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1. If you are concerned about completing a project, would you...

a. Think about the worst/best-case solutions and devise a plan.
b. Talk about your concerns with someone else.
c. Get agitated, search everywhere for - and try - alternative solutions.
d. Study all the appropriate information available and write an action plan. Try to find out if anyone has ever created a list of FAQs relating to the project.

2. You are having breakfast with visitors from abroad at their hotel. You invite them for dinner at your home. They have a rental car. Which option would you be most likely to choose to get them to your place?

a. Draw or provide a map.
b. Tell them how to get there.
c. Arrange to collect them.
d. Write down the directions.

3. When you are choosing a holiday, do you...

a. Look through lots of brochures and watch all the travel programmes on TV.
b. Listen to recommendations from friends and talk about their holiday experiences.
c. If you couldn't go on a short exploratory trip, you would base your decision on your perception of the destination - how you imagine it would be.
d. Make a list of all possible destinations, write down the pros and cons of each one and read all the small print in the brochures.

4. When you are in a new town or country and need directions, do you...

a. Carefully study a map.
b. Ask people for directions.
c. Just go in the general direction and see what happens!
d. Before you start your visit you read about your destination and write down directions to places you plan to visit.

5. When you are responsible for teaching people something new, do you...

a. Use pictures, diagrams, flow charts and other visuals to help impart information.
b. Break down the process into a series of verbal presentations and question and answer sessions.
c. Ask the people concerned what they know about the topic. Show them how you would go about acquiring and retaining the new information.
d. Create a comprehensive training manual for them to study. Then test their knowledge by a series of specific or multiple choice questions.

6. When helping someone else acquire a new skill you frequently use statements such as...

a. 'Watch how I do it.' 'Let me show you how this works.'
b. 'Let me tell you how to....' 'Let's talk about this before we start.'
c. 'You have a go.' 'Let's try doing this together.'
d. 'Read the instructions first.' 'Make a list - it works every time.'

7. You have just acquired new software for your computer. Do you...

a. Watch the instruction CD.
b. Phone a friend who knows about the programme.
c. Sit down in front of the computer and 'experiment'.
d. Carefully read the manual before starting.

8. You have to complain about something rather complex. Do you...

a. Create a diagram that shows a sequence of events. Summarise and highlight the main events with bullet-points.
b. Talk about it with someone not connected with the problem and then complain verbally.
c. Request - even demand - a meeting to discuss your concerns.
d. Read the small print and then complain formally in writing.

9. You find it easiest to remember...

a. Faces
b. Names
c. What you have done.
d. What you have read about.

10. You decide to invite some friends for a celebration lunch. You are going to do the cooking. Would you...

a. Watch Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay on the TV to see how they do it.
b. Discuss what you want to cook with someone who is knowledgeable.
c. Go to the market, buy lots of different ingredients and create your own dishes.
d. Read Jamie or Gordon's cook books and follow the recipes exactly.

11. You have a problem with your elbow. Would you prefer a Doctor who ...

a. Shows you what is wrong by using a diagram.
b. Tells you what is causing the problem.
c. Demonstrates what's wrong using an anatomical model.
d. Gives you a leaflet that explains the problem.

12. You remember information and facts best by...

a. Using memory joggers such as drawings, diagrams, bullet-pointed lists, leaving notes for yourself, etc.
b. Repeating words and key points out loud and in your head.
c. Imagining something relating to the information happening. Applying and practising the use of that information.
d. Reading and re-reading the information. Writing down key facts to refer to in the future.

13. You have to acquire a new work skill. Who would you prefer to help you? Someone who...

a. Presents the information visually using charts, diagrams, PowerPoint presentations, videos, etc.
b. Creates the opportunity to listen to experts talk about the skill. Creates the opportunity to discuss that skill in a group or one-to-one basis.
c. Demonstrates the application of the skill and gives you the opportunity to become involved by encouraging you to practise that skill there and then.
d. Provides you with manuals, books and instruction material, etc., relating to the skill.

14. In your free time you tend to relax mainly by...

a. Watching television.
b. Talking to people face-to-face or on the phone.
c. Making something or getting involved in physical activity.
d. Reading, emailing and writing to people.

15. When you get angry do you...

a. Keep replaying, in your mind, the experience that upset you. Keep thinking about what you are going to do about it.
b. Moan about it - tell everyone how you feel.
c. Physically demonstrate your anger - slamming doors, banging objects, generally making a noise!
d. Vent your anger by writing a sharp note, memo or email.

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