Deck 15: Application Extension-Introduction to Microsoft Project

Question 1

MS Project stores information about

A) budgets, resources, and employee SINs.
B) resources, tasks, and customer buying history.
C) tasks, resources, and work contracts.
D) schedules, emails, and budgets.
E) budgets, resources, and tasks.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

A Tracking Gantt allows a project manager to track the progress of a project against a baseline.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The resource view shows all the tasks associated with a project and how long they are expected to last.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

It is not difficult to show all aspects of a project in a single screen.

Question 5

The resource usage view would allow a project manager to better control resources like overtime.

Question 6

MS Project is best describes as a spreadsheet product.

Question 7

Resources cannot be added to the tasks shown in the Gantt chart.

Question 8

You need to create dependencies when one task can not be completed until another task has been completed.

Question 9

MS Project allows a project manager to create tasks.

Question 10

The ________ is located on the far left-hand side of the screen.

A) quick navigator
B) resource sheet
C) project window
D) navigator
E) project navigator

Question 11

MS Project provides a variety of screens to capture the full picture of the project.

Question 12

MS Project is best described as a ________ product.

A) spreadsheet
B) database
C) presentation
D) scheduling
E) calendar

Question 13

MS Project is a full-service project management process software.

Question 14

MS Project allows a project manager to control resources.

Question 15

Dependent tasks are either predecessors or successors.

Question 16

The default view of MS Project is the

A) resource sheet.
B) tasks view.
C) budgets view.
D) resource usage view.
E) Gantt Chart view.

Question 17

Dependencies are reflected in the Gantt chart screen.

Question 18

You can create subtasks within the tasks of a project.

Question 19

When you create subtasks, the tasks associated with those subtasks automatically get

A) the duration of the longest subtask.
B) the dependencies of the subtasks.
C) the total of the subtasks' durations.
D) the subtasks' ancestors.
E) the predecessors of the subtasks.

Question 20

The resource sheet allows you to enter people that will be working on a project to the project.

Question 21

MS Project is a sophisticated relational ________ that stores information about tasks, resources, schedules, baselines, and budgets.

Question 22

Subtasks are created and undone using the ________ keys.

A) ctrl
B) arrow
C) alt
D) tab
E) shift

Question 23

A predecessor is a

A) task that must happen at the same time as another task.
B) resource that must be used before another resource.
C) task that must happen before another task.
D) task that must happen after another task.
E) view in MS Project.

Question 24

In the resource view you see ________ available to the project.

A) people
B) equipment
C) information technology
D) money
E) facilities

Question 25

Task duration times are based on the time needs of ________.

Question 26

MS Project allows a project manager to ________ resources.

Question 27

Why is MS Project considered a full-service product?

Question 28

Dependencies are reflected in the ________ screen.

Question 29

The resource usage view allows the project manager to check

A) projected versus actual costs.
B) time to completion.
C) all of the tasks.
D) all of the subtasks.
E) expected work date and hours for an employee.

Question 30

In the Gantt Chart, the arrows that point to the bars indicate

A) incomplete tasks.
B) activities.
C) resources.
D) dependencies between activities.
E) complete tasks.

Question 31

MS Project is a full-service project management software because it focuses on

A) organizing tasks.
B) providing access to project documentation.
C) managing schedules.
D) tracking employee hours.
E) providing support for the project management process.

Question 32

All project management begins with an understanding of the ________ that need to be accomplished.

Question 33

MS Project is best described as a(n) ________ product.

Question 34

Dependencies are crucial for

A) scheduling tasks.
B) creating predecessors.
C) creating successors.
D) creating meaningful schedules.
E) scheduling resources.

Question 35

The resource usage view shows how active each of your ________ will be over the course of the project.

Question 36

It is ________ to show all the aspects of a project in a single screen.

Question 37

All project management begins with

A) an annual budget.
B) an understanding of project management.
C) an understanding of the scheduling application.
D) an understanding of the tasks that need to be accomplished.
E) availability of resources.

Question 38

The data entry in the resource sheet is the same as for the

A) calendar.
B) resource usage sheet.
C) tracking Gantt chart.
D) task usage sheet.
E) Gantt chart.

Question 39

MS Project is a full-service ________ process software.

Question 40

________ happens when some tasks cannot be completed until other tasks are completed.

Question 41

What is the advantage of using a Gantt chart?

Question 42

What is a dependency between two tasks?