Chapter 6: Testing and Assessment

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The most frequently assessed construct in career counseling is ______.

A. interests

B. values

C. needs

D. abilities

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interests

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Collaborative assessment is both idiographic and ______.

A. driven by clinician need

B. driven by client need

C. data-driven

D. expert-oriented

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Use of Assessment in Career Counseling

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The first step in assessment is to determine what ______.

A. the client’s interests

B. the validity of the assessment

C. the purpose of the assessment

D. the amount of time available for the assessment

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Purpose of Assessment

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Test validity refers to ______.

A. how reliable the test is

B. whether the test measures what it intends to

C. how many individuals were in the norming group

D. how secure the test is

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Validity

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Amy develops a career test to measure a person’s interest in teaching. She gives the test to Marcus whose scores indicate he is highly interested in teaching. She readministers the test to Marcus 1 month later, and this time Marcus’s score indicates he is highly disinterested in teaching. One month later, she readministers the test, and Marcus’s scores indicate his interests in teaching are neutral. Amy is beginning to question the test’s ______.

A. norms

B. reliability

C. concurrent validity

D. criterion-related validity

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Reliability

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Career assessments can generally be divided into two broad categories: ______.

A. individual differences and cultural factors

B. cultural factors and educational attainment

C. family factors and economic factors

D. individual differences and the career-development process

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Types of Assessment

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The Strong Interest Inventory is considered a measure of ______.

A. interests

B. abilities

C. aptitude

D. formal education

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Strong Interest Inventory

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The Minnesota Importance Questionnaire and the Work Importance Profiler measure ______.

A. interests

B. abilities

C. client needs and values

D. aptitude

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Needs and Values

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Which of the following is a general guideline for interpreting career assessment?

A. Assessment is conducted for the benefit of the client’s employer.

B. Clinicians should be well-versed in the statistical underpinnings of the assessment instruments.

C. Assessment results should be presented as factual and clinical truth.

D. Clinicians should discourage client reflection as clients may lack appropriate self-knowledge.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: General Guidelines for Interpreting Career Assessment

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. A ______ is a visual representation of some set of connections in a client’s life.

A. qualitative assessment

B. genogram

C. personality assessment

D. family tree

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Other Types of Assessment

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Which of the following is NOT a set of scales on the Strong Interest Inventory?

A. occupational

B. personal style

C. interests

D. educational

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Strong Interest Inventory

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Personality is less frequently assessed than other constructs in career counseling because ______.

A. personality is unimportant in career counseling

B. personality cannot be measured as effectively as interests or values

C. most objective measures of personality focus on deviance or pathology and are of little value to career counseling

D. personality can only be measured with projective tests

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personality

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Amanda and Johnny are a dual-career couple who each seek career counseling independently. Johnny is considering making a job change as he is concerned about earning sufficient money for his children’s education and current living expenses. He has worked for 10 years as a supervisor in manufacturing. Amanda has been staying at home with their two children but has recently decided to return to work. She last worked as a grocery store clerk approximately 7 years ago. She states that she has no idea what she wants to do, but that she just wants to earn a little money for “extras.” For each of them, select two assessments you would give, and justify your selections.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Types of Assessment

Difficulty Level: Hard