1) Information Has Two Basic Departments, _ and _

The Career Counselor's Handbook

Questions from chapter 1

1) Information has two basic departments, _____ and _____. a) Silence, Aspirations b) Aspirations, Directions c) Directions, Symbols d) Symbols, Silence

2) Information + Knowledge + Wisdom = a) Responsibility b) Experience c) Spirituality d) Life

3) The replacement for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (D.O.T.) is the a) eNet b) iDOT c) eDOT d) O*Net

4) The job is seen above all else as something that pleases the self for the a) Road b) Cart c) Driver d) Horse

5) “Tell me about some things you’ve done in your life that you’ve felt good about” is a question to explore which objective? a) Assume responsibility b) Imagine career ideas c) Use one’s favorite functional and adaptive skills d) Know how to determine steps to a career goal

6) This course uses which approach to career counseling? a) Psychodynamic b) Cognitive behavioral c) Client-centered d) Play therapy ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com 7) “What kinds of careers have you thought you might like to do?” is an example of which counselor skill? a) Creative imagining b) Spot-checking c) Skill identifying d) Value clarifying

8) If one knows the individual’s parts (skills, interests, etc.), these can be “added up” to suggest career options. a) True b) False

9) The counselor can elicit career ideas from clients in all the following ways EXCEPT a) Ask directly b) Discourage unrealistic ideas c) Use mental imagery d) Focus on the client’s accomplishments

10) The source of motivation in careers which involves being yourself is known as a) Id b) Ego c) Essence d) Superego

11) Ego can turn sour in a person’s career in all the following ways EXCEPT a) Their ego is substituted with another’s b) Ego becomes an addiction c) Seeking ego satisfaction turns to worry and stress d) The pleasure of the doing disappears

12) The title of the first true job-hunting book in America was titled: a) Job Hunting for Fun and Profit b) You are America’s Future c) Find the Way to Make Your Way d) Your Work Abilities

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14) Which is NOT one of the 3 different kinds of skills according to ideas published in 1967? a) Functional b) Specific content c) Adaptive d) Relational

15) In 1975, the idea appeared that which type of education makes one highly marketable in the world of word? a) Graduate school b) Liberal arts c) Vocational d) Business school

16) From 1998 to 2007, what movement gained momentum? a) Career coach b) Internet research c) Outsourcing d) Workman’s Comp

17) Starting a business meeting by first talking on a personal basis is something Texans call a) Sharing b) Jawing c) Shucking and Jiving d) Visiting

18) Which is NOT mentioned as an effective method to find clients? a) Free seminars b) Get on or in the media c) Copresent seminars with another professional d) Use Yellow page advertisements

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19) The author suggest that you be prepared to spontaneously tell about your work in ______, anytime, anywhere. a) 15 to 20 seconds b) 30 to 60 seconds c) 2 to 4 minutes d) 5 to 10 minutes

20) All the following guidelines are given EXCEPT a) Create a market niche wherever you can b) Price your services lower than the competition c) Always imagine that you’ll see former clients in the grocery store d) Consider earning your income from several sources

21) The author recommends promoting a career checkup that would be held a) Every 6 months b) Annually c) Every 2 years d) Every 5 years

22) All the following were mentioned as items which can be addressed in the career checkup EXCEPT a) Job-search b) Retirement planning c) Interview Skills d) Negotiating skills

23) Which is not one of the 1 - 2 - 3 themes used by an effective counselor? a) Who can be your mentor for it? b) What do you want to do? c) What is stopping you from doing it d) What are you doing about it?

24) Which is NOT mentioned as part of a broader view of careen assessment? a) Aptitude as well as intelligence must be measured b) The whole cannot be predicted by the sum of the parts c) Initial career choice is overemphasized d) Assessment must be future-oriented rather than stuck in the present

ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com ce4less.com 25) Which is NOT mentioned as a problem with testing? a) The fortune-teller syndrome b) Clients believe that tests have low validity c) Testing encourages clients to become dependent d) Testing is a crutch for the counselor

26) The Skill Assessment Profile assessing a client on all the following EXCEPT a) Skills b) Knowledge c) Attitudes d) Time

27) Most of the forecasts published in newspapers and magazines comes from which government source? a) Occupational Outlook Quarterly b) Occupational Outlook Handbook c) Employment Outlook d) All the above

28) When the demand is greater than supply this equals a) Excellent job opportunity b) Very good job opportunity c) Good job opportunity d) May face competition

29) Which is perhaps the most common problem in the misuse of information in career counseling? a) You have told me more about _____ than I wanted to know b) The information is OK, I guess, but it has nothing to do with my problem c) I did not come here for a lecture d) The information you’re fiving me jars me

30) Which is NOT a way to use information during the counseling process? a) Turn self-discovery questions into information questions b) “Contract” with the client c) Correct clients’ misperceptions of careers when they occur d) Reveal the limitations of your knowledge

31) Which is NOT mentioned as a “Rather Good” internet functions for job- hunters? a) Researching fields, professions and particular kinds of jobs b) Getting advice about resumes, interviews, and job-hunting c) Networking and establishing contacts with other job-hunters d) Finding vacancies posted by employers on the Internet

32) The author suggests that career counselors who are just entering the field can start out with telephone counseling to cut down on expenses. a) True b) False

