General Microsoft Project MCQs

1. What does the Resource View display?

2. What does PERT stand for?

3. How does Microsoft Project calculate work?

4. The ______ tab on the ribbon allows you to customize text, columns, colors, and other elements of each type of view.

5. Which of the following is NOT a valid duration measurement for a task?

6. A project template has this file extension:

7. MS project is NOT interoperable with:

8. What is a successor activity?

9. A _________ is a deliverable oriented decomposition of a project into smaller components.

10. How many nested levels of sort criteria are available in the Sort dialog box?

11. A resource can be created by:

12. Which of the following is a valid task link type?

13. What is a milestone?

14. ______ is any deviation from the baseline of a project.

15. ________ are scheduled events that indicate the completion of a major deliverable.

16. By default, Duration is measured in:

17. What is a run chart?

18. Which of the following is NOT a standard field contained within a project?

19. What is the default duration assigned to an automatically scheduled task?

20. What is the default unit of time by which Lag Time is measured?

21. FS dependency implies?

22. How do you mark or indicate a task is a subtask of another?

23. ______ is a delay between two tasks that are linked by a dependency.

24. The _______ is the longest duration of linked tasks in a project which must be completed on time for the project to complete on time.

25. FF dependency implies?

26. Payback period is the time it takes to pay back what a project costs. For a project that costs $5,000,000 and delivers increased revenue of $500,000/month, how do you calcuate payback period?

27. The ______ view, automatically displayed above other views, shows a concise overview of the entire schedule.

28. What does PMI stand for?

29. _______ scheduling starts at the end of the project and works backwards through the project tasks to the present.

30. Which of the following is NOT a valid import type for tasks?

31. The __________ is the approved project schedule and issued to determine the variation between the plan and actual.

32. You are the project manager on the installation of a new ERP system. Before the system can be installed on the company's servers, the operating system must be upgraded. This is an example of what type of precedence relationship?

33. If you click Fixed Work in the Task type list, you cannot change the Effort driven setting for the task.

34. How does Microsoft Project calculate the total work time of a summary task?

35. Breaking a project into phases and then further dividing into summary tasks and subtasks is called _________ scheduling.

36. How will a task appear on the Gantt chart when it is a successor of another task?

37. What is the best way of doing resource loading in a project having lot of dependencies?

38. How can you change the duration on a summary task?

39. Putting 9FF3 in the predecessor column of task 10 causes which of the following to happen?

40. A _______ is a chart with a series of horizontal lines showing the amount of work done in certain periods of time in relation to the amount of work planned for those periods.

41. Use the _____ feature to resolve resource conflicts and over-allocations.

42. Press the ____ key to display KeyTips over each feature.

43. What is a Gantt chart?

44. What does WBS stand for?

45. The formula to calculate Cost Variance is:

46. Which of the following is NOT a constraint type?

47. The ________ new feature in Microsoft Project 2013 allows you to select any task and see the complete chain of predecessors and successors linked to it.

48. What does leveling refer to?

49. _______ is the length of time by which a task is ahead of schedule and will be completed early if continued.

50. What character follows an estimated duration?

51. If you want to change the hierarchical structure of a task or subtask as part of an outline structure for your project, you need to change the task type or add a deadline date rather than indent or outdent the task.

52. SS dependency implies?

53. A process that states how formal verfication and acceptance of completed project deliverables will be obtained is documented in the _________.

54. When adding a resource to a task, to only use them fifty percent, type this:

55. If you want to sort your resources by last name so that Brenda Diaz is last on your list and Florian Voss is first on your list, what sort order should you specify?

56. What is the smallest denomination of time that can be assigned when assigning duration to tasks?

57. The _______ is used as a template for other calendars.

58. How much should CPI and SPI be in a project ahead of schedule and costs?

59. Which of the following is the best way to resolve an issue in which a resource is overallocated?

60. If current data consistently differs from baseline data, this is an indication that ______.

61. One of these is NOT a type of resource?

62. The Network Diagram, also known as the ______, shows dependencies between tasks in a graphical manner.

63. SF dependency implies?

64. You have to deliver a new costume sales website by September 30 in time for the Halloween season that begins in mid-October. This is an example of?

