Your Potential for a Career in Engineering

On-line Personal Pro-File

Please answer using the scale of 1-5 where 1 represents "OCCASIONALLY" and 5 represents "ALWAYS". By submitting this questionnaire you are going to get an automatic response on what Your Potential for a Career in Engineering might be. It will give you an estimate on your current Skills, Strengths and Abilities especially relevant to engineering and related careers.

A1. Although school is a place of work, I have assignments that I enjoy doing.

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A2. I complete my tasks by the assigned due date.

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A3. I enjoy being given a task and being left on my own to complete it.

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A4. I enjoy looking at the "physical world" and finding out how things work.

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A5. I enjoy it when I see pieces to a problem fitting together to form a solution.

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A6. I feel very comfortable when working within a set of rules and procedures.

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A7. After investigating a problem and/or completing some research, I receive a sense of satisfaction passing on my findings to others.

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A8. I take pride in communicating my findings, results, or ideas to others clearly and concisely.

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A9. I enjoy reading about how studies are conducted and how their conclusions developed.

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A10. When presented with a statistical problem, I examine the information carefully.

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A11. I enjoy challenges which require a team approach.

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A12. I find working on a "group" project to be enjoyable, and as a result, perhaps easier.

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A13. Writing or presenting detailed information may be difficult work, but it is work which I can complete.

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A14. I like performing in-depth meticulous tasks or hands-on work.

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A15. I appreciate the work and results which computers can produce.

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A16. I enjoy learning any new uses for a computer.

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A17. I enjoy the challenge of solving problems.

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A18. I experience a feeling of personal satisfaction when solving a problem or completing tasks.

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A19. I enjoy taking on a problem where I am allowed to solve it by using new ideas or developing a method others have not used.

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A20. I like to gather large amounts of information, decide what is relevant, and then organize the material into a concise report.

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A21. When gathering information, I can easily decide what is pertinent.

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A22. I am able to work with others in order achieve a solution to a problem, even if it means compromising my ideas.

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A23. Negotiating is a skill during which one will give up things in order to attain other things. Although this can be difficult, I am able to use this skill when necessary.

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Your Potential for a Career in Engineering is provided courtesy of Bob Loree, B.Eng., B.Ed., P.Eng. © 2006
Bob has created Bob Loree's Examination Preparation Services™ (ExPS™)
to help candidates prepare for the PEO Professional Practice Exam (PPE).