Assessment & Career Planning Flashcards

A client's Holland code is RIA, and their top three codes are spread far apart on the hexagon. Which Holland concept does this describe?

Answer: Low consistency

Consistency is about how close a person's top codes sit on the hexagon; codes that are far apart mean low consistency.

A client's interest profile is flat, with nearly equal scores across all six RIASEC types. What is this pattern called?

Answer: Low differentiation

Differentiation is how clearly a profile peaks; a flat profile means low differentiation.

Which instrument measures negative career thoughts using the Decision-Making Confusion, Commitment Anxiety, and External Conflict scales?

Answer: Career Thoughts Inventory

Sampson and colleagues built the Career Thoughts Inventory on Cognitive Information Processing theory, and it has these three subscales.

A counselor retests a client on the same interest inventory after three weeks to check that scores stay stable. What kind of reliability is this?

Answer: Test-retest reliability

Test-retest reliability checks whether scores stay stable when the same test is given twice.

Which free online assessment from the U.S. Department of Labor links RIASEC interests to occupations in O*NET?

Answer: O*NET Interest Profiler

The O*NET Interest Profiler is a free DOL tool that matches RIASEC results to O*NET occupations.

A client who scores high on the Strong Interest Inventory's Basic Interest Scales asks if this means they will be good at those jobs. What is the best reply?

Answer: Interest scores show how similar the client's likes are to people in those fields, not their ability

Interest inventories measure likes and dislikes compared with others, not ability or aptitude.

Which of the following is an informal career assessment?

Answer: Values card sort

Card sorts are unstandardized, qualitative exercises, so they count as informal assessments.