CVE Career Counseling & Guidance 2

Question 1

Which career development theory emphasizes that individuals progress through stages of growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and decline?

Accepted Answer

Super's Life-Span Life-Space Theory

Answer

Super's Life-Span Life-Space Theory describes career development as a series of stages across the lifespan.

Question 2

A vocational evaluator is working with a client who has schizophrenia and struggles to identify career interests due to avolition. Which counseling approach is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Use structured, concrete activities and break tasks into small steps

Answer

Structured, concrete activities with incremental steps accommodate the cognitive and motivational challenges associated with avolition in schizophrenia.

Question 3

The concept of 'planned happenstance' in career counseling, developed by Krumboltz, suggests that:

Accepted Answer

Unexpected events should be recognized as opportunities for career development

Answer

Planned happenstance theory holds that unplanned events can be turned into career opportunities through curiosity, persistence, and flexibility.

Question 4

Which assessment instrument measures work-related values such as achievement, independence, recognition, relationships, support, and working conditions?

Accepted Answer

Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ)

Answer

The Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) assesses vocational needs and values aligned with the Theory of Work Adjustment.

Question 5

When a client with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) demonstrates impaired self-awareness of deficits, the vocational evaluator should:

Accepted Answer

Use performance-based assessment to provide objective feedback about functional abilities

Answer

Performance-based assessments provide objective data that can gently inform clients with TBI about their actual functional capacity.

(CVE) Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist Practice Test

(CVE) Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist Practice Test

CVE Career Counseling & Guidance 2