Microsoft 74-344 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Microsoft 74-344 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 41:

  You are a project manager for an organization that uses Project Server 2013. You have the appropriate permissions to set all baselines. Your project experiences a scope change, which requires you to add tasks to the end of the schedule.You need to retain historical information for both completed and in-progress tasks but create a baseline that includes the newly-selected tasks. You check out your schedule in Project Web App (PWA) for editing and select the newly- added tasks. What should you do next?

  A. Set an interim plan.
  B. Use an unused baseline to set a new baseline.
  C. Clear the baseline and then set a baseline for the entire project.
  D. Set a baseline for only the selected tasks.
  B. Use an unused baseline to set a new baseline.

• Question 42:

  You are an administrator who uses Project Server 2013 and Project Professional 2013. The leadership of your organization asks you to assign resources to teams so that the resources are aligned with a team definition. You need to implement this request. Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

  A. Go to the Resource Center on Project Server 2013, edit all resources, and assign them to the correct team.
  B. Create a custom field in the resource global file and add a team field.
  C. Instruct project managers to add resources to the project plan in Project Professional 2013. Then add the Team Name field and define the team associated with the resource.
  D. In Project Web App (PWA), use server settings. Then use enterprise custom fields and find the predefined Team Name custom field. Create a lookup table for that custom field to match your organization's structure.
  B. Create a custom field in the resource global file and add a team field.
  D. In Project Web App (PWA), use server settings. Then use enterprise custom fields and find the predefined Team Name custom field. Create a lookup table for that custom field to match your organization's structure.

• Question 43:

  The IT department uses Project Online to analyze the projects they will execute the next year. Four projects with their respective priority and costs are shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)

  

  The team needs to get the most value from their portfolio, but some last minute restrictions could change their selection. A mutually inclusive dependency is added between the two CRM projects. A mutually inclusive dependency is also added between the two EPM projects. You need to assist the team in achieving the most value in their portfolio, given the constraints shown in the exhibit. You enforce the dependencies and recalculate the analysis. Which two statements become true? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

  A. The Portfolio Strategic Value will be of 56%.
  B. The sum of Cost Estimate of Selected Projects will be 550k.
  C. The sum of Cost Estimate of Selected Projects will be 900k.
  D. The Portfolio Strategic Value will be of 44%.
  B. The sum of Cost Estimate of Selected Projects will be 550k.
  D. The Portfolio Strategic Value will be of 44%.

• Question 44:

  Your organization is using Project Online to facilitate the selection of optimal portfolios. The Project Management Office (PMO) expects to analyze the portfolio of projects in a short period of time by using the efficient frontier and the strategic value provided by the tool. You need to ensure the tool provides the expected outcome. Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose three.)

  A. Create a custom workflow that allows the capture of projects with business-relevant information.
  B. Define the list of projects that include cost estimates.
  C. Create a custom field to be used as alias when force-in or force-out options are selected.
  D. Create a custom cost field to be used as a cost constraint.
  E. Define and rank specific business drivers or other factors relevant to the project approval process.
  F. Populate and configure the resource pool, including maximum units, resource calendars, and a primary role field.
  B. Define the list of projects that include cost estimates.
  E. Define and rank specific business drivers or other factors relevant to the project approval process.
  F. Populate and configure the resource pool, including maximum units, resource calendars, and a primary role field.

• Question 45:

  You are a project manager who uses Project Online. Your project is scheduled to run for at least 18 months. You create a schedule for the first six months, including estimated resource demand, using Project Professional 2013. For planning purposes, you need to reserve proposed demand for the final 12 months. What should you do?

  A. Create new tasks in the project to represent the unplanned portion of the project. Assign resources to these tasks and set their booking type to committed.
  B. Create a resource plan and enter the resource requirements for the final 12 months.
  C. Create a resource plan and set the Resource Utilization to calculate from the project until a date six months from now.
  D. Create new tasks in the project to represent the unplanned portion of the project. Assign resources to these tasks and set their booking type to proposed.
  C. Create a resource plan and set the Resource Utilization to calculate from the project until a date six months from now.

