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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Hiding does not delete data. If you hide a column - data maintains - but to get it back - you'll need to right click - insert column.

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2. It is NOT an exhaustive list of work. It is instead a comprehensive classification of project scope. Contains Sub-components - work packages (child of sub-component). Further work packages can be children of other work packages. Summary tasks are the






3. Default view in Network Diagram. Without LINK LABELS - you won't see lag time - etc. The term finish to start refers specifically to the logical relationship that exits between the activities that make up he entirety of the project in which it is det






4. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.






5. Task ribbon -> 'task' -> recurring task. An easy way to schedule reccuring meetings.






6. The WBS contains 100% of the work defined by the project scope and captures all deliverables - internal - external - interim - in terms of the work to be completed - including project management.

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7. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be






8. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.






9. W = D + U Duration plus available resource units






10. U = W / D Work divided by duration.






11. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value






12. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week






13. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day






14. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.






15. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.






16. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.






17. Work - resource - cost.






18. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






19. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that






20. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.






21. Contains information relative to tasks.






22. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month






23. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U






24. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.






25. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.






26. Amendment to task type.






27. Appears: min means: minute






28. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.






29. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.






30. Appears: mon means: month






31. ______ link Summary Tasks.






32. Always preserve the number of people working on a task. Changing units when fixed will impact duration.






33. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.

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34. Project Tab -> Change Working time. Define the actual 'hours' of work - which days work happens (weekends grayed out by default) - and 'exceptions' to standard work times. Work weeks tab present too.






35. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.

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36. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.






37. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.






38. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.






39. Appears: wk means: week






40. The acceloration of the successor task. 'Negative lag'






41. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.






42. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.






43. efines units.






44. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.

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45. Add your resources names to critical tasks _______ via bar styles/text.






46. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






47. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour






48. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.






49. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.






50. Network Diagrom -> Format ribbon -> format.