NBCC Career Counseling 5

Question 1

According to the NCDA Code of Ethics, when a career counselor uses computer-based career guidance systems (CBCGS) with clients, the counselor MUST ensure:

Accepted Answer

Clients are capable of using the system and understand its purpose and limitations

Answer

NCDA ethics require counselors to ensure clients understand how to use CBCGS, can interpret their results accurately, and know the limitations of computer-generated guidance.

Question 2

A career counselor is working with a client who identifies as transgender and is concerned about workplace discrimination. The MOST ethically and clinically appropriate response is to:

Accepted Answer

Provide affirmative counseling that integrates the client's identity with career planning and discusses legal protections

Answer

Affirming counselors integrate all aspects of identity, provide accurate information about legal protections such as Title VII, and support the client holistically within career planning.

Question 3

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of 'career adaptability' as used in Career Construction Theory?

Accepted Answer

Psychosocial resources including concern, control, curiosity, and confidence used to manage career transitions

Answer

Savickas defines career adaptability through four resources—concern, control, curiosity, and confidence—that help individuals manage vocational development tasks and transitions.

Question 4

A client's Strong Interest Inventory results show high scores in Investigative and Artistic themes but low Conventional scores. According to Holland's theory, this client would LEAST likely be satisfied in which occupation?

Accepted Answer

Accountant

Answer

Accounting is a strongly Conventional occupation requiring systematic, detail-oriented work, which conflicts with this client's Investigative-Artistic profile.

Question 5

The 'narrative career counseling' approach pioneered by Savickas encourages clients to construct their career stories using early memories and role models PRIMARILY because:

Accepted Answer

Stories reveal the recurring themes and life preoccupations that give direction to vocational behavior

Answer

In Career Construction Theory, clients' micro-narratives reveal preoccupations, plot lines, and themes that can be transformed into a macronarrative guiding future career direction.

(NBCC) National Board for Certified Counselors Practice Test

(NBCC) National Board for Certified Counselors Practice Test

NBCC Career Counseling 5