THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER" Page 3 of 6

Questionnaire

This section comprises the Keirsey Temperament Sorter Questionnaire. There are seventy (70)
questions. Please answer all questions by choosing a response, either a or b, and entering a check
./ mark on the Answer Sheet that corresponds to the numbered question. You must answer all
questions to insure accuracy. After you complete answering the questionnaire, tally your
responses and follow the Directions for Scoring. You will find a Sample Answer Sheet as an
illustration, as well as an Answer Sheet and Extra Answer sheet. In another section you will find
selected information about the 16 basic types which you should refer to after you arrive at the
four (4) letter "answer" which refers to your type. You may also find reading Keirsey best-seller,
Please Understand Me (I and If), as well as Myers-Briggs' Type Talk useful to understand more
fully how you may use this information to your advantage. Good journey.

1. At a party do you: 11. In judging others are you more swayed by:
a. interact with many, including strangers a. laws than circumstances
b. interact with a few, know to you b. circumstances than laws

2. Are you more: 12. In approaching others is your inclination to be somewhat:

a. realistic than speculative a. objective
b. speculative than realistic b. personal

3. Is it worse to: 13. Are you more:

a. have your "head in the clouds" a. punctual
b. be "in a rut" b. leisurely

4. Are you more impressed by: 14. Does it bother you more having things:
a. principles a. incomplete
b. emotions b. completed

5. Are you more drawn toward the: 15. In your social groups do you:
a. convincing a. keep abreast of other's happenings
b. touching b. get behind on the news

6. Do you prefer to work: 16. In doing ordinary things are you more likely to:
a. to deadlines a. do it the usual way
b. just "whenever" b. do it your own way

7. Do you tend to choose: 17. Writers should:

a. rather carefully a. "say what they mean and mean what they say "
b. somewhat impulsively b. express things more by use of analogy

8. At parties do you: 18. Which appeals to you more:

a. scay late, with increasing energy a. consistency of thought
b. leave early, with decreased energy b. harmonious human relationships

9. Are you more attracted to: 19. Are you more comfortable in making:
a. sensible people a. logical judgments
b. imaginative people b. value judgments

10. Are you more interested in: 20. Do you want things:
a. what is actual a. settled and decided
b. what is possible b. unsettled and undecided

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21. Would you say you are more: 35. Do you put more value on the:
a. seriolls and determined a. definite
b. easy-going b. open-ended

22. In phoning do you: 36. Does new and non-routine interaction with others:
a. rarely question that it will all be said a. stimulate and energize you
b. rehearse what you'll say b. tax your reserves

23. Facts: 37. Are you more frequently:

a. "speak for themselves" a. a practical sort of person
b. illustrate principles b. a fanciful sort of person

24. Are visionaries: 38. Are you more likely to:

a. somewhat annoying a. see how others are useful
b. rather fascinating b. see how others see

25. Are you more often: 39. Which is more satisfying:

a. a cool-headed persun a. to dlSCUSSan lssue thoroughly
b. a warm-hearted person b. to arrive at agreement on an issue

26. Is it worse to be: 40. Which rules you more:

a. unjust a. your head
b. merciless b. your heart

27. Should one usually let events occur: 41. Are you more comfortable with work that is:
a. by careful selection and choice a. contracted
b. randomly and by chance b. done on a casual basis

28. Do you feel better about: 42. Do you tend to look for:
a. having purchased a. the orderly
b. having the option to buy b. whatever rurns up

29. In company do you: 43. Do you prefer:

a. initiate conversation a. many friends with brief contact
b. wait to be approached b. a few friends with more lengthy contact

30. Common sense is: 44. Do you go more by:

a. rarely questionable a. facts
b. frequently questionable b. principles

31. Children often do not: 45. Are you more interested in:
a. make themselves lIseful enough a. production and distribution
b. exercise their fantasy enough b. design and research

32. In making decisions do you feel more comfortable with: 46. Which is more of a compliment:
a. standards a. "There's a very logical person"
b. feelings b. "There's a very sentimental person"

33. Are you more: 47. Do you value in yourself more that you are:
a. firm than gentle a. unwavering
b. gentle than firm b. devoted

34. Which is more admirable: 48. Do you more often prefer the:
a. the ability to organize and be methodical a. final and unalterable statement
b. the ability to adapt and make do b. tentative and preliminary statement

