Career-Infused Career Counselling (CICC) emphasizes social, economic, and political forces that shape career development. CICC is a theory:
based on a work culture of a constant work role
on a principle that work is a lifetime one career
of social justice and advocacy
reinforcing work and a constant work role
The concept of career maturity is of primary importance to the theory of:
decision-making.
structural-interactive.
career development assessment and counseling.
trait-factor.
What instrument would Structural Interactive Theory employ to assess for congruence in a person- environment fit?
Kuder Preference Inventory
Holland Occupational Code
Strong Interest Inventory
Beck Anxiety Inventory.
Persons of diversity often encounter hindering (negative) factors in the work environment. A result of these hindering factors has been:
gender grouping.
racial grouping.
isolation and cultural assumptions.
job changes.
All of the following guide the counselor in developing competencies in meeting social justice except:
awareness of the counselor’s cultural identity.
establishing a fair practice handout.
awareness of the client’s cultural identity.
establishing a cultural effective alliance with the client.
Research reports indicated that the most helpful influences in securing, maintaining and achieving satisfaction in the work environment are all of the following except:
support from family and friends
personal attitudes
internal framework and boundaries
supervisor is of the same gender
Barriers for the unemployed worker in a job search include all of the following except:
self-confidence.
negative career thinking.
lack of decision-making skills.
transportation.
State labor departments use which world of work classification system?
Holland Occupational Classification
Standard Occupational Classification
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Standard Industrial Classification
The National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) was formed in 1976 to provide:
state career information systems.
up-to-date job listings in each state.
assistance for displaced workers.
store user information.
Considered to be the largest job growth projection for the years 2012-2024 is:
health related occupations.
computer related occupations.
production occupations.
energy occupations.
The American Counseling Association conducted a survey to assess the well-being of professional counselors. The results reflected an overwhelming number of counselors who experienced stress at work and impairment that was symptomatic of:
exhaustion, incompetence, devaluing clients, and deterioration in their personal life.
role conflicts.
an economy that did not integrate cultural values.
a stagnate economy and reduced worker compensation.
Worker dissatisfaction in adjustment and a sense of well-being on the job are found to be hindered by all of the following factors except:
compensation.
management style.
work environment.
personal life issues.
The Armed Services train military personnel for a war environment. Veterans experience which of the following when attempting to re-integrate into the U.S. employment setting:
military training is an advantage for employment settings
a set of rules and language that is a different work value system
communication issues with the civilian worker
inability to acquire their past employment before commitment service.
One of the several steps in designing and implementing a career development program is to write measurable objectives. Writing measurable objectives is important because:
the objectives set up the target population for services.
these are the means for the creation of a budget.
they are purposeful in hiring the correct counselor for the correct position.
the objectives determine the content and evaluation of the services.
A technique that will assist a career counselor in understanding the relationship between family background, cultural prescriptions and career and life planning is the:
Psychodrama.
Genogram.
Johari Window.
Karpman Triangle.
Career assistance in the early history of the field of counseling and guidance was focused on job placement. At the present time, in a global economy, placement and planning the focus for diverse clients is:
a singular placement.
a match with commerce, industry, and professions based on college training.
based on a developmental perspective.
based on economic need.
In preparing for a job search Leuty and Hansen’s (2011) Cross-Battery includes two instruments to conduct a comprehensive assessment that includes scales for the environment, competence, status, autonomy, organizational culture, and relationships. This assessment is measuring:
work values
career thoughts
work personality traits
worker engagement
Which of the following will assist the counselor in assessing for positive emotion, good health, ability to mobilize resources, and cross over engagement skills for life planning and management?
Beck Anxiety Inventory
Oldenburg Burnout Inventory
Computer Educational and Career Exploration System (ECES)
O*Net
Computer resources for career planning and decision-making use a cross-walking tool to:
move from one database to another database.
move from one workstation to another workstation.
switch career lines with a comparable skill set.
provide interpretations without counselor involvement.
Cyber counselors and cyber clients are confronted with issues not as likely or apparent as in face-to-face counseling. One of these issues has to do with:
training.
a secure environment.
payment.
homework.
An ethical dilemma might likely occur when counselors use the Internet to:
deliver occupational information.
provide on-line databases for purposes of occupational options.
provide on-line searches.
provide counseling on-line.
Frank Parsons' three-step model of career counseling relied heavily on:
psychometrics for analysis.
goal-setting.
the self-actualization process.
character analysis.
All of the following are components of Trait and Factor Theory except:
decision-making skills
understanding the process of career choice
self-awareness
testing
Donald Super defined career maturity as a readiness to deal with developmental life tasks. He organized a model of stages and substages for the counselor's use in career counseling. Which of the following did Super identify as an exploration task?
fantasy
beginning stabilization
interest
crystallization
John Holland's classification system (HOC) is used to stereotype individuals, occupations, and environments according to code. Which of the following three letters illustrates the highest level of consistency?
RSE
RSC
SEC
IEC
Who incorporated Maslow's eight levels of needs into a two-level approach to understanding career selection?
Donald Super
Donald Patterson
Edward Bordin
Anne Roe
Tiedeman and O'Hara believed that individuals process through seven steps in career development and decision-making. According to these decision-making career theorists an individual who begins to see patterns, connections, or can order relevant information about a career decision would be at which step of this process?
exploration
choice
clarification
An individual assessed by the Strong Interest Inventory as high on the personality stereotype I (Investigative), would best fit in which work environment?
business
political
scientific
conventional
The goals of occupational exploration and career planning are most characteristic of which developmental group?
elementary students
junior-high-school students
senior-high-school students
post-secondary students
A librarian at a community college has managed to acquire funds for the installation of a computerized career guidance program. After researching the different systems, the library board along with several administrators agreed that SIGI PLUS and DISCOVER would be the most appropriate systems for purchase. Which statement below cannot be considered an accurate statement describing these systems?
DISCOVER is a system that combines career guidance and search strategies to provide users with knowledge about self-in-relation to occupational and educational knowledge. SIGI PLUS is an individualized career guidance program that teaches a user the process of career planning and decision-making strategies.
DISCOVER and SIGI PLUS are two of the most widely used computer-assisted career guidance systems in the United States.
DISCOVER and SIGI PLUS are utilized best by individuals without counselor intervention.
DISCOVER and SIGI PLUS are considered viable tools in the career decision-making process.
