Careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) will be among
the most prevalent and higher paid occupations in the future. As things stand, women
seem to be moving into these occupations at about the same rate as men.
Role playing can be used to assess a client’s social skills as well as to remediate or
strengthen them.
Overall the proportion of the labor force employed in manufacturing is expected to
decrease in the next 10 years
Super’s fourteen postulates have been modified over the years but, they were all part of
his original theory.
Much of the mentoring that goes on in businesses is informal in nature.
Super’s Life-Career Rainbow is out of date, mostly because of changes in women’s
career patterns..
Super defines career maturity as the individual’s readiness and ability to deal with the
occupational challenges and problems that confront him/her.
Research shows that older students and adults can benefit from the uses of self-directed
online programs according to Sampson and his associates.
The World-of-Work map is uses Holland’s typologies plus a data, people things and
ideas rubric to classify occupations.
JTPA varies from the program it replaced (Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act) in that the program is more tightly controlled by the officials administering the
program.
A non-ad occurs whenever a private practitioner provides a community service.
The newest code of ethics of the American Counseling Association makes no mention
of the need for client advocacy.
Currently there are well over 1000 apprenticable occupations in the U.S.. (Number 5 on
answer sheet)
The term disabled refers to a person with a physical or mental impairment.
One woman, Linda Gottfredson, believes that inherited traits shape men and women’s
perceptions of the work environment.
Transportation and utilities are examples of service producing industries.
The competencies that are included in the National Standards incorporated into the
ASCA National Model are stated in operational terms.
Because of the of relatively low level of concerns dealt with by Career Development
Facilitators the issue of doing harm to their clients is essentially a non-issue
The Master Career Development Professional was developed by the National Career
Development Association as a special membership category for people who have many
of the same types of skills and a similar educational credentials as the Master Career
Counselor, but are not as actively involved in career counseling.
Internship information can be obtained from O*NET, links to state employment office
websites, and using social media such as TWITTER in the job search.
In the past employers have conducted career planning in a manner that was helpful to
the business but not to the employees.
It is safe to say that managers and employees in business settings are open to a wide
variety of career development interventions.
According to Super’s theory there are trial and stable phases of the exploration stage.
One of the controversies surrounding the SDS focuses on the use of raw scores versus
scores derived from norms. The essence of this argument is that the proponents of norm
based scores believe that women in particular are underrepresented in the Social,
Artistic, Conventional areas because of the use of raw scores.
Organizational development and career development are synonymous terms.
It is widely acknowledged that Goldman’s stance that the marriage between testing and
counseling has failed is correct.
Many high schools allow students to work part-time during the school day.
From a psychometric point of view interest inventories such as the SDS and the SII are
quite sound.
NBCC suggests that career counselors take the client’s SES into consideration when
setting fees.
A non-traditional college student is technically one who is over 25.
Gottfredson believes that the sex-role associated with careers is the most important
variable in the career choice process.
The use of values inventories and qualitative approaches to assessing values has been
supported empirically
Of the currently available interest inventories, the SII was the first available and is still
one of the most useful.
Human calamities, natural disasters, fashion changes, and seasonal variations are all
causes of short-term trends in the workforce.
The needs assessment process should probably be conducted by an external agency if it
is to accurately reflect the employee’s opinions.
Using one’s work as an opportunity for self-expression seems to be more important for
which major occupational group?
a. Unskilled.
b. Skilled.
c. Professional
d. Sales and kindred.
If a client declares, I want the STEM career that is most likely to allow me to become
employed, what would you tell her to pursue educationally as she looks ahead?
a. Pursue an electrical engineering degree
b. Major in computer science
c. Major in engineering with an emphasis in computing
d. Major on engineering
Career coaching differs from career counseling in that
a. It is typically briefer (from start to finish)
b. The people providing the service have more in-depth training
c. The goals are different
d. None of the above
Presenters in a Career Day should be:
a. Available parents.
b. Representative workers
c. Representatives from nearby educational institutions.
d. Teachers within the school.
