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Workforce Planning & Forecasting

Ten questions on forecasting, scheduling and capacity — shrinkage, erlangs, occupancy, interval-level planning and what actually breaks a service level.

Every topic these questions touch on is covered properly in the Call Centre Hub — all our resources in one place, so you’re not hunting across the site for them.

, every topic these questions touch on is covered properly in your Call Centre Hub — all our resources in one place, so you’re not hunting across the site for them.

Everyone on your membership has the full Call Centre Hub — all our resources in one place, so your team isn’t hunting across the site for them.

  • Questions10, multiple choice
  • TimeAbout 5 minutes
  • LevelPractitioner
  • CostFree to take
Visitor accessYou’ll get your score and see which answers you got wrong at the end. A free Subscriber account shows you the correct answer as you go, and how your score compares to everyone else’s.
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Workforce Planning & Forecasting

Forecasting, scheduling, shrinkage and the maths behind getting the right people in the right seats at the right time. Ten questions for anyone who plans, rosters or manages contact centre capacity.

The number of attempts remaining is 1

1 / 10

What does an “erlang” actually measure?

2 / 10

You forecast 300 contacts in a 30-minute interval with an average handle time of 5 minutes. Ignoring shrinkage and service level, roughly how many agent-hours of work is that?

3 / 10

Which pattern would most likely be handled by seasonality in a forecast rather than trend?

4 / 10

A real-time analyst notices service level dropping mid-morning while adherence is normal and volume is on forecast. What is the most likely cause?

5 / 10

In workforce management, what is the difference between shrinkage and attrition?

6 / 10

Occupancy of 95% sustained across a shift is usually a sign of:

7 / 10

Which assumption of the Erlang C formula is most often violated in a real contact centre?

8 / 10

Shrinkage in a contact centre refers to:

9 / 10

Which of the following is the strongest reason to forecast at interval level rather than daily level?

10 / 10

What is schedule efficiency measuring?

 

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New to ACXPA? These quizzes are one small piece of a much bigger practitioner toolkit.

All industry quizzesQuizzes across customer service, contact centres, CX, workforce management, leadership and more.Trivia quizzes to run at workGeneral knowledge quizzes built for team meetings and huddles.CX Maturity Pulse CheckA free, fast read on where your organisation’s CX capability actually sits.The Call Centre HubAll our CX resources in one place — diagnostics, templates, calculators and frameworks.Call Centre RoundtablesA live panel with senior CX practitioners on the first Wednesday of every month. The latest session is free.The full resource libraryEverything ACXPA offers across every discipline, in one place.

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Your Quiz DashboardEvery attempt, score and certificate you’ve earned, in one place.All industry quizzesQuizzes across customer service, contact centres, CX, workforce management, leadership and more.CX Strategic Maturity AuditBenchmark your organisation across six strategic pillars, then re-run it to track how far you’ve moved.Your Call Centre HubAll our CX resources in one place — diagnostics, templates, calculators and frameworks.Call Centre RoundtablesMonthly live panel plus the full archive — searchable transcripts, key moments and executive summaries.Trivia quizzes to run at workEditable general knowledge kits for team meetings and huddles.

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