CAM CAM Career Guidance & Academic Planning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A mentee is struggling to balance academic workload with a part-time job. Which mentoring strategy is MOST effective?
- Tell the mentee to quit their job immediately
- Collaborate with the mentee to create a weekly time management schedule that balances both responsibilities (Correct answer)
- Reduce the mentee's course load without consulting them
- Advise the mentee to stop attending office hours
Correct answer: Collaborate with the mentee to create a weekly time management schedule that balances both responsibilities
A collaborative time management schedule respects the mentee's autonomy while providing a structured framework to balance competing demands effectively.
Question 2: Which of the following BEST describes the role of a mentor in supporting a mentee's resume development?
- Writing the entire resume on behalf of the mentee
- Guiding the mentee to identify and articulate their skills, experiences, and accomplishments in a professional format (Correct answer)
- Submitting job applications on behalf of the mentee
- Advising the mentee to copy a template without personalization
Correct answer: Guiding the mentee to identify and articulate their skills, experiences, and accomplishments in a professional format
A mentor's role in resume development is facilitative — helping the mentee reflect on their experiences and translate them into professional, compelling language.
Question 3: A mentee has a low GPA and is placed on academic probation. What is the mentor's MOST important immediate action?
- Dismiss the mentee from the program
- Schedule an urgent meeting to identify root causes and develop a concrete academic recovery plan (Correct answer)
- Wait for the next scheduled meeting
- Contact the mentee's parents without consent
Correct answer: Schedule an urgent meeting to identify root causes and develop a concrete academic recovery plan
An urgent meeting allows the mentor to collaboratively diagnose the factors contributing to low performance and create a targeted, time-sensitive recovery plan.
Question 4: Which financial aid resource should a mentor FIRST refer a financially struggling mentee to?
- A private loan company with high interest rates
- The institution's financial aid office for grants, scholarships, and federal aid options (Correct answer)
- A payday loan service
- The school bookstore for discounts
Correct answer: The institution's financial aid office for grants, scholarships, and federal aid options
The institution's financial aid office is the most appropriate first resource as it offers federally funded grants, loans, and institutional scholarships with favorable terms.
Question 5: When a mentee expresses interest in studying abroad, what should the mentor FIRST help them explore?
- Discourage the mentee to avoid academic delays
- How the study abroad credits will transfer and align with their degree requirements (Correct answer)
- Only the cost of the program
- Social activities available at the host institution
Correct answer: How the study abroad credits will transfer and align with their degree requirements
Credit transferability must be verified first to ensure that study abroad coursework counts toward the mentee's degree and does not delay graduation.
Question 6: What is the BEST way for a mentor to help a mentee prepare for a job interview?
- Conduct the interview on behalf of the mentee
- Role-play mock interviews and provide structured feedback on responses and presentation (Correct answer)
- Only provide a list of common interview questions with no practice
- Tell the mentee to rely solely on natural instinct
Correct answer: Role-play mock interviews and provide structured feedback on responses and presentation
Mock interviews with structured feedback allow mentees to practice articulating experiences, reduce anxiety, and refine responses before the real interview.
CAM CAM Career Guidance & Academic Planning 2
A mentee is struggling to balance academic workload with a part-time job.
Which mentoring strategy is MOST effective?