Assessment Procedures For Counselors And Helping Professionals 8th Edition By Robert – Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suzie is a nurse who truly enjoys helping others. She is often described by her coworkers as engaging and caring both with patients and friends. Which of the following is most likely to be her primary code based on Holland’s theory?
a. Realistic
b. Conventional
c. Investigative
d. Social

2. Questions that inquire about one’s preference for salary and prestige in a job would be most likely found on what type of career assessment?
a. Interest Inventory
b. Personality Inventory
c. Values Inventory
d. Career Development Instrument

3. Nancy completed the Self-Directed Search and found that her summary code was EAS. Which career is most compatible with her interest areas?
a. Research biologist
b. Mechanical engineer
c. Owner of a wedding planning business
d. Social worker

4. Dale, a middle-school counselor, is doing a classroom guidance lesson on career development and wants to use an interest inventory. Which of the following inventories is most appropriate?
a. Harrington-O’Shea Career Decision-Making System-Revised (CDM-R)
b. Campbell Interest and Skill Survey
c. Self-Directed Search
d. Strong Interest Inventory

5. Which of the following describes a strength of Interest Inventories?
a. Job success is more correlated to interests than abilities
b. Instruments are very accurate at any age
c. Inventories are not susceptible to faking
d. Interests are typically stable, especially from the late teens on

6. Debbie, a career counselor, administered an inventory that measured her client’s level of sociability, independence, motivation, and attitude. She most likely used which type of assessment?
a. Interest Inventory
b. Personality Inventory
c. Values Inventory
d. Career Development instrument

7. Dan, a counselor at the university career center, administered an inventory to assess student’s readiness to explore his career options and make a decision. Dan most likely used which inventory?
a. Career Maturity Inventory
b. Self-Directed Search
c. Career Development Inventory
d. Career Factors Inventory

8. Meghan is using the Career Maturity Inventory with one of her high school students. What is she most likely assessing for?
a. The student’s career interests
b. What the student values in a career (e.g., salary, work environment)
c. The student’s attitude towards deciding on a career and his or her competence
d. How ready the student is to make a career choice

9. A career counselor who wants to conduct a thorough assessment will likely use which of the following forms of assessment?
a. Interest Inventories
b. Values Inventories
c. Aptitude Assessments
d. All of the above

10. Which of the following statements about employment interviews is true?
a. Positive information is weighed more heavily than negative information
b. There is a great deal of evidence of reliability and validity for this practice
c. More structured, job-related interviews have lower validity
d. Interviewers tend to make decisions about an interviewee early in the interview

11. Which of the following questions is recommended for interviewers to ask in career assessment?
a. Would you give me a brief review of your employment experiences?
b. What is your educational background?
c. Do you have any unique experience or interest that might be related to the choice of career, such as hobbies or special interests?
d. All of the above.

12. Government agencies often use tests to assess potential employees’ ___________________.
a. occupational values
b. career maturity
c. aptitude
d. career interests

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Answer Key

1. d
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. d
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. d
10. d
11. d
12. c