Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects Sample Questions:

1. Standard working hours are eight hours a day from Monday through Friday. You create a task of fixed units
and set the duration to 2 days. You assign the task to John at 100 percent. John wants to work only 50
percent on the task. You change John's assignment units to 50 percent for the task.
Which set of values describes the specified task?

A) Duration shows 2 days; Work shows 16 hours
B) Duration shows 4 days; Work shows 16 hours
C) Duration shows 4 days; Work shows 8 hours
D) Duration shows 2 days; Work shows 8 hours
E) Duration shows 2 days; Work shows 0 hours

2. Five resources work full time on the project. Standard working hours are eight hours a day from Monday through Friday. John, a team member, asks to take Thursday off from work. He will work on Saturday to adjust this time. You need to ensure that the change in John's working time is reflected in the project schedule. What should you do?

A) In the Resource Information window for John, select the inactive option for Thursday and cancel the selection of the inactive option for Saturday.
B) Update the resource calendar for John by making Thursday as a non-working day and Saturday as a working day.
C) Update the project calendar for John by making Thursday as a non-working day and Saturday as a working day.
D) In the Resource Information window for John, change John's availability by modifying the Available From and Available To dates for Thursday to 0 percent and for Saturday to 100 percent.

3. Your project has a part-time resource who works 4 hours a day from Monday through Thursday. You need to ensure that your project plan accommodates the part-time resource. What should you do?

A) Assign the resource only to tasks that are scheduled on the working days.
B) Change the maximum units for the resource.
C) Change the working time for the resource.
D) Update the base project calendar.

4. You receive a Microsoft Outlook e-mail message that contains the following task outline:
-Establish corporate internal communications process. ?Find out the regional and country divisions'
communications process. ?Plan communication methods, logistics, and timings. ?Establish regional and
country communications to sales, marketing, and management. ?Find out the internal systems that must
respond to the campaign.
-Create communications plan.
-Identify internal training requirements.
-Develop internal training.
-Organization of internal communications and training completion. You need to incorporate the task outline
into your project plan. What should you do?

A) Copy and paste the task outline into the Task Sheet view of Project 2010.
B) Use the Task Inspector feature from Outlook.
C) Use the Import Outlook Tasks option.
D) Use the Bulk Import tool from the Project 2010 Solution Starters toolkit.

5. You have an unscheduled, unassigned task in your Project Professional 2010 schedule. You identify an available resource. You need to assign the task to the resource without scheduling the task. What should you do?

A) Use the Replace feature in the Assign Resources dialog box.
B) Use the Calendar view.
C) Use the Add Resources function.
D) Use the Team Planner view.

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