Differential Diagnostic Questionnaire, DDQ Test - the question form
Questions: 20 · 4 minutes
1.
a) Care for animals
b) Operate and maintain machines and equipment (monitor, adjust)
2. Which would you prefer?
Help people who are ill and treat them
Create tables, diagrams, and computer programs
3. Which would you prefer?
Monitor the quality of book illustrations, posters, art postcards, and phonograph records.
Monitor the condition and growth of plants.
4.
a) Work with materials (wood, fabric, metal, plastic, etc.)
b) Bring products to consumers (advertise, sell)
5.
Discuss popular science books and articles
Discuss fiction (or plays, concerts)
6. Which would you prefer?
Raising young animals (of a particular breed)
Training peers (or younger people) to carry out specific tasks (work, study, or sports-related)
7.
Copy drawings or images (or tune musical instruments).
Operate heavy equipment (lifting or transport), such as a crane, tractor, locomotive, etc.
8.
a) Provide people with the information they need and explain it (e.g., in an information desk, on a guided tour)
b) Design and decorate exhibitions and display windows (or take part in preparing plays or concerts)
9. Which would you prefer?
a) Repair things (clothing, equipment), or your home
b) Find and correct errors in texts, tables, and figures
10. If you had to choose between only two jobs, which would you prefer?
a) Treat animals
b) Do computations and calculations
11. Which would you prefer?
Develop new varieties of plants
Design and develop new types of manufactured products (e.g., machines or clothing, houses, food products, etc.)
12. Which would you prefer?
Settle disputes or arguments between people; persuade and explain; encourage or discipline
Work with drawings, diagrams, or tables (check, clarify, and put in order)
13. Which would you prefer?
Observe and study the work of amateur arts clubs
Observe and study the life of microbes
14. Which would you prefer?
Service and calibrate medical instruments and equipment.
Provide medical care to people with injuries (e.g., wounds, bruises, burns).
15. Which would you prefer?
To write precise descriptions or reports of observed phenomena, events, measurable objects, and similar material.
To describe or portray events artistically (whether observed or imagined).
16.
a) Perform laboratory tests in a hospital
b) Admit and examine patients, talk with them, and prescribe treatment
17. Which would you prefer?
Paint or decorate interior walls or the surfaces of products
Install buildings or assemble machines and equipment
18. Which would you prefer?
a) Organize cultural outings for peers or younger people (to theaters, museums), excursions, hiking trips, etc.
b) Perform on stage; take part in concerts
19.
Make parts or products from drawings (e.g., machines, clothing); construct buildings
Do drafting; copy technical drawings and maps
20. Which would you prefer?
Controlling plant diseases and pests in forests and gardens
Working on keyboard-based machines (e.g., a typewriter, teletype, typesetting machine)