Lumpkin & Associates : Exhibit

Lumpkin & Associates
P.O. Box 1246
305 N. Section Street
Fairhope, AL 36533
Phone: (251) 928 - 1736
Fax: (251) 928 - 3710

Job Burnout Test

The Thrill Is Gone: Preventing Job Burnout

Attendee Name____________________________________________

1. The best way to deal with job burnout is:
        A. Quit
        B. Make big changes in your life.
        C. Introduce changes in small steps.
        D. Scream and Yell at anyone and anything in sight

2. Two types of stress patterns are:
        A. People and Things
        B. Episodic and Chronic
        C. Work and Home
        D. Public and Private

3. There are stress personalities that may:
        A. Over control and Under control
        B. Use helplessness, suffering and anger.
        C. Be best known as the "Thinkers"
        D. Change frequently from job to job.

4. In being effective in job relationships it is best to:
        A. Speak about expectations at the pinches instead of the crunches.
        B. Wait for the crunch.
        C. Get clarification about the roles a person should play.
        D. Grin and bear all conflicting interests.

5. In order to become more effective in relationships at work, one should:
        A. Seek feedback from others about the areas that they know but may be unknown to you.
        B. Open up about your frustrations only if someone asks you.
        C. Talk only to your boss.
        D. Scream and make a scene when something does not go your way.

6. When setting personal goals one must:
        A. Make goals as far-fetched as possible.
        B. Come up with clear attainable goals when feeling burnout.
        C. Buy lottery tickets, and set goals of how you will spend the money.
        D. Outline day by day, task by task of how the goal must be reached.

7. One of the key indicators that you are experiencing burnout in your job is:
        A. Constant complaining to your friends or spouse.
        B. Your conversation with self-talk.
        C. How you treat your co-workers.
        D. Your paycheck.

8. Only a ___________ experiences job burnout.
        A. Workaholic
        B. Lazy Bum
        C. Dedicated employee
        D. All of the above

9. The best way to deal with tension in the work place is to:
        A. ignore all fellow employees until the problem settles itself.
        B. ex-communicate the department where the problem originated.
        C. confront the problem and those involved; together develop a game plan.
        D. keep the problem to yourself; it is not to you to solve the problem

10. An OVERCONTROL stress personality is:
        A. Helpless Victim
        B. Creative Dreamer
        C. Competitor
        D. Avoider

ANSWER KEY

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. C
10.C