The Four-way Test

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Please visit the new version on https://www. Proprofs. Com/quiz-school/story. Php? Title=NjUzNDk4 _____ OLD _____ Read the following introduction and click start. After taking this test you will be show with the entrepreneurial pattern that is dominant in your personality, based on how you resolved this case. Also, you will have the opportunity to read about the different types this test analyzed and learn about characteristics that are present on successful entrepreneurs. The Story Isabella is a seattlelite dweller, she is in her early 30s and after working for a couple of companies she is considering quitting her job and starting a new business on he


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    Isabella is looking to move a step forward on a project she has been structuring. The major motivation is because:
    • A. 

      She has a specific plan with goals to achieve.

    • B. 

      She has been working on several ideas with potential market.

    • C. 

      She is resolving a real-world problem that could potentially help others.

    • D. 

      She wants to be a powerful leader.

  • 2. 
    Six months later after Isabella decided to continue, she is discussing with the COO of the company the efficiency and the concerns about the company's growth. Both work on four things they are looking on their employees to guide the company's success. However, Isabella believes that one of the following is the key to succeed in the growing stage:
    • A. 

      Create specific job roles so employees know exactly what to do and what the company is expecting from each of them.

    • B. 

      Search for passionate people that have clear personal goals.

    • C. 

      Build a corporate culture that incorporates strong emphasis on social interaction and relationships with other employees.

    • D. 

      Search for people that have the capabilities of judgment and reasoning, and the capacity to deal with abstractions and concepts.

  • 3. 
    Three months later, the company accomplishes a major goal. Isabella is not in town and wants to send a video message to all the employees to thank them for the commitment to the company's goals. She drafted the message under the following premise:
    • A. 

      Your openness to new ideas resulted in the awesome product we are celebrating today.

    • B. 

      We are here thanks to the strong conviction of all the team on creating a new play-field and that we decide to play even when people out there underestimated what we were creating.

    • C. 

      I've always had the belief that one person can make the difference.

    • D. 

      Every employee has been an advocate to selling our product, going out and spreading our intention to create great things to help others.

  • 4. 
    Isabella and her team are ready to test a new product that they have been developing after their last success. She invited people from outside of the company to present a preview of the new product and she assured to have the presence of the following people:
    • A. 

      Fans of the previous product willing to give real feedback.

    • B. 

      High profiled consumers.

    • C. 

      Members of the board and investors.

    • D. 

      Influential media people that fit under the consumer persona profile.

  • 5. 
    The new product was launched and there is pressure to surpass the previous success. Isabella is sensing that the leadership team is having trouble managing the stress and investors are anxious, so she decides to meet with her team to:
    • A. 

      Review the facts and data they have up until that date and create a plan with a specific call to action to respond to the current situation.

    • B. 

      Review the scenarios that they have created and she asks the team to consider the alternatives and new ideas that can improve the current situation.

    • C. 

      Review the goals and the plan they have. She asks for a strong commitment to the company saying that they already have been in this situation, and insists on following this plan as the way to achieve success.

    • D. 

      Review team's concerns and respond to them. She asks the team to keep working to offer the best experience and to keep in mind that their product is there to help customers resolve problems.