65. What is a Scope Manangement plan?

66. What does CPI of 1.1 mean ?

67. True or False? When assigning time for projects, you should also account for non-working time.

68. If you're not certain how Task "Chop the Wood" relates to the work of "Move the Chairs", which dependency type should you create?

69. The ________ tab can be used to set working times, add a holiday to the calendar, and set a baseline.

70. True or False? Displaying or removing a group has an effect on the project data.

71. The critical path method calculates theoretical early start and late start and finish dates. Critical path have either

72. To have Task 10 start three days after Task 9 completes, in the predecessor column, type:

73. What is CPI=?

74. Which of the following is NOT a valid task constraint?

75. The default task type in Microsoft Project is ____.

76. Use the ______ to see how changes to one task affect the rest of the project and to track schedule changes.

77. After "Pour the Foundation" and "Build the Frame" are both finished, "Mount the Drywall" should start immediately. To put these task relationships in your plan, which dependency types should you create?

78. In manual scheduling, changes to which of the following updates task dates?

79. ______ is an overlap between two tasks that are linked by a dependency.

80. When two tasks have an FS dependency, but the work can overlap or be done in parallel, how can you reduce the overall duration of the project?

81. Microsoft Project allows up to ___ baselines per project.

82. Which of the following is NOT true of deadline dates?

83. When assigning a time duration to a task, what is the abbreviation for "months"?

84. If a task is ______, as resources are added or removed on the assignment, the work remains constant and is redistributed among the resources.

85. There are four tasks in your project, and the duration of your current plan is 22 days. There are FS dependencies between all four tasks. Task A is four days; Task B is six days; Task C is eight days; and Task D is four days. Which of the following changes will create a Project plan with the shortest overall duration?

86. In a fixed units task, if you revise Duration, what happens?

87. On the Task tab, the _____ group provides buttons to mark the percent complete, link tasks to one another, and inactivate a task.

88. Which of the following is NOT a risk-diagramming technique?

89. True or False? Custom fields created for a task can be seen on the resource sheet view.

90. You are the project manager on the rehab of an apartment building. Before you can get the Certificate of Occupancy, which is necessary to complete the project, the wiring must be installed. What type of precedence relationship is this?

91. ______ resources affect task scheduling.

92. True or False? Custom fields created for a resource can be seen on the task sheet view.

93. What is the process of putting tasks in order of the date they must be completed by?

94. To see all tasks for a person, which view should you look at?

95. Which of the following is NOT a valid view?

96. To see individual resource details by task, which view should you look at?

97. A calendar can be associated with a:

98. What is the most accurate way of forecasing EAC and ETC?

99. What is a variance thresshold for cost or other acceptable variances called?

100. By default, Work is measured in:

101. The __________ dialog box allows you select up to three fields for three levels of sorts within sorts.

102. What is another name for a summary task?

103. True or False? There is an export to Excel feature for the Task Sheet.

104. Where can you set fixed duration, effort driven, and manually scheduled?

105. You would like the ability to edit your typed entries in the Entry Bar, which appears below the ribbon and above the default Entry table in the Gantt Chart view. You recently received a new computer and noticed that the Entry Bar is missing. How do you fix this?

106. Which of the following defines the project scope in terms of deliverables and components, and provides the framework on which the project status is based?

107. When setting the Calculate multiple critical paths option in a master project's Advanced settings, which statement is correct?

108. You want to switch the scheduling mode for a project from scheduling from a start date to scheduling from a finish date. This action will change the default constraint from As Soon As Possible to As Late As Possible. Which dialog box should you use to make this change?

109. A project contains many elements. What is used to describe the sum of the work required?

110. Which option is not available in the Report tab on the ribbon?

111. You are troubleshooting a schedule on someone else's computer The schedule has 10,000 tasks. When a change is made to a task's duration on a Fixed Units task, the start and finish dates do not change. change highlighting does not appear, and the Gantt Chart bat does not update. What is the cause of this issue?

