project Flashcards
An estimated duration appears with a(n) ____ after the duration.
a. pound sign
c. question mark
b. exclamation point
d. red bullet
question mark
Which of the following tasks in a LAN installation project has a duration that is not flexible?
a. wiring the office
c. taking new computers out of the boxes
b. meetings
d. All of the above
meetings
Durations can be ____.
a. hard or fast
c. estimated or firm
b. managed or calculated
d. determinate or indeterminate
determinate or indeterminate
a task can be started are called ____.
a. successors
c. precedents
b. antecedents
d. predecessors
predecessors
____ are the people, equipment, or facilities that need to be assigned to a task in order to complete it.
a. Resources
c. Links
b. Utilities
d. Indices
Resources
A conference room is an example of what?
a. task
c. linkage
b. resource
d. risk center
resource
The project ____ is the central person to whom all of the details of the project converge for entry into the project plan.
a. secretary
c. manager
b. supervisor
d. lead
manager
The more precise a project’s objectives and deliverables, the clearer the ____ becomes.
a. estimate
c. risk
b. duration
d. scope
scope
Scope ____ is the condition whereby projects grow and change in unanticipated ways that increase costs, extend deadlines, or otherwise negatively affect the project goal.
a. creep
c. slide
b. slip
d. erosion
creep
Almost every project and task has implied ____ standards.
a. control
c. risk
b. quality
d. benefit
quality
In a network diagram, the ____ tasks are on the critical path.
a. red
c. grey
b. blue
d. black
red
Team Planner shows ______________ over time.
a. tasks and goals
c. duration and goals
b. resources and work
d. tasks and scope
resources and work
The Project window consists of a number of elements that are common to all Windows applications, such as the ____.
a. timescale
c. title bar
b. View Bar
d. All of the above
title bar
The ____ bar identifies both the application name and the project name.
a. application
c. View
b. menu
d. title
title
The default view is _____ view.
a. Gantt Chart
c. Calendar
b. Network Diagram
d. Timeline
Gantt Chart
You can find commands such as Resource Usage, Task Usage, and Resource Sheet on the ______ tab.
a. File
c. View
b. Resource
d. Task
view
The _____________ presents actual and remaining durations and costs.
a. Cost Table
c. Summary Table
b. Tracking Table
d. Variance Table
tracking table
The small ____ that points down at the bottom of the View Bar indicates that more buttons are available.
a. red arrow
c. green circle
b. black triangle
d. blue square
black triangle
Each available ____ displays task, resource, and cost information with varying levels of detail.
a. view
c. screen
b. index
d. filter
view
The _______ bar provides information such as cell mode and status of filters.
a. title
c. View
b. status
d. Entry
status
The ____ provides an overview of the entire project schedule.
a. Network diagram
c. Timeline
b. Task mode column
d. Scope diagram
timeline
If a day of the week such as Monday or Tuesday is edited on the calendar, the day’s abbreviation is ____.
a. bold
c. underlined
b. italicized
d. in red
underlined
If an individual day is edited on the calendar, the day’s number is ____.
a. bold
c. underlined
b. italicized
d. in red
in red
The calendars available for a project appear in the Calendar list on the ____ tab of the Task Information dialog box.
a. Advanced
c. General
b. Schedules
d. Resources
advanced
When you are editing an active cell, what does the active cell look like?
a. A dark border surrounds it.
c. The cell is 3-D.
b. The cell is red.
d. All of the above
a dark border surrounds it
Pressing the ____ key moves the active cell down one row in the same column.
a. Ctrl
c. Shift
b. Alt
d. Enter
enter
The ____ key moves the active cell right one cell.
a. Tab
c. Ctrl
b. Shift
d. F5
tab
The ____ keys move the active cell left one cell.
a. Ctrl+F5
c. Alt+Enter
b. Shift+Tab
d. Esc+Enter
shift+tab
The ____ key moves the active cell to the first column in a row.
a. Ctrl
c. Home
b. Insert
d. Page Up
home
The ____ key moves the active cell to the last column in a row.
a. Page Down
c. Ctrl
b. F6
d. End
end
The ____ keys move the active cell to the first column of the first row.
a. Ctrl+Home
c. Alt+Home
b. Shift+Home
d. Esc+Home
ctrl+home
The ____ keys move the active cell to the last column of the last row that contains a task name.
a. Shift+End
c. Alt+End
b. Ctrl+End
d. Esc+End
ctrl+end
Before editing or entering the contents of a cell in the table, you must select it to make it the ____ cell.
