Deck 6: Career Information and Resources

Question 1

By what criteria can a counselor judge the quality of a career database or resource?

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

What is the relationship between an individual's decision-making style and his or her ability to use data effectively? How does this vary across decision-making styles?

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

Describe the sources of occupational information provided by the United States Department of Labor.

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

What are some ways a counselor can help a client turn data into meaningful information?

Question 5

Identify and describe three of the eight decision-making styles outlined in the textbook (Dinklage, 1968).

Question 6

Name one resource you explored in this course that you will use with your clients in the future. Provide a detailed description of the strengths and weaknesses of this resource. Write a one paragraph description of how you might introduce this resource to a client.

Question 7

Identify and describe three types of data clients might need to help them make a career decision.

Question 8

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

A) financial aid.
B) occupations.
C) colleges.
D) majors and programs of study.

Question 9

A counselor has the responsibility to

A) make good career choices for students.
B) assist students to turn data into information that helps with decision making.
C) develop standards of quality for occupational information.
D) read and summarize information for students.

Question 10

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

A) The Occupational Outlook Handbook.
B) The Guide to Occupational Exploration.
C) The Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
D) The Classification of Instructional Programs.

Question 11

The most comprehensive Department of Labor website for occupational information is called

A) Monster Board.
B) America's Talent Bank.
C) America's Job Bank.
D) CareerInfoNet.

Question 12

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

A) occupations can be organized by the six types.
B) individuals can find out their personal types by taking assessment.
C) majors and programs of study can be organized by the six types.
D) all of the above are true.

Question 13

The Bobby Standards identifies compliance of websites that are likely to be accessible to

A) those with auditory disability.
B) those with visual disability.
C) those from non-English speaking cultures.
D) veterans.

Question 14

Which of the following is not a type of data typically provided by career centers?

A) Benefits packages
B) Programs of study
C) Occupations
D) Financial aid

Question 15

ACT's World-of-Work Map

A) organizes occupations based on work with three dimensions -- data, people, and . things.
B) shows 20 families of jobs.
C) is based on Holland's typology.
D) is an integral part of CHOICES, a computer-based system.

Question 16

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

A) have computers, software, and Internet connections.
B) be located in a central, easy-to-find place.
C) be organized in some meaningful way.
D) be staffed by a certified counselor.

Question 17

A person who habitually makes decisions by doing what others suggest is called a/an

A) compliant decider.
B) intuitive decider.
C) planful decider.
D) fatalistic decider.

Question 18

Of the various types of deciders described by Dinklage, the type most likely to have the easiest time making a vocational choice is the

A) paralytic.
B) fatalistic.
C) planful.
D) painful.

Question 19

The purpose in following a planful process of decision making is to

A) assure that the consequences are good.
B) increase the probability of achieving good outcomes..
C) get to a choice more quickly.
D) give someone else the responsibility for your decisions.

Question 20

Several websites that are particularly useful for career planning and information have been developed by the

A) Bush administration.
B) Department of Education.
C) Department of Labor.
D) Department of Human Services.

Question 21

The most difficult part of helping people make a vocational choice or change is

A) interpreting the assessment you give them.
B) finding good sources of career information.
C) helping them process the data and make a choice.
D) dealing with their lack of motivation.

Question 22

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

A) the system includes all 13,000 occupations.
B) occupations are divided by industries.
C) occupations are divided by level of job demand.
D) there is a way to link what the person knows about self to occupational options.

Question 23

Unlike its impact on other areas, the Internet has little to offer in the way of career information.

Question 24

One way of assuring that clients/students will make a satisfying career decision is to make multiple information sources available to them.

Question 25

There is a high relationship between an individual's decision-making style and his or her ability to make good use of data sources.

Question 26

The most definitive source of occupational information is the U. S. Department of Labor.

Question 27

It is possible to get training for civilian occupations while in the military.