CCC Assessment & Career Planning 2

Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

Low consistency

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Low differentiation

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Career Thoughts Inventory

Answer

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

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

Test-retest reliability

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

O*NET Interest Profiler

Answer

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

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