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Question 1

Resource plan costs are divided into: (Choose three.)

  • A. Planned Cost
  • B. Allocated Cost
  • C. Actual Cost
  • D. Expense Cost
  • E. Forecast Cost
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Planned Cost
  • B. Allocated Cost
  • C. Actual Cost
Question 2

Demand assessments are triggered as soon as the demand enters what state?

  • A. Submitted
  • B. Qualified
  • C. Approved
  • D. Screening
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Correct Answer:
D. Screening
Question 3

What actions can a project manager perform related to Agile projects on the Details page of Project Workspace? (Choose three.)

  • A. Create a new Agile phase
  • B. View widgets and reports
  • C. Add stories
  • D. View WBS
  • E. Create a Doc page
  • F. Remove epics
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Correct Answer:
A. Create a new Agile phase
Question 4

An it_project_manager can request resources by which of the following: (Choose two.)

  • A. Month
  • B. Person Days
  • C. Day
  • D. Hours
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Person Days
  • D. Hours
Question 5

The PPM Standard plugin enables an it_project_manager to perform the following activities: (Choose three.)

  • A. Track actual amount spent compared to an approved budget
  • B. Configure cost type definition
  • C. Determine overall project cost requirements
  • D. Define target for the portfolio
  • E. Establish resource requirements and track costs
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Track actual amount spent compared to an approved budget
  • C. Determine overall project cost requirements
  • E. Establish resource requirements and track costs
Question 6

What UI Actions are available to link RIDAC records? (Choose two.)

  • A. Apply Template
  • B. Associate RIDAC
  • C. Convert to RIDAC
  • D. View RIDAC
  • E. Save as New Template
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Associate RIDAC
  • C. Convert to RIDAC
Question 7

At which point in the Demand Management lifecycle do assessments get sent to stakeholders?

  • A. Creation
  • B. Assessment
  • C. Planning
  • D. Screening
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Correct Answer:
D. Screening
Question 8

What is the demand workbench used for? (Choose two.)

  • A. Approving ideas
  • B. Approving demands
  • C. Comparing and prioritizing demands against other demands
  • D. Comparing demands with portfolios
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Approving demands
  • C. Comparing and prioritizing demands against other demands
Question 9

What is a resource event?

  • A. non-scheduled activity impacting capacity
  • B. block of time that a resource spends on a task
  • C. An external event
  • D. An event scheduled by a project manager
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Correct Answer:
B. block of time that a resource spends on a task
Question 10

Where is planned cost calculated from when requesting resources from a group and when resource role is specified?

  • A. The task rate cards
  • B. The distribution costs
  • C. The hourly rate of the specified role
  • D. The CI rate cards
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Correct Answer:
C. The hourly rate of the specified role
Question 11

Which field on the Idea Module form displays the unique identifier for the module, that is used as a parameter in the Idea Portal URL to direct users?

  • A. Module ID
  • B. Idea Table
  • C. Module Name
  • D. Category Limit
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Correct Answer:
A. Module ID
Question 12

Which stage of the Now Create methodology includes Transition, Mobilize, Prepare and Conduct?

  • A. Prepare
  • B. Transition
  • C. Initiate
  • D. Close
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Correct Answer:
B. Transition
Question 13

Which of the following defines a parent-child relationship? (Choose two.)

  • A. parent-child task must finish before another begins
  • B. Parent-child task relationships do not have any effect on task time constraints
  • C. Any number of child tasks can be nested under a parent task with or without any dependencies
  • D. parent-child relationship is not saved as a record in any table
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Correct Answer:
  • C. Any number of child tasks can be nested under a parent task with or without any dependencies
  • D. parent-child relationship is not saved as a record in any table
Question 14

Project score is calculated based on the individual scores of the following attributes: (Choose two.)

  • A. Value Score
  • B. Risk Score
  • C. Alignment Score
  • D. Strategy Score
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Value Score
  • B. Risk Score
Question 15

What are the default project template configuration records available in the Template Config module? (Choose three.)

  • A. Project template
  • B. Project subtask
  • C. Project
  • D. Project task
  • E. Task
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Project subtask
  • C. Project
  • D. Project task
Question 16

What are the default project template configuration records available in the Template Config module? (Choose three.)

  • A. Task
  • B. Project
  • C. Project template
  • D. Program task
  • E. Project subtask
  • F. Portfolio task
  • G. Project task
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Project
  • E. Project subtask
  • G. Project task
Question 17

Which formats can data be exported to from the Resource Management Workspace? (Choose two.)

  • A. CSV
  • B. JPEG
  • C. Excel
  • D. PPT
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Correct Answer:
  • A. CSV
  • C. Excel
Question 18

What role is required to view the Details tab of a project in Project Workspace?

  • A. it_proiect_workspace_user
  • B. it_project_manager
  • C. it_project_user
  • D. it_project
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Correct Answer:
C. it_project_user
Question 19

What are the allocation types available under the Allocation Config tab on a resource plan? (Choose three.)

  • A. Plan duration
  • B. Weekly
  • C. Daily
  • D. Yearly
  • E. Monthly
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Plan duration
  • B. Weekly
  • E. Monthly
Question 20

What are the characteristics of the default Resource Management schedule? (Choose three.)

  • A. Repeats every week on Saturday
  • B. 8-5 weekdays excluding holidays
  • C. Monday through Friday 13:00-17:00
  • D. Weekly on Weekdays
  • E. Monday through Friday 08:00-12:00
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Correct Answer:
A. Repeats every week on Saturday

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