• Question 46:

  You are a project manager in an organization that uses Project Server 2013. Project team members submit updates to tasks through Project Web App (PWA). A project team member clicks Remove Task, and you approve it. You apply this change to the project. The team member indicates that they only want to hide the task from that particular view, not remove the task permanently. You need to ensure the task is returned to the Tasks page so it can be properly hidden. What should you do?

  A. Mark the task as active and publish the project.
  B. Tell the team member to choose Add Row and click Add Team Task.
  C. Tell the team member to modify the filter to show incomplete tasks.
  D. Assign the team member to the task and publish the project.
  D. Assign the team member to the task and publish the project.

• Question 47:

  You are a project administrator and are implementing Project Server 2013 for a large organization. You are asked to ensure that resource assignments, work load, and completion of work can be reported and rolled up by organizational structure. You need employ the correct functionality in order to configure Project Server 2013. What should you do?

  A. Define your information hierarchy in the server settings by using the Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS), located in the Enterprise custom fields, and RBS's lookup field table.
  B. Use the Resource Center in Project Web App (PWA) to edit your resources and use the Group field to define the department they are associated with.
  C. Define your information hierarchy in the server settings by using the Project Department field, found in the Enterprise custom fields, and its supporting department table. Define the organizational structure and assign each project added to Project Server 2013.
  D. Require all project managers to use Project Professional 2013 to assign a department to the Group field from the Resource Sheet view when they assign resources.
  A. Define your information hierarchy in the server settings by using the Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS), located in the Enterprise custom fields, and RBS's lookup field table.

• Question 48:

  You are a project manager for an organization that uses Project Server 2013. Only administrators have Project Professional 2013. You use Project Web App (PWA) for schedule management. You modify your schedule after some changes are approved through your organization's Project Scope Change process. You need to set a baseline for the project. What should you do?

  A. Ask the administrator to access the project schedule in PWA, select the tasks affected by the change request, and baseline those tasks.
  B. Open the project schedule in PWA, select the tasks affected by the change request, and baseline those tasks.
  C. Open the project schedule in PWA and set the baseline from the option in the ribbon.
  D. Ask the administrator to set the baseline because a baseline can only be set in Project Professional 2013.
  C. Open the project schedule in PWA and set the baseline from the option in the ribbon.

• Question 49:

  A company deploys Project Server 2013 to perform a Portfolio Analysis, which they will use to select the projects they will execute in the next fiscal period. The company establishes the criteria to evaluate the portfolio components, and all business cases must be evaluated under these parameters. When configuring Project Server 2013, the Project Management Office (PMO) finds that the established criteria contain both qualitative and quantitative elements, such as corporate reputation and internal rate of return (IRR). You need to provide a system calculated approach to rank your strategic initiatives against each other. Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

  A. Create a Business Driver library that captures the criteria in quantifiable impact statements that are specific and measurable.
  B. Perform a pairwise analysis on the driver set to identify relative priorities.
  C. Perform a prioritization by assigning a relative weight to each value criterion and establish the priorities.
  D. Create a custom field for each criterion and ensure each value is captured for each project by making the project fields as required.
  A. Create a Business Driver library that captures the criteria in quantifiable impact statements that are specific and measurable.
  B. Perform a pairwise analysis on the driver set to identify relative priorities.

• Question 50:

  You are a project manager, and your organization uses Project Server 2013 with an enterprise resource pool. After assigning resources, you discover that two of them are showing up as overallocated. These two resources also work on other projects that you cannot change. You need to solve this problem. What should you do?

  A. Change the project priority level of your project to 1000 so that it becomes the highest priority and will be automatically leveled.
  B. Open your Project Plan in Project Professional 2013 and level the resources.
  C. Open all Project Plans in Project Web App (PWA) as a temporary master plan and level all resources.
  D. Open all Project Plans in Project Professional 2013 and level all resources.
  B. Open your Project Plan in Project Professional 2013 and level the resources.