33) The counselor should probably consider using other skills during the one hour, such as _____ and _____. a) Task setting, Identifying Yes, Buts b) Identifying Yes Buts, Giving information c) Giving Information, Administering Interest Inventories d) Administering Interest Inventories, Task setting

34) The best shortcuts for the section on “Where” include all EXCEPT a) John Holland’s RIASEC theory of careers b) the SDS c) The Party Exercise d) The MBTI

35) What technique was developed help 3 people to skill identification? a) The Triangle Technique b) Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker c) 120 degrees d) Trioing

36) Which is NOT a key principle in the design and facilitation of group workshops? a) Assign people for each exercise to subgroups of 2, 3, or 4. b) Mix up the group members. c) People learn better when they’re laughing. d) Be flexible with time

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38) When conventional interviews fail to give your client the full opportunity to show what he or she can do, he or she could try a) Community Theater b) A video vitae c) Getting more relevant references d) Trial work experiences

39) The author states, it is not your job to motivate people to do career planning. a) True b) False

40) Which group has the author found to be more likely to have a victim mentality? a) Middle-aged women b) Middle-aged men c) Elderly women d) Elderly men

41) The right side of the brain a) Specializes in spatial and relational functions b) Excels at seeing the pieces c) Processes information in a linear manner d) Specializes in memory and recognition of words and numbers

42) George Prince describes the left side of the brain functioning as the a) Experimental Self b) Logical Self c) Safekeeping Self d) Flamboyant Self

43) Which is not in the How to Confront sequence? a) Outline the discrepancy b) Express your confusion c) Ask what it means d) Offer suggestions

44) Confronting is a a) Llama and a Leprechaun b) Mace and a Marshmallow c) Kick and a Kindness d) Cheer and a Curse

45) Which is an approach for dealing with difficult clients? a) Define immediately attainable tasks b) Create a support group c) Acknowledge the client’s futility d) All the above

46) You should realize that there are some impossible clients and you shouldn’t blame yourself for their failure. a) True b) False

47) Which is NOT a suggestion to help clients efficiently negotiate job-search bureaucracies? a) Use the telephone to identify people who have the power to hire b) Smile on the telephone c) Send a resume as early as possible and to multiple departments d) Spend no more than 20% of job hunting time preparing written materials

48) Face-to-face contact with other people, one-on-one, in groups or otherwise should account for what percent of job-hunting? a) 20% b) 40% c) 60% d) 80%

49) In the place of steady jobs, people are learning to regard themselves as a) unemployed b) temp workers c) part of a whole d) self-employed

50) The Chinese symbol for crisis also can mean a) Opportunity b) Goodbye c) Empty vase d) Lilly pad

51) A piano tuner would be a self-employed a) Investigative person b) Artistic person c) Conventional person d) Realistic person

52) A CPA who is in business for himself would be a self-employed a) Investigative person b) Artistic person c) Conventional person d) Realistic person

53) The best way to deal with fear is through a) exposure b) cognitive therapy c) medications d) self-affirmations

54) Paul Hawken recommends that you not invest a lot of _____ in starting a business. a) money b) effort c) time d) heartache

55) The author believes that it is important to reflect on how much the field of career development owes to a) education b) opposable thumbs c) electricity d) freedom

56) The author states that career counselors may be reluctant to ask the hard questions about _____, but if they don’t do it, maybe no one will. a) emotional intimacy b) physical intimacy c) career values d) personal hygiene

57) What are the tow levels of social consciousness that can be practice by anyone pursuing a job, self-employment, or business ownership? a) Being true to oneself & Finding your niche b) Finding your niche & Serving customers/clients c) Serving customers/clients & Building relationship to communities d) Building relationship to communities & Being true to oneself

58) Your clients should be taught to ask themselves all the following questions regarding adding value EXCEPT a) Will I attract new customers or clientele? b) Will I be more marketable to future employers? c) Will I be saving the company money today? d) Will I enhance the productivity or morale of other workers?

59) The author suggests method such as _____ to bring home clearly to lawbreakers that they have violated the rights of their fellow citizens. a) The BBB b) The stocks c) Waterboarding d) Public licensing board hearings

60) The author sees spirituality/religion/faith as a _____ in which each of us acts out the way we see the universe, and others, and ourselves. a) Cocktail party b) Pensive c) Stage d) Playpen

61) The author states that all the following developments would be beneficial to practitioners EXCEPT a) Feedback regarding one’s career counseling skills b) Websites with artificial intelligence to help clients make choices c) Greater use of career groups d) Less reliance on standardized tests

62) The author sees all the following as possible future developments EXCEPT a) Nonprofit community career centers b) One-stop career centers c) Retail career centers for reasonable fees d) Less overlap between career counseling and psychological counseling

63) Which is NOT one of the five rules for dealing with change in the new millennium? In the midst of all the changes you are going through, a) Learn to keep the component parts as a coherent whole. b) Always look for the things that remain constant. c) Search for the largest context you can find for viewing those changes. d) Work constantly on developing alternatives.

64) The author offers the following suggestion. a) Take risks b) Meet with three professional soulmates c) Write at least one article d) All the above

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1) Information Has Two Basic Departments, _____ and _____

1) Information Has Two Basic Departments, _ and _