Deck 9: Professions and Professionalization

Question 1

The ability to exercise professional control over a particular line of work depends on the ability to determine:

A) Who is allowed to do the work
B) When a person is eligible to enter in to a profession
C) How long a person can remain in a given profession
D) A and B

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The term "profession" is derived from the practice of professing religious vows.
b. False
b. False.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The phrase credat emptor means "let the buyer beware".

Answer 3

False

Question 4

An example of a paraprofessional is a:

A) Doctor
B) Teacher's Aide
C) Social worker
D) Engineer
E) None of the above

Question 5

Maintaining professional exclusivity often depends upon the ability to enlist the powers of the state to enact and reinforce laws that:

A) Restrict the performance of certain work activities to only one occupational group
B) Provide the necessary funding for an occupational group
C) Limit the circumstances under which clients can sue professional practitioners
D) None of the above

Question 6

The term "gatekeeping" refers to the practice of:

A) Restricting the growth of general practitioners
B) Limiting access to expensive specialized care
C) Increasing the payments for primary care physicians visits
D) Setting minimum fees

Question 7

For the most part, the close identification of some professions with dominant ______________ has been a significant source of professional status and authority.

A) Social groups
B) Political parties
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A or B

Question 8

In the past, many professionals learned their trade through a process similar to
apprenticeship

Question 9

Relationships among professionals are supposed to be _______________ .

A) Satisfying
B) Cooperative
C) Exciting
D) Competitive

Question 10

Technological change has both augmented and decreased the influence and role of many
professionals

Question 11

A monopoly on the practice of certain medical procedures by physicians has been challenged by

A) Chiropractors
B) Midwives
C) Nurse practitioners
D) None of the above
E) All of the above
True / False Questions

Question 12

Professionals are supposed to give primacy to the needs of their clients and society as a whole.

Question 13

The sole purpose of licensing is the protection of clients and customers.

Question 14

Recent increases in the number of medical students have reduced diversity among
medical practitioners

Question 15

One result of new technologies in the medical field that emerged over the course of the 20^th century was:

A) Doctors became fixated on treating and diagnosing their patients
B) The need for medical professionals decreased
C) Doctors were able to spend more time talking with their patients
D) Medicine became more impersonal

Question 16

Easier access to knowledge by the public has diminished the authority of some professions

Question 17

Competing for clients through advertising was once considered unprofessional.

Question 18

A major attribute of a true profession is:

A) A high salary
B) Autonomy
C) Confidence
D) All of the above

Question 19

The control of entry into a profession has made the role of ____________ important.

A) Licensing
B) Evaluation
C) Accreditation
D) Education

Question 20

The knowledge applied by professionals is supposed to be

A) Intuitive
B) Informal
C) Initially acquired in a university setting
D) Based on common sense

Question 21

Discuss the difference between a semiprofession and a paraprofession.

Question 22

Choose a professional occupation and describe how both autonomy and self-governance characterize the profession.

Question 23

What purpose do ethical standards play in professional work?

Question 24

In what ways has technological change influenced the structure of the professions?

Question 25

Note some of the ways through which professionals secure control over their line of work?

Question 26

How are gender differences reflected in the development and present state of professions?