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Sometimes project managers forget all of the expenses that they can incur on a project, such as capital resources and assets. This can have an impact upon their budgets and the economic return on the project. A cost that has been incurred and cannot be reversed is known as a 

A) Fixed Cost B) Direct Cost
C) Variable Cost D) Sunk Cost
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sunk Cost

Explanation:

Answer D is correct because a sunk cost is a project expense that will eventualy need to be paid. Answer A is incorrect because a fixed cost remains constant, regardless of any change in a company's activity. Answer B is incorrect because direct cost can be directly linked to producing specific goods or services. Answer C is incorrect because a variable cost changes in proportion to a change in the company's activity or business.

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Which player has won the Gold Medal at World Badminton Championship 2017 ?

A) Nozomi Okuhara B) Saina Nehwal
C) Carolina Marin D) P V Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nozomi Okuhara

Explanation:
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Missing letters puzzle

Answer

Answer: J


Explanation:   Start with the letter J in the top left square, and move clockwise around the other squares. Letters follow the alphabetic sequence, skipping 4 letters at a time. Start with the X in the inner square in the top left, and move clockwise. These inner letters also follow the alphabetic sequence, skipping 5 letters at a time

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Harmful bacteria in drinking water cannot be destroyed by 

A) Chlorination B) boiling
C) adding caustic soda D) ozonisation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) adding caustic soda

Explanation:

Water containing caustic soda cannot be used for drinking

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What is the name of India’s first-ever industrial-articulated robot that was launched on 11 April 2017 by TAL Manufacturing Solutions ?

A) RAINBOW B) BRAVO
C) TURBO D) BRABO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) BRABO

Explanation:

TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, on 11 April 2017 launched India’s first industrial-articulated robot and it goes by the name “BRABO”.

BRABO is meant to complement the human workforce and perform repetitive, high volume, dangerous and time-consuming tasks from raw material handling to packaging of finished products.

– This is the first time that an industrial robot has been conceptualised, designed and manufactured in India. It is expected to increase productivity by 15-30%, with a payback period of 15 to 18 months.

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Who has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize  ?

A) Roy Jacobsen B) Amos Oz
C) David Grossman D) Ian Samsom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) David Grossman

Explanation:

David Grossman has become the first Israeli author to win the 2017 Man Booker International prize for his novel “A Horse Walks Into a Bar”. The novel was translated by Jessica Cohen and is published in Britain by Jonathan Cape. The book is an ambitious high-wire act of a novel that shines a spotlight on the effects of grief, without any hint of sentimentality. Since 2016, the Man Booker International Prize awards both the winning author and translator £25,000. To be considered for the prize, books had to be translated into English and published in the UK between May 1, 2016 and April 30, 2017.

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When the European union formed nations began to?

A) eliminate their home governments. B) abolish many geographic boundaries.
C) create one unified education system. D) cooperate on law enforcement.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) cooperate on law enforcement.

Explanation:

When the European union formed nations began to cooperate on law enforcement. The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which culminated in the Second World War.

 

As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace. The six founding countries are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The 1950s are dominated by a cold war between east and west.

 

The historical roots of the European Union lie in the Second World War. Europeans are determined to prevent such killing and destruction from ever happening again.

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Which of the following is true of VoIP?

A) It uses the public switched telephone network. B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.
C) It uses a slow speed dial-up connection. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.

Explanation:

VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet.

 

Voice over Internet Protocol is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN.

 

Here in the given options, Skype is the only voice service that enables us to talk over internet.

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