SEI Assessment and Diagnosis 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The SEI measures emotional intelligence across how many main competency areas?
- Two
- Three (Correct answer)
- Four
- Five
Correct answer: Three
The SEI is organized around Three Pursuits: Know Yourself, Choose Yourself, and Give Yourself.
Question 2: Which SEI competency involves accurately reading your own emotional states as they occur?
- Apply Consequential Thinking
- Enhance Emotional Literacy (Correct answer)
- Navigate Emotions
- Increase Empathy
Correct answer: Enhance Emotional Literacy
Enhance Emotional Literacy is the competency focused on accurately identifying and interpreting one's own feelings.
Question 3: When interpreting SEI scores, a result in the 'At Risk' range (below 33rd percentile) suggests:
- The respondent is highly effective in that area
- Development in that competency is a priority (Correct answer)
- The assessment was completed incorrectly
- The competency is irrelevant to the respondent's role
Correct answer: Development in that competency is a priority
Scores below the 33rd percentile fall in the 'At Risk' zone, indicating that competency is a development priority.
Question 4: What does the SEI's 'Choose Yourself' pursuit primarily assess?
- Understanding others' emotions
- Self-awareness of personal values
- Intentional decision-making and self-management (Correct answer)
- Long-term visioning and purpose
Correct answer: Intentional decision-making and self-management
Choose Yourself encompasses competencies related to making intentional choices rather than reacting automatically.
Question 5: The SEI assessment is best described as a:
- Projective personality test
- Ability-based EQ test using performance tasks
- Self-report normative measure of EQ competencies (Correct answer)
- Diagnostic clinical instrument for emotional disorders
Correct answer: Self-report normative measure of EQ competencies
The SEI is a self-report instrument that measures EQ competencies against a normative database.
Question 6: Which SEI competency reflects the ability to leverage emotions as useful information for decision-making?
- Engage Intrinsic Motivation
- Navigate Emotions (Correct answer)
- Apply Consequential Thinking
- Pursue Noble Goals
Correct answer: Navigate Emotions
Navigate Emotions is the competency of transforming emotional reactions into constructive, useful resources.
Question 7: In the SEI feedback report, the 'Effectiveness' section typically reflects:
- The respondent's IQ score
- How others perceive the respondent's overall emotional impact (Correct answer)
- The respondent's physical health indicators
- Only job performance metrics
Correct answer: How others perceive the respondent's overall emotional impact
The Effectiveness section aggregates how others (in multi-rater versions) or the respondent perceives overall EQ impact in relationships and outcomes.
SEI Assessment and Diagnosis 2
The SEI measures emotional intelligence across how many main competency areas?