The Career Development Facilitator credential was developed as
a. A means of recognizing people who qualify to be a Master Career Counselor but are
working in administration
b. Have completed a post-masters course of study
c. Have 5 years of supervised on-the-job experience
d. Have completed a prescribed course of study to become a paraprofessional
Super contends that certain characteristics observable during school years are related to
later occupational success. Which of the following has been correlated with later
success?
a. Parent’s socioeconomic level
b. Geographic region of residency
c. Rural or urban home location
d. Employment of both parents outside the home
One of the major problems with the career development competencies included in the
ASCA National Model is
a. They are not comprehensive
b. Grade level in which competencies are to be developed do not match pupil
development
c. There are many holes in the lists; more competencies need to be laid out.
d. None of the above
Sooner or later program designers and evaluators must conduct needs assessments.
Which of the following designs could be used for this purpose?
a. Survey
b. Focus groups
c. Correlational
d. a & b above
Labor market and occupational information are both used by
a. Individuals
b. Private job placement offices
c. Government agencies
d. All of the above
Facebook and Twitter might be useful in what aspect of the job search process?
a. Networking
b. Job clubs
c. Providing social support
d. All of the above
By emphasizing social justice career development professionals are
a. Adopting a new goal
b. Renewing a goal first articulated in the 1960s
c. In keeping with the founders of the career development movement
d. Departing from the main theme of career development
The use of online programs and software programs with __________ students should
be approached carefully of at all
a. Students with low self-esteem
b. Students with low verbal ability
c. Students from poor families
d. All of the above
The code of ethics most likely to be followed by career practitioners in private practice
was developed by
a. ACA and APA
b. NCDA
c. ASCA
d. NBCC
One of the early advocates of career development programming in schools was
a. Hoyt
b. Marland
c. Super
d. a & b above
Some authorities have equated interests, needs, and values. Which of the following
theorist is most likely to agree with this supposition.
a. Brown
b Lofquist
c. Holland
d. Hartung
Whiston and Sexton’s review of the literature about the efficacy of school counseling
interventions suggests that
a. Classroom guidance should be employed extensively
b. Individual planning is likely to yield positive outcomes
c. System support may be the most cost efficient approach to fostering career
development in the public school
d. None of the above
The largest minority group in the US
a. Hispanics
b. African American
c. Asian Americans
d. Native Americans
The most important single factor to consider in acquiring occupational materials is:
a. Cost.
b. Durability.
c. Expected use
d. Source.
Which of the following is NOT likely to be a goal of the career development program?
a. Increasing knowledge of career clusters
b. Promoting early career choice
c. Increasing educational achievement
d. Developing an awareness of family roles
Gottfredson believes that people develop cognitive maps of career based on
a. Self-concept, sex-role stereotypes, and financial rewards
b. Interests, sex-role stereotypes, and values
c. Sex-role stereotypes, prestige of the occupation, interests and accesibility
d. Masculinity/femininity of the occupation, occupational prestige and fields of work
Job growth is occurring most rapidly in which of the following occupations
a. Home health aides
b. Retail sales
c. Administrative support.
d. Nursing (RN and LPN)
Practitioner licensing laws regulate
a. Titles used
b. Services offered
c. May be both titles and practices
d. Fees charged
In the author’s view one factor overlooked by Friedman in his discussion of the
development of the global economy was
a. The influence of unions
b. The relative value of currency around the world
c. Worker productivity
d. The profit motive
The percentage of the U. S. population that is classified as disabled is approximately
a. 5
b. 8
c. 10
d. Over 15
In Krumboltz’s theory interests would be viewed as
a. Self-observed generalizations
b. Cognized needs
c. Task approach skills
d. Associative learning experiences
Career resilience is
a. The same as career motivation
b. Not related to career motivation
c. Synonymous to career identity
d. None of the above
Narratives can be best defined as
a. Individual goals as they look into their futures
b The sum total of the individual’s striving
c. Life stories
d. Summaries of the individual interaction with her or his family
Career development programs have been in place in this country since the ——– in the
twentieth century.
a. Fifties
b. Sixties
c. Seventies
d. Eighties
In the simplest terms possible privileged communication laws are
a. Guarantees to our clients that their information will be protected from disclosure
b. Guarantees to career counselors that they cannot be forced to disclose confidential
information
c. protection for counselors so longs as they follow the law.
