Skills and Competency Time Management and Productivity

Question 1

What is the Eisenhower Matrix used for?

Accepted Answer

Prioritizing tasks based on urgency and importance

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Tracking project budgets

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Scheduling team meetings

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Measuring employee productivity

Question 2

What is 'time blocking'?

Accepted Answer

Scheduling specific blocks of time in your calendar for focused work on specific tasks

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Preventing others from scheduling your time

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A technique for delaying unpleasant tasks

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Blocking social media during work hours

Question 3

What is 'Parkinson's Law' as it applies to time management?

Accepted Answer

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion

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Work improves in quality as time is reduced

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Productivity doubles when deadlines are removed

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The most important tasks always take the most time

Question 4

What is 'multitasking' most likely to do to productivity?

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Reduce efficiency and increase error rates

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Significantly increase the quality of output

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Double the amount of work completed

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Have no measurable effect

Question 5

What is the 'Pomodoro Technique'?

Accepted Answer

A time management method using 25-minute focused work intervals followed by short breaks

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A diet plan for office workers

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A project tracking spreadsheet system

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A technique for prioritizing tasks by color

Question 6

What is 'procrastination' most commonly caused by?

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Fear of failure, perfectionism, or feeling overwhelmed by a task

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Lack of interest in all tasks

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Having too much free time

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Working too efficiently on other tasks