Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading
Just-in-time
57 students marked "I sat this"Added 16 Apr 2020Question #110052
Drag words into the blanks.
‘Just-in-time’ is a management philosophy and not a technique. It originally referred to the production of goods to meet customer 1 exactly, in time, quality and quantity, 2 the ‘customer’ is the final purchaser of the product or another process 3 along the production line. It has now come to mean producing with 4 waste. ‘Waste’ is taken in its most general sense and includes time and resources as well as materials.
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Reading: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)
Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop)
| Prompt | Text up to 80 words |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Reading |
How it is scored
- The box has more words than there are gaps.
- Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.
Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.