Assessment of Vulnerability to Manipulation Test - the question form
Questions: 20 · 4 minutes
1. A young employee asks her immediate supervisor for advice on what to do: she divorced her husband but she and her child are still living in his parents’ apartment, and they are trying to force her out, but she has nowhere else to go. Would you give her advice?
Yes.
No.
It depends on the circumstances.
2. Three department heads competing for additional funding are invited to the director to defend their requests. One arrives with a scarf around his throat (sore throat, loss of voice) and whispers that he has submitted his arguments in writing. Who should be asked to present them aloud?
Invite the ill manager’s deputy.
To save time, the director should read them aloud.
I do not see any difference.
3. A manager uses staff members as informants who regularly report to them about who said what, and so on. If you were in the manager’s position, would you do the same?
Yes.
No.
Not sure.
4. Whatever the wife asks her husband to do, he does it in such a way that she has to redo it. What should the wife do?
a) Spare her nerves and do everything herself.
b) Keep assigning tasks to him.
c) It depends on the details.
5. A girl asks a boy: “Do you love me?” He says, “Well, yes…” She asks, “A lot?” He says, “Of course. Do you have any doubts?” She says, “No, but it’s so nice to hear that!” Is it only “nice to hear it”?
Yes.
No, not only.
It depends on the nuances of the situation.
6. A young woman does everything her boyfriend says and is completely guided by him:
It is clear that she is in love; she will be a wonderful wife.
I doubt it.
I find it difficult to answer.
7. An adult daughter asks her mother for advice about whether to marry her boyfriend. What should the mother do?
Give advice.
Avoid giving advice.
Decide depending on the circumstances.
8. A high school graduate asks their parents for advice about where to apply to study. The parents should:
a) give advice;
b) avoid giving advice;
c) decide depending on other circumstances.
9. An unmarried woman complains on the phone to a friend: “Who would want me with a child? There are so many young girls eager to get married.” Hearing this, her child will:
will love their mother more.
will become more obedient.
will blame themselves.
10. A parent creates an image, in the child’s eyes, of a “super-parent”—someone who never makes mistakes and always keeps their promises:
This is a positive example for the child.
This will harm the child.
There are both positives and negatives.
11. A grandmother says to her young grandson, “Don’t do that, or Baba Yaga will take you.” This is:
a) teaching the child obedience and following rules;
b) threatening him with negative consequences;
c) having both pros and cons.
12. A mother says to her child, “I won’t love you if you don’t obey.” This is:
a) teaches the child to obey and follow rules;
b) risks negative consequences for the child;
c) has both advantages and disadvantages.
13. A girl asks her mother (or grandmother) to show her how to do a craft/home economics homework assignment. The adult explains it, but after a few minutes the girl keeps asking again and again. What is the most likely reason for this behavior?
Craft/home economics homework assignments are very difficult for children.
The girl is hoping that the adult will do it for her.
Possibly both.
14. Why is the son acting this way?
He wants to assert himself by putting his father down.
He is setting things up to get his father to do his math homework.
Possibly both.
15. Some teachers (including preschool staff) encourage children to report who breaks established rules (uses profanity, misbehaves, smokes, etc.). In your view:
This helps develop truthfulness in children.
This helps combat these behaviors.
This is harmful to children.
16. To deal with a student disrupting the class, a teacher threatened: "If you don’t stop interfering, I’ll keep everyone after class." How would you evaluate this approach?
This promotes collective responsibility.
This is a way to set the disruptor against the rest of the class.
This reflects the teacher’s helplessness.
17. Student: “Why did Napier choose the number ‘e’ as the base of logarithms?” Teacher: “I did not ask him about that.” Your evaluation of the teacher’s actions:
a) With a witty reply, he improved the class mood.
b) Increased his own status.
c) Harmed the students.
18. Instructor A arrives at the start of their session in a professional development course. The break has already ended, but the previous instructor, B, continues speaking as if nothing is wrong. Instructor A appears in the doorway and points to their watch. B does not respond. When A objects, B explains that there were questions that he felt it was his duty to answer. In your opinion:
B should have answered the participants' questions.
B created this situation deliberately.
Unsure.
19. A taxi driver says to a passenger, “Boss, where are we going?” This phrase:
a) indicates the most respectful attitude toward the customer;
b) may create certain difficulties when settling the fare;
c) I am not sure.
20. You take a taxi from the city center to your neighborhood. On arrival, the driver quotes a fare higher than the meter. When you question it, he says that late in the evening not everyone will go to your neighborhood and that, given your respectable appearance, it would not suit you to be petty about money. You:
maintain your image as a respectable person and do not "quibble" about the money;
pay strictly according to the meter;
act depending on the "details" of the situation.