112. You would like to understand which tasks are critical and which are not. When looking at the Gantt chart, how are these tasks identified by default?

113. You are working on a project that has tasks with no flexibility. Which constraint type offers no flexibility?

114. In a project, duration can have different units. Which duration unit is not valid?

115. Microsoft Project uses calendars to schedule a project. Which project components can be assigned a calendar?

116. You are working on a project file that contains many linked subprojects. When saving the files, what option can you use to immediately save the open files, including those that have not changed?

117. A resource is assigned to a task that is scheduled for 2 days. The resource is scheduled for 8 hours (8h) per day at 100%. The resource performs actual work of 10 hours on the first day. How has the Peak for this resource changed?

118. What is another name for a work breakdown structure?

119. A report for Earned Value Over Time has been requested, You decide to use a Microsoft Project visual report. What values does this report template compare when run?

120. You are preparing a meal comprising a main dish and multiple side dishes. You want the finish of the main dish to drive the finish of the side dishes. The main dish will start before and take longer than the side dishes. You need to create a link from the main dish to each of the side dishes. Which link type is appropriate?

121. A resource is overallocated in a project. This resource is responsible for two tasks that are to happen at the same time. The first of these tasks is on the critical path. Which solution should you use to remedy the overallocation?

122. How do you mark a task's progress and have that progress reflected in the task's summary task?

123. You have many tasks in a project file and want to convert them into milestones. How can you do this?

124. A project has been delayed by three months. In this project, you have set deadlines that also need to be delayed by three months. What feature should you use to accomplish both of these delays?

125. How many default base calendars does Microsoft Project set up for a project?

126. A task has a fixed duration If the units on the task are changed, what value for the task will automatically change as a result?

127. You are working with subproject files (the master project file is not open) and have saved the changes you made. What happens to the master project when it is opened?

128. You need to modify a resource pool. When opening the file that contains the pool, which option is not valid?

129. On your computer, Automatically add new views, tables. filters. and groups to the global is selected. You are using a custom filter that you created in one of your schedules, and you modify it to better meet your needs. You now notice that this modification is not available in other schedules. How do you fix this?

130. A graduated scale of rates can be created for a resource by using cost rate tables. What is the maximum number of cost rate tables each resource in a project have?

131. A project currently has a software developer performing two tasks at the same time. The first task is 5 days long; the second task is day long. It has been decided that the developer can take some time to work on the shorter task in the middle the longer task without impacting the schedule. What is the best way to this!

132. You want to change the view of the timescale on Gantt chart to be more granular. How many tiers does the timescale support?

133. You are working with two project files. You want the second project to contain some of the same tasks, along with their work assignments, as the first project. You Choose to copy the tasks between the projects. What else is copied along with the task when performing basic copy and paste action?

134. You are working with a master project that contains subprojects, and you want to see a list of tasks on which a subproject file is dependent. How can you do this in Microsoft Project?

135. You want to manage multiple projects with one project designated as the master project. Which button on the ribbon do you use?

136. When you create a new blank project in Microsoft Project, what is the default view?

137. A project contains numerous linked tasks. What is the name for a task that is controlled or driven by another task(s)?

138. Ou have several Microsoft Project files open. One contains sensitive information, so you hide that file. What is true regarding the hidden file?

139. You are using work breakdown structure (WBS) codes for an in-progress project. Due to some schedule changes, tasks have been moved around, which has modified the WBS. How do you fix the WBS codes?

140. When breaking down the work that needs to be done on a project, what is the smallest unit of work known as?

141. A resource's hours have increased over the span of five days for a particular task. The duration has not changed, and the task is effort driven. What element can you add to the Task Usage view to see what has changed?

142. You are modifying a project's work breakdown structure (WBS) code. What is the default length for any selected sequence type?

143. You are working on a project schedule. You need two tasks to end at the same time so that your review team can do their work on both tasks. Which link type is appropriate?