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1
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An estimated duration appears with a(n) ____ after the duration.

a. pound sign
c. question mark
b. exclamation point
d. red bullet

A

question mark

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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

A

meetings

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Durations can be ____.

a. hard or fast
c. estimated or firm
b. managed or calculated
d. determinate or indeterminate

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determinate or indeterminate

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a task can be started are called ____.

a. successors
c. precedents
b. antecedents
d. predecessors

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predecessors

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____ 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

A

Resources

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6
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A conference room is an example of what?

a. task
c. linkage
b. resource
d. risk center

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resource

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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

A

manager

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The more precise a project’s objectives and deliverables, the clearer the ____ becomes.

a. estimate
c. risk
b. duration
d. scope

A

scope

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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

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creep

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10
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Almost every project and task has implied ____ standards.

a. control
c. risk
b. quality
d. benefit

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quality

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In a network diagram, the ____ tasks are on the critical path.

a. red
c. grey
b. blue
d. black

A

red

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12
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Team Planner shows ______________ over time.

a. tasks and goals
c. duration and goals
b. resources and work
d. tasks and scope

A

resources and work

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13
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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

A

title bar

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14
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The ____ bar identifies both the application name and the project name.

a. application
c. View
b. menu
d. title

A

title

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15
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The default view is _____ view.

a. Gantt Chart
c. Calendar
b. Network Diagram
d. Timeline

A

Gantt Chart

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16
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You can find commands such as Resource Usage, Task Usage, and Resource Sheet on the ______ tab.

a. File
c. View
b. Resource
d. Task

A

view

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The _____________ presents actual and remaining durations and costs.

a. Cost Table
c. Summary Table
b. Tracking Table
d. Variance Table

A

tracking table

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18
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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

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black triangle

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19
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Each available ____ displays task, resource, and cost information with varying levels of detail.

a. view
c. screen
b. index
d. filter

A

view

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The _______ bar provides information such as cell mode and status of filters.

a. title
c. View
b. status
d. Entry

A

status

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21
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The ____ provides an overview of the entire project schedule.

a. Network diagram
c. Timeline
b. Task mode column
d. Scope diagram

A

timeline

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22
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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

A

underlined

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23
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If an individual day is edited on the calendar, the day’s number is ____.

a. bold
c. underlined
b. italicized
d. in red

A

in red

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24
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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

A

advanced

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25
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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

a dark border surrounds it

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26
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Pressing the ____ key moves the active cell down one row in the same column.

a. Ctrl
c. Shift
b. Alt
d. Enter

A

enter

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27
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The ____ key moves the active cell right one cell.

a. Tab
c. Ctrl
b. Shift
d. F5

A

tab

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The ____ keys move the active cell left one cell.

a. Ctrl+F5
c. Alt+Enter
b. Shift+Tab
d. Esc+Enter

A

shift+tab

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29
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The ____ key moves the active cell to the first column in a row.

a. Ctrl
c. Home
b. Insert
d. Page Up

A

home

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30
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The ____ key moves the active cell to the last column in a row.

a. Page Down
c. Ctrl
b. F6
d. End

A

end

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31
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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

A

ctrl+home

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32
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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

A

ctrl+end

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33
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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

A

active

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34
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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

A

clear contents

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35
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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

A

smart tag

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36
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The default unit of measurement for durations is ____.

a. month
b. hour
c. week
d. day

A

day

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37
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____ refers to clock time rather than working time.

a. Concatenated
c. Concurrent
b. Recurring
d. Elapsed

A

elapsed

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38
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Which of the following is a tab in the Task Information dialog box?

a. Resources
c. Antecedents
b. Successors
d. All of the above

A

resources

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39
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All of the following are tabs in the Task Information dialog box EXCEPT ____.

a. Custom Fields
c. Notes
b. Indices
d. General

A

Indices

40
Q

You can ____ a task to open its Task Information dialog box.

a. click
c. double-click
b. right-click
d. hover over

A

double-click

41
Q

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

A

constraint

42
Q

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

A

project

43
Q

The Standard calendar specifies ____ time, the hours during which work can occur.