Which of the following non-verbal communication strategies typically employed by
white counselors is most likely to cause difficulty in cross cultural career counseling?
a. Squarely facing the client.
b. Open posture
c. Facial expressions
d. Eye contact
With regard to the ethical issues involved in Internet career counseling, it is probably
most accurate to say (Ch
a. The ethical issues are about the same as those in typical career counseling.
b. The ethical concerns are less because the privacy of the client can be protected more
easily
c. The ethical issues involving Internet based career counseling are greater due to
communication problems that may arise
d. We have too little information to draw conclusions about potential ethical issues
involving Internet career counseling.
Centralized job placement services in high schools
a. Lose the advantage of familiarity with students
b. may have more trouble securing information about the students
c. Pose transportation problems for many students
d. All of the above
For Gottfredson compromise in the process of making occupational choice often occurs
because of perceived
a. Accessibility of the occupation
b. Self-precepts
c. Masculinity/femininity of the occupation
d. Perceived ability and accessibility
Pattern identification, an assessment device devised by Amundson has at is aim the
a. Identification of achievement profiles
b. Sources of satisfaction
c. The ups and down of the client’s life
d. The values that guide their behavior
Job growth as measured by numbers is occurring most rapidly in which the following
groups
a. Teachers
b. Retail sales
c. Cashiers
d. Wait staff
In working with a disadvantaged African American counselee, the counselor:
a. Can gain some useful clues from available career development theories
b. Can apply available theories without any qualification.
c. Should disregard any inferences that can be drawn from available theories.
d. Should wait until proof has been obtained that occupations for the disadvantaged can
be predicted.
Zunker identified which of the following aspect of the career counseling process that
may be particularly problematic when the clients have disabled?
a. Relationship development
b. History taking because of the limited experience
c. Assessment
d. Termination
The most accurate statement about the career development programs and HRD is
a. The career development program is the umbrella under which HRD fits.
b. Career development is a part of HRD
c. Career development and HRD are unrelated
d. Career development and HRD are co-equals in business with each program having
separate goals.
Which of the following is not an assumption of Chaos Theory
a. Open systems such as families are unpredictable
b. Feed back to a system makes it more stable
c. Fractals are complex patters that repeat themselves recursively
d. Small effects can cause large reactions
George Merrill, Jesse Davis and Anna Reed had one thing in common. It was:
a. They founded the National Vocational Guidance Association
b. They initiated career development programs at the turn of the 20th century
c. They developed some of the tests used in the 1930s in career guidance programs
d. They successfully lobbied Congress for passage of the Merrill Act, which supported
vocational education.
The cultural value that is most likely to influence decision-making style is
a. Activity (e.g., doing, being, being-in-becoming)
b. Time (past-future, future, present, circular)
c. Person/Nature Relationship (people should dominate, nature dominates)
d. Social relationships (collateral, individualism, lineal)
Savickas seems to borrow which of the following constructs from Donald Super
a. Career concern (career awareness)
b Self-control (self-confidence)
c. Career curiosity (career exploration)
d. All the above
Typically the required format for online resumes is
a. Chronological
b. Functional
c. Functional with a section for key words
d. Any of the above; depends on the placement site
Ground Hog Day as it pertains to occupational information typically refers to
a. Predictions about the future of jobs
b. Job shadowing days scheduled for students in public schools
c. A day when workers with jobs underground such as miner come to school to discuss
the nature of their work.
d. All of the above
If Gottfredson is correct about sex-role stereotyping school counselors should begin
work to offset them at what grade level?
a. Early elementary school (k-3)
b. Late elementary school (3-5)
c. Early middle school (6-7)
d. Late middle school (7-8)
Many of the constructs of interest to career counselors such as interests, values, and
self-efficacy can be assessed quantitatively or qualitatively. Which of the following
constructs has received the greatest attention in the last few years by people interested
in qualitative assessment?
