Deck 11: Career and Employment Assessment

Question 1

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Choose a career inventory that you might use in your current or future work setting.Discuss what type of information the inventory will provide for clients.How will this information be helpful in providing career services?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

An agency director assesses how applicants would perform on tasks that are very specific to the position to which they are applying.Which of the following assessment tools would be most helpful?

A)Situational judgment test
B)Work sample test
C)Job Effectiveness Prediction System
D)Employee Reliability Inventory

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

Melissa is a college senior who knows that she likes working with people and is very good at writing and public speaking.However,she is not sure which organizations or positions to apply for upon graduation.Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to use with Melissa?

A)Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised
B)Self-Directed Search
C)Campbell Interest and Skills Survey
D)Career Maturity Inventory

Question 10

Which of the following people is most likely to participate in an assessment center evaluation?

A)An entry-level marketing assistant immediately out of college
B)An officer in the military going for promotion
C)An applicant for an administrative assistant position
D)A middle-level manager in the selection process for upper-level management

Question 11

Which of the following personality inventories is NOT typically used in career assessment?

A)Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
B)Sixteen Personality Factor
C)Eysenck Personality Inventory
D)Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Question 12

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.

Question 13

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

Question 14

Stacy is currently applying for a position as an administrative assistant.Which of the following assessments would be most helpful in assessing her aptitude for the specific skills she will need for this position?

A)Campbell Interest and Skills Survey
B)Super's Work Values Inventory-Revised
C)Job Effectiveness Prediction System
D)Employee Reliability Inventory

Question 15

Edward is in charge of hiring at his agency and consistently collects biographical data from applicants.What is a primary reason why Edward collects this information?

A)It is a valid way to measure the applicant's aptitude for a given job
B)It predicts future behavior based on the applicant's past
C)It helps to assess for career maturity
D)It helps the employer negotiate salary

Question 16

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

Question 17

A local company is seeking to fill an Administrative Position.The position requires someone with strong verbal and numerical abilities.Which of the following is most suited to assess these abilities?

A)The Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory
B)The Employee Reliability Inventory
C)The Personnel Selection Inventory
D)The Wesman Personnel Classification Test

Question 18

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

Question 19

The president of a large company is in the process of filling a position in upper-level management.She is looking for a well-researched assessment to use to help ensure that the candidate has strong character and will be successful in the position.Which of the following assessments will likely be the most helpful?

A)The Personnel Selection Inventory
B)The Comprehensive Ability Battery
C)The Wesman Personnel Classification Test
D)The Comprehensive Personality Profile

Question 20

Government agencies often use tests to assess potential employees' ___________________.

A)occupational values
B)career maturity
C)aptitude
D)career interests

Question 21

An enduring,generally stable personality characteristic that influences behavior is a

A)state
B)type
C)trait
D)cluster

Question 22

Which of the following is the oldest form of personality test development?

A)Theory-Based Approach
B)Criterion Group Approach
C)Factor Analysis Approach
D)Rational Approach

Question 23

How an individual feels at a specific moment in time describes his/her

A)personality trait
B)personality type
C)current state
D)distinguishing characteristic

Question 24

Interpretation of the majority of projective assessments involves _________ theory.

A)cognitive-behavioral
B)psychodynamic
C)narrative
D)existential

Question 25

An example of a projective test is the

A)The Quality of Life Inventory QOLI)
B)The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
C)The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 MMPI-2)
D)Thematic Apperception Test

Question 26

One of the major differences between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 MMPI-2)and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory MCMI-III)is that the MMPI-2 focuses mainly on __________,whereas the MCMI-III was created to diagnose __________.

A)client strengths and weaknesses;pathology
B)pathology;client strengths and weaknesses
C)personality disorders;clinical symptoms
D)clinical symptoms;personality disorders

Question 27

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 MMPI-2)is utilized to assess

A)behavior problems exhibited by children
B)symptoms of psychopathology in adults
C)an individual's unconscious thoughts
D)personality in the non-clinical population

Question 28

Which clinical scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 is characterized by elevated mood,irritability,flight of ideas,grandiose,and excitability?

A)Schizophrenia
B)Hypomania
C)Psychasthenia
D)Hypochondriasis

Question 29

The following are generally true of selected response objective personality inventories EXCEPT:

A)They are easy to score.
B)They have right and wrong answers.
C)They can be interpreted quickly.
D)They can be answered questions rapidly.

Question 30

The study of personality traits was first conducted by

A)Allport
B)Watson
C)Jung
D)Spielberger

Question 31

William is asked by his therapist to create a story about a black and white image on a card.What technique/test is his therapist utilizing?

A)House-Tree-Person Technique
B)Sentence Completion Technique
C)Thematic Apperception Test
D)The Rorschach Inkblot Test

Question 32

The initial Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory was developed by

A)Hathaway and McKinley
B)Murray
C)Machover
D)Cattell and Frisch

Question 33

Which validity scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 detects unintentional underreporting?

A)superlative presentation
B)infrequency
C)correction
D)true response inconsistency

Question 34

Discuss the strengths and limitations of interviews in employment assessment.

Question 35

Describe the differences between career development and maturity instruments as well as other career inventories.Describe a client with whom you might use a career development instrument.

Question 36

Personality traits are difficult to research due to the

A)fact they frequently change as an individual ages
B)limited number assessment tools to measure traits
C)small amount of previous research conducted on the subject
D)high number of adjectives that can be used to describe others

Question 37

The scales on ___________ closely align with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5).

A)Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory MCMI-III)
B)Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 MMPI-2)
C)The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire,Fifth Edition 16PF)
D)The California Psychological Inventory CPI)

Question 38

What type of trait dominates and shapes a person's behavior?

A)Cardinal
B)Secondary
C)Central
D)Relative

Question 39

Structured personality inventories are also referred to as __________ personality tests.

A)broad scope
B)narrow scope
C)objective
D)projective

Question 40

The California Psychological Inventory CPI),the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator MBTI),the NEO Personality Inventory NEO PI-R),the Sixteen Personality Factor,Fifth Edition 16PF),and the Eysenck Personality Inventory are all examples of

A)tests with a pathological focus
B)tests with a non-pathological focus
C)tests that with a positive focus
D)tests that are narrow in scope

Question 41

Juanita is a college freshman who wants to know more about her personality.In addition,she is seeking vocational guidance.Which assessments)discussed in this chapter would you give Juanita? Explain your rationale.

Question 42

Discuss the benefits and limitations of projective tests.

Question 43

Scott is a ten-year-old boy whose parents recently divorced and has entered counseling due to his mother's concern that he is depressed.What assessment instruments and strategies presented in this chapter would you give Scott? Why?

Question 44

The Edwards Personal Preference Inventory EPPI)tries to limit the ____________ by using forced-choice item matching.

A)acquiescent response style
B)extreme response style
C)gambling response style
D)social desirability response style

Question 45

Describe the four common approaches to personality test development and discuss the benefits of each individual approach.

Question 46

A deviant response style refers to selecting responses that

A)are unusual or uncommon
B)are extremely high or low
C)are in disagreement with what is presented
D)all of the above