Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
Quiz Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
True/False
1. The Career Development process begins with an understanding of what’s important to you.
Answer: True*
2. A “getting a job” mindset is the foundation for good career development.
Answer: False*
3. Career development is a “self-directed” process.
Answer: True*
4. “Career resilience” means being able to control events that impact your career.
Answer: False*
5. The ability to connect skills, preferences, and values to career choices is the secret to career
success only for celebrities.
Answer: False*
6. Career theorists study those factors that influence career and life decision-making.
Answer: True*
7. Developmental theories are not a factor in explaining career development.
Answer: False*
8. A person who is considering cutting back on his or her hours in an effort to ease into retirement is
experiencing the life stage known as “disengagement.”
Answer: True*
Multiple Choice
1. Diversity is changing the workplace. Which of the following statements best describes how it can
influence a career seeker?
a. Communities can expect a growth in churches offering different religions
b. More employers will be people of color*
c. Technology will become color-blind
d. More jobs will be eliminated
2. A major contributor to an increasingly multigenerational workplace is:
a. The obesity epidemic
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,Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
b. The availability of web-based media
c. Inflation
d. An increased lifespan*
3. This generation is known as Generation X:
a. Born between 1946 – 1964
b. Born between 1965 – 1980*
c. Born between 1981 – 1999
d. Born between 2000 – Present
4. This generation is most likely to speak up to authority, feel empowered, and value collaboration:
a. Traditionalists
a. Generation X
b. Baby Boomers
c. Millennials*
5. Technological advances that directly connect individuals have led to the development of a:
a. Flat global economy*
b. Hierarchical global economy
c. Stagnant global economy
d. Massive global economy
6. Which of the following steps is not part of the career development process:
a. Daydreaming*
b. Self-awareness
c. Decision making
d. Taking action
7. The career theorist who posited the idea that one’s self-concept evolves and is influenced by
many factors is named:
a. Donald Rumsfeld
b. Donald Super*
c. Donald Trump
d. Donald Parsons
8. The life stage that is responsible for helping us to clarify our interests and career choices is called:
a. Growth
b. Establishment*
c. Exploration
d. Maintenance
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,Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
Short Answer
1. Explain the concept of “self-assessment” as it relates to Career Development.
Answer:
The process of becoming aware of one’s thoughts, feelings, biases, preconceptions, fears and
aspirations and incorporating this information into one’s career decisions
2. Give an example of an area within the world of work that is evolving.
Answer:
Any of the following: diversity, multigenerational issues, technology, globalization
3. How does a “career” differ from a “job?”
Answer:
A career evolves over time, reflects broad themes and involves an accumulation of skills and
talents
Completion
1. A toolbox is to a construction worker as a career portfolio is to a ____________.
Answer:
job seeker
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, Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 2 – Skills
Quiz Chapter 2 – Skills
True/False
1. Serving as secretary of an Honors Club is an example of an extracurricular activity.
Answer: True*
2. Leisure activities are formalized experiences that allow you to have fun while gaining critical job
skills.
Answer: False*
3. Transferable skills are not applicable to career-specific industries.
Answer: False*
4. A “can-do” attitude combined with a creative and task-oriented skill set will demonstrate your
professionalism to an employer.
Answer: True*
5. The 4 C’s & 3 R’s are two types of transferable skill sets that can only be acquired in the
workplace.
Answer: False*
6. Network development support and skills development support are two benefits of “group
affiliation.”
Answer: True*
7. People who serve in the military have very little “real-world” experience to put on a résumé.
Answer: False*
8. Reviewing course descriptions in a college catalog and job announcements are good ways to
identify skills you might have used in the past.
Answer: True*
9. You have to enjoy doing something for it to be considered a “skill.”
Answer: False*
10. Digital literacy can facilitate the career exploration process by helping you to evaluate online
information.
