Career Achievement Growing Your Goals 2nd Edition By Blackett – Test Bank

Chapter 09 Step Up Your Career Answer Key

True / False Questions

1. While seeking employment, conduct your day as a workday.

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Outcome: 09-03 Manage job changes, stress, and life balance.
Topic: Managing Job Changes, Stress, and Life Balance

2. The most important factor for your job success and perception is aptitude.

FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Outcome: 09-01 Make a stellar impression.
Topic: Making a Professional Impression

3. Following the 5-minute rule will allow you to do fewer projects each day.

FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Outcome: 09-02 Know how to advance in the workplace.
Topic: How to Advance in the Workplace

4. For the job search, you should use recruiting agencies only as a last resort.

FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Outcome: 09-03 Manage job changes, stress, and life balance.
Topic: Managing Job Changes, Stress, and Life Balance

5. To feel sorry for yourself when you lose your job is understandable, but it should not keep you from immediately beginning the job search.

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Apply
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Outcome: 09-03 Manage job changes, stress, and life balance.
Topic: Managing Job Changes, Stress, and Life Balance

6. A mentor is someone who can help you make decisions to foster your career.

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Outcome: 09-04 Understand the importance of life-long learning and goal-setting in reaching the next level.
Topic: Life-Long Learning and Goal-Setting

7. To make a good impression as a new employee, ask for more work and show a team spirit.

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Outcome: 09-01 Make a stellar impression.
Topic: Making a Professional Impression

8. Consciously choosing how you expend your energy allows you to be more efficient.

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Outcome: 09-02 Know how to advance in the workplace.
Topic: How to Advance in the Workplace

9. At the time of a job loss, your only focus is the job search. This is not the time for considering additional education.

FALSE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Outcome: 09-03 Manage job changes, stress, and life balance.
Topic: Managing Job Changes, Stress, and Life Balance

10. In order to make a good impression with your new workmates as a new employee, you need to listen to them in order to make a positive connection with them.

TRUE

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Outcome: 09-01 Make a stellar impression.
Topic: Making a Professional Impression