PFHS FINAL EXAM REVIEW|| 366
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
Career: - ANSWER-A progression of related jobs a person has over an extended period
of time.
Career path: - ANSWER-A career path helps you find out how you might move from one
job to another within a career cluster.
Credential/Certification: - ANSWER-An earned distinction used to indicate a
professional is suitable and qualified to do something or work in a field.
Consumer services: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes occupations related to helping
individuals with decisions and problems relating to finance, real estate, insurance and
consumer goods.
Counseling and mental health: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes workers who assist
people with personal, family, educational, mental health, and career decisions and
problems. Might work in hospitals, clinics, schools or private settings.
Early childhood services: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes occupations related to the
nurturing or teaching of infants and young children in child care centers, nursery
schools, preschools, public schools, private households, and before- and after-school
programs.
Family and community services: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes occupations related
to helping disabled, elderly, impoverished or other underrepresented populations to
secure housing, employment, financial assistance or other social services.
Human services: - ANSWER-A broad career field that involves helping others to
improve their quality of life throughout the life span.
Human services practitioner: - ANSWER-Person who works with in the human services
career field.
Anna Y. Reed: - ANSWER-Author of Junior Wage Earners book. Written in 1920.
Proponent of children's education and vocational guidance in learning to better
employment potential. Also outspoken in the area of Prison Reform and the need to link
prison placement with rehabilitation.
,Eli Weaver: - ANSWER-Organized teacher guidance committees in every high school in
New York. These committees were designed to help students discover their skills for the
most appropriate employment. Worked with Anna Y. Reed to judge a person's
employability for specific jobs.
Ellen Richards: - ANSWER-The founder of the Home Economics, currently known as
Family and Consumer Sciences. First women in history to earn a degree in Chemistry.
First person to link the worlds of science and chemistry to nutrition.
Center for Medicaid and Medical Services: - ANSWER-Program administers the
Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer
Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health
insurance portability standards.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion: - ANSWER-Program works to improve the
health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that
links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
Community Planning Development: - ANSWER-Help communities plan and finance
their growth and development, increase their capacity to govern, and provide shelter
and services for homeless people.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: - ANSWER-Enforces federal fair housing laws and
establishing policies that make sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of
their choice.
Federal Housing Administration: - ANSWER-Improve housing standards and conditions,
provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans, and
to stabilize the mortgage market.
Food and Drug Administration-(FDA): - ANSWER-Protects and promotes public health
through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, cosmetics,
animal foods & feed and veterinary products.
Doris Calloway: - ANSWER-American nutritionist from the University of Berkeley, CA.
Ran the "Penthouse Project". Developed the standards of nutrition and worked with
NASA to create "space food".
James Lind: - ANSWER-Scottish physician that fought to improve the hygiene and
nutrition of early naval sailors. Wrote Treatise of the Scurvy about treating the
nutritionally related disease of Scurvy. Introduced the use of citrus fruits, specifically
oranges, as a way to protect men at sea from developing Scurvy.
James Cattell: - ANSWER-American psychologist that developed what was known as
"mental tests". Those test are known as intelligence measurement tests that are used
, today. Believed that inherited as well as environmental influences have an affect on a
person's mental capabilities.
E.G. Williamson: - ANSWER-Thought of as one of the Fathers of Counseling. Expanded
counseling beyond its vocational orientation into other areas. Lead to career
opportunities in different types of counseling that we now have today.
Carl Pfeiffer: - ANSWER-American doctor who linked the use of nutrition and
biochemistry in aiding mental disorders and disturbances such as those experienced by
schizophrenic patients. Believed that trace minerals and biochemistry play a part in
mental stability. This became known as Pfeiffer's Law.
Jane Addams: - ANSWER-1st American women awarded a Noble Prize for her work
involving women and children. Opened the Hull House. Is recognized as the founding
mother of Social Work as we know it. Her work in aiding women and children in the
areas of health, community and world peace continues today.
Administration For Children and Families: - ANSWER-These programs include
assistance with welfare, child support enforcement, adoption assistance, foster care,
child care, and child abuse.
Center for Disease Control-(CDC): - ANSWER-It especially focuses its attention on
infectious disease, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health
promotion, injury prevention and educational activities to improve health.
Food and Nutrition Service: - ANSWER-Program increases food security and reduces
hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-
income people access to food, a healthy diet, and nutrition education in a manner that
supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.
NC Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office: - ANSWER-Protect NC
consumers by fighting unfair business practices like scams and frauds.
NC Dept. of Public Instruction: - ANSWER-Implements the State's public school laws
and State Board of Education's policies governing public education.
NC Division of Child Development and Early Education: - ANSWER-A division of the NC
Health and Human Services Division that governs, guides and regulates early
education, child cares and assists in meeting needs for children and families.
Public Indian Housing: - ANSWER-Ensures safe, decent, and affordable housing,
create opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic independence, and
assure the fiscal integrity of all program participants.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
Career: - ANSWER-A progression of related jobs a person has over an extended period
of time.
