Microsoft 74-343 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 74-343 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

  You manage a project for an organization that relies heavily on schedule baselines in Microsoft Project.

  A change is approved for an in-progress project which you manage. You enter the new tasks necessary to include the changes to the project schedule.

  You need to update the baseline in the most efficient manner.

  What should you do?

  A. Update the current baseline to the baseline1 fields.
  B. Copy the current schedule to the baseline fields.
  C. Select a range of tasks and update the schedule to the baseline1 fields for the selected tasks.
  D. Select a range of tasks and update the baseline for the selected tasks.
  D. Select a range of tasks and update the baseline for the selected tasks.

• Question 82:

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

  You are managing a large ERP project with both part-time and full-time resources. The part-time resources have strict contractual limitations regarding working days and hourly availability.

  You need to make sure the tasks for your part-time resources are only scheduled in the calendar during their agreed-upon working days and hours.

  What should you do?

  A. Change the part-time resources' tasks to manually scheduled to ensure the dates do not go past the agreed-upon terms of their contract.
  B. Enter the availability start and end dates for each resource and change the percent of units to the agreed-upon amount in their contract.
  C. Enter the availability start and end dates for each resource and change the working time for each resource to only include days and hours agreed upon in their contract.
  D. Change the part-time resources' units to the percentage they are available and set task constraints to must finish on to ensure the dates do not go past the agreed-upon terms of their contract.
  C. Enter the availability start and end dates for each resource and change the working time for each resource to only include days and hours agreed upon in their contract.

• Question 83:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You work on a construction project that requires propane as a fuel source for your equipment. The foreman requires that you enter project costs associated with all work completed on your project.

  The propane costs $5.00 per gallon, and the tank holds 500 gallons of propane. Each time the tank is refilled, you must pay a fee of $20.

  You need to enter the propane costs into your project schedule prior to filling the propane tank for the first time.

  What should you do?

  A. Create a material resource with a material label of gallons. Enter $20 in the cost per use and $5.00 in the standard rate.
  B. Create a cost resource, add the resource to a task, and enter $25 in the actual cost.
  C. Create a material resource with a material label of gallons. Enter $20 in the standard rate and $5.00 in the cost per use.
  D. Create a cost resource, add the resource to a task, and enter $2520 in the actual cost.
  B. Create a cost resource, add the resource to a task, and enter $25 in the actual cost.

• Question 84:

  Your organization uses Microsoft Project and Microsoft SharePoint.

  You are responsible for a project with resources in different offices. All offices share the same SharePoint intranet, and all resources have valid accounts to log into the company intranet. Your project plan already has the correct names and

  assignments for each resource involved in this project.

  You need to share and receive project plan updates dynamically with your resources.

  What should you do?

  A. Sync with SharePoint Tasks List, automatically creating a Project Site synchronized to your Project Plan.
  B. Create the Project Site in SharePoint and upload the project plan to the project site.
  C. Create the Project Site in SharePoint and save the project plan to the project site.
  D. Copy and paste the project tasks to a SharePoint task list.
  A. Sync with SharePoint Tasks List, automatically creating a Project Site synchronized to your Project Plan.

• Question 85:

  Your company uses Microsoft Project.

  An organization with project managers of varying expertise wants a simple, standard view that displays overall project status.

  You need an out-of-box function that provides the ability to assess current, baseline, and actual work for the project.

  Which view should you use?

  A. Project Overview dashboard
  B. Resource Allocation view
  C. Work Overview dashboard
  D. Relationship Diagram view
  C. Work Overview dashboard

• Question 86:

  You are entering tasks into a schedule by using Microsoft Project.

  Some of the summary tasks contain an inaccurate duration for the task grouping, and the overall duration for the detail tasks is longer than the summary task indicates.

  You need to ensure that the summary task duration accurately reflects the duration for the detail tasks in the grouping.

  What should you do?

  A. Remove task constraints in the summary grouping.
  B. Verify the relationships between the tasks within the summary grouping and modify as needed.
  C. Adjust the work on the detail tasks to match the work on the summary task.
  D. Set the task mode for the summary task to automatically schedule.
  D. Set the task mode for the summary task to automatically schedule.

• Question 87:

  You manage a project by using Microsoft Project.

  The Indicators column in the Gantt Chart view shows that there are overallocated resources for a task. A resource is assigned to multiple tasks at 100% on a specific day, totaling 2.5 hours of work for the day. The resource has availability of 8

  hours for the day.

  You need to solve this problem.

  What should you add to the task?

  A. A deadline
  B. A Finish to Start relationship
  C. A Finish to Finish relationship
  D. More work
  B. A Finish to Start relationship

• Question 88:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You need to change the default for all new projects so that tasks will be created in Auto Scheduled mode.

  What should you do?

  A. For each new project, use the Status Bar to set new tasks to be auto scheduled.
  B. For each new project, use the Auto Schedule button on the Tasks tab.
  C. Open the Global.mpt and use the Auto Schedule button on the Tasks tab.
  D. Set the Default task type to Auto Scheduled for All New Projects in the Schedule Options.
  E. Set the New tasks created option to Auto Scheduled and set the Schedule Options to All New Projects.
  E. Set the New tasks created option to Auto Scheduled and set the Schedule Options to All New Projects.

• Question 89:

  You are creating a schedule by using Microsoft Project. You enter the non-working days for the organization into the Standard calendar.

  You need to save the updated calendar to use in future projects. What should you do?

  A. Use Project Information to change the Project calendar.
  B. Use the Organizer to copy the Standard calendar to the Global template.
  C. Use the Organizer to copy the Gantt Chart view to the Global template.
  D. Use Change Working Time to copy the Standard calendar.
  B. Use the Organizer to copy the Standard calendar to the Global template.

• Question 90:

  You are a project manager who uses Microsoft Project.

  You are planning an office move, which will occur over a weekend. You use Auto Scheduled tasks and create a weekend working calendar.

  You need to assign the weekend working calendar to the task.

  What should you do?

  A. Change the start date of the task to the Saturday, which will assign the weekend working calendar to the task.
  B. Click on the Task tab and select the Change Working Time button. Assign the weekend working calendar to the task.
  C. Assign the task calendar to the task using the Task Information dialog box.
  D. Right-click on the weekend on the Gantt chart and select the weekend working calendar.
  C. Assign the task calendar to the task using the Task Information dialog box.