a. determinant
c. constrained
b. active
d. key
active
To delete the contents of a task cell, right-click the task cell, and then on the shortcut menu, click ____.
a. Delete
c. Clear Contents
b. Remove
d. Purge Contents
clear contents
The ____ is a small square that appears in the lower corner of a given cell.
a. Smart Tag
c. row selector
b. fill handle
d. crosshair pointer
smart tag
The default unit of measurement for durations is ____.
a. month
b. hour
c. week
d. day
day
____ refers to clock time rather than working time.
a. Concatenated
c. Concurrent
b. Recurring
d. Elapsed
elapsed
Which of the following is a tab in the Task Information dialog box?
a. Resources
c. Antecedents
b. Successors
d. All of the above
resources
All of the following are tabs in the Task Information dialog box EXCEPT ____.
a. Custom Fields
c. Notes
b. Indices
d. General
Indices
You can ____ a task to open its Task Information dialog box.
a. click
c. double-click
b. right-click
d. hover over
double-click
The initial determination about ____ type has significant impact on the calculated start and finish dates for project tasks.
a. Constraint
c. Resource
b. Successor
d. Antecedent
constraint
The ____ calendar is the base calendar used by Project 2010 to schedule new tasks within the project.
a. task
c. main
b. project
d. origin
project
The Standard calendar specifies ____ time, the hours during which work can occur.
a. standard
c. working
b. operational
d. labor
working
To select noncontiguous days on the calendar, you would click the first day and then press and hold the ____ key while clicking the other days to select them as a group.
a. Shift
c. Esc
b. Alt
d. Ctrl
ctrl
Working days appear ____ on the Standard calendar.
a. as light gray
c. as red
b. with gray diagonal lines
d. as white
as white
Nonworking days appear ____ on the Standard calendar.
a. as light gray
c. as red
b. with gray diagonal lines
d. as white
as light gray
Edited working hours appear ____ on the Standard calendar.
a. as light gray
c. as red
b. as white with underlined dates
d. as white
as white with underlined dates
You should enter non-working holidays______________________.
a. at the beginning of the project
c. the Saturday before the holiday
b. at the end of the project
d. no more than 15 days before the holiday
at the beginning of the project
When you view the Network Diagram, the critical tasks are automatically displayed in ____.
a. green
c. red
b. silver
d. gold
red
It is very important for the project manager to ____ information about the critical path throughout the life of the project.
a. find
c. communicate
b. analyze
d. All of the above
all of the above
____ help you focus your attention on specific aspects of the project based on different criteria.
a. Filters
c. Summary tasks
b. Milestones
d. All of the above
filters
Which of the following filters out all tasks not currently on the critical path?
a. Summary Tasks
c. Critical
b. Unstarted Tasks
d. Major Tasks
critical
To remove a filter, click the Filter arrow on the ______ tab, and then choose the [No Filter] option.
a. View
c. File
b. Edit
d. Project
view
Which of the following is a comparison operator?
a. greater than or equal to
c. NOT
b. AND
d. Both B and C
both b and c
AND and OR are examples of ____ operators.
a. conditional
c. comparison
b. algorithmic
d. logical
comparison
Project 2010 applies default formatting choices, such as ____ for task bars.
a. black
c. red
b. blue
d. silver
blue
Manually scheduled tasks have ___________ shaded bars.
a. red
c. blue
b. gold
d. green
blue
To make changes to all of the tasks of one type, you use the ____ dialog box.
a. Text Styles
c. Formatting
b. Global Format
d. Font
text styles
____ can provide a visual guide to help you interpret bars in a Gantt chart.
a. Baselines
c. Benchmarks
b. Gridlines
d. Layout guides
gridlines
You can set the interval of Gantt Rows so that they appear ______________.
a. below each task
c. whatever interval you set
b. below every two tasks
d. all of the above
all of the above
The ____ dialog box provides several formatting options for the link lines and bars in a Gantt chart.
a. Format
c. Styles
b. Layout
d. Display
layout
The timescale can display ____ tiers simultaneously.
a. two
c. six
b. three
d. eleven
three
After the initial data entry process, emphasis often shifts to the ____ because it most clearly identifies the dependencies between the tasks, as well as the critical path.
a. Gantt chart
c. network diagram
b. entry table
d. calendar
network diagram
The primary purpose of the ____ is to clearly illustrate the sequential progression of tasks and the critical path.
a. Gantt chart
c. Entry table
b. calendar
d. network diagram
network diagram
The Zoom In button appears on the ____ bar.
a. status
c. options
b. entry
d. view
status
You format all of the tasks of one type using the ____ dialog box.
