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Screening methods are NOT used in counseling to
a. find which individuals can benefit most from career counseling
b. provide career counseling for students who are planning to look for work as soon as
they have graduated from high school.
c. separate clients into groups so that appropriate interventions can be provided
depending on test score.
Career development theory provides a means of understanding
a. counseling techniques.
b. client's career concerns.
c. personality theory.
d. test and inventory manuals.
Sales managers are most likely to prefer this environment
a. Conventional.
b. Enterprising.
c. Investigative
d. Social
In narrative career counseling, the client serves as the
a. antagonist.
b. instrument.
c. novel.
d. protagonist.
Which of the following features are associated with computer guidance software, but
not with tests or inventories?
a. being interactive
b. being theoretically sound
c. not decision focused
d. potentially unethical
In Savickas's career construction theory, when conducting a Career Style Interview
attention is paid to verbs because they denote:
a. intelligence
b. interests
c. movement or direction
d. values
In narrative career counseling, clients are encouraged to
a. classify occupational information.
b. discuss occupational information with parents.
c. experience occupational information by interviewing workers, visiting work sites,
and volunteering.
d. read information about occupations that corresponds with their interests and later
read information about occupations that correspond with their abilities.
Ms. Nirlno has received a formal notification from her supervisor that her work is not
meeting company expectations. She is upset and concerned. Which of these cognitive
information processing skills is most likely being used as she contemplates her future?
a. communication
b. analysis
c. synthesis
d. valuing
e. execution
Which of these statements about research on the incidence of sexual harassment is true?
Sexual harassment occurs
a. equally to men and women.
b. to about 10% of working women.
c. in varying degrees depending on reporting method and occupation.
d. rarely, rather it is an issue that has political implications. Thus, it is an argument used
by feminists in dealing with employers.
Which of the following techniques is not a cognitive technique used in Krumboltz's
career counseling?
a. countering troublesome beliefs
b. cognitive rehearsal
c. goal clarification
d. reinforcement
Amy is concerned about the effect that global warming is having on living things. Amy
is most likely in which of these stages of Super's theory of career development?
a. capacities
b. fantasies
c. interests
d. values
Marquita likes to type and use spread sheet programs; she is likely to be most with a
conventional environment.
a. congruent
b. consistent
c. differentiated
d. identified
A client who says "To reduce my anxiety on the job I would like to learn how to deal
with my boss's temper" is stating an
a. explicit goal.
b. implicit goal.
c. inappropriate goal.
d. unreachable goal.
Arthur very much wants to help disadvantaged youth and, in general, wants to help
adolescents. Arthur is most likely in which of these stages of Super's theory of career
development?
a. capacities
b. fantasies
c. interests
d. values
Social cognitive career theory and Hansen's holistic approach share this in common.
a. a focus on behavior
b. a focus on cognition
c. a focus on typologies
d. a focus on women and culturally diverse populations
SRA and CAI are codes that would be found in this classification system:
a. Dictionary of Occupational Titles
b. Guide for Occupational Exploration
c. Holland's system
d. Standard Occupational Classification System
Which of the following is NOT used in the Career Style Interview in Savickas's career
construction theory:
a. early recollections
b. favorite sayings
c. questions about hobbies
d. planned happenstance instructions.
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's interests and personality most closely fit this Holland type.
a. Artistic
b. Conventional
c. Enterprising
d. Investigative
e. Social
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Interests and abilities are independent (The choice you like is unrelated to how good
you are in that area.)
b. Interests and abilities overlap. (If you like something, you are good at it.)
c. Interests and abilities are minimally related. (If you like something, you may be good
at it.)
The stage of industry verses inferiority is associated with the work of
a. Erikson.
b. Piaget.
c. Super.
d. Holland
Which career development theory explains the impact of learning gender roles between
the ages of 6 and 8?
a. career self-efficacy theory
b. Gottfredson's theory
c. Holland's theory
d. work adjustment theory
Hansen's holistic approach to life planning is most similar to
a. cognitive information processing.
b. Myers Briggs Type theory.
c. a spiritual approach.
d. trait and factor theory
Regarding racial attitudes towards their clients, counselors as a group
a. have been able to avoid having their own attitudes affect their counseling.
b. have been vocal advocates against discrimination of people of color.
c. have done considerable damage to their clients because of the expression of
unconscious racial beliefs.
d. need to be aware of their own racial attitudes towards their clients.
AChunking@ refers to
a. taking pieces from a theory.
b. how long it takes to learn theoretical concepts
c. how many ideas can be processed at once.
d. how large a career development theory is.
The primary labor market and other higher segments of the labor market are associated
with
a. high pay.
b. low pay.
c. high turnover.
d. low status.
Which of the following is not a Myers-Briggs type?
a. extraversion
b. introversion
c. perception
d. factor
Which of the following could be considered an unethical behavior?
a. helping clients make career decisions
b. assessing client interests
c. telling clients which career to enter
d. listening to clients complain about their supervisors
Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been
primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject
matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very
much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry.
However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college
next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol's plans.
To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that
she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions.
Donna's interests and personality most closely fit this Holland type.
a. Artistic
b. Conventional
c. Enterprising
d. Investigative
e. Social
Which of the following is NOT a developmental task of career adaptability in
Savickas's career construction theory?
a. realism
b. exploration
c. establishment
d. management
Which of these theories is used in Savickas's career construction theory?
a. Holland's
b. Myers-Briggs's
c. Krumboltz's social learning theory
d. Roe's theory
Which of these is NOT a feature of Super's Career Development Assessment and
Counseling (C-DAC) system?
a. designed for culturally diverse populations
b. has developmental features
c. has a focus on interests
d. is designed for retirees
Agnes has received two job offers from an accounting firm. She has made lists and has
weighed the advantages and disadvantages of each very carefully. According to
Myers-Briggs type theory she is using
a. feeling.
b. intuiting.
c. sensing.
d. thinking.
After four weeks of not working, Joel is questioning whether or not any employer will
be interested in his skills as a bus driver. According to Hopson and Adams, he is likely
to be in this transition stage.
a. immobilization
b. internalization
c. letting go
d. self-doubt
Which of the following is NOT a type of trait and factor theory?
a. Holland's theory
b. Hopson and Adam's theory
c. Myers-Briggs Type theory
d. work adjustment theory