d. The same a ethical guidelines about confidentiality
Which of the following statements about career coaching is most accurate according to
Bench?
a. Career counselors do not deal with personal issues
b. Career coaching is limited to skill development such as interviewing
c. Career counseling is ultimately aimed at identity change
d. Career counselors are primarily tutors and guides
Forming a successful career counseling group requires a great deal of planning and
screening of participants. Who might be excluded from a group made up largely of
seniors headed for graduate school?
a. A gay student who would be the only gay student in the group
b. A foreign student who would be the only one from her country
c. A sophomore who is exploring career options
d. A Hispanic student who will be the only Hispanic student in the group
The number of apprenticeable occupations in the current civilian labor force is about
a. 600
b. 800
c. 1000
d. 1200
The statement that best describes the extent to which clients who seek career counseling
are protected from unethical practice is
a. They are well protected because all 50 states have licensing laws for psychologists
and counselors who provide career counseling
b. Clients who see psychologists in public institutions such as colleges are probably
better protected than those who see counselees because of differences in the licensing
laws for the two groups
c. They are well protected because of codes of ethics and licensing laws
d. None of the above reflect the current situation
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)
Which of the following groups are most likely to have similar cultural values if they
have not adopted the values of another culture?
a. Asian Americans and Native Americans
b. Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans
c. Native Americans and Asian Americans
d. African Americans and Hispanic Americans
Countries that seem best equipped to take advantage of the global economy
a. Have a well-developed infrastructure
b. Have an attractive tax structure that encourages new businesses
c. Have socialist governments
d. Have an abundant supply of cheap labor
One-Stop-Career Centers do not contain which of the following?
a. O*Net occupational profiles
b. Apprenticeship data
c. DOD information regarding opportunities in the military
d. State level educational information
The author identifies conflicts in cultural values as potentially doing harm to the client.
Assuming that the counselor is a white person with traditional Eurocentric values, what
conflicts might they encounter with a Hispanic client?
a. Meeting on time
b. Importance of self-direction
c. Disclosure of pertinent material
d. a & b above
The competencies needed by Master Career Counselors is essentially the same as those
required for the Career Development Facilitator, but MCCs must study these areas in
depth.
Work environments may influence personality change. The person environment
relationship that is most likely to produce change in personality is
a Realistic person, Investigative work environment
b. Person with low consistency in personality type; highly consistent work environment
c. Artistic person; social environment
d. The premise of the question is wrong; work environments do not produce personality
change
A field trip provides the same insight for a group that shadowing provides for an
individual.
Quasi-experimental designs may employ what are termed equivalency control groups.
Career development in this country began primarily as an effort to reform education.
Savickas would use the RIASEC information from Holland’s scales in the counseling
process to promote reflection.
In Social Cognitive Career theory, interests are a direct outcome of self-efficacy
expectations and appraisals.
The career day concept has been applied at all educational levels, from Elementary
school to college.
A good theory can be determined by the extent to which it identifies cause and effect
relationships.
Personal characteristics such as abilities, attitudes, interests, limitations, and skills are
classified as traits in trait and factor theory.
Because they have recognized the importance of making good career decisions while
they are in college to the psychological well-being of students, counselors and
psychologists are increasingly interested in career counseling.
Among people looking for work, the most important concern is occupational
information.
In Brief Solution-Fused Career Counseling. One of the steps is having the client search
for exceptions to what they perceive is the usual course of events. In realty this step is a
search for mistakes made in past situations.
New technological developments will continue to reduce employment in the
manufacturing sector.
If your client has poorly developed interests they can be strengthened through the use of
several methods, the most powerful of which is called performance enactments
according to SCCT.
Krumboltz includes work habits in his theory. He calls them
a Self-observed generalizations
b. Task Approach skills
c. Special abilities
d. Value3
Admundson uses second order questioning to stimulate an awareness of what would
happen if the career problem is not solved
Krumboltz retained the original decision making model in his “Happenstance” revision.
Occupational materials prepared by federal agencies can only be obtained from the
producing agency.
Of the three learning theories discussed in Chapter 5 SCCT seems to be having the
greatest impact on practice according to the author.