Microsoft Managing Programs and Projects with Project Server 2013 - 074-344 Exam Practice Test
You are a project manager for an organization that uses Project Server 2013.
You create a complex schedule that has many segments which are divided by your organization's departments and external vendors. The duration of the schedule is 18 months. After six months, you learn that a different department may do some of the upcoming work.
While upper management decides which department they need to perform the work, you realize that your schedule has numerous assignments that now may be done by another department. You do not want to delete the assignments because you have many interdependencies among these tasks and the rest of your schedule. However, you cannot have resources working on these tasks at this time.
You need to keep your tasks in your schedule so upper management can view them, and you need to ensure that the team members do not work on or update those tasks.
What should you do?
You create a complex schedule that has many segments which are divided by your organization's departments and external vendors. The duration of the schedule is 18 months. After six months, you learn that a different department may do some of the upcoming work.
While upper management decides which department they need to perform the work, you realize that your schedule has numerous assignments that now may be done by another department. You do not want to delete the assignments because you have many interdependencies among these tasks and the rest of your schedule. However, you cannot have resources working on these tasks at this time.
You need to keep your tasks in your schedule so upper management can view them, and you need to ensure that the team members do not work on or update those tasks.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: C
You are a team member in an organization that uses Project Server 2013. Each week you report progress on multiple projects that are managed as Microsoft SharePoint task lists.
You need to update task progress on multiple projects from one page.
Which page should you use?
You need to update task progress on multiple projects from one page.
Which page should you use?
Correct Answer: B
You are a project manager for an organization that uses Project Server 2013.
Your team members update their task status.
You need to see how these updates impact your project before you approve the tasks.
What should you do?
Your team members update their task status.
You need to see how these updates impact your project before you approve the tasks.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: C
The IT department uses Project Online to analyze the projects they will execute the next year. Four projects with their respective priority and costs are shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)
The team needs to get the most value from their portfolio, but some last minute restrictions could change their selection. A mutually inclusive dependency is added between the two
CRM projects. A mutually inclusive dependency is also added between the two EPM projects.
You need to assist the team in achieving the most value in their portfolio, given the constraints shown in the exhibit.
You enforce the dependencies and recalculate the analysis. Which two statements become true? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
The team needs to get the most value from their portfolio, but some last minute restrictions could change their selection. A mutually inclusive dependency is added between the two
CRM projects. A mutually inclusive dependency is also added between the two EPM projects.
You need to assist the team in achieving the most value in their portfolio, given the constraints shown in the exhibit.
You enforce the dependencies and recalculate the analysis. Which two statements become true? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
Correct Answer: B,C
As a team member, you submit your timesheet for approval in Project Server 2013.
After sending the timesheet to the timesheet manager, you realize you forgot to include some work.
You need to ensure that the work is added to your timesheet.
What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)
After sending the timesheet to the timesheet manager, you realize you forgot to include some work.
You need to ensure that the work is added to your timesheet.
What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)
Correct Answer: A,D
Your organization has implemented Project Server 2013 to plan and control enterprise projects.
Your organization plans to perform a Portfolio Analysis for the first time on the Selection of Projects to be done the next year. Business drivers, as well as a pair wise comparison of those business drivers to set the business priorities, is the chosen method.
Your organization has provided you with a total of 35 business drivers, 30 of which are related in some way.
You need to return with a valid set of drivers and prioritization to perform the analysis.
What should you do?
Your organization plans to perform a Portfolio Analysis for the first time on the Selection of Projects to be done the next year. Business drivers, as well as a pair wise comparison of those business drivers to set the business priorities, is the chosen method.
Your organization has provided you with a total of 35 business drivers, 30 of which are related in some way.
You need to return with a valid set of drivers and prioritization to perform the analysis.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: A
You are a program manager in the Project Management Office (PMO) of an organization that has Project Server 2013.
You plan to have a weekly project meeting review with all the project managers, and one of the topics that you will cover is the status of all active Issues.
Your need to create a report that displays the following information:
- Name, Status, Priority, and Resolution of all Issues
- Name, Owner, and Start and Finish date of all projects
What should you do?
You plan to have a weekly project meeting review with all the project managers, and one of the topics that you will cover is the status of all active Issues.
Your need to create a report that displays the following information:
- Name, Status, Priority, and Resolution of all Issues
- Name, Owner, and Start and Finish date of all projects
What should you do?
Correct Answer: D
You are a project manager in an organization that uses Project Server 2013. Single-entry mode is disabled. The Only allow task updates via Tasks and Timesheets option is enabled.
Project team members submit updates to tasks through Project Web App (PWA).
A team member submits a status update to you for approval. The team member later
informs you that they made a typing mistake in the status update.
You need to correct the status update.
What should you do?
Project team members submit updates to tasks through Project Web App (PWA).
A team member submits a status update to you for approval. The team member later
informs you that they made a typing mistake in the status update.
You need to correct the status update.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: D
You are a program manager who uses Project Server 2013 and Project Professional 2013. You have administrative rights.
Your project managers create subprojects for your program-level master project. You insert the subprojects into your master project file by using Project Professional 2013. You are unable to save the master project file.
You need to ensure that your master project file appears with its subprojects when you use the Project Web App (PWA).
What should you do?
Your project managers create subprojects for your program-level master project. You insert the subprojects into your master project file by using Project Professional 2013. You are unable to save the master project file.
You need to ensure that your master project file appears with its subprojects when you use the Project Web App (PWA).
What should you do?
Correct Answer: C
Your organization is a multinational corporation that uses Project Online to plan and control the projects in different business units. Each business unit has its own portfolio of projects but can participate in strategic projects.
The Research and Development (R&D) department has been struggling to gather and materialize the new ideas. The Project Management Office (PMO) has the necessary templates and Enterprise Project Types (EPTs) to start a formal process for any new product and to adhere to the general guidelines. However, the R&D group does not want to register all of their ideas since many are related to improvements and few of them could be materialized into projects.
You need to generate a solution that allows R&D to gather their ideas and facilitate the materialization into Enterprise Projects.
What should you do?
The Research and Development (R&D) department has been struggling to gather and materialize the new ideas. The Project Management Office (PMO) has the necessary templates and Enterprise Project Types (EPTs) to start a formal process for any new product and to adhere to the general guidelines. However, the R&D group does not want to register all of their ideas since many are related to improvements and few of them could be materialized into projects.
You need to generate a solution that allows R&D to gather their ideas and facilitate the materialization into Enterprise Projects.
What should you do?
Correct Answer: D