. Rename the Resource Flag1 Custom field to Exam Expired Date. Enter the expiration dates into a Lookup table. Select the correct expiration date for each resource.
  C. Rename the Resource Date1 Custom field to Exam Expiration Date. Create a Lookup table with values containing the last date of each month. Select the correct expiration date for each exam.