Career path: - ANSWER-A career path helps you find out how you might move from one
job to another within a career cluster.
Credential/Certification: - ANSWER-An earned distinction used to indicate a
professional is suitable and qualified to do something or work in a field.
Consumer services: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes occupations related to helping
individuals with decisions and problems relating to finance, real estate, insurance and
consumer goods.
Counseling and mental health: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes workers who assist
people with personal, family, educational, mental health, and career decisions and
problems. Might work in hospitals, clinics, schools or private settings.
Early childhood services: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes occupations related to the
nurturing or teaching of infants and young children in child care centers, nursery
schools, preschools, public schools, private households, and before- and after-school
programs.
Family and community services: - ANSWER-Pathway that includes occupations related
to helping disabled, elderly, impoverished or other underrepresented populations to
secure housing, employment, financial assistance or other social services.
Human services: - ANSWER-A broad career field that involves helping others to
improve their quality of life throughout the life span.
Human services practitioner: - ANSWER-Person who works with in the human services
career field.
Anna Y. Reed: - ANSWER-Author of Junior Wage Earners book. Written in 1920.
Proponent of children's education and vocational guidance in learning to better
employment potential. Also outspoken in the area of Prison Reform and the need to link
prison placement with rehabilitation.
,Eli Weaver: - ANSWER-Organized teacher guidance committees in every high school in
New York. These committees were designed to help students discover their skills for the
most appropriate employment. Worked with Anna Y. Reed to judge a person's
employability for specific jobs.
Ellen Richards: - ANSWER-The founder of the Home Economics, currently known as
Family and Consumer Sciences. First women in history to earn a degree in Chemistry.
First person to link the worlds of science and chemistry to nutrition.
Center for Medicaid and Medical Services: - ANSWER-Program administers the
Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer
Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health
insurance portability standards.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion: - ANSWER-Program works to improve the
health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that
links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers.
Community Planning Development: - ANSWER-Help communities plan and finance
their growth and development, increase their capacity to govern, and provide shelter
and services for homeless people.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: - ANSWER-Enforces federal fair housing laws and
establishing policies that make sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of
their choice.
Federal Housing Administration: - ANSWER-Improve housing standards and conditions,
provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans, and
to stabilize the mortgage market.
Food and Drug Administration-(FDA): - ANSWER-Protects and promotes public health
through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, cosmetics,
animal foods & feed and veterinary products.
Doris Calloway: - ANSWER-American nutritionist from the University of Berkeley, CA.
Ran the "Penthouse Project". Developed the standards of nutrition and worked with
NASA to create "space food".
James Lind: - ANSWER-Scottish physician that fought to improve the hygiene and
nutrition of early naval sailors. Wrote Treatise of the Scurvy about treating the
nutritionally related disease of Scurvy. Introduced the use of citrus fruits, specifically
oranges, as a way to protect men at sea from developing Scurvy.
James Cattell: - ANSWER-American psychologist that developed what was known as
"mental tests". Those test are known as intelligence measurement tests that are used
, today. Believed that inherited as well as environmental influences have an affect on a
person's mental capabilities.
E.G. Williamson: - ANSWER-Thought of as one of the Fathers of Counseling. Expanded
counseling beyond its vocational orientation into other areas. Lead to career
opportunities in different types of counseling that we now have today.
Carl Pfeiffer: - ANSWER-American doctor who linked the use of nutrition and
biochemistry in aiding mental disorders and disturbances such as those experienced by
schizophrenic patients. Believed that trace minerals and biochemistry play a part in
mental stability. This became known as Pfeiffer's Law.
Jane Addams: - ANSWER-1st American women awarded a Noble Prize for her work
involving women and children. Opened the Hull House. Is recognized as the founding
mother of Social Work as we know it. Her work in aiding women and children in the
areas of health, community and world peace continues today.
Administration For Children and Families: - ANSWER-These programs include
assistance with welfare, child support enforcement, adoption assistance, foster care,
child care, and child abuse.
Center for Disease Control-(CDC): - ANSWER-It especially focuses its attention on
infectious disease, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health
promotion, injury prevention and educational activities to improve health.
Food and Nutrition Service: - ANSWER-Program increases food security and reduces
hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-
income people access to food, a healthy diet, and nutrition education in a manner that
supports American agriculture and inspires public confidence.
NC Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office: - ANSWER-Protect NC
consumers by fighting unfair business practices like scams and frauds.
NC Dept. of Public Instruction: - ANSWER-Implements the State's public school laws
and State Board of Education's policies governing public education.
NC Division of Child Development and Early Education: - ANSWER-A division of the NC
Health and Human Services Division that governs, guides and regulates early
education, child cares and assists in meeting needs for children and families.
Public Indian Housing: - ANSWER-Ensures safe, decent, and affordable housing,
create opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic independence, and
assure the fiscal integrity of all program participants.