a. Box Styles
c. Format All
b. Task Styles
d. Box Layouts
box styles
Which of the following is a report in the Current category of reports in Project 2010?
a. Cash Flow
c. Resource Usage
b. Slipping Tasks
d. Overallocated Resources
slipping tasks
Which of the following is a report in the Costs category of reports in Project 2010?
a. Milestones
c. Earned Value
b. Tasks Starting Soon
d. Resource Usage
earned value
Which of the following is a report in the Assignments category of reports in Project 2010?
a. Overbudget Tasks
c. Resource Usage
b. Working Days
d. To-do List
to-do list
Which of the following is a report in the Workload category of reports in Project 2010?
a. Task Usage
c. Who Does What
b. Working Days
d. All of the above
task usage
Which of the following report categories allows users to create reports of their own design?
a. Assignments
c. Workload
b. Custom
d. All of the above
custom
You can communicate project information by displaying or printing in various graphic views, including all of the following EXCEPT ____.
a. Workload
c. Gantt Chart
b. Calendar
d. Network Diagram
workload
____ are used to disseminate information.
a. Reports
c. Templates
b. Views
d. Wizards
reports
The Zoom in ________ lets you get a closer look at any part of the report on the screen.
a. bar
c. pointer
b. tab
d. cell
pointer
Which of the following statements is true?
a. The critical path changes if tasks on the critical path are completed behind schedule.
b. The critical path changes if tasks on the critical path are completed ahead of schedule.
c. Once set, the critical path cannot change.
d. Both A and B
both a and b
Float is also called ____ slack.
a. total
c. critical
b. free
d. base
total
One way to define the critical path is that it consists of those tasks having a ____ of zero.
a. path
c. taskpath
b. float
d. slack
float
____ is the default calendar choice for the Base field.
a. Night Shift
c. Base
b. 24 Hours
d. Standard
standard
Which of the following is a tab in the Resource Information dialog box?
a. Costs
c. Standard
b. Finances
d. Comments
costs
Which of the following is NOT a tab in the Resource Information dialog box?
a. General
c. Custom Fields
b. Names
d. Costs
names
The ____ button in the Resource Information dialog box lets you access a sever for the resource.
a. Collaborate
c. Windows Account
b. Project Server
d. Share Information
windows account
You use the Resource Information dialog box to enter specific details about the resource such as________.
a. Name
c. Initials
b. Availability
d. All of the above
all of the above
Given the relationship between work, duration, and units, when changes are made to duration, what changes to balance the relationship?
a. time
c. work
b. effort
d. units
units
____ duration means that a task’s work, rather than the duration, changes when a new resource is assigned.
a. Flexible
c. Fixed
b. Indexed
d. Fungible
fixed
Tasks are, by default, ____-driven.
a. duration
c. unit
b. time
d. effort
effort
Meetings and seminars should have ____ durations.
a. fixed
c. fungible
b. flexible
d. effort-driven
fixed
____ costs can be associated with labor costs or material consumable resources.
a. Variable
c. Budgetary
b. Fixed
d. Resource
variable
Insurance and legal fees are examples of ____ costs associated with a task.
a. variable
c. linked
b. fixed
d. budgetary
fixed
A resource is the ____ used to complete the tasks in a project.
a. person(s)
c. materials
b. equipment
d. Any of the above
all of the above
In Resource Sheet view, the Entry table’s ____ field automatically displays small icons to represent various conditions about the resource.
a. Conditions
c. Code
b. Units
d. Indicator
indicator
In Resource Sheet view, the Entry table’s ____ field contains the one-time cost per use for a single resource of the given type.
a. Cost/Use
c. One-Time Cost
b. Single Use
d. Accrue At
cost/use
In Resource Sheet view, the Entry table’s ____ field contains any code, number, or abbreviation you want to enter to help identify that resource.
a. Identification
c. Code
b. Abbreviation
d. Initials
code
In Resource Sheet view, the Entry table’s ____ field determines when the costs associated with a resource will be applied to any task to which it has been assigned.
a. Cost/Use
c. Calendar
b. Accrue
d. Std. Rate
accrue
In the Std. Rate field in Resource Sheet view, rate entries are costs per ____.
a. hour
c. month
b. day
d. week
hour
Three choices are available for the ____ field in Resource Sheet view: Start, Prorated, and End.
a. Base Calendar
c. Cost/Use
b. Accrue
d. Std. Rate
accrue
____ is the default entry for the Accrue field.
a. Standard
c. Prorated
b. Hourly
d. Material
prorated
