3400 Exam 1

CPS 3400 Exam #1

1.	Following the War of 1812, the development of steamboats, canals and railroads. (reduced transportation cost and increases the speed of communications)
2.	Before Samuel Morse’s invention of the telegraph, transmission of information improved due in no small part better roads and faster sailing ships
3.	Occupations grouped according to predominate commonalties comprise a career cluster
4.	The works of John Holland & Carl Jung serves as the basis for two major career assessment approaches related to personality
5.	A person identified as an “idealist” temperament type prefers jobs that involve encouraging and supporting other people
6.	Between 1830 and 1840, the likelihood of an unskilled worker advancing to a white collar position within a decade was 1 in 10
7.	Being a police officer is one occupation that can be found in the field of law enforcement
8.	Teaching summer camp would be an example of exploration period
9.	Aptitude tests rather than grades are best measures for assessing one’s potential for academic success false
10.	Self-assessment tools can be useful in your career planning by helping you prepare a personal profile
11.	A group trying to develop a new test for measuring academic achievement, they might make comparisons to results obtained from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). This is an example of criterion related validity
12.	Achievement tests are designed to measure how well you have learned what you were taught
13.	Content, construct, and criterion-referenced are types of test-validity
14.	The four letter of your Myers-Briggs type represent the four aspects of your temperament type
15.	The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) became obsolete and was replaced by an online database true
16.	The occupational outlook handbook describes what workers do on the job, working, conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects for a wide range of occupations.
17.	Specific tasks and duties that are typically performed for an employer is the definition of a job
18.	O’NET is a free online database
19.	In 1900, only 4 percent of the population was 65 or older, by 2025 it is expected to rise to 50 percent false
20.	According to the 2010 U.S census data, the United States population is approximately 300 million
21.	Which of the following statement is not true stanine scores are preferred because they are most precise than percentile scores
22.	 Time has the following series of jobs over the last decade, finisher, carpenter, dry wall hanger, and electrician’s assistant. We4 would say that Construction is Tim’s occupation
23.	Knowledge of the past, helps us understand the present
24.	One of the most dramatic sociological changes in the 20th century has been the increase of women in the workforce
25.	In contrast to formal tests, informal measures rely on subjective opinions
26.	Which of the following is an example of a career that was derived from an avocation a man who likes fishing deciding to open his own fish camp on a lake where her enjoys fishing and talking with others
27.	If you were asked “what job do you have?” your most accurate response would be I’m a clerk
28.	A major issue for the 21st century is career life will be maintaining competency
29.	Job openings typically stem from employment growth and replacement needs
30.	The first U.S railroads faced which of the following problems all of these
31.	One of the most dramatic sociological changes of the 20th century was the increased participation of women in the nation’s workforce
32.	All of the following are factors that help define and establish a “work culture” except for personal leisure activities
33.	Tests to assess one’s hearing or sight are examples of work related ability tests
34.	During the years following the wat of 1812 Agriculture underwent a transformation almost as far reaching as the industrial changes that were also taking place
35.	ESTP is an example of Myers-Briggs temperament type
36.	One or the primary steps involved in taking risks to further your career us coming out of your comfort zone
37.	Projections of what fact-finding agency are updated every two years are available in the Occupational Outlook Handbook Bureaus of labor statistics
38.	Historically, career assessment and evaluation have been used by the military, schools, corporations, and individuals
39.	What is avocation an activity you pursue for enjoyment and is in addition to your regular occupation
40.	The proportion of women in the workforce in1900 was less than 10 percent false
41.	A critical issue in applying behaviorist theory to career development is identifying one’s reinforced in life
42.	During the first half of the 19th century, which of the following countries supplies the largest number of immigrants to the United States Germany
43.	Towns remained small in size until the beginning of the American Revolution because England provided most of the financial credit and manufactured goods in the colonies
44.	A task or set of actions or activities that are performed to reach a goal or to obtain an objective is the definition of work
45.	What term refers to the psychological and behavioral processes and contextual influences that shape one’s career over a lifetime career development
46.	The number of workers 55 and over are projected to increase over the next several years because of the aging of the baby boomer generation
47.	By 1850 labor was viewed as a commodity that could be acquired or disposed of according to the laws of supply and demand true
48.	The scholastic assessment test (sat) and the American college testing (act) assessment all of these
49.	the meaning of the term work is currently synonymous with all the following except career
50.	You are likely to end up with a hodgepodge of unrelated jobs and experiences if you do not have a career plan