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 5.

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. deadlines

  2. milestones

  3. benchmarks

  4. goals

  5. targets

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

‘Along a timeline’ would obviously mean ‘milestones’. Milestones means progress or development, i.e. how much is to be achieved within a given time frame.

Hence, option (2) is the correct answer.