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Project Management Using Microsoft Project
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour
Default view (Project 2010)
Fixed Work
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
WBS Code (Project 2010)
2. File -> Info -> Organizer. Access global mpt - delete views - etc. (ADD MORE)
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Organizer (Project 2010)
Fixed Duration
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
3. Changing the working time in the 'details' section of the working time dialog won't change the default start time in the options -> scheduling settings. Try to keep these in sync.
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4. The acceloration of the successor task. 'Negative lag'
Lead
Bar Style (Project 2010)
'80 hour rule'
Calendars to consider
5. Appears: day means: day
PDM
DSM Design Structure Matrix
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
6. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Lead
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Timeline (Project 2010)
7. 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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8. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.
Units
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
DSM Design Structure Matrix
9. 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
Fixed Duration
Table (Project 2010)
RAM
Finish to Start
10. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
11. Their purpose is to ORGANIZE. Summary tasks have work packages or other summary tasks which comprise the parent summary task. Summary tasks are NOT scheduled. The children tasks are what need to be scheduled.
Finish to Start
Summary tasks (WBS)
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
12. Time delay. Sometimes - it's preferred to have lag shown as a task. You can assign costs to it - that way. Style sheets will indicate this.
Manually
Lag
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
13. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.
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14. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.
Work
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
'80 hour rule'
Peak
15. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.
Finish to Start
Task with first ID
Work
Fixed Duration
16. The FILE name is what you see at the top of the screen - and is the raw name of the .mpp or .mpt FILE itself. The PROJECT NAME is set in the 'Properties' of the project. The project name will show up in reports - etc.
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Template (Project 2010)
17. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.
GO TO (Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
18. Appears: wk means: week
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
'The 100% Rule'
19. U = W / D Work divided by duration.
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Units
WBS Code (Project 2010)
20. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Organizer (Project 2010)
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
Task with first ID
21. 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.
Remaining Duration
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Lag
22. Work - resource - cost.
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
Resource types
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
23. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Template (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
Start to Start
24. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.
'80 hour rule'
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Resource types
Actual Cost
25. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.
Remaining Duration
Lag
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Units
26. Amendment to task type.
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
'80 hour rule'
Effort Driven
27. Gantt Chart with 'Entry' table on left.
Remaining Duration
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
Default view (Project 2010)
Template (Project 2010)
28. Task ribbon -> 'inspect' button-> Inspect Task. It shows more details about highlighted task - including critical predecessor task. Very useful tool. Especially when resources are over allocated.
Fixed Duration
Resource types
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
29. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day
Views (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Units
Start to Finish (SF)
30. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
Reccuring Tasks
Project Files (Project 2010)
31. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.
Form (Project 2010)
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
Table (Project 2010)
32. Shows logical relationship between tasks. View tab -> 'split view' section -> details checked -> More views -> Select there.
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
RAM
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
33. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.
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34. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
5 phases of project
35. Contains information relative to tasks.
GO TO (Project 2010)
Summary tasks (WBS)
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Form (Project 2010)
36. Task ribbon -> 'task' -> recurring task. An easy way to schedule reccuring meetings.
Task Type
Lead
Reccuring Tasks
Lag
37. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Earned Value
38. ______ link Summary Tasks.
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
Do not
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Box Styles (Project 2010)
39. 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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40. Tables are made up of fields.
Table (Project 2010)
Reccuring Tasks
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
41. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.
Finish to Start
SNET
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Summary tasks (WBS)
42. 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
Start to Finish (SF)
Actual Cost
Task with minimum duration
PDM
43. efines units.
Material resource
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Task Type
Fixed Units
44. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.
Organizer (Project 2010)
Task Type
Lead
Network Diagram best practices
45. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
'The 100% Rule'
46. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Logical Relationships in PDM
Table (Project 2010)
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
47. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.
Fixed Units
Duration
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
48. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.
Timeline (Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Fixed Work
SNET
49. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Work Package (WBS)
Organizer (Project 2010)
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
50. Fixed Duration - Fixed Units - or Fixed Work. Described on page 72 of Project 2010 book.
Actual Cost
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Task Type
'80 hour rule'