Executive Functioning refers to the skills that help you organize, plan and execute a task. If you would like to discover your own executive functioning strengths and weaknesses, take our free quiz and then read below to see how each skill affects your thinking.
Executive Functioning Quiz
Take the Quiz and when you are done write your results on the chart below.
Now that you know your strengths and weakness you can learn strategies to help build your skills. Executive Functioning Workbook 
Hello Dr. Mulligan,
I was curious if you used or adapted your quizzes from previous research, standardized testing, or psychological assessments to make sure the quiz is valid and reliable when people are taking their self-assessment quiz?
I work at a gap year internship program with students from the ages of 17 to 22. The majority of the students I work identify that they have some sort of struggle with their executive functioning skills. I saw this quiz and thought it could be a great tool for students to gauge and understand more specifically what challenges they may have and how we can work together to help them improve those skills. Just want to make sure I am utilizing Evidence-Based Practices in my work with students.
Thanks so much!
Joelle
Hi Joelle,
Thank you for your interest in the EF Quiz. The EF Quiz is only a tool for reflection and self-awareness. This is not a standardized test. The is no norm and the scores are self-reported with no criteria for people to use to base their scores. You will note that we make an important statement before starting the quiz:
IMPORTANT: To interpret the results note the difference between the scores. High scores reflect areas of strengths and low scores reflect areas of weakness. Everyone rates themselves differently, so don’t compare the numbers to other people taking the quiz. Focus only on the differences between scores to gain insight into areas of strength and weakness.
If you want a standardized measure I recommend the BRIEF®-A (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function®–Adult Version)
Hello,
Can a person still take this quiz? I’d like to take it but the link to the test isn’t working. Thanks!
You can still take the quiz. I have updated the link: K&M Center FREE Executive Functioning Quiz. Thanks for letting me know the link didn’t work.
Hello Dr. Mullin,
I believe I sent a message with the following question a few days ago, but cannot find it in the posts (perhaps I did not complete it properly?)?? The question…what numbers are considered high, and what are considered low, and what would be normal, with regards to the Executive Functioning quiz. Wondering if I will get an email with your reply…just not sure how this works.
Thank you,
Kate
Your question is a good one. The quiz is designed to show your strengths and weaknesses. Therefore the exact numbers are not important, rather the difference between them is. Taking the scores you sent:
-4, 0, -1,1,-3,-5,-1,0. Your highest score is 1 so that is the strength with -5 as the weakness. The 0 would also considered strong while the -4 would be weak. Some people are harder graders than others so the scores reflect that. It is helpful to have the student, parent and teacher take the quiz so you can see if everyone is seeing the same issues. Remember is the difference, not the number, that matters.