Praxis 5422 - Deliver Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: A frequently applied career theory used with students explores students' knowledge of the
self and the world of work by reflecting on their interests, abilities, and values. The theory classifies
students according to six personality types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and
conventional. Which of the following is the name of this classification system?
Answer: Holland codes
Question 2: Holland Codes
Answer: Career personality types/Codes developed by Dr. John Holland in 1971. They are based on the
assumption that people can be grouped into six personality types. These codes can be compared to
characteristics important to occupations.
Question 3: A school counseling team wants to increase the number of students in the sixth grade that
are meeting or exceeding standards according to the state math achievement tests. The school
counseling team has determined that many parents do not have a strong understanding of the math
curriculum and are not able to adequately assist their children with homework. Additionally, many
students lack the study skills to appropriately prepare for the state test, which leads them to feel
overwhelmed. Which of the following is a direct service the school counseling team can provide to help
meet the goal?
Answer: Providing a series of classroom lessons on study skills, calming strategies, and ways to reduce test
anxiety - By providing classroom lessons, the school counseling department will be offering students a
direct service that can help improve the students' ability to reduce stress during the test.
Question 4: A school counseling team wants to decrease the number of students with two or more
failing grades from 50 students in the first semester of the year to 45 students in the second semester.
Which of the following services correctly describes a collaborative indirect approach that would
support the department's goal?
Answer: Partnering with families, teachers, and administrators on a school counseling advisory council in
order to elicit feedback on the goal
Question 5: An elementary school counselor is running a small group for students with incarcerated
parents. Students meet for six weeks to make and send cards and pictures to their parents and discuss
their feelings. The group promotes a sense that students are not alone in their problems. Irvin Yalom
called this phenomenon
Answer: universality - "Universality" refers to the common life circumstances or experiences that members
of a counseling group share and that allow them to feel less isolated.
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Question 1: A frequently applied career theory used with students explores students' knowledge of the
self and the world of work by reflecting on their interests, abilities, and values. The theory classifies
students according to six personality types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and
conventional. Which of the following is the name of this classification system?
Answer: Holland codes
Question 2: Holland Codes
Answer: Career personality types/Codes developed by Dr. John Holland in 1971. They are based on the
assumption that people can be grouped into six personality types. These codes can be compared to
characteristics important to occupations.
Question 3: A school counseling team wants to increase the number of students in the sixth grade that
are meeting or exceeding standards according to the state math achievement tests. The school
counseling team has determined that many parents do not have a strong understanding of the math
curriculum and are not able to adequately assist their children with homework. Additionally, many
students lack the study skills to appropriately prepare for the state test, which leads them to feel
overwhelmed. Which of the following is a direct service the school counseling team can provide to help
meet the goal?
Answer: Providing a series of classroom lessons on study skills, calming strategies, and ways to reduce test
anxiety - By providing classroom lessons, the school counseling department will be offering students a
direct service that can help improve the students' ability to reduce stress during the test.
Question 4: A school counseling team wants to decrease the number of students with two or more
failing grades from 50 students in the first semester of the year to 45 students in the second semester.
Which of the following services correctly describes a collaborative indirect approach that would
support the department's goal?
Answer: Partnering with families, teachers, and administrators on a school counseling advisory council in
order to elicit feedback on the goal
Question 5: An elementary school counselor is running a small group for students with incarcerated
parents. Students meet for six weeks to make and send cards and pictures to their parents and discuss
their feelings. The group promotes a sense that students are not alone in their problems. Irvin Yalom
called this phenomenon
Answer: universality - "Universality" refers to the common life circumstances or experiences that members
of a counseling group share and that allow them to feel less isolated.
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