Deck 6: Using Standardized and Self Assessment in Career Counseling

Question 1

Contextual assessment areas include: ​

A) ​e thnocultural heritage, racial and ethnocultural identities, gender and sexual orientation and socioeconomic status.
B) ​f amily of origin and multigenerational history, family scripts, individual and family life-cycle development and stages, client's languages and those spoken by family of origin.
C) ​i t is not necessary to look at contextual information for assessments.
D) ​A and B.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Reliability coefficients are NOT obtained by: ​

A) ​t est-retest.
B) i nternal consistency.
C) ​a  test given only once.
D) ​a lternate forms.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When are assessments generally performed?

A)Mid-way during the counseling sessions
B)At the intake interview only
C)At the intake interview or follow-up
D)Only during the follow-up session

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What reason is given for exercising caution when using standardized tests in America today? ​

A)Cultural diversity
B)Cultural homogeneity
C)Finances
D)Increase in population

Question 5

The Career Beliefs, The Career Thoughts, and My Vocational Situation inventories are considered measures of: ​

A)Factors associated with a client's lifestyle
B)Factors that are associated with undecided and indecisive clients
C)A client's level of occupational and self knowledge
D)A client's educational and abilities level

Question 6

The inventory consisting of three scales - Lack of Vocational Identity, Lack of Information or Training, and Emotional or Personal Barriers - is entitled:

A)Career Thoughts Inventory.
B)My Vocational Situation.
C)The Vocational Inventory.
D)Career Beliefs Inventory.

Question 7

According to the American Psychological Association standards for educational and psychological testing, validity refers to: ​

A) ​t he stability of the human trait.
B) constructs developed from theory and research.
C) ​c oefficients of correlation that remain high for long intervals.
D) ​t he meaningfulness and usefulness of certain inferences based on a test score derived from a test in question.

Question 8

For what purpose is Career Beliefs Inventory used as a counseling tool? ​

A)To help clients identify career beliefs that can inhibit their abilities to make career decisions in their best interests
B)To measure the degree of a person's dysfunctional thinking
C)To help list the number of career beliefs that exist
D)To measure how dysfunctional thinking can affect the decision-making process

Question 9

A distinct advantage of the unstructured autobiography is: ​

A)The response is left to the client
B)More family information will be discussed
C)More general information will be attained
D)More information about desired workplaces will be discussed

Question 10

What important step can be taken by counselors to evaluate the usefulness of a score report? ​

A)Read the test manual carefully to determine if the client is a member of a group that has been included in the normative sample used for validity and reliability analysis
B)Determine if a significant proportion of members from the client's ethnic group was represented in the norm sample
C) ​A and B
D) ​None of the above

Question 11

To be assured that an inventory measures the factors associated with career development, one is to evaluate which type of validity? ​

A)Content
B)Concurrent
C)Criterion
D)Construct

Question 12

Career maturity inventories are primary measures of: ​

A)Work values
B)Career development
C)Aptitudes
D)Career beliefs

Question 13

Counselors can learn if their client is similar to the group included in the normative sample by referring to the: ​

A)Counseling textbooks
B)Technical information manual
C)Internet
D)Administration manual

Question 14

The degree to which a test score is dependable and reliable refers to: ​

A)Standard deviation
B)Reliability
C)Validity
D)Mean

Question 15

The primary goal of self-assessment is to: ​

A)Assess one's verbal abilities
B)Increase one's self-awareness
C)Obtain measures of attitude
D)Save time in the counseling process

Question 16

Assessment has an important role for which of the following? ​

A)Problem identification and interventions
B)Outcome evaluations
C)Information gathering and accurate client self-assessment
D)All of the above

Question 17

The test measures what it purports to measure refers to: ​

A)Mean
B)Reliability
C)Validity
D)Standard deviation

Question 18

_______ is an important central concept that counselors should use in selecting and using assessment.

A)Acculturation
B)Context
C)Interpretation
D)Information

Question 19

A controversial issue that has long been associated with interests inventories is: ​

A)Relationships between interests and attitude
B)Measurement format
C)Construct validity
D)Gender bias

Question 20

The following exercise is an example of which self-assessment technique? Compose a list of your most significant problems. Circle those that are most troublesome.

