Deck 2: Skills and Interestsyour Career Assets

Question 1

Which needs to occur for you to have a good career "fit"?

A) your values need to align with that of the work environment
B) All of the choices are correct.
C) you need to know your skills and preferences
D) you need to know your values

Answer 1

All of the choices are correct.

Question 2

More than half of the solution to any problem is

A) bluntness.
B) awareness.
C) courage.
D) diplomacy.

Answer 2

awareness.

Question 3

Obtaining your college degree demonstrates that you have the ability to achieve a long-term goal.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

An accomplishment or success that you have attained in life can be called an achievement.

Question 5

Your personality needs to fit with your career aspirations.

Question 6

Which is not on the Job Outlook 2014 top ten list of attributes employers look for?

A) high IQ
B) communication skills
C) strong work ethic
D) team player

Question 7

Technical skills are skills that require special training, experience, education, and certification.

Question 8

Which is not a job-specific skill?

A) managing
B) computer proficiency
C) routine equipment maintenance
D) accounting

Question 9

Determining your values is one of the first steps in planning your life's career.

Question 10

Achievements give an employer some insight into your

A) soft skills.
B) hard skills.
C) transferable skills.
D) adaptive skills.

Question 11

Which is not a true statement about branding?

A) It is your self-created marketing strategy.
B) It is a reflection of how we perceive and present ourselves.
C) It conveys your worth and value to potential employers.
D) It cannot be created or influenced by online postings.

Question 12

By identifying your transferable, adaptive, and job-specific skills, you have accumulated information for your resume and cover letter.

Question 13

Working at a job in a field unrelated to your major field of studies is not necessarily a bad thing.

Question 14

An adaptation gap refers to the difference between the skills you need for your ideal job and the skills you currently possess.

Question 15

Which outcome is not an advantage of having a strong skills vocabulary?

A) You can articulate your assets to your existing employer if you would like to be promoted
B) You can pinpoint your numerous abilities
C) You can be ambivalent about your skills
D) You are able to market yourself to potential employers

Question 16

Numbers can be added to skills so that they may become quantified.

Question 17

Reliability is a hard skill.

Question 18

Which Personality assessment tool isnot well-known?

A) kingdomality
B) bls.gov
C) the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
D) the MBTI

Question 19

Adaptive skills are the soft skills that are related to your work style.

Question 20

Which are transferable skills that result from a four-year college education?

A) long-term goal achievement
B) having a "teachable" disposition
C) organization
D) time management

Question 21

Useful soft skills include: good interpersonal skills, honesty, a positive attitude, and competence.

Question 22

What is one weakness of personality assessments & inventories?

A) They are not counted in research.
B) They aren't really taught to students any longer.
C) They are generic descriptions.
D) They are a snapshot of who you are at one moment in time.

Question 23

A personality assessment categorizes your personality traits to determine if your personal attributes are a good fit in a particular work environment.

Question 24

If you were working in a dental office, which of these skills you could possess would not be considered an adaptive skill?

A) the capacity to sterilize dental instruments
B) diplomacy
C) coping well with deadlines
D) appreciation of diversity

Question 25

Transferable skills are the skills you have gained from experience.

Question 26

Hard skills relate to your work style and help you function as a good employee on a day-to-day basis.

Question 27

Identifying your skills will allow you to have a career language to include in your resume.

Question 28

A personality assessment determines hard skills.

Question 29

How much of our lives is likely under our control?

A) 30-40 percent
B) 40-50 percent
C) 60-70 percent
D) 80-90 percent

Question 30

Adaptability to working alone is a soft skill.

Question 31

Brand identity is your personal marketing image.

Question 32

The technical skills that you need to perform a job well are hard skills.

Question 33

Careers should be consistent with the type of environment that you value.

Question 34

Soft skills are used only by managers.

Question 35

Most employers prefer good technical skills over soft and adaptive skills.

Question 36

The process of identifying your skills becomes a tool that you will use during the interview process.

Question 37

Where do we develop job-specific skills?

A) All of the choices are correct.
B) volunteer work
C) jobs and educational training
D) hobbies and avocations

Question 38

You should never place status and income high on your value list.

Question 39

What is a proactive strategy for finding your skills gap?

A) ask your friends what you do well
B) read the want ads for positions you seek and see what requirements you still need to get
C) take an online personality assessment
D) rank order checklists of skills

Question 40

Which of the following are exercises that can be practiced to clarify one's values?

A) discern those attributes we admire in others
B) discern those attributes we admire in ourselves
C) All of the choices are correct.
D) rank order a series of traits from a checklist

Question 41

Your personal values should not be even considered when offered a position with good benefits, good growth potential, and a good salary.

Question 42

The skills gap compares the skills that you need in your ideal job to the skills you currently have.

Question 43

Workplace values are inconsequential in choosing a career.