While creating a schedule with Project Professional 2013, you notice that there is a three-day
duration on the Database Design task. After working for only two days, the resource performing the
task reports two days of work and notifies you that the task is finished. You need to update the
schedule with this information. What should you do?

You use Project Professional 2013 to manage a project schedule which includes all task relationships.
The resource who is assigned to the “Develop software delivery” task is no longer available to work
on your project. You can find another resource to perform this task, but you are not sure when the
resource will become available. You need to know which future tasks could be affected as a result of
the resource leaving your project. What should you do?

You are a project manager who uses Project Professional 2013. After updating a project schedule,
you want to determine the amount of time that the schedule has slipped from the original scheduled
dates. You need a graphical view that shows the current schedule to baseline. Which view should
you use?

You manage a project for an organization that uses Project Professional 2013. You reset the baseline
for some selected tasks. After the baseline has been updated with the new values, you realize that
some of the summary baseline duration values are not correct. You need to resolve this problem.
What should you do?

Your company uses Project Professional 2013. You are scheduling two tasks. One task is named Test
Solution, and the other task is named Create Solution Test Plan. You want the Test Solution task to
start three working days after the finish date of the Create Solution Test Plan task. You need to set
up a dependency between these two tasks. What should you do?

Your company uses Project Professional 2013. You are building a schedule by using predecessors to
help determine a logical duration. The following image shows a baselined list of tasks with
predecessors:

You have been told that Task C is optional, and you recommend inactivating the task to keep it
visible on the schedule. You need to determine what the results are to the schedule when
inactivating Task C. How should you answer?

Your company uses Project Professional 2013. You are a program manager who has a master project
created for your program. Currently you are seeing the critical path for each independent project in
the master project. As a program manager, you want to ensure the resources are properly applied to
successfully complete the program. You need to display the critical path for the entire program
instead of each independent project. What should you do?

You are a project manager in an organization that uses Project Professional 2013. You are managing
a project, which involves the construction of a new shopping mall. The shopping mall is scheduled to
finish by October 21. The mall needs to start operations by October 31. Your sponsor asks you to
closely monitor your schedule and informs you that missing the October 21 deadline could
jeopardize the October 31 start date. You are concerned about construction delays, and you want to
reduce the time buffer. Your sponsor agrees with this decision. You need to show the time between
the End of Construction and the Grand Opening Day as a time buffer for delays. Which two actions
should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

You are managing a project by using Project Professional 2013. Your project schedule contains 1000
tasks which are in outline format. You discover that the Design summary task is located below the
Build summary group of tasks. You need to move the Design summary task and its detail tasks to the
proper location. What should you do?

Your organization uses Project Professional 2013. A senior stakeholder informs you that your project
start date is delayed and gives you a new start date. You need to change the project start date
without adding constraints. What are three possible ways to achieve this goal? (Each correct answer
presents a complete solution. Choose three.)