Microsoft 74-343 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 74-343 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 121:

  You are a program manager for a complex software development project. You use Microsoft Project to manage your project. Your resources work on many different projects across the program, and you need to resolve resource over

  allocations. Your project team uses a resource pool to manage resources.

  Resource1 has been assigned to assist on a project that is on the critical path. After assigning Resource2 to the task, you notice that Resource1 is over allocated during the month of November. Project A, which is on critical path, takes priority

  over Project B, which Resource1 is also assigned to.

  Using resource leveling in Microsoft Project, you need to resolve the over allocation for Resource1 for the month of November only. What should you do?

  A. Set the priority of Project A to 1000 and the priority of Project B to 500, Set the Leveling Range for November. Change the leveling order to Priority, Standard. Select Level Resource, and choose Resource1 and Level Now.
  B. Set the priority of Project A to 500 and the priority of Project B to 1000. Set the Leveling Range for November. Change the leveling order to Standard and select Level Resource. Then choose Resource1 and Level Now.
  C. Set the priority of Project A to 1000 and the priority of Project B to 500. Change the leveling order to Standard, and select Level All.
  D. Set the priority of Project A to 500 and the priority of Project B to 1000. Change the leveling order to Priority, Standard, and select Level All.
  A. Set the priority of Project A to 1000 and the priority of Project B to 500, Set the Leveling Range for November. Change the leveling order to Priority, Standard. Select Level Resource, and choose Resource1 and Level Now.

• Question 122:

  You manage a project for an organization that uses Microsoft Project.

  You reset the baseline for some selected tasks. After the baseline has been updated with the new values, you realize that some of the summary baseline duration values are not correct.

  You need to resolve this problem.

  What should you do?

  A. Update the summary tasks manually with the new duration values.
  B. Change all task durations to the same denomination values, such as days, weeks, or months.
  C. Reset the baseline for the selected tasks and select the Roll up baselines to all summary tasks option.
  D. Reset the summary tasks to manual scheduling.
  C. Reset the baseline for the selected tasks and select the Roll up baselines to all summary tasks option.

• Question 123:

  You are building a schedule by using Microsoft Project. You create a macro on your machine to format a Gantt chart. You upload the project schedule to SharePoint.

  A project manager (PM) wants to use the macro to format Gantt charts in other schedules. The PM downloads the .mpp file to their device. The PM reports that the macro is not visible.

  You need to ensure that the macro will run.

  What should you do?

  A. Copy the macro from the Global.mpt file to the downloaded project schedule.
  B. Copy the macro to the Global.mpt file from the downloaded project schedule.
  C. Open the VBA editor and modify the properties to make the macro available to the project schedule.
  D. Instruct the PM to navigate to the Trust Center and enable all macros, and then try to run the macro again.
  D. Instruct the PM to navigate to the Trust Center and enable all macros, and then try to run the macro again.

• Question 124:

  You are a project manager, and your organization uses Microsoft Project.

  You have created a detailed project schedule and have identified two tasks that are causing your resource to be overallocated.

  You need to use the Team Planner to reassign these tasks from the overallocated resources to underallocated resources with the same skill set.

  What should you do?

  A. Right-click the task and reassign it to the underallocated resource.
  B. Drag the underallocated resource on the task to reassign it.
  C. Drag one of the tasks from the overallocated resource to the Unassigned Tasks section.
  D. Right-click the resource and reassign it to the underallocated resource.
  A. Right-click the task and reassign it to the underallocated resource.

• Question 125:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You manage a project, which involves three other colleagues who also have experience in Microsoft Project. You and your colleagues are over budget and cannot spend any more money in this project.

  You download a specific free app from the Microsoft Office Store.

  You need your colleagues to use the same app.

  What should you do?

  A. Send the name or the link of the app to your colleagues. Then have them install the app on each account.
  B. Open the organizer and copy the app to your colleagues' projects.
  C. Export the app to an Office App Installation file. Then share the file with your colleagues by email or SkyDrive.
  D. Save the app file in SkyDrive and share with your colleagues.
  A. Send the name or the link of the app to your colleagues. Then have them install the app on each account.

• Question 126:

  Your project managers manage several projects using Microsoft Project. Each individual project contains a saved baseline.

  You need to capture in the master project the baseline data from the member projects at the summary levels for reporting purposes.

  What should you do?

  A. Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects without an update link. View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Usage table.
  B. Open all of the projects and create a New Window view. View the baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline data on the Variance table.
  C. Turn on the option Inserted projects are calculated like summary tasks. Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects without an update link. View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Usage table.
  D. Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects with an update link. Save a baseline in the Master Project. View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Variance table.
  D. Create a Master project and insert all of the individual projects with an update link. Save a baseline in the Master Project. View the Baseline in the Tracking Gantt view, and view the baseline values in the Variance table.

• Question 127:

  You are reviewing a schedule in Microsoft Project. Your organization works a standard eight hours per day and 40 hours per week.

  You observe that the mechanical engineer is scheduled to work 10 hours per day for two days on a task, but the cost calculated for the task is $1,600. You believe the total should be $1,720.

  You need to identify the cause of this calculation error.

  Which two troubleshooting steps should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

  A. Review the mechanical engineer's work on the task, and ensure that total Work is set to 8h and Ovt.Work is set to 2h.
  B. Review the mechanical engineer's rate information, and ensure that Std.Rate is $100/hr.
  C. Review the mechanical engineer's work on the task, and ensure that total Work is set to 16h and Ovt.Work is set to 4h.
  D. Review the mechanical engineer's rate information, and ensure that Std.Rate is $80/hr and Ovt.Rate is $120/hr.
  E. Review the mechanical engineer's rate information, and ensure that Std.Rate is $80/hr and Cost/Use is $120/hr.
  C. Review the mechanical engineer's work on the task, and ensure that total Work is set to 16h and Ovt.Work is set to 4h.

• Question 128:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  Two of your resources job share; Resource1 works Monday, Tuesday, and a half day Wednesday. Resource2 works the remaining work week.

  You need to set up their calendars to reflect the job-sharing arrangement.

  What should you do?

  A. Open each resource and set a recurring exception to reflect the non-working days.
  B. Open each resource and amend the working time on each resource's calendar.
  C. Open each resource and set their Resource Availability units to 50%.
  D. Open each resource and use the Resource information dialog box to create a new calendar. Change the Default Work Week to reflect the working time.
  B. Open each resource and amend the working time on each resource's calendar.