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id: 69602fb5a2ff00fdc5366974
title: Preferences and Motivations Quiz
challengeType: 8
dashedName: en-a2-quiz-preferences-and-motivations
lang: en-US
---

# --description--

This quiz checks your understanding of expressing preferences and explaining motivations.

To pass the quiz, you must correctly answer at least 18 of the 20 questions below.

Read each question and choose the correct answer. There's only one correct answer for each question.

For accessibility, transcripts are available for learners with hearing impairments; we recommend using them only if needed.

# --quizzes--

## --quiz--

### --question--

#### --text--

How do you describe someone who has been influenced or encouraged to do something?

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`Demotivated`

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`Excited`

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`Complicated`

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`Motivated`

### --question--

#### --text--

Which definition is incorrect?

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`To explore` means to look around and learn.

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`To improve` means to get better.

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`To generate` means to create ideas.

#### --answer--

`To motivate` means to reduce interest.

### --question--

#### --text--

How would you say you must finish work very soon?

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`We have flexible deadlines on this project.`

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`We have available deadlines on this project.`

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`We have frustrating deadlines on this project.`

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`We have tight deadlines on this project.`

### --question--

#### --text--

Which of the following might motivate a team?

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`Being in a rush`

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`Having technical issues`

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`Missing information`

#### --answer--

`Improving their skills`

### --question--

#### --text--

What is the difference between `motivation` and `demotivation`?

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`Motivation` makes work slower; `demotivation` makes it faster.

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`Motivation` is something new; `demotivation` is something old.

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`Motivation` is about people; `demotivation` is about tasks.

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`Motivation` makes you want to act; `demotivation` makes you lose interest.

### --question--

#### --text--

What do you call a group discussion to share ideas?

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`Reporting`

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`Scheduling`

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`Reviewing`

#### --answer--

`Brainstorming`

### --question--

#### --text--

Your team has been busy recently, so you say: `We've been busy BLANK`.

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`last year`

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`on Monday`

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`tomorrow`

#### --answer--

`these days`

### --question--

#### --text--

Which is an example of `office politics`?

#### --distractors--

Writing clean code

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Fixing bugs together

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Sharing tasks equally

#### --answer--

Disagreeing on who should lead a project

### --question--

#### --text--

Is this sentence grammatically correct: `That does sound amazing`?

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No, it uses the wrong tense.

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No, the verb misses an ending `-s`.

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No, it needs a question mark.

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Yes, it uses `does` for emphasis.

### --question--

#### --text--

What does this question ask about: `What motivated you to choose this company?`

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What you plan to do in the future.

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What your job will be like every day.

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What position you applied for.

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Why you decided to join this company.

### --question--

#### --text--

You have many tasks today, so you say: `I have BLANK work to do`.

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`many`

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`few`

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`several`

#### --answer--

`much`

### --question--

#### --text--

What is `flexibility`?

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Working without rules

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Finishing work quickly

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Doing many tasks at once

#### --answer--

Ability to adapt to situations

### --question--

#### --text--

What's the difference between `what` and `which` in a question?

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`What` is used only for people; `which` is for things.

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`What` asks about the past; `which` asks about the future.

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`What` is more polite than `which`.

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`Which` is used when the choices are known; `what` is more general.

### --question--

#### --text--

What does `to be an open door` mean?

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To block progress

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To stop communication

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To avoid responsibility

#### --answer--

To create opportunities

### --question--

#### --text--

Which sentence shows putting effort into a task?

#### --distractors--

`She's working at open-source projects.`

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`She's working in open-source projects.`

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`She's working for open-source projects.`

#### --answer--

`She's working on open-source projects.`

### --question--

#### --text--

What do you call something that encourages people to act?

#### --distractors--

`Motivated`

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`Motivation`

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`Demotivation`

#### --answer--

`Motivator`

### --question--

#### --text--

Which of the following is true about this sentence: `She no longer works on this project`?

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She will start working again soon.

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She is working right now.

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The work is new for her.

#### --answer--

She stopped working.

### --question--

#### --text--

When would you say `There's always a chance`?

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When the decision is already final.

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When the rules cannot change.

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When success is impossible.

#### --answer--

When something could still happen.

### --question--

#### --text--

Which of the following does NOT express agreement?

#### --distractors--

`I can understand that.`

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`I totally get that.`

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`I'm with you on that one.`

#### --answer--

`Thanks for listening, by the way.`

### --question--

#### --text--

You have a lot to do today, so you say: `I have BLANK tasks to finish`.

#### --distractors--

`much`

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`little`

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`enough`

#### --answer--

`many`