a. standard
c. working
b. operational
d. labor

A

working

44
Q

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

A

ctrl

45
Q

Working days appear ____ on the Standard calendar.

a. as light gray
c. as red
b. with gray diagonal lines
d. as white

A

as white

46
Q

Nonworking days appear ____ on the Standard calendar.

a. as light gray
c. as red
b. with gray diagonal lines
d. as white

A

as light gray

47
Q

Edited working hours appear ____ on the Standard calendar.

a. as light gray
c. as red
b. as white with underlined dates
d. as white

A

as white with underlined dates

48
Q

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

A

at the beginning of the project

49
Q

When you view the Network Diagram, the critical tasks are automatically displayed in ____.

a. green
c. red
b. silver
d. gold

A

red

50
Q

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

A

all of the above

51
Q

____ 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

A

filters

52
Q

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

A

critical

53
Q

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

A

view

54
Q

Which of the following is a comparison operator?

a. greater than or equal to
c. NOT
b. AND
d. Both B and C

A

both b and c

55
Q

AND and OR are examples of ____ operators.

a. conditional
c. comparison
b. algorithmic
d. logical

A

comparison

56
Q

Project 2010 applies default formatting choices, such as ____ for task bars.

a. black
c. red
b. blue
d. silver

A

blue

57
Q

Manually scheduled tasks have ___________ shaded bars.

a. red
c. blue
b. gold
d. green

A

blue

58
Q

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

A

text styles

59
Q

____ can provide a visual guide to help you interpret bars in a Gantt chart.

a. Baselines
c. Benchmarks
b. Gridlines
d. Layout guides

A

gridlines

60
Q

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

A

all of the above

61
Q

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

A

layout

62
Q

The timescale can display ____ tiers simultaneously.

a. two
c. six
b. three
d. eleven

A

three

63
Q

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

A

network diagram

64
Q

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

A

network diagram

65
Q

The Zoom In button appears on the ____ bar.

a. status
c. options
b. entry
d. view

A

status

66
Q

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

A

box styles

67
Q

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

A

slipping tasks

68
Q

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

A

earned value

69
Q

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

A

to-do list

70
Q

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

A

task usage

71
Q

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

A

custom

72
Q

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

A

workload

73
Q

____ are used to disseminate information.

a. Reports
c. Templates
b. Views
d. Wizards

A

reports

74
Q

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

A

pointer

75
Q

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

A

both a and b

76
Q

Float is also called ____ slack.

a. total
c. critical
b. free
d. base

A

total

77
Q

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

A

float

78
Q

____ is the default calendar choice for the Base field.

a. Night Shift
c. Base
b. 24 Hours
d. Standard

A

standard

79
Q

Which of the following is a tab in the Resource Information dialog box?

a. Costs
c. Standard
b. Finances
d. Comments

A

costs

80
Q

Which of the following is NOT a tab in the Resource Information dialog box?

a. General
c. Custom Fields
b. Names
d. Costs

A

names

81
Q

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

A

windows account

82
Q

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

A

all of the above

83
Q

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

A

units

84
Q

____ 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

A

fixed

85
Q

Tasks are, by default, ____-driven.

a. duration
c. unit
b. time
d. effort

A

effort

86
Q

Meetings and seminars should have ____ durations.

a. fixed
c. fungible
b. flexible
d. effort-driven

A

fixed

87
Q

____ costs can be associated with labor costs or material consumable resources.

a. Variable
c. Budgetary
b. Fixed
d. Resource

A

variable

88
Q

Insurance and legal fees are examples of ____ costs associated with a task.

a. variable
c. linked
b. fixed
d. budgetary

A

fixed

89
Q

A resource is the ____ used to complete the tasks in a project.

a. person(s)
c. materials
b. equipment
d. Any of the above

A

all of the above

90
Q

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

A

indicator

91
Q

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

A

cost/use

92
Q

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

A

code

93
Q

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

A

accrue

94
Q

In the Std. Rate field in Resource Sheet view, rate entries are costs per ____.

a. hour
c. month
b. day
d. week

A

hour

95
Q

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

A

accrue

96
Q

____ is the default entry for the Accrue field.

a. Standard
c. Prorated
b. Hourly
d. Material

A

prorated

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