WorksheetsEntrepreneurship 1.03
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Employees should seek positions that
capitalize on their weaknesses.
capitalize on their strengths.
minimize their strengths.
minimize their experience.
Which of the following quotes encourages you to evaluate yourself as a person:
“Never give up.”
“Know thyself.”
“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
“Give me liberty or give me death.”
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help you
obtain any job you want.
make the right decision every time.
perform better in your current job.
receive a raise each year.
Which of the following shows how knowing your strengths and weaknesses can contribute toward professional development and career success:
Spending less time on tasks you find difficult
Avoiding new assignments
Developing new friendships in your neighborhood
Taking a leadership role on a group project
Why is it important to assess personal strengths and weaknesses before interviewing for a job?
Interviewers often ask you to discuss your strengths and weaknesses.
If you know your strengths and weaknesses, you will get the job.
You must improve all weaknesses before you are hired.
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.
groups need members with different strengths to succeed.
you will be able to avoid bringing your weaknesses into the group.
Why is assessing strengths and weaknesses a difficult task?
It’s unrealistic to try to discover every strength and weakness.
It’s an extremely time-consuming process.
It’s impossible to be modest when listing our strengths.
It may reveal characteristics about ourselves that we don’t like.
To find a career that’s best suited for your strengths, it’s important to be __________ about your strengths and weaknesses.
general
realistic
hopeful
competitive
Why shouldn’t you compare yourself to others when assessing strengths and weaknesses?
You will not measure up to others.
Self-assessment is very competitive.
Everyone has unique abilities.
Certain strengths are better than others.
When assessing strengths and weaknesses, what is wrong with simply saying, “I am a good leader”?
It’s not specific.
It’s not realistic.
It’s not honest.
Why is it sometimes difficult to be honest about strengths?
No one likes to recognize strengths.
We don’t want to brag.
Weaknesses are more significant than strengths.
Few people have strengths.
Which of the following tips keeps you from being too hard on yourself when assessing strengths and weaknesses:
Review your weaknesses each day.
Minimize your strengths.
Find a new weakness every day.
Identify one strength for every weakness.
Jennifer’s manager pointed out some areas for improvement in her last performance review. Now, she thinks she is a poor employee. This is an example of
being modest.
false generalization.
comparing yourself to others.
Assessing personal strengths and weaknesses is a(n) __________ process.
ongoing
competitive
easy
onetime
Which of the following questions might you ask when assessing your strengths and weaknesses:
Who can help me change?
Why don’t I work well in groups?
What can I improve?
How can I better manage my time?
When reviewing your education and experience to help assess strengths and weaknesses, look for
choices.
talents.
mistakes.
patterns.
When asking someone for input to help you assess personal strengths and weaknesses, you should
expect to get your feelings hurt.
approach only coworkers.
request specific examples.
avoid speaking to friends.
A person you ask for input to help you assess personal strengths and weaknesses should be
older than you.
tactful.
someone who will focus on your strengths.
brutally honest.
How can observing a role model help you assess your strengths and weaknesses?
You can identify weaknesses you wish to avoid.
You can ask them to identify your weaknesses.
You can ask them to identify your strengths.
You can identify strengths you wish to possess.
A survey designed to help you assess your strengths and weaknesses is known as a
personal skills inventory.
group learning exam.
group talent test.
personal behavior survey.
