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 3.

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. updating

  2. wanting

  3. knitting

  4. rolling

  5. gathering
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘Knitting’ would be rendered redundant by the use of ‘putting together’. ‘Wanting’, ‘rolling’ or ‘gathering’ are logically or grammatically inappropriate.

Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

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