What type of information should a prospective landlord ask for on a standard rental application?

A friend of mine has been looking for an apartment and now found one that he says looks good. He got a “standard rental application” from the landlord. It has a lot of personal information on it and since I have not rented an apartment in a long time, and both the ones I did rent were pretty much obtained through personal contacts, I don’t know what type of info is typical for a landlord to request, so therefore I cannot give my friend any advice as to what is typical and what is not.

This one wants, among other more standard things like employer, things, social security #, date started work, income, supervisor’s name, present rent or mortgage payment, date of move in, date of move out, credit history including checking account number(s), all credit obligations with minimum monthly payment, criminal history.

I can understand wanting criminal history and your present address and rent, but income, supervisor’s name, checking account number(s), social security number: are these typical things that a rental application asks for?