43) Which of the following is a job that would allow a person who is a poor writer and speaker to
excel?
A) engineer
B) lawyer
C) basketball coach
D) advertising executive
44) One secret to a successful career is to identify your ________ and develop it to the fullest.
A) special ability
B) strength
C) main interest in life
D) competitive advantage
45) In a career, major accomplishments often require a person taking ________.
A) the path more traveled
B) the path less traveled
C) the straightest path
D) a circuitous path
46) This is the best time to take risks in your life.
A) when you are established
B) when you are young
C) when you are old
D) when you have something to lose
47) Today’s employers no longer expect ________ from employees.
A) long-term loyalty
B) maximum effort
C) high performance
D) a full work day
48) Employees in today’s work world should think of themselves as ________.
A) members of a large, loyal family that will never abandon them
B) pawns who have no power to change or improve their situation
C) free agents who are constantly looking to improve their situation
D) bosses who control their organization
49) The advice, “You don’t leave a good job,” ________.
A) was never true
B) is still true today
C) is no longer true
D) is true today more than ever
50) Which statement best summarizes the relationship between success and luck?
A) All successes depend partly on luck.
B) Most successes depend totally on luck.
C) Success has nothing to do with luck.
D) Luck seldom has anything to do with success.
51) What element proved lucky for entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Paul Allen
early in their careers?
A) They were interested in computers.
B) They were born in the same time period.
C) They went to the same college.
D) They joined IBM early in their careers.
52) One reason NOT to change jobs is to ________.
A) add new people to your network
B) keep your skills fresh
C) raise your income
D) keep your job tasks challenging and interesting
53) The best way to describe success is that it is a matter of matching up opportunities,
________, and luck.
A) intelligence
B) talent
C) skill
D) preparation
54) Even the prepared person cannot take advantage of luck unless he or she ________.
A) is highly intelligent
B) can take action when opportunity knocks
C) can convince others to join his or her effort
D) puts in 16-hour days
55) A career is a best defined as a sequence of jobs.
56) An individual typically has several careers over a lifetime.
57) The term career applies only to high-level professionals such as designers or physicians, not
laborers.
58) In the past, career development was usually confined to advancement within a single
organization.
59) Traditional career development in which an individual advances through the ranks of a single
organization is more popular than ever.
60) Today, the organization–not the individual–is responsible for the employee’s career
development.
61) A boundaryless career is a career in which an individual takes responsibility for his or her
own career.
62) The first goal in career development is to make a career choice in which you match your
interests and abilities to a job or series of jobs.
63) A good career match means that the jobs you get are high paying.
64) Most of today’s college graduates are saying that their number one concern in a job is that it
has the possibility for advancement.
65) Today’s job seekers identify quality child care as an important job benefit.
66) Job location ranked second in job priorities for today’s job seekers.
67) Volunteer work is important to today’s college graduates.
68) The difference in pay rates over a lifetime between college graduates and noncollege
graduates is fairly small.
69) The best investment a person can make in his or her own future is to get a good education.
70) Competitive advantages that people have are limited to their natural talents.
71) The first step in constructing a career path is to identify your competitive advantages.
72) Being good with numbers can give a job seeker a competitive advantage.
73) Being a skilled writer can give a person a competitive advantage in the job market.
74) All a job seeker needs in a tight job market is a single competitive advantage to get a good
job.
75) It is almost impossible to predict which jobs in the future are likely to decline.
76) The second step in constructing a career path is matching your strengths and interests to
opportunities in the market.
77) It is a good idea to think of your career as your business and your boss as the CEO of that
business.
78) Trying to “protect” your career from outside harm is probably a silly idea because there is no
way to protect against changes in the environment.
79) Changes in the environment that can affect a career include negative things, such as
downsizing, only.
80) Most jobs do not require interpersonal skills.
81) The key to being a super high achiever is usually some unique talent or ability that no one
else has.
82) The 10,000 hour rule supports the idea that success is mostly hard work.
83) Though many people think that “whom you know” is important for getting jobs, having
connections is highly overrated as a way to advance one’s career.
84) Internet networking groups such as LinkedIn can provide valuable contacts.
85) It is a wise idea to cultivate job skills that are rare and useful in the marketplace.
86) In the workplace, being a generalist is usually more desirable than being a specialist.
87) The secret to job success is identifying your competitive advantage and developing it to the
fullest.
88) The path less traveled is almost always the path to failure.
89) Luck has nothing to do with success in the business world.
90) Changing jobs is a sign of a troubled career.
91) Explain how the idea of a career has changed over recent decades.
92) Describe how career planning was traditionally done in the workplace of the past.
93) Explain how career planning is typically done today.
94) Explain why individuals in today’s work world need to think of themselves as CEOs of their
own careers.
95) Explain what a competitive advantage is and why it is important in career development.
96) Explain why a college education is a good investment.
97) What does the phrase “Play to your strengths” mean in terms of choosing a career path?
98) Explain why practice is important in developing a competitive advantage in some area.
99) Explain how networking helps people accomplish career goals.
100) Explain why it is better to be a specialist than a generalist in the work world.
101) Describe what the best kind of competitive advantage to have is.
102) Explain the role that luck typically plays in success.
103) Describe how to take advantage of the luck that you have.