Deck 5: Hollands Theory of Types

Question 1

Individuals working as curators in museums are most likely to be

A) Artistic.
B) Conventional.
C) Enterprising.
D) Social.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

John Holland's theory of career development can best be described as

A) matching categories of people's personalities to categories of occupations.
B) matching people to occupations by assessing their values and abilities.
C) predicting later career choice from parental child raising behavior.
D) predicting later career choice from parental occupational selection.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Clara enjoys fixing cars and understanding how they work. She would like to learn how to improve the design of automobile engines and to work on developing better ignition systems. Her Holland personality type is most likely to be

A) Artistic and Investigative.
B) Conventional and Investigative.
C) Enterprising and Investigative.
D) Realistic and Investigative.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In Holland's theory, the concept of identity is used to measure

A) how different one type is from another.
B) the clarity and stability of a person's goals.
C) the similarity of two Holland types.
D) the importance of matching personality and environment.

Question 5

Enjoying organizing financial data suggests this environment.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Social

Question 6

Someone who very much enjoys playing the accordion is expressing an interest in this environment.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Social

Question 7

Marquita likes to type and use spread sheet programs; she is likely to be most with a conventional environment.

A) congruent
B) consistent
C) differentiated
D) identified

Question 8

Sales managers are most likely to prefer this environment

A) Conventional.
B) Enterprising.
C) Investigative
D) Social

Question 9

Besides the Self Directed Search, the research instrument that is most frequently used when doing research on Holland's theory is the

A) California Personality Inventory.
B) Myers Briggs Inventory.
C) NEO-Five Factor Model.
D) Values Scale.

Question 10

People who like to persuade others about the usefulness of their own political ideas are most likely to be

A) Artistic.
B) Conventional.
C) Enterprising.
D) Realistic.

Question 11

Brenda has enjoyed teaching and music but little else. Her interests are

A) consistent.
B) differentiated.
C) incongruent.
D) undifferentiated.

Question 12

Individuals who like to manage financial details are most likely to prefer this environment

A) Artistic.
B) Conventional.
C) Enterprising.
D) Investigative.

Question 13

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT) Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Melvin's interests and personality most closely fit this Holland type.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Social

Question 14

Interest in Artistic and Investigative Holland themes can be best described as

A) congruent.
B) consistent.
C) incongruent.
D) inconsistent.

Question 15

A motor repair business most closely fits this environment.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Realistic

Question 16

Enjoying working with people by persuading them to buy a new house suggests an interest in this environment.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Social

Question 17

Discovering a cure for cancer most closely fits this Holland type.

A) Conventional
B) Enterprising
C) Investigative
D) Realistic

Question 18

Enjoying working with people by helping them learn suggests an interest in this environment.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Social

Question 19

John Holland originally started his theory with

A) psychometric findings about values.
B) research on occupations.
C) the research detailing specific principles used in work adjustment theory.
D) the idea that career choice is an extension of peoples personalities.

Question 20

A person who likes music is likely to be with the duties of a violinist.

A) congruent
B) consistent
C) differentiated
D) identified

Question 21

The environment that is most congruent with an RIS personality is

A) ACE.
B) ECA.
C) RIS.
D) SIR.

Question 22

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT) Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Jake's interests and personality are with his current part-time work environment.

A) compatible
B) congruent
C) incompatible
D) incongruent

Question 23

Which of these pairs of Holland types is the most consistent?

A) RI.
B) CA
C) SR
D) EI

Question 24

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT) Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Melvin has a clear and stable view of his future, while Jake's is unclear. This concern about certainty about future goals is referred to by Holland as the concept of

A) congruence.
B) consistency.
C) differentiation.
D) identity

Question 25

Elvis is getting tired of his job on an assembly line where he assembles the same parts over and over again. According to Holland, which term best describes this working environment?

A) congruent
B) differentiated
C) incongruent
D) undifferentiated

Question 26

Whether measured by the Vocational Preference Inventory or the Self Directed Search, women usually score higher than men on which of the following types?

A) Artistic
B) Enterprising
C) Investigative
D) Realistic

Question 27

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT.) Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry. However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol's plans. To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Carol's interests and personality are __________ with her current part-time work environment as a bank teller.

A) compatible
B) congruent
C) incompatible
D) incongruent

Question 28

Brenda has known that she has wanted to be an accountant since she was in sixth grade. Most of her interests focus on organizing detail and working with numbers. According to Holland, which term best describes Brenda's situation?

A) consistent
B) differentiated
C) incongruent
D) undifferentiated

Question 29

Eliza enjoys all her subjects and does well in them. There is very little that she dislikes. Now that he is a freshman in college, she has no idea of what program of study to choose. According to Holland, which term best describes Eliza's dilemma?

A) congruent
B) differentiated
C) incongruent
D) undifferentiated

Question 30

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT) Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Jake's interests and personality most closely fit this Holland type.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Realistic

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that Holland's theory has generated so much research?

A) The terms are defined clearly and simply.
B) Longitudinal research is not required.
C) His theory has more predictive validity than work adjustment theory.
D) His concepts relate directly to practice.

Question 32

Holland's theory can be used to

A) classify occupational literature.
B) conceptualize individual types.
C) conceptualize environments.
D) all of these

Question 33

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT.) Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry. However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol's plans. To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Donna's interests and personality most closely fit this Holland type.

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Social

Question 34

Which of the following theories is concerned with the concept of vocational identity?

A) general trait and factor theory
B) Holland's theory
C) Myers-Briggs type theory
D) work adjustment theory

Question 35

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT.) Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry. However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol's plans. To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Carol's interests and personality most closely fit this Holland type.

A) Conventional
B) Enterprising
C) Investigative
D) Realistic
E) Social

Question 36

Continually, Elvis must put tiny screws into a machine part and tighten them. This working environment fits which Holland environment?

A) Artistic
B) Conventional
C) Enterprising
D) Investigative
E) Realistic

Question 37

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT.) Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry. However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol's plans. To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Carol's interests in science and art could best be described using Holland's theory as

A) consistent.
B) moderately inconsistent.
C) inconsistent.
D) stereotyped.

Question 38

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT) Melvin has been an accountant for 26 years. He enjoys keeping personal and office files in an organized fashion. His favorite television programs are about the daily changes in the stock market. However, his son Jake enjoys the theater and acting. He has been in several high school and college theater productions. Jake wants to continue in his theatrical career, but Melvin believes his son is not being practical. Jake has helped his father with accounting issues during summer and winter vacations but dislikes accounting, finding it boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Jake's participation in accounting and art could best be described using Holland's theory as

A) consistent.
B) moderately inconsistent.
C) inconsistent.
D) stereotyped.

Question 39

The Acme Baking Company is looking for a manager that can manage a sales force, direct production, make credit decisions, supervise the bookkeeping staff, and develop new products. According to Holland, which term best describes this working environment?

A) congruent
B) differentiated
C) incongruent
D) undifferentiated

Question 40

(THE NEXT FIVE QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A UNIT.) Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry. However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol's plans. To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland's theory in answering these questions. Donna has a clear and stable view of her future, while Carol's is unclear. This concern about certainty about future goals is referred to by Holland as the concept of

A) congruence.
B) consistency.
C) differentiation.
D) identity.