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49. Are you more comfortable: 60. Which seems the greater errors:
a. after a decision a. to be too passionate
b. before a decision b. to be too objective

50. Do you 61. Do you see yourself as basically:

a. speak easily and at length with strangers a. hard-headed
b. find little to say to strangers b. soft-hearted

51. Are you more likely to trust your: 62. Which situation appeals to you more:
a. experience a. the structured and schedules
b. hunch b. the unstructllred and unscheduled

52. Do you feel: 63. Are you a person that is more

a. more practical than ingenious a. routinized than whimsical
b. more ingenious than practical b. whimsical than routinized

53. Which person is more to be complimented: one of 64. Are you more inclined to be:
a. clear reason a. easy to approach
b. strong feeling b. somewhat reserved

54. Are you inclined more to be: 65. In writings do you prefer:
a. fair-minded a. the more literal
b. sympathetic b. the more figurative

55. Is it preferable mostly to: 66. Is it harder for you to:

a. make sure things are arranged a. identify with others
b. just let things happen b. utilize others

56. In relatiomhip should most things be: 67. Which do you wish more for yourself:
a. renegotiable a. clarity of reason
b. random and circumstantial b. strength of compassion

57. When the phone rings do you: 68. Which is the greater fault:
a. hasten to get to it first a. being indiscriminate
b. hope someone else will answer b. being critical

58. Do you prize more in yourself: 69. Do you prefer the:

a. a strong sense of reality a. planned event
b. a vivid imagination b. unplanned event

59. Are you drawn more to: 70. Do you tend to be more:
a. fundamentals a. deliberate than spontaneous
b. overrones h. spontaneolls than deliberate

NEXT STEP, Scoring your answers:

Congratulations! Now that YOllhave completed answering all seventy (70) questions by filling in the "a / b" columns on
the separate Answer Sheet with a ./ check mark according to your answer choices for each quesrion, begin the next step
which is to score your answers by referring to the scoring instructions included with the Answer :lIld Sample Answer
Sheets and tally your score (the four letters rhat correspond to one of sixteen types) to determine what your type is. (See
the Answer Sheet Kit for instructions on scoring). The Sample Answer Sheet and Directions for Scoring are duplicated
on the other side of this page for your convenience.

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Directions for Scoring

1. Add down so that the total number of "a" answers is written in the box at the bottom of each column (see
illustration). Do the same for the "b" answers you have checked. Each of the 14 boxes should have a number
in it.

2. Transfer the number in box No.1 of the answer sheet to box No.1 below the answer sheet. Do this for box
No.2 as well. Note, however, that you have two numbers for boxes 3 through 8. Bring down the first
number for each box beneath the second, as indicated by the arrows. Now add all the pairs of numbers and
enter the total in the boxes below the answer sheet, so each box has only one number.

3. Now you have four pairs of numbers. Circle the letter below the larger number of each pair (see answer sheet
below for illustration). If the two numbers of any pair are equal, then circle neither, but put a large X below
them and circle it.

Sample Answer Sheet

a b a b a b a b a b a b a b
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
IS 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 32 33 34 35
36 37 38 39 40 41 42
43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53 54 55 56
57 58 59 60 61 62 63
64 65 66 67 68 69 70
I 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8

add ~ •••.•••. add •...•... add •...•...

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ISTJ INTJ
ISFJ INFJ
"DOING WHAT "EVERYTHING
"A HIGH SENSE "AN INSPIRATION
SHOULD BE HAS ROOM FOR
OF DUTY" TO OTHERS"
DONE" IMPROVEMENT"

ISTP INTP
ISFP INFP
"READY TO TRY "A LOVE OF
"SEESMUCH BUT "PERFORMING
ANYTHING PROBLEM-
SHARES L1TILE" NOBLE SERVICE
ONCE" SOLVING"
TO AID SOCIETY"

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

"YOU ONLY GO "GIVING LIFE "ONE EXCITING
"THE ULTIMATE
AROUND ONCE AN EXTRA CHALLENGE
REALISTS"
IN LIFE" SQUEEZE" AFTER ANOTHER"

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

"HOSTS AND "SMOOTH "LIFE'S
"LIFE'S
HOSTESSESOF TALKING NATURAL
ADMINISTRATORS"
THE WORLD" PERSUADERS" LEADERS"

QUESTIONNAIRE
with

SAMPLE ANSWER SHEET &

SCORING INSTRUCTIONS