CCS Career Assessment & Psychometrics 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A client's MBTI results show INTJ. According to Jung's theory, which function is this type's dominant?
- Extraverted Intuition
- Introverted Sensing
- Introverted Intuition (Correct answer)
- Extraverted Thinking
Correct answer: Introverted Intuition
INTJs lead with Introverted Intuition (Ni) as their dominant cognitive function, giving them a focus on internal pattern-recognition and long-range vision.
Question 2: Which statistical measure indicates how much variance in a criterion (e.g., job performance) is explained by a predictor (e.g., assessment score)?
- Standard error of measurement
- Coefficient of determination (r²) (Correct answer)
- Percentile rank
- Standard deviation
Correct answer: Coefficient of determination (r²)
The coefficient of determination (r²) represents the proportion of criterion variance accounted for by the predictor variable.
Question 3: The O*NET Interest Profiler is BEST used in career counseling to:
- Measure a client's cognitive aptitude for specific occupations
- Match a client's work interests to occupational clusters (Correct answer)
- Assess a client's values and work-life priorities
- Identify personality disorders affecting career functioning
Correct answer: Match a client's work interests to occupational clusters
The O*NET Interest Profiler links Holland-based interest scores directly to occupations and job families in the O*NET database.
Question 4: Which type of validity evidence examines whether an assessment measures the underlying theoretical construct it is supposed to measure?
- Concurrent validity
- Predictive validity
- Construct validity (Correct answer)
- Face validity
Correct answer: Construct validity
Construct validity evaluates whether the test actually measures the theoretical attribute (e.g., introversion, spatial reasoning) it claims to assess.
Question 5: A career coach notices a client scores very differently on the same values card sort done six months apart. What is the MOST likely explanation?
- The card sort has poor internal consistency
- Values naturally shift with major life transitions (Correct answer)
- Card sorts have inherently low face validity
- The client was deliberately answering dishonestly
Correct answer: Values naturally shift with major life transitions
Values assessments can show instability across time because significant life events (job loss, illness, relocation) genuinely reshape priorities.
Question 6: In psychometrics, what does 'differential item functioning' (DIF) detect?
- Whether items cluster into consistent subscales
- Whether an item behaves differently across demographic subgroups with equal ability (Correct answer)
- Whether the test has adequate internal reliability
- Whether the test predicts performance better for some jobs than others
Correct answer: Whether an item behaves differently across demographic subgroups with equal ability
DIF analysis identifies items that favor or disadvantage a subgroup (e.g., by gender or ethnicity) independent of the actual trait being measured.
Question 7: Which career assessment approach is MOST closely associated with John Krumboltz's social learning theory?
- Administering standardized interest inventories
- Exploring chance events and belief systems through career genograms
- Using unplanned learning experiences and happenstance as career data (Correct answer)
- Applying Holland codes to occupational environments
Correct answer: Using unplanned learning experiences and happenstance as career data
Krumboltz's Happenstance Learning Theory emphasizes recognizing and utilizing unplanned events and learning experiences as legitimate career assessment inputs.
CCS Career Assessment & Psychometrics 3
A client's MBTI results show INTJ.
According to Jung's theory, which function is this type's dominant?