Mentoring Re-cap4 corners quiz – Week 6

Here’s how it works……4 corners (ish) of the room marked A,B,C & D

A question will be asked, with a multiple choice answer

Choose your answer (A,B,C or D) by standing over by that letter

Once you’ve all decided, I’ll give you the correct answer

Q 1. What is a mentor?A – Someone to call at 11pm at night because you

can’t sleep

B – Someone who can motivate, support and encourage you through a period of change in your life

C – Someone who will tell you what you need to do and exactly how to do it

D – Someone who is there to listen to psychological problems

Answer 1

B – Someone who can motivate, support and

encourage you through a period of change in your

life

Q 2. What is an advantage of being a mentor?A – A feeling of self worth

B – Learn new things

C – Help people to achieve goals

D – All of the answers

Answer 2

D – All of the answersA feeling of self worth

Learn new things

Help people to achieve goals

Q 3. What is an advantage of being a mentee?A – Finding it hard to adjust

B – Being embarrassed

C – To receive support and be listened to

D – Being discouraged from doing what you want to do

Answer 3

C – To receive support and be

listened to

Q 4. What is a formal mentoring agreement?A – A telephone conversation to say what is going to

happen

B – A scrap of paper which has instructions from the mentee

C – A list of do’s and don'ts, created by the mentor

D – A document drawn up together to include some of the following; Commitment, clear goals, procedures and limitations, clear expectations (on both sides) and Ground Rules

Answer 4

D – A document drawn up together to include some of the following; Commitment, clear

goals, procedures and limitations, clear expectations (on both sides)

and Ground Rules

Q 5. Why is it important to make an agreement?A – Because somebody told you that you should

B – Don’t know

C – So that both the mentor and mentee know where they stand and what is expected of each other

D – You need it because it has the mentee’s details on there

Answer 5

C – So that both the mentor and mentee know

where they stand and what is expected of each

other

Q 6. When may a mentor need to seek support?A – To find out more information on a question

asked by a mentee

B – When the mentor is unsure of what to do

C – To report any disclosed confidential information that you feel uncomfortable with (safeguarding issue)

D – All of the answers

Answer 6

D – All of the answers

Q 7. As a mentor, who would be the first person you would approach for support?A – Your friend

B – Your line manager

C – The police

D – Your mentee

Answer 7

B – Your line manager

Q 8. What support could that person offer you?A – All of the answers

B – A listening ear

C – Guidance on policies and procedures

D – Their own experience

Answer 8

A – All of the answers

Q 9. Which of these are appropriate boundaries?A – All of the answers

B – No physical contact, keep meeting places neutral, appropriate language to be used, not accepting gifts, mentee can call the mentor’s personal number whenever they like

C – Information will be kept confidential unless a safeguarding issue, personal space to be respected, be punctual, sessions have set times and agreed meeting places

D – What are boundaries?

Answer 9

C – Information will be kept confidential unless a

safeguarding issue, personal space to be respected, be

punctual, sessions have set times and agreed meeting places

Q 10. Which of these should you take with you to a mentor meeting?A – Anything you need for it to be a

productive session

B – Some work you need to catch up on

C – Just yourself and a smile

D – Newspaper

Answer 10

A – Anything you need for it to be a productive session

End of quizWell done!