(please answer the
questions as carefully, honestly and quickly as possible, and remember
there are no right answers, only your best answers) place answers on score
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1. When you come to a
new situation you usually
a. try it right away, and
learn from doing
b. like to watch first and
try it later
2. Do you think people
should be more
a. sensible and practical
b. imaginative and inspired
3. When you come to an
uncertain situation
a. you usually trust your
feelings more
b. you usually trust your
thinking more
4. Would you say you are
a. a little more serious
b. a little more easy-going
5. Do you spend most of
your time
a. often in bigger groups
and seldom alone
b. in smaller groups or
alone
6. It is better to
a. be able to accept things
b. want to change things
7. Is it worse to
a. do mean things
b. do unfair things
8. Do you prefer when
things are
a. planned and structured
b. spontaneous and unplanned
9. After a day spent with
a lot of people do you
a. feel energized and stimulated
b. feel drained and like
being alone
10. When you need to get
something important done, you prefer to
a. do it the way that has
worked before
b. do it a new way that
you just thought of
11. Which is a bigger
compliment?
a. "he/she is really nice"
b. "he/she is really smart"
12. When it comes to time,
are you more likely to
a. usually be on time
b. be pretty flexible
13. When you are in a
group do you usually
a. do a lot of the talking
b. mostly listen and talk
a little
14. Are you more interested
in
a. what really is
b. what can be
15. When you look at two
things, you mostly notice
a. how they are the same
b. how they are different
16. Do you tend to get
along better with
a. people who are a lot
like you
b. lots of different types
of people
17. Most other people
seem to see you as
a. kind of out-going
b. kind of shy and reserved
18. When it comes to work
that is very exact and detailed
a. it comes pretty easily
to you
b. you tend to lose interest
in it quickly
19. When your friends
disagree, it is more important to you
a. to help them agree and
come together
b. to help them come to
the right answer
20. When you get-up in
the morning
a. you know pretty much
how your day will go
b. it seems every day is
pretty different
21. When it comes to using
the phone
a. you use it a lot and
make most of the calls
b. you use it most when
others call you
22. When you work on group
projects, do you prefer
a. helping make sure the
project gets done and works
b. helping come up with
the ideas and plans
23. Others often describe
you as a
a. warm-hearted person
b. cool-headed person
24. Which is more your
way
a. to "do the right thing"
b. to "just do it"
25. When you talk to strangers
you've just met you
a. talk pretty easily and
at length
b. run out of things to
say pretty quickly
26. When it comes to work
you
a. prefer steady effort
and a regular routine
b. work in spurts, really
"on" then really "off"
27. Is it worse to be
a. too critical
b. too emotional
28. Would you rather have
things
a. finished and decided
b. open to change
29. When it comes to news
at school, you seem
a. to find it out quickly
b. to be one of the last
to know
30. Are you more likely
to trust
a. your experience
b. your hunches
31. I prefer teachers
who are more
a. caring and supportive
b. knowledgeable and expect
a lot
32. Is it more your way
to
a. finish one project before
you start a new one
b. have lots of projects
going at once
33. Which is more true
of you? do you
a. too often act and talk
without thinking much first
b. spend too much time thinking
and not enough doing
34. Games would be more
fair if kids
a. would just follow the
rules
b. would just use "good
sportsmanship"
35. Is it usually easier
for you to tell
a. how someone else is feeling
b. what someone else is
thinking
36. Which is the more
useful ability
a. to be able to organize
and plan
b. to be able to adapt and
make do
37. At a party or gathering
a. you do more of the introducing
of others
b. others introduce you
more
38. Do you think more
about
a. what is going on right
now
b. what will happen in the
future
39. It is more your way
to
a. usually show what you
are feeling
b. usually not show your
feelings
40. You are the kind of
person who
a. needs to have things
a certain way
b. does it any old way
41. When you get done
with an assignment
a. you feel like showing
it to someone
b. you like to keep it to
yourself
42. Things would be better
if people were
a. more realistic
b. more imaginative
43. Would you say you
are more concerned with
a. being appreciated by
others
b. achieving something important
44. It is better that
people
a. know what they want
b. keep an open-mind
45. Friday night after
a long week you usually
a. feel like going to a
party or going out
b. feel like renting a movie
or relaxing
46. When you do a job,
it's usually your approach to
a. start from the beginning,
and go step-by-step
b. start anywhere, and figure
it out as you go
47. When you tell a story,
you mostly talk about
a. how the people involved
were effected
b. what went on in general
48. You feel most comfortable
when things are more
a. planned and you know
what to expect
b. unplanned and flexible
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