Maximize Your Exam Success with the Essential [Career Achievement Growing your Goals,Blackett] Test Bank

Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________

1. You should never take a job if it does not match with your program of study.
True False
2. Employers prefer to hire people who are working.
True False
3. Goal formulation applies only to those who are searching for a career.
True False
4. Research has proven that goals provide the motivation for people to function more normally, even in an
adverse environment.
True False
5. Science has proven that there is no way that we can control our thoughts.
True False
6. Feeding your mind constructive thoughts will lead to confusion and should not be done.
True False
7. Goals should be very general and non-specific to allow for flexibility and changing one's mind.
True False
8. Your mind's negative statements can be reversed.
True False
9. Focusing on positives has no relationship to "good things happening" for a career seeker.
True False
10. A career plan should be developed and implemented very quickly in order for it to be effective.
True False
11. A mission statement is designed to take a person through his or her first year of college.
True False
12. An effective mission statement should be stated so that it has a measureable component.
True False
13. There is little relationship between attitude and career success.
True False
14. The portfolio must be in hard copy form only.
True False
15. Career mission statements can be modified over time.
True False
16. If you can remember your goals, there is no need wasting time by writing them down.
True False
17. Happy thoughts are needed to achieve goals.
True False

,18. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. Goals must be specific.
B. Goals must be attainable.
C. Goals should have no time targets.
D. Goals must be positive.
19. All of the following are necessary for goal-setting, except:
A. Self-talk
B. Constructive thoughts
C. Negativity
D. Affirmations
20. Select the response that represents SMART goals.
A. Specific. Measureable. Attainable. Realistic. True.
B. Stated. Measureable. Attainable. Realistic. Tangible.
C. Specific. Measureable. Actual. Realistic. Tangible.
D. Specific. Measureable. Attainable. Realistic. Tangible.
21. Which of the following is not a part of the career goal development process?
A. Desires
B. Gifts and talents
C. Job
D. Interests
22. A career mission statement is:
A. A brief outline of your job description
B. A statement that singles out a goal that needs correcting
C. A broad statement of intent
D. The same as SMART
23. One way to change self-talk is to use _________________.
________________________________________
24. The fear of failure sometimes is an obstacle to developing _______________.
________________________________________
25. A(n) _____________ is a work situation taken primarily to make money.
________________________________________
26. A good _________________________ is one that is large enough to create the energy and motivation
needed to achieve it, but not so lofty that it is unattainable.
________________________________________
27. ______________________ is the mental chatter that you say to yourself on a constant basis.
________________________________________
28. A(n) __________________ is a grouping of documents that represents one's work.
________________________________________
29. A(n) ____________________ is a conscious positive statement you say to yourself even if it's not true at
the moment.
________________________________________
30. A(n) _______________________ is a brief description of your overall career purpose.
________________________________________

,31. To help in developing goals, a technique called SMART goals is used effectively. Please explain this
technique by explaining each part of the acronym.




32. Explain the purpose and construction of a stretch goal in your career planning. Give examples of how it
would be developed.




33. Explain the difference between a job and a career.

, Ch01 Key
1. You should never take a job if it does not match with your program of study.
(p. 6) FALSE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #1
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 1
2. Employers prefer to hire people who are working.
(p. 6) TRUE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #2
Blooms: Application
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 1
3. Goal formulation applies only to those who are searching for a career.
(p. 11) FALSE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #3
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 3
4. Research has proven that goals provide the motivation for people to function more normally, even in
(p. 12) an adverse environment.
TRUE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #4
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 3
5. Science has proven that there is no way that we can control our thoughts.
(p. 15) FALSE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #5
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 3
6. Feeding your mind constructive thoughts will lead to confusion and should not be done.
(p. 18) FALSE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #6
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 3
7. Goals should be very general and non-specific to allow for flexibility and changing one's mind.
(p. 18) FALSE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #7
Blooms: Analysis
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 3
8. Your mind's negative statements can be reversed.
(p. 22) TRUE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #8
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Outcome: 3
9. Focusing on positives has no relationship to "good things happening" for a career seeker.
(p. 23) FALSE
Blackett - Chapter 001 #9
Blooms: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Outcome: 3