Quiz: Do You Put the “Pro” in Professional Organizer?

Do you have what it takes to be a professional organizer? How extensive is your organizational knowledge? Do you keep up with the latest industry lingo? Can you really create order in any chaos?

In other words, do you really know the basic principles of tackling clutter? Professional organizers can walk into a room and design a storage system suitable for any client. They don’t see limited space as a problem. They see it as a challenge!

Take our quiz to find out if you’re truly an organizational champion—or if it’s time to brush up on the basics!

Your client is hesitant about hiring a professional organizer. They express some concerns about your initial visit. Do you?

Immediately grab a trash bin and start throwing everything in to prove how efficient you are.

Hand them a task sheet and tell them you’ll be back in a couple of months to show them you won’t interfere.

Listen to their concerns and explain the organizational process before you decide what rooms take priority.

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Home organizing is basically a cleaning service:

True

False

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Which of the following is the BEST way to brighten up a cramped space?

Accent lighting.

Declutter and go with a light paint color.

Hang a busy wallpaper print.

Go for a dark wall color.

Correct!

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At what age can children be involved in the organizational process?

As soon as it makes sense, especially if parents are starting to notice some messy tendencies!

As young as possible. Read children stories about organization while they’re still in the crib.

Teenage years are the best for learning about organization.

Correct!

Wrong!

A client has piles of paperwork to sort and file. What storage containers do you recommend they use?

Small bins.

Assorted small baskets/bins, filing boxes, and binders.

A huge clear plastic storage tote. At least now clients can see their mess.

Correct!

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Do professional organizers need insurance policies?

No. If a homeowner asks, they’re not worth working with. Chances are nothing is going to happen on site.

Yes. Choose a liability policy. It’s good to be protected just in case of an accident.

They’re optional. Remind yourself to do it next month when you have more time. Right now you just want to focus on doing a good job.

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In professional organizing lingo, “going vertical” means:

A technique that home organizers often use to maximize space.

Following the latest in haute couture fashion trends.

When your client starts to lose touch with the decluttering process.

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Your client desperately wants to improve functionality of her home, but is conscious of her family’s smaller budget. What do you do?

Tell her there is no way she can afford your services.

Discuss which rooms she feels like she needs the most help with. Create a reasonable budget for your services, storage bins, and other necessary organization items.

Whip out your credit card and buy her every bin she can handle. You can’t imagine anyone in living such an inefficient home.

Correct!

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Clearance is:

The space between different things in a room.

The main focus of a room. Eyes are immediately drawn toward it.

The flow of the home.

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A new client wants to hire you. You haven’t met them yet or seen the space. Do you:

Ask some important questions in a phone conversation. Proceed with an onsite and in person assessment.

Immediately accept! There’s no job you can’t do!

Ask them for their zodiac sign – this will make sure you are compatible as professional organizer and homeowner.

Correct!

Wrong!

Your client loves clothes, and refuses to part with anything in her wardrobe. What is the best way to create order in a jam-packed closet?

Tell her she needs to get rid of at least half of her closet. If she doesn’t comply, drop the job. You can’t work in these conditions.

Arrange everything by color, shape, and article. Hang them all in reverse.

Purchase two freestanding wardrobes and move everything into them.

Correct!

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Your new client asks you to help organize their kitchen. They tell you the counter often doubles as extra space to go over homework and other paperwork. How do you approach this space?

Find ways you can store laptops and homework supplies in the same space.

Throw everything non-kitchen related away from the space.

Inform your client that they need to convert their second den into a home office. Two activities cannot be combined in a kitchen.

Correct!

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Which one of images represents the best place to create a storage system for keys and other things a client would need on their way out the door?

Livingroom

Bedroom

Kitchen

Front entrance

Correct!

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A hoarder is:

Someone who has a compulsive and extreme attachment to personal possessions, collections, or items.

Someone who never cleans their house.

Someone whose attic and garage are full of old junk

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