In using a vocational card sort, a counselor using personal narrative career counseling
would be likely to
a. compute percent of Aaccepts@, Amaybes@, and Arejects@ cards.
b. give clients occupational information on Aaccepts@ cards.
c. inquire about reasons clients have for accepting cards.
d. total results from an interest inventory and combine them with results from a card
sort.
Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files
in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in
the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in
several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his
theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his
father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes
accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland’s theory in answering these questions.
Jake’s participation in accounting and art could best be described using Holland’s theory
as
a. consistent.
b. moderately inconsistent.
c. inconsistent.
d. stereotyped.
Counselors who specialize in helping workers who have been laid off are called
a. career counselors.
b. employment counselors.
c. guidance counselors.
d. outplacement counselors.
Which of these instruments is the most cost effective as a guidance tool?
a. Holland’s Self-Directed Search
b. Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
c. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
d. Scholastic Assessment Tests
In the three months that Amy has been working, she has received no feedback or
supervision regarding her work. Now, Amy has just been fired from her job as a
custodian. This is a(an)
a. anticipated event.
b. chronic hassle.
c. nonevent.
d. unanticipated event.
Which of the following traits or factors does Myers-Briggs type theory most clearly
address?
a. ability
b. interests
c. personality
d. values
Knowledge of the structure of the labor market can help counselors by pointing out to
their clients that
a. jobs vary to the degree that they lead to advancement or better paying jobs.
b. regular attendance at school throughout high school is very important.
c. selecting a career goal before leaving high school is very important.
d. they should consider their interests and abilities as well as job openings.
Gottfredson predicts that Iris’s career decisions will be influenced by gender role
considerations from the age of 6 onward. This concept is called
a. career maturity.
b. circumscription.
c. compromise.
d. niche
In the study of the importance of relationships, the area of study that has done the most
research in different countries is
a. attachment theory.
b. parent-child interaction theory.
c. Blustein’s relational theory of working.
d. Phillips’s developmental relationship model.
Trait and factor theory focuses on
a. adjustment to the job.
b. identifying traits.
c. individual growth.
d. parental preference for occupation.
Dalia has impressed her guidance counselor with her thoughtful approach to career
decision-making. According to Phillips’s developmental career relational model, this is
an example of
a. cautious directedness.
b. false confidence.
c. forced guidance.
d. a systematic approach.
Brenda wants to be a soil analyst. She is single and has found a job 2,000 miles away
from her home. She decides to take it because she feels she has no one else to care of
besides herself. According to Arnett, she is in this stage:
a. age of instability.
b. age of identity.
c. age of feeling in-between.
d. self-focused stage.
Which occupational classification system has the fewest first level or major categories?
a. Dictionary of Occupational Titles
b. Guide for Occupational Exploration
c. Holland’s system
d. The O*NET
Which theory provides a theoretical model for understanding the career development of
elementary school children?
a. Gottfredson’s theory
b. Myers-Briggs Type theory
c. trait and factor theory
d. work adjustment theory
Savickas’s career construction theory uses the Career Style Interview which can be
described best as a(an)
a. multiple choice test.
b. essay examination.
c. structured interview.
d. unstructured interview.
Which of these features of group career counseling is also available in individual career
counseling?
a. being motivated by peers
b. gaining self-understanding
c. having an opportunity to assist others
d. learning from others in a similar situation
School-to-work education refers to education that takes place
a. at home.
b. in the classroom.
c. in the guidance office.
d. in the gym.
Vonda wants to take a year off between high school and college to clear her mind.
Vonda is in which one of Marcia’s stages?
a. achievement
b. diffusion
c. foreclosure
d. moratorium
Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files
in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in
the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in
several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his
theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his
father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes
accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland’s theory in answering these questions.
Melvin has a clear and stable view of his future, while Jake’s is unclear. This concern
about certainty about future goals is referred to by Holland as the concept of
a. congruence.
b. consistency.
c. differentiation.
d. identity
Carla originally had difficulty with her job termination. Now she has understood why
she was fired and has taken steps to change her absenteeism so that it won’t happen
again. According to Hopson and Adams, she is likely to be in this transition stage.
a. immobilization
b. letting go
c. testing out
d. search for meaning
Which of these statements contain inappropriate occupational information?
a. Employers prefer men for roofing work.
b. Employment of engineers is expected to increase faster than average.
c. Medical technologists perform complicated chemical and biological tests.
d. Training in electronics can be obtained on the job.
Chauncy, an Asian American, thinks highly of himself and other Chinese Americans,
but is angry at and disrespectful of white Americans. According to Atkinson, Morten,
and Sue, Leon is in this stage of minority development:
a. conformity
b. resistance and immersion
c. introspection
d. synergetic articulation and awareness
Tara is a tenth grader who actively reads career information and asks her parent’s
friends about their career. This behavior is best described by Super’s concept of
a. Career exploration.
b. Decision-making.
c. Knowledge of the preferred occupational group.
d. World-of-work information.
As Glenda, an 8 year old second grade student thinks about occupations she is,
according to Gottfredson, most likely to be influenced by orientation to
a. concrete operations.
b. size and power.
c. gender roles.
d. social valuation.
Which one of these career crises is more likely to effect women than men?
a. an automobile accident
b. having to leave the labor force
c. loss of job
d. failure to get a raise
Eric is not sure he knows what he wants to do when he graduates high school. He feels
this is an unimportant issue that only his parents are concerned about. Eric is in which
one of Marcia’s stages?
a. achievement
b. diffusion
c. foreclosure
d. moratorium
When listening to a client describe her problems at work, a counselor using work
adjustment theory is most likely to consider _________________ to be particularly
important.
a. interests
b. knowledge of the job
c. personality type
d. values
When young people work over 20 hours per week, this may lead to
a. improved school behavior
b. minor delinquent acts
c. problem behavior in school
d. all of the above
Betsy has been a veterinarian’s assistant for three years. She has decided to go to
veterinary school despite the large expense. She believes it will pay off financially and
in terms of job satisfaction. Betsy’s decision can best be explained by
a. the structure of the labor market.
b. human capital theory.
c. Super’s adult development theory.
d. status attainment theory.
Which of the following is NOT a behavioral technique as described by Krumboltz?
a. goal clarification
b. role playing
c. simulation
d. using role models
An interest inventory that accurately measures a wide variety of individual interests and
predicts later occupational entry is said to
a. be less useful than a test of abilities.
b. be reliable .
c. be valid.
d. verify a career development theory.
Carlos has been thinking about his career choice for a long time. He imagines himself
in a variety of occupations, but never talks to others about his ideas. According to
Myers-Briggs type theory, Carlos is primarily using one of these functions.
a. extraversion
b. introversion
c. judgment
d. perception
Which of the following is a principal of career counseling ethical codes?
a. helping skills
b. justice
c. reliability
d. validity