Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the option from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to fill blank 1.

A serendipitous (1) __________ of Journey is that Nabisco now has the information it needs to create a 'full portfolio view' of new development projects. Senior managers quickly and easily see what they have in the pipeline and (2) __________ whether the company has the right product mix for the near and long terms. Putting together or (3) __________ a rolling eighteen-month aggregate plan used to be an enormous task that required someone to check with all project teams, track down numbers and (4) __________ information together manually, Journey does this automatically by generating a web-based report that lays out project (5) __________ along a timeline. In addition to this high-level view, managers get project-specific information by drilling down on a project.

  1. discovery

  2. benefit

  3. blemish

  4. chance

  5. affect
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The paragraph is about a programme that furnishes all the needed information. ‘Serendipitous’ means something that was not planned, but was found by accident and is fortunate. So, only benefit fits here.   Hence, option (2) is the correct answer. 

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