A)Lifeline strategy exercise
B)Skills identification procedures
C)Focused questions and exercises
D)Structured autobiography

Question 21

Self-Assessment procedures for career counseling may include:

A) ​i nterest identification.
B) ​f ocused questions to uncover specific variables.
C) a utobiography.
D) ​a ll of the above.

Question 22

Who postulated, as early as 1956, that early personality development associated with family interactions influences vocational direction? ​

A)Super
B)Tiedeman and O'Hara
C) ​Roe
D)Holland

Question 23

Aptitude tests provide a basis for predicting success in an occupation or in training programs and can also be used for which further purpose? ​

A)As counseling tools for career exploration
B)To determine contextual information
C)To check academic achievement
D)As counseling tools to identify career beliefs

Question 24

What is the purpose of specific skills identification as a self-assessment technique? ​

A)Determine interests
B)Enables discussion
C)Highlights relaxation techniques
D)Encourages clients to consider skills developed from a variety of experiences as important factors in career exploration

Question 26

What are the three categories of achievement tests? ​

A)Single-survey tests, diagnostic batteries and general testing
B)General survey battery, single-subject tests and diagnostic batteries
C)General survey tests, single-subject batteries and diagnostic tools
D)Diagnostic testing, achievement assessment and multiple-subject tests

Question 27

Two of the most widely used interest inventories for career counseling are: ​

A)Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and the Kuder interest inventories.
B)Self-Interest Inventories and the Strong Interest Inventory (SII).
C)Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and the Holland interest inventories.
D)Career Interest Inventory (CII) and the Holland interest inventories.

Question 28

What is an alternative term for career maturity inventories that measure vocational development as specified dimensions to judge whether an individual is vocationally mature? ​

A)Career development inventories
B)Career maturity tests
C)Development tests
D)Maturity assessments

Question 29

One major purpose of guided fantasy as an exercise to increase self-awareness is to: ​

A) ​u ncover subconscious material that can be used in career decision making.
B) identify skills.
C) ​a ctively involve clients in concentrating on future tasks and life planning.
D) ​r elate interests and common themes pertaining to the client's background.

Question 30

Who developed the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF)? ​

A)Holland
B)Cattell, Eber and Tatsuoka
C)Tiedeman and O'Hara
D)Super

Question 31

Who maintained that guidelines published by The National Institute of Education (NIE) as early as 1975 led to some progress in reducing gender bias in interest inventories? ​

A)Swanson
B)Kuder
C)Diamond
D)Fouad

Question 33

Which inventory measures values that influence how individuals cope with daily problems? ​

A)Work Environment Preference Schedule
B)Survey of Personal Values
C) Study of Values ​
D)The Values Scale

Question 34

Who views the process of career choice on a continuum with "exploration" and "decline" as endpoints? ​

A)Super
B)Holland
C)Savickas
D) Crites ​

Question 37

Which inventory measures sources of satisfaction individuals seek from their work environments? ​

A)Work Environment Preference Schedule
B)Study of Values
C)Survey of Personal Values
D)Work Values Inventory (WVI)

Question 39

What type of assessment has steadily increased during the last three decades? ​

A)Computer-assisted personal programs (CAPP)
B)Computer-assisted career guidance (CACG)
C) Independent career testing (ICT) ​
D)Interpretative instrumental testing (IIT)

Question 40

What type of test is used primarily to measure specific skills and proficiencies or the ability to acquire certain proficiencies? ​

A)Aptitude test
B)Battery test
C)Proficiency test
D)Skills test

Question 41

List the types of achievement tests and discuss how each type may be used in career counseling.

Question 42

Briefly discuss why and how counselors use self-assessment procedures. ​

Question 43

Briefly discuss significant problems associated with Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Assessment (CACG). ​

Question 44

Identify factors that affect the stability of tests.

Question 45

Compare and contrast the purpose of content and criterion validity. ​

Question 46

Briefly discuss how aptitude test scores can be used in career counseling. Explain their primary use and how they can be used as a counseling tool. ​

Question 47

What are some suggested steps a counselor can take to achieve equity in assessment?

Question 49

Why are validity and reliability important factors to consider?