Answer: True*
Multiple Choice
1. Employment is defined as:
a. Any paid part-time/full-time, short-term/long-term, temporary/permanent work
experience*
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Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
Quiz Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
True/False
1. The Career Development process begins with an understanding of what’s important to you.
Answer: True*
2. A “getting a job” mindset is the foundation for good career development.
Answer: False*
3. Career development is a “self-directed” process.
Answer: True*
4. “Career resilience” means being able to control events that impact your career.
Answer: False*
5. The ability to connect skills, preferences, and values to career choices is the secret to career
success only for celebrities.
Answer: False*
6. Career theorists study those factors that influence career and life decision-making.
Answer: True*
7. Developmental theories are not a factor in explaining career development.
Answer: False*
8. A person who is considering cutting back on his or her hours in an effort to ease into retirement is
experiencing the life stage known as “disengagement.”
Answer: True*
Multiple Choice
1. Diversity is changing the workplace. Which of the following statements best describes how it can
influence a career seeker?
a. Communities can expect a growth in churches offering different religions
b. More employers will be people of color*
c. Technology will become color-blind
d. More jobs will be eliminated
2. A major contributor to an increasingly multigenerational workplace is:
a. The obesity epidemic
1
,Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
b. The availability of web-based media
c. Inflation
d. An increased lifespan*
3. This generation is known as Generation X:
a. Born between 1946 – 1964
b. Born between 1965 – 1980*
c. Born between 1981 – 1999
d. Born between 2000 – Present
4. This generation is most likely to speak up to authority, feel empowered, and value collaboration:
a. Traditionalists
a. Generation X
b. Baby Boomers
c. Millennials*
5. Technological advances that directly connect individuals have led to the development of a:
a. Flat global economy*
b. Hierarchical global economy
c. Stagnant global economy
d. Massive global economy
6. Which of the following steps is not part of the career development process:
a. Daydreaming*
b. Self-awareness
c. Decision making
d. Taking action
7. The career theorist who posited the idea that one’s self-concept evolves and is influenced by
many factors is named:
a. Donald Rumsfeld
b. Donald Super*
c. Donald Trump
d. Donald Parsons
8. The life stage that is responsible for helping us to clarify our interests and career choices is called:
a. Growth
b. Establishment*
c. Exploration
d. Maintenance
2
,Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 1 – Where Should I Start?
Short Answer
1. Explain the concept of “self-assessment” as it relates to Career Development.
Answer:
The process of becoming aware of one’s thoughts, feelings, biases, preconceptions, fears and
aspirations and incorporating this information into one’s career decisions
2. Give an example of an area within the world of work that is evolving.
Answer:
Any of the following: diversity, multigenerational issues, technology, globalization
3. How does a “career” differ from a “job?”
Answer:
A career evolves over time, reflects broad themes and involves an accumulation of skills and
talents
Completion
1. A toolbox is to a construction worker as a career portfolio is to a ____________.
Answer:
job seeker
3
, Test Bank For Creating Career Success: A Flexible Plan for the World of Work
Chapter 2 – Skills
Quiz Chapter 2 – Skills
True/False
1. Serving as secretary of an Honors Club is an example of an extracurricular activity.
Answer: True*
2. Leisure activities are formalized experiences that allow you to have fun while gaining critical job
skills.
Answer: False*
3. Transferable skills are not applicable to career-specific industries.
Answer: False*
4. A “can-do” attitude combined with a creative and task-oriented skill set will demonstrate your
professionalism to an employer.
Answer: True*
5. The 4 C’s & 3 R’s are two types of transferable skill sets that can only be acquired in the
workplace.
Answer: False*
6. Network development support and skills development support are two benefits of “group
affiliation.”
Answer: True*
7. People who serve in the military have very little “real-world” experience to put on a résumé.
Answer: False*
8. Reviewing course descriptions in a college catalog and job announcements are good ways to
identify skills you might have used in the past.
Answer: True*
9. You have to enjoy doing something for it to be considered a “skill.”
Answer: False*
10. Digital literacy can facilitate the career exploration process by helping you to evaluate online
information.
Answer: True*
Multiple Choice
1. Employment is defined as:
a. Any paid part-time/full-time, short-term/long-term, temporary/permanent work
experience*
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