Excellence Every Day - Aptitude Test

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Excellence Aptitude Test

The Excellence Aptitude Test is designed to help participants determine how important excellence is to them. To take the test, please print out this page and then circle the number in the scale at the right of the question that best represents your answer. After you have completed the test, please add up all the numbers of all your circled answers to receive your total score.

Once you know your total score, please click on the link at the bottom of this page to see where you stand on excellence.

1 = Strongly disagree, 5 = Strongly agree

1.	My workplace strategy is competitive and successful	1 2 3 4 5
2.	My boss is a caring leader	1 2 3 4 5
3.	Reading Dilbert is a waste of time	1 2 3 4 5
4.	I live up to my potential	1 2 3 4 5
5.	I get many compliments for the quality of my work	1 2 3 4 5
6.	I can see the results of my work	1 2 3 4 5
7.	My work impact others in a significant way	1 2 3 4 5
8.	I am fully responsible for the results of my work	1 2 3 4 5
9.	My work is personal and not just business	1 2 3 4 5
10.	I have the tools and authority to do my job	1 2 3 4 5
11.	In my organization, technology is secondary to people	1 2 3 4 5
12.	I always strive to do more for customers	1 2 3 4 5
13.	Decisions are not controlled by senior management	1 2 3 4 5
14.	I always do what is right for the customers	1 2 3 4 5
15.	My values and the organization’s values are fully aligned	1 2 3 4 5
16.	I am excited by the results of my work	1 2 3 4 5
17.	Everyone can be as great as the top achievers of our century	1 2 3 4 5
18.	I can recognize excellence in my daily work	1 2 3 4 5
19.	Excellence is not a once in a lifetime achievement	1 2 3 4 5
20.	I will take risks to do the right thing	1 2 3 4 5

Please add up all of your scores from the questions above to determine your total score. Once you know your total score, please click here to compare your results with the scoring key.