Unit 3 Test- Self Assessment

First Name

Last Name

Period

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Teacher

• Adrienne Cruse
• Danna Robinson

Employees should seek positions that

• capitalize on their strengths.
• capitalize on their weaknesses.
• minimize their strengths.
• minimize their experience.

Which of the following quotes encourages you to evaluate yourself as a person:

• “Never give up.”
• “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
• “Know thyself.
• “Give me liberty or give me death.”

Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help you

• make the right decision every time.
• obtain any job you want.
• receive a raise each year.
• perform better in your current job.

Which of the following illustrates how knowing your strengths and weaknesses can contribute toward professional development and career success:

• Developing new friendships in your neighborhood
• Taking a leadership role on a group project
• Avoiding new assignments
• Spending less time on tasks you find difficult

Why is it important to assess personal strengths and weaknesses before interviewing for a job?

• If you know your strengths and weaknesses, you will get the job.
• Interviewers often ask you to discuss your strengths and weaknesses.
• You must improve all weaknesses before you are hired
• Employers require you to have at least 10 strengths.

Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help contribute to improved group performance because

• groups will be able to remove members with too many weaknesses.
• a group can only function with one leader.
• you will be able to avoid bringing your weaknesses into the group.
• groups need members with different strengths to succeed.