Level 1 exam — Time management & priorities

Exam — fresh questions

12 questions to validate prioritisation: Eisenhower matrix, MoSCoW, Pareto law, to-do list and saying no (recall ~20%, application ~50%, arbitration ~30%).
Answer everything, then click Check: your score and explanations will appear.

1.1 · Recall

1. What does the Eisenhower matrix cross?

Urgency and importance Easy and difficult Short term and long term Project cost and deadline

Four quadrants → four actions: Do, Schedule, Delegate, Eliminate.

1.1 · Application

2. Anis must handle an urgent, important client quote. What must he do with it?

Do it himself first Schedule it next month Eliminate it unread Delegate it to an intern

Urgent + important = Do now; the rest gets scheduled, delegated or eliminated.

1.1 · Arbitration

3. Anis lives in the urgent and always sacrifices the important not urgent. What is the risk?

Delegating his simplest tasks too much Missing agenda-less meetings Generating tomorrow's urgencies by sacrificing the important Going too fast handling everything equally

Neglecting the important not urgent (preparing, training) builds future crises.

1.2 · Recall

4. What do the four MoSCoW letters mean?

Measure, Supervise, Close, Sell Morning, Evening, Centre, West Must, Should, Could, Won't Better, Safe, Clear, Neat

Must (essential), Should (important), Could (desirable), Won't (not this time).

1.2 · Application

5. What does the Pareto law (80/20) tell Anis?

Do everything without ever sorting 80% of work time is wasted Each task counts equally 20% of efforts make 80% of outcomes

Identifying the 20% high-impact and handling them first multiplies productivity.

1.2 · Arbitration

6. Anis ranked his 20 tasks as “Must”. What is the problem?

Nothing is prioritised anymore: with no Won't, everything is equal No problem: putting everything in Must is sorting He should have ranked his 20 tasks as Won't MoSCoW forbids ranking quotes as Must

MoSCoW only makes sense with a real hierarchy: force Shoulds, Coulds and owned Won'ts.

1.3 · Application

7. Which day list should Anis prefer?

A list of vague topics with no action verb A 25-line unsorted catch-all list Three redundant lists held in parallel A short, prioritised list of concrete actions

The secret isn't listing everything, but choosing: 6 actions max, 2–3 priorities.

1.3 · Application

8. How should Anis phrase “Sonatrach file”?

As a fuzzy category with no precise deadline As concrete verb-led actions, then broken down By leaving it vague to stay flexible By deleting it without even analysing

“Write the follow-up email to X”, “Prepare the plan”: a verb, then break down.

1.3 · Arbitration

9. Anis's list is endless and guilts him every evening. What do you advise?

Multiply redundant lists in parallel Limit the day list, the rest in the global list Lengthen the list to forget nothing of the month Phrase even vaguer topics than before

Short day list + global list in reserve: a finished list motivates, an endless list guilts.

1.4 · Application

10. Why must Anis learn to say no?

To avoid any relationship with colleagues To look selfish To work less each week of the year Because each excess yes pushes away what counts

Protecting your time means staying reliable on essentials (opportunity cost).

1.4 · Application

11. His superior adds an urgent task. What does Anis answer?

Polite silence hoping it's all forgotten A renegotiation: “which must I shift?” Blind acceptance with no requested arbitration A dry refusal with no explanation

Having priorities arbitrated is professional and protective, without aggression.

1.4 · Arbitration

12. Anis accepts everything from fear of disappointing and delivers botched work. What's the lesson?

Saying no is always selfish Reliability comes from systematic yeses An unkept yes disappoints more than a clear no He must accept even more tasks than before

Reliability builds on kept commitments, not systematic yeses.

What's next?

Score ≥ 80%: go to Level 2 V3 — planning your day and week, time-blocking, batching, Parkinson's law and the 2-minute rule.
Score < 80%: revisit the failed sections (matrix 1.1, MoSCoW and Pareto 1.2, to-do list 1.3, saying no 1.4), reread the explanations above, then retake the test.