CPCE REAL EXAM Practice Questions FOR YOUR UPCOMING TEST FOR 2024 PART 2
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CPCE REAL EXAM PRACTICE
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A dual-career family is one in which both partners have jobs to which they are
committed on a somewhat continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual-career
families?
A) surprisingly enough, dual-career families have lower incomes than families in
which only one partner works
B) dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in
which only one partner is working
C) dual-career families have incomes which are almost identical to families with one
partner working
D) surprisingly enough, no research has been conducted on dual-career families
CORRECT Answer B) dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called
traditional family in which only one partner is working
In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient than in the
traditional family. In a dual-career household, the woman...
A) generally has children before entering the workforce
B) rarely if ever has children
C) is not self-reliant
D) is typically secure in her career before she has children CORRECT Answer D) is
typically secure in her career before she has children
Studies indicate that...
A) students receive ample vocational guidance
B) most parents can provide appropriate vocational guidance
C) students want more vocational guidance than they receive
D) career days meet the vocational guidance needs of most students CORRECT
Answer C) students want more vocational guidance than they receive
Statistics reveal that...
A) on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over $10,000 a year more
than a worker with a high school diploma
B) fewer workers possess a high school diploma than ever before
C) blue-collar jobs are growing faster than white-collar jobs
D) older workers are slower than younger workers and have fewer skills CORRECT
Answer A) on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over $10,000 a year
more than a worker with a high school diploma
When professional career counselors use the term 'leisure' they technically mean...
A) the client is having fun at work or away from work
B) the client is relaxing at work or away from work
C) the client is working at less than 100% capacity at work or away from work
D) the time the client has away from work which is not being utilized for obligations
CORRECT Answer D) the time the client has away from work which is not being
utilized for obligations
In terms of leisure time and dual-career families/couples...
A) dual-career families/couples have more leisure time
B) dual-career families/couples have the same amount of leisure time as
families/couples with one wage earner
C) dual-career families/couples have less leisure time
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D) dual-career families/couples have more weekend leisure time CORRECT Answer
C) dual-career families/couples have less leisure time
A client who says, "I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency
because I am a woman" is showing an example of...
A) gender bias
B) counselor bias
C) the trait-and-factor theory
D) developmental theory and career choice CORRECT Answer A) gender bias
One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor approach. It has also
been dubbed as the actuarial or matching approach. This approach...
A) attempts to match conscious and unconscious work motives
B) attempts to match the worker and the work environment (job factors). The
approach thus makes the assumption that there is one best or single career for the
person
C) attempts to match career behavior with attitudes
D) attempts to match cognition with the workload CORRECT Answer B) Attempts to
match the worker and the work environment (job factors). The approach thus makes
the assumption that there is one best or single career for the person
*Most popular career theories are based on the middle-upper class white males who
are heterosexual and not disabled
The trait-and-factor career counseling, actuarial or matching approach (which
matches clients with a job) is associated with
A) Parsons and Williamson
B) Roe and Brill
C) Holland and Super
D) Tiedman and O'Hara CORRECT Answer A) Parsons and Williamson
*Theory assumes that an individual's traits can be measured so accurately that the
choice of an occupation is a one-time process. Computer career guidance often
adhere to the trait-and-factor model
The trait-and-factor or actuarial approach asserts that...
A) job selection is a long-term developmental process
B) testing is an important part of the counseling process
C) a counselor can match the correct person with the appropriate job
D) b and c CORRECT Answer D) b and c
In 1909 a landmark book entitled 'Choosing a Vocation' was released. The book was
written by Frank Parsons. Parsons has been called...
A) the father of lifestyle
B) the father of modern counseling
C) the father of vocational guidance
D) the fourth force in counseling CORRECT Answer C) the father of vocational
counseling
Which statement is not true of the trait-and-factor approach to career counseling?
A) the approach attempts to match the person's traits with the requirements of a job
B) The approach usually relies on psychometric information
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C) The approach is developmental and thus focuses on career maturity
D) The approach is associated with the work of Parsons and Williamson CORRECT
Answer C) The approach is developmental and thus focuses on career maturity
*Developmental approaches delineate stages or specify vocational choice in terms of
a process which can change throughout the life span
Edmund Griffith Williamson's work (Minnesota Viewpoint) purports to be scientific
and didactic, utilizing test data from instruments such as the...
A) Rorschach and the Thematic Appreception Test
B) Binet and the Wechsler
C) Deck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI)
D) Minnesota Occupational Rating Scale CORRECT Answer D) Minnesota
Occupational Rating Scale
*Minnesota matches with Minnesota
The trait-and-factor approach fails to take _______ into account...
A) Individual change throughout the life span
B) relevant psychometric data
C) personality
D) job requirements CORRECT Answer A) Individual change throughout the life
span
Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice...
A) based on cognitive-behavioral therapy
B) based on a model of strict operant conditioning
C) based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need
D) based on the work of Pavlov CORRECT Answer C) based on the premise that a
job satisfies an unconscious need
Roe was the first career specialist to utilize a two-dimensional system of
occupational classification utilizing...
A) unconscious and preconscious
B) fields and levels
C) yin and yang
D) transnational analysis nomenclature CORRECT Answer B) fields and levels
All of the following are examples of Anne Roe's "fields" except:
A) Service
B) Science
C) Arts and entertainment
D) Unskilled CORRECT Answer D) unskilled
All of the following are examples of Anne Roe's "levels" except:
A) outdoor
B) Semiskilled
C) semiprofessional/small business
D) Professional and managerial CORRECT Answer A) outdoor
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