a. Values
b. Needs
c. Self-efficacy
d. Decision-making style
Developing your own theory of career counseling begins with
a. Study of theories of human development
b. Study of career development theory
c. Examining your personal belief system
d. a & b above
With regard to cultural values of the major cultural/ethnic/racial groups in the U. S.,
which of the following best depicts the view that career counselors should take?
a. There is great diversity within and among cultural groups
b. Often language usage and certain external indicators can be used as indicators of
cultural values
c. Third generation minorities in this country have typically adopted the cultural views
of the dominant culture
d. No assumptions should be made about the cultural values of people who come for
career counseling
Underemployment is a common phenomenon among American workers including
college graduates. The statement about underemployment that is most accurate is
a. It is a carefully defined construct
b. Different research organizations define underemployment in different terms
c. It usually means part time workers looking for full time work
d. None of the above
After deciding what tests and inventories are to be offered to clients the next step is to
a. Establish as secure storage area
b. Budget to purchase the tests
c. Become qualified to purchase the assessment devices
d. Check the cultural sensitivity of the tests and inventories
The initiation of a fully developed career development program may cost the business
as much as
a. $100, 000
b. $200,000
c. $250,000
d. $300,000 or more
Which of the following factors tend to limit salary and advancement for women
a. Raises and promotions based on seniority
b. Tenure and other contractual guarantees of employment
c. Limited leave policies for elder care
d. a & c above
The decline in the number of specific jobs is often an indicator of the overall decline of
the industry in which the jobs are located. If this is true which of the following group(s)
seemed most likely to decline between now and 2010?
a. Clerical workers
b. Textile workers
c Machine operators ” manufacturing and related
d. All of the above
In the ASCA National Model assessment falls under the general rubric
a. Guidance curriculum
b. Responsive services
c. Individual planning
d. None of the above
The unemployment rate is currently at approximately 7 percent as contrasted to 10
percent a few years earlier. What can we conclude based on these numbers?
a. The number of people working has increased
b. The number of people looking for work has decreased
c. There is a decrease in the mismatch between the skill sets of workers and those
required by employers.
d. None of the above
If a comprehensive career development program is begun it is likely that over _____ %
of the employees will participate in the program.
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 70
In the event decisional anxiety is a problem, the recommended approach for eliminating
it is
a. Postmodern ” chaos theory based
b. Trait and factor approach using the SDS
c. Cognitive behavioral approaches
d. All approaches seem to work with this problem
The career information processing model (CIP) seemingly builds on the work of
a. Super
b. Holland
c. Meichenbaum
d. Lent
Postmodern approaches to career counseling place less emphasis on traditional
assessment strategies than do approaches rooted in logical positivism.
In all likelihood the most up-to-date information about colleges can be found in the
directories such as Peterson’s Guide that are revised annually
One of the problems with many of the laws that regulate counselors is that they only
regulate the title, counselor, not the practice of counseling
Bright and Pryor seem to agree to a certain extent with Krumbotlz about the importance
of chance events.in career development
The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires vocational rehabilitation for all
people with a physical disability.
The basic premise of trait and factor theories that have been presented since 1909 have
changed.
The U.S. Employment Service was first put into place during the Great Depression of
the 1930s.
Internet based occupational information directories have largely replaced print
materials.
SCCT and Krumboltz’s theory are compatible because of their roots in social learning
theory.
Unity seems to be the goal of human striving for Bloch and Richmond. They define it
as confidence that you can trust yourself to cope with what comes your way.
The group identified as most likely to experience the “triple whammy” of
discrimination is
a Lesbians of color
b. Gay men
c. Bisexual women
d. Transgender men
The Theory of Work Adjustment and Holland’s theory are trait-and-factor theories
If a family member arrives with the client the first step is to ask if they plan to
participate in the career co
Parsons proposed his tripartite model of career choice in 1909.
If one had to pick a city as the cradle of career development it would be San Francisco.