Quiz – Task Duration Mastery

Question 1 of 5

1. Question

What phenomenon describes the systematic underestimation of task duration?

The Planning Fallacy

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The intention effect

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Parkinson’s Law

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The Pareto Principle

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Question 2 of 5

2. Question

Which researchers revealed the Planning Fallacy?

Kahneman and Tversky

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Locke and Latham

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Clark and Dunn

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Loehr and Schwartz

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Question 3 of 5

3. Question

Which of these is one of the three variables driving underestimation?

Psychological optimism bias

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Excessive pessimism about outcomes

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Too much reliance on historical data

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Over-planning of task dependencies

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Question 4 of 5

4. Question

According to Clark and Dunn, accuracy improves dramatically when we:

Reference previous comparable work

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Trust our initial gut estimate

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Set more ambitious deadlines

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Avoid breaking tasks into steps

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Question 5 of 5

5. Question

The capsule presents accurate estimation as:

A learnable skill, not an innate talent

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An innate talent that few people possess

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A matter of pure luck

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Something impossible to improve

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