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                                        Quiz

Print this page and answer yes or no to each question below. Rate your communication skill level at
the end of the quiz.

                                                                                                                                       Yes                 No

1. Do you find that understanding, talking with, and working with people
is fairly easy to do?

2. Are you skilled at working with people you encounter in everyday
situations?

3. Do you enjoy talking with and working with people?

4. Do people energize you?

5. Do you deal well with angry people?

6. Are you a good judge of character?

7. If you were driving around lost, would you feel comfortable pulling
over and asking a stranger for directions?

8. After a conversation, can you remember three things about the
person you were speaking with?

9. Are you good at establishing rapport?

10. Are you comfortable with most of your conversations?

11. Do you have strong personal relationships?

12. Do you have strong professional relationships?

13. Do you rely on your charisma and communications skills,
rather than on your position or title, in leadership situations?

14. If you glanced into a mirror at work, while driving or in a
shopping mall, would you have a neutral or smiling face
rather than a scowl?

15. Do people ever call you when they need help or someone
to talk to?

16. Do you bring out the best in others?

17. Are you good at networking?

18. Do you have an active network?

19. If you lost your job today, could you find another job quickly? Are
your communication, networking, and people skills up to date?

20. If you were new to your neighborhood and locked out of your
house, would you feel comfortable asking neighbors you
didn’t know for help or to use their phone?

21. Do you have three or more people you could call at 1 A.M. for
help in an emergency?

22. Do you have three or more people you could call at 1 A.M. for
money in an emergency?


TOTALS

How many “no” answers did you have? Use the following scale to rate yourself:

0–3 “no” answers = Great communicator
4–8 “no” answers = Good communicator
9–13 “no” answers = Fair communicator
14–22 “no” answers = Poor communicator