1. TEST OF PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION
Introduction
This questionnaire has the objective to help students at the end of their secondary
education stage towards his/her choice of vocational trainings.
Target group
This test is applied in numerous secondary schools in Spain for students of level ISCED 3
(aged 15 – 16).
Source: Regional Government of Andalucia
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/iesprofesortiernogalvan/departamentos/orientaci
on/decide/Test%20de%20Orientaci%F3n%20Profesional.htm
THIS TEST IS TO FACILITATE A GUIDANCE ABOUT YOUR CAREER INTEREST.
FOR EACH QUESTION BELOW, YOU MUST READ CAREFULLY THE 4 ACTIVITIES
LISTED AND MARK TO THE RIGHT THE LEVEL OF PREFERENCES.
LEVELS OF PREFERENCES
 I LIKE SO MUCH
 I PRETTY LIKE
 I LIKE LITTLE
 I DON’T LIKE

2. Doing a trip for study or work, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Know the habits of people of other countries
Learn languages of other countries.
Learn musical styles of other countries.
Spy a factory producing weapons.
Along the following activities, I prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Resolving a problem of physics.
Translating a text to a foreign language.
Writing a story or a novel.
Painting a landscape.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To take care of minor mechanical repairs.
To translate books from one language to another.
To care about sick people.
Caring for plants of a garden.
Having a responsibility at school, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Responsible for a chemistry lab.
Responsible for putting the fundamental news from newspapers in a
bulletin board.
Manager of the video or projector or any device that could be used by
the class.
Responsible for collecting the money and control the costs of a final
year trip.
Reading a biography, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h

3. The one of a famous engineer or architect.
The one of a famous writer.
The one of a famous educator.
The one of a famous military.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To learn to program computers for bookkeeping of a company.
To learn some art, like sculpture or painting.
To learn to heal wounds and caring for the sick.
To study in a military academy.
At the university, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To research in biology or geology.
To research in musical compositions.
To research for discovering the causes of some diseases.
To teach students so that they learn to research.
Buying an encyclopedia of consultation, I would choose: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
About the history of my country.
About literature or poetry.
About the care of the human body.
About receipts for making ice cream or desserts.
From starting a business, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
An academy for shorthand typing or accounting.
An English or French academy.
An academy for teaching reading to illiterate.
An academy of hostelry.

4. Of the following professions, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Biologist.
Policeman.
Fisherman.
Waiter.
I would like most: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Make a report on the geography of a region.
Draw maps or drawings of a region.
Teaching geography of a region to others.
Living and working outdoors in the field.
I would rather follow a workshop on: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
How to organize sales of a product in a company.
How to write well or write novels.
How to write good songs.
How to improve the cultivation of some plants or flowers.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Fix a radio.
Design (draw) new radio models.
Listen to music on the radio.
Follow a pastry course on the radio.
What subject do I prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Foreign language (English or French).
The literature or language of my own country.

5. Drawing.
Music.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Attending a course on scientific theory.
Attending a course in auto mechanics.
Attending a course on musical theory.
Attending a course on first aids.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Research in a lab.
Directing the secretary of a company.
Read modern literature.
Educate children.
I would work more comfortable as: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Tourist guide.
Nurse.
Teacher.
Military.
It attracts me more: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To defend lawsuits in court.
To embed a musical ensemble.
To dedicate myself to the education of children or youth.
To be waiter in a good restaurant.
If I had to help a bit a week, I would like to collaborate with: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h

6. An engineer at a company manufactoring Electronics.
An artistic draftsman, mixing the colors for him.
A professor, teaching reading to children.
A farmer, caring for plants.
On a tour with an artistic group, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Being a specialist in regional geography.
Being the expert in sound and light effects.
Keeping records of expenses and income.
Being the interpreter.
What activity would I like most: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To manage a company.
To play a musical instrument.
To be a policeman.
To lead the restocking of trees of a region.
In a department store, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To program the accounting.
To decórate the spaces.
To be responsible to care for and heal minor accidents.
To be the restaurant chef.
I would study more willingly: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Physics or chemistry.
Foreign language.
Care of animals within a farm.
Bakery.

7. If I were a teacher, I would choose: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Sciences: physics, or chemistry, or mathematics.
Social: geography or history.
Arts: artistic or line drawing.
Teaching techniques of war in a military academy.
If working in a team, I would prefer as subject: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Comment on a historical figure.
Comment on a current writer.
Diseases of the human body.
Florist or edible mushrooms.
Which of the following professions would you like most: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Electronics specialist.
Writer.
Policeman.
Baker.
I would study more willingly: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Mathematics.
Universal History.
How to prevent diseases.
Cooking or Pastry.
If collecting something, I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Novels.
Artistic drawings.

8. Music discs or cassettes.
Stories of great doctors.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Being a lawyer at trial.
Translate foreign books in my own language.
Directing a choir or an orchestra.
Teaching others, laws or a foreign language or music.
In a large hotel I would like to be: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Translator-Interpreter with foreign customers.
Responsible for decoration of the building.
Head of the Security Service.
Head of the cafeteria and canteens.
If reading a biography of a famous person, I would choose: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
A scientist.
An inventor of a new technology.
A musician.
A detective.
If I had to open a selling shop, I would choose: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
All publications on geography and history of this city.
Everything for your video, radio and television.
Everything for the drawer.
Everything for hunting and fishing.
After a disaster, I would collaborate: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h

9. With a doctor treating the wounded.
Teaching people to be prevented and be prepared in case of
recurrence.
With a police preventing looting.
With a botanist reforesting the area.
In an international exhibition I would like more: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
To arrange the lighting and sound equipment.
To organize accounting of income and expenses.
Being expert to translate for foreigners.
Sort healthcare services.
What would I like more to study in the future: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
How to build bridges or buildings.
How to write stories, poems and novels.
How to teach culture to others.
How to prepare cocktails and special desserts.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Investigate new materials to extend the life of aircraft engines.
Make the computer program that detects aircraft parts that are in
disrepair.
Draw planes.
Teach others about the planes theory.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Investigate topics such as psychology or sociology.
Program the accounts of a company.
Writing in a newspaper as litterateur.

10. Research to solve crimes or thefts.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Investigate new ways to produce energy.
Making interpreter in conversations in two languages.
Writing stories for a publisher.
Working at a fruit farm.
I would prefer: Not
Littl
e
Quit
e
Muc
h
Type or enter data into a computer.
Attend music lessons.
Planting roses.
Prepare a typical meal.
Back