TCC Career Development & Vocational Counseling 3

Question 1

A counselor using the narrative career counseling approach would most likely ask a client to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Tell the story of their career journey and identify life themes

Answer

Narrative career counseling (e.g., Mark Savickas's Career Construction Theory) invites clients to tell life stories that reveal career themes, roles, and meaning rather than relying primarily on psychometric instruments.

Question 2

According to the Texas Workforce Commission, which program provides job training and placement services to economically disadvantaged individuals in Texas?

Accepted Answer

Workforce Solutions

Answer

Workforce Solutions boards across Texas, funded under federal and state programs, provide job training, employment assistance, and placement services especially for economically disadvantaged residents.

Question 3

Which career theory introduced the concept of 'happenstance' — the idea that unplanned events should be embraced as career opportunities?

Accepted Answer

Planned Happenstance Theory by Mitchell, Levin, and Krumboltz

Answer

Planned Happenstance Theory encourages clients to generate, recognize, and incorporate chance events into their career development by cultivating curiosity, persistence, flexibility, optimism, and risk-taking.

Question 4

In Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise, at what stage do children begin eliminating career options based on gender-role stereotypes?

Accepted Answer

Stage 2 (ages 6–8): Orientation to sex roles

Answer

Gottfredson's Stage 2 (ages 6–8) is when children begin eliminating careers they perceive as appropriate for the opposite gender, establishing a 'tolerable-sex-type' boundary in their cognitive map.

Question 5

A school counselor in Texas wants to help students connect academic coursework to career pathways. Which framework organizes Texas programs of study into 16 broad categories?

Accepted Answer

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Career Clusters

Answer

The 16 national Career Clusters framework, adopted by Texas CTE, organizes programs of study into broad industry pathways that connect school coursework to specific occupations and post-secondary options.

(TCC) Texas Counselor Certification Practice Test

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TCC Career Development & Vocational Counseling 3