Deck 6: Individual and Group Assessment and Appraisal

Question 1

Content validity is typically defined by evidence of experts in the field for the item domain under study.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Because they are only discussing work-related issues, career counselors do not need to be aware of their clients' cultural background and how these relate to the formation of their vocational identities.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The clients' ability to make reasoned choices based on their skills, readiness, awareness, and experience is known as career awareness.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory is a 130-item inventory authored by John Holland that looks at career obstacles, attitudes, feelings, and experi- ences which might influence a person's career choice but does present results in RIASEC categories.

Question 5

Test norms provide a way to compare an individual's scores with those of a reference group.

Question 6

All of the following are constructs measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventoryexcept:

A) Depersonalization
B) Work tolerance
C) Emotional exhaustion
D) Personal accomplishment

Question 7

The Career Beliefs Inventory created in concert with Krumboltz's Learning Theory of Career Counseling assesses client beliefs about all of these areas except:

A) My Current Career Situation
B) Factors That Influence My Decisions
C) Jobs That Are Right for Me
D) Changes I Am Willing to Make

Question 8

Assessments of interest usually take the form of:

A) Math and language tests
B) Self-report questionnaires
C) Audio taped interviews
D) None of the above

Question 9

Life Lines, Card Sorts, and Career Genograms are examples of:

A) Standardized career instruments
B) CAGS
C) Qualitative methods
D) None of the above

Question 10

Reliability measures how repeatable or consistent the scores are for a given test. All the following are types of reliability except:

A) Test-retest
B) Equivalent forms
C) Internal consistency
D) Criterion forms

Question 11

Match the following:

-Validity

A) Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
B) Test-retest
C) Criterion
D) Card sort
E) Donald Super

Question 12

Match the following:

-Salience Inventory

A) Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
B) Test-retest
C) Criterion
D) Card sort
E) Donald Super

Question 13

Match the following:

-Reliability

A) Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
B) Test-retest
C) Criterion
D) Card sort
E) Donald Super

Question 14

Match the following:

-Exploratory measure

A) Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
B) Test-retest
C) Criterion
D) Card sort
E) Donald Super

Question 15

Match the following:

-Theory of Work Adjustme

A) Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
B) Test-retest
C) Criterion
D) Card sort
E) Donald Super

Question 16

Reliability is a measure of how repeatable and consistent the scores are when a test is administered to a group of individuals on two or more occasions.

Question 17

Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) is dependent on two factors: the stan- dard deviation (SD) for the test scores and the individual's intelligence quotient (IQ).

Question 18

Validity means the test measures what it is supposed to measure.

Question 19

Test norms are descriptive statistical data from a representative group of scores that serve as a comparison for individuals taking the test.

Question 20

Counselors must be cautious in extrapolating results from career related tests especially if norms are consistent with a client's background.

Question 21

High school counselors are unlikely to use instruments to assess academic achievement and occupational interest.

Question 22

It is not necessary for clients to understand what tests are intended to assess and what outcome information is provided; it is only important for the counselor to know that information.

Question 23

John Holland developed a typological approach to career choice, identifying personality characteristics of individuals and characteristics of various environments.

Question 24

The Career Attitudes & Strategic Inventory (CASI) was developed to evaluate some general obstacles, attitudes, feelings, and experiences that might influence a person's career selection.

Question 25

Super's theory states that individuals go through various career stages as related to chronological age.

Question 26

The Career Occupational Preference System Professional Level (COPS-P) interest inventory was developed to measure career disinterest and disengage- ment from academic occupations.

Question 27

Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA) is concerned with the relationship between the individual and the work environment.

Question 28

Krumboltz's Learning Theory of Career Counseling (LTCC) focuses on the clients and the experiences that have shaped their career beliefs and choices.

Question 29

The primary assessment tool in the Learning Theory of Career Counseling is the Career Beliefs Inventory.

Question 30

Anne Roe's psychoanalytic theory of career development and career choice is based on unfulfilled dreams and wishes.

Question 31

Interest is generally defined as a set of beliefs or attitudes toward a given activity.

Question 32

The Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS) is only appropriate for use with adults.

Question 33

Values are generally defined as cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors that manifest themselves as beliefs.

Question 34

One of the drawbacks to standardized instruments is that such approaches may leave some clients feeling more like test takers than active participants in their own career futures.

Question 35

Qualitative tools are more formal and require more statistical expertise than quantitative measures.