Question 1

The main organization for professional career counselors is the

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National Vocational Guidance Association. (NVGA)

Question 2

A systematic process for occupational decision-making, labeled true reasoning, was developed by

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Parsons.

Question 3

The work of James Cattell, Alfred Binet, and Walter Bingham contributed extensively to the emphasis of ________ in career counseling.

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Testing

Question 4

When a client\'s concerns include depressive feelings, low self-esteem, and other serious mental health issues, career counselors should

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assess whether they can adequately deal with the problem at hand or should refer the client to another professional.

Question 5

Dealing with ethical issues and values, Herr and Niles (1988) stress awareness of all of the following except

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values the client and clinician share.

Question 6

The authors suggest a practitioner adequately address the issue of personal competence through

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receiving objective consultation.

Question 7

The Internet can be used to provide career services to clients in all of the following ways except to

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eliminate the need for counselor support.

Question 8

Compared to ethical codes or statutes, ethical principles

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provide a more solid framework for decision making.

Question 9

Regarding medical ethics, Beauchamp and Childress (2001) address

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veracity, privacy, and confidentiality.

Question 10

When questions pertain to proper practice all of the following principles can be used to help career professionals identify appropriate behaviors except:

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loyalty

Question 11

Underlying all questions (and answers) related to ethical and legal behavior in career development interventions are

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values assumptions.

Question 12

The three parts of Super\'s segmental theory are life span, life space, and

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self-concept.

Question 13

Self-concepts developed through comparison of the self with others are known as

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objective

Question 14

One factor that influences life role salience is

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the dominant culture.

Question 15

According to Super, methods used to guide and clarify vocational identities for clients are

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neither of the above.

Question 16

In Gottfredson\'s model, the process of eliminating unacceptable occupational alternatives based primarily on gender and social class is labeled

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circumscription.

Question 17

In Holland\'s model, the degree of relatedness within types, such that similar types are located next to each other and have more in common, is a concept called

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consistency.

Question 18

Krumboltz proposes to use indecision in the counseling process as

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a desirable quality that motivates clients to engage in new learning experiences.

Question 19

According to the authors, the emerging theories of career counseling tend to do all of the following except:

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focus on objective scores rather than the client\'s subjective experience.

Question 20

The sources that shape self-efficacy beliefs include

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vicarious learning and social persuasion.

Question 21

Social cognitive theory focuses closely on

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addressing performance attainments and persistence in overcoming obstacles.

Question 22

In the executive processing domain of the CASVE model, control and monitoring are essential for deciphering the information needed

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to resolve a career problem and determine when to move to the next phase.

Question 23

The function of the executive processing domain in the cognitive information processing approach is to

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initiate, coordinate, and monitor the storage and retrieval of information.

Question 24

Constructivism is a concept that accepts that people

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are active organizers of their own experiences.

Question 25

The Values-Based Approach is based on all of the following assumptions except

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values are assessed through qualitative, not quantitative, means.

Question 26

When interpreting an inventory, all of the following are important expect

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indicating that the results of the inventory are the best sources of information.

Question 27

At Step 4 of the career decision-making process, students or clients are most likely to need information about

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occupations.

Question 28

When choosing a system for organizing occupations, it is better for guidance purposes if

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there is a way to link what the person knows about self to occupational options.

Question 29

The website called O*Net is a replacement for the former Department of Labor publication

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The Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

Question 30

Holland\'s typology is very useful in career guidance programs because

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all of the above are true.

Question 31

All of the following are true for effective career centers except that they need to

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be staffed by a certified counselor.

Question 32

One way in which high touch can be added to high tech while serving multiple students is

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group counseling.

Question 33

All of the following are characteristics of career planning systems except that they typically include

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no searchable databases

Question 34

All of the following are strong assets of computer-based system except the capability to

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identify whether the user can profit from its use.

Question 35

The primary player(s) in setting ethical guidelines for cybercounseling is/are the

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All of the organizations above.

Question 36

The practice of career counseling has a close theoretical and practical relationship with

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psychotherapy.

Question 37

Students of counseling and mental health practitioners often lack enthusiasm for the practice of career counseling because they view it as a process that

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is very directive and limited to test administration and interpretation.

Question 38

In order to help people make meaning out of their life experiences, career counselors pay attention to the client\'s:

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subjective experience

Question 39

In order to justify limiting career-related activities in schools, critics have cited

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both of these.

Question 40

Skills like being reliable, getting along with one\'s co-workers, being trustworthy, and completing assignments on time are called

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self-management

Question 41

Program planners in schools should be sensitive to the political climate in which they operate because

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funding of programs requires backing and support by school administrators and school boards.

Question 42

When it comes to planning and disseminating information about career program delivery, counselors should collaborate with

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both teachers and parents

Question 43

Because elementary school aged children have not yet had the opportunity to explore career options fully, counselors should

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work toward counteracting environmental factors that pressure students to commit prematurely to occupational options.

Question 44

According to Havighurst, activities involved during middle childhood (ages 6-11) include all of the following except

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identify the difference between right and wrong

Question 45

uggestions provided in the text to encourage parental involvement in their children\'s career development include

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evening information sessions and newsletters.

Question 46

Assessment tools to measure interests and abilities include all of the following except the

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Question 47

An adolescent makes strides toward independence by developing

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socially and psychologically

Question 48

Career choice readiness includes

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all of the above

Question 49

Appropriate career goals for high school students, as proposed by the National Career Development Guidelines, include all of the following except

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career development.

Question 50

t is important for career interventions to continue to stimulate curiosity in middle school students because

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hose who are curious about their emerging self-concepts are more likely to engage in exploratory behavior to acquire the information they need.

Question 51

The most useful foundation for the exploration process is provided by

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combining interests inventories with aptitude test results

Question 52

The readiness to cope with the various career development tasks confronting an individual is known as

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career maturity.

Question 53

In the role of advocacy, counselors

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convince stakeholders of the importance of services.

Question 54

A target population is a group

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designated to receive services

Question 55

Purposes for writing measurable objectives include

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all of the above.

Question 56

Evaluation of career planning services must be closely tied to

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measurable objectives

Question 57

Where it is problematic in a school setting to get dedicated time to deliver career planning services, perhaps the best single approach is to

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infuse them into existing curriculum

Question 58

The first step in planning an evaluation is to

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determine specific measurable objectives of the services.

Question 59

Measurable objectives are used to

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clearly define the desired outcomes.

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