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Microsoft 074-343 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
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| Exam Name: | Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013 |
| Exam Number: | 74-343 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 20-35 tasks (performance-based) |
| Passing Score: | 700/1000 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Does not expire |
| Exam Price: | Approximately USD 100 (varies by region) |
| Exam Duration: | 50 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Project 2013 Expert |
| Exam Format: | Performance-based, Task-driven assessment, Lab simulation |
| Available Languages: | English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Chinese (Simplified) |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Learn - Project training |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Certification Portal |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Available via authorized test centers or online proctored delivery (where supported) |
| Pre Condition: | No formal prerequisites required, recommended familiarity with Microsoft Project 2013 |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/ |
Microsoft 074-343 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
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| Topic 1: Tracking Project Progress | - Monitoring and updating progress
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| Topic 2: Managing Resources | - Resource allocation and optimization
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| Topic 3: Creating and Managing a Project | - Project file creation and configuration
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| Topic 4: Managing Tasks | - Task creation and structure
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| Topic 5: Reporting and Communication | - Project reporting tools
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Microsoft Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013 Sample Questions:
DRAG DROP
You are using Microsoft PPM.
Your organization provides temporary staff to its customers. Temporary staff members are organized into junior level, standard level, and senior level. Each level is further categorized by two rates. The regular rate is for work within 100 kilometers and a higher rate is for work beyond that distance. You must include all temporary staff and all rates in your schedule.
You need to ensure that Project calculates total resource cost immediately when making a resource assignment. You want the ability to switch between the regular rate and the higher rate for each task.
Which four actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Correct Answer:

Explanation:
References: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-resources-to-your-project-
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https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enter-costs-for-resources-b4ced847-2655-4fa4- a621-3fc26fc81c88
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/View-project-cost-totals-0d3a2451-fb1e-4ba0-826e-
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You use Project Professional 2013 to manage a project for your organization.
You are tracking work in a project which contains a baseline and resource assignments.
You want to view the work variance for a specific resource for a specific task.
You need to choose a view that will show this information.
What should you do?
- A. View the Gantt chart in split view with Task form formatted to show Work Details.
- B. View the Task Usage view and insert the Work Variance column on the left side of the view.
- C. View the Resource Sheet view and insert the Work Variance field.
- D. View the Resource Sheet that shows the Work table.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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?
- A. The finish date is reduced by six calendar days, cost is reduced by $400, and baseline cost is unchanged.
- B. The finish date is reduced by six working days, cost is reduced by $400, and baseline cost is reduced by $400.
- C. The finish date is reduced by five working days, cost remains unchanged, and baseline cost is unchanged.
- D. The finish date is reduced by four calendar days, cost is reduced by $400, and baseline cost is reduced by $400.
- E. The finish date is reduced by four working days, cost remains unchanged, and baseline cost is reduced by $400.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You are a project manager for an organization that uses Project Professional 2013.
You are planning a project schedule that starts on March 1 and lasts four months.
However, the sponsor now asks that the project be delayed to have a finish date of December 31.
- A. Change the Schedule from field to Project Finish Date.
- B. Change all task constraint types to As late as possible.
- C. Change the project Finish date so that the project will finish on December 31.
- D. Change the project Start date so that the project will finish on December 31.
- E. Change all task constraint types to Start no later than.
Correct Answer: A,B,C 🗳️
Your organization uses Project Professional 2013 and records actual hours worked on the project.
You manage a small e-commerce website implementation project. One of your testers asks for assistance in completing a critical task, and you find two additional testing resources that can assist with executing the critical test cases.
The total estimated work for the effort-driven task is 100 hours. The original testing resource, Resource1, completes 25 hours of work on the task.
You need to add Resource2 and Resource3 to the task and split the remaining hours across all three resources now working on the task.
Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
Choose two.)
- A. Assign Resource2 and Resource3 to the task. Then save the changes.
- B. Open the Task Form and format it to show Work Details. Enter 33.33 hours of work for each resource. Then save the changes.
- C. Open the Task Form and format it to show Work Details. Enter 75 hours of remaining work for the assigned resource. Then save the changes.
- D. Open the Task Form and format it to show Work Details. Enter 25 hours of actual work for Resource1. Then save the changes.
Correct Answer: A,D 🗳️
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