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According to Carl Jung's typology, which personality preferences define the method of information perception by a person?
Choose one answer.
a. Extraversion-Introversion
b. Sensing Intuition
c. Thinking-Feeling
d. Judging-Perceiving
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Question 2
According to John Holland, what values might be attributed to a "Realistic" personality?
Choose one answer.
a. Development or acquisition of knowledge
b. Creative expression of ideas, emotions, or sentiments
c. Material rewards for tangible accomplishments
d. Fostering the welfare of others
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Question 3
According to Jung, what defines Judging-Perceiving criterion?
Choose one answer.
a. A person's source and direction of energy
b. How a person processes information
c. How a person implements the information he or she has processed
d. All of the above
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Question 4
Carl Jung classified personality preferences using three criteria. What personality type formula was added to these classifications by Isabel Briggs Myers?
Choose one answer.
a. Extraversion-Introversion
b. Judging-Perceiving
c. Thinking-Feeling
d. Sensing-Intuition
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Question 5
How do enterprising people see themselves?
Choose one answer.
a. Empathic and patient
b. Open to experience and innovative
c. Persuasive and sales-driven
d. Analytical and intelligent
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Question 6
What characteristics are described by John Holland's classification system?
Choose one answer.
a. People and work environments
b. Precision and attention to detail
c. Mechanical inclination and practicality
d. Leadership and persuasion
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Question 7
When you take the Jung Typology Test, what type of information will you obtain?
Choose one answer.
a. Your type formula and the strengths of the preferences
b. A description of Artists, Guardians, Idealists, and Rationalists
c. Temperaments and intelligence types
d. All of the above
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Question 8
You have been described as cooperative, helping, and healing/nurturing. What type of job environment best describes you?
Choose one answer.
a. Social
b. Enterprising
c. Conventional
d. Realistic
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Question 9
You have learned that you have an investigative personality. What might be sample occupations for you to consider?
Choose one answer.
a. Carpenter or truck operator
b. Psychologist or microbiologist
c. Counselor or clergy member
d. Lawyer or retail store manager
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Question 10
You tend to avoid routines and conformity to established rules. You might be described by Holland as what type of person?
Choose one answer.
a. Investigative
b. Artistic
c. Realistic
d. All of the above
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Question 11
What is a criterion by which you can research occupations in the Occupational Outlook Handbook?
Choose one answer.
a. Your personality description
b. Projected Growth Rate
c. Work environment
d. Personal attributes
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Question 12
What is a recommended first step to take when you are looking for a job?
Choose one answer.
a. Look through the help-wanted section of the newspaper.
b. Start surfing the Web for job ads.
c. Take assessments to identify your skills, abilities, and interests.
d. Write your resume
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Question 13
What is one purpose of an informational interview?
Choose one answer.
a. To ask the professionals if they have a job available and perhaps even to get an offer
b. To focus questions solely on their business
c. To ask questions about the professional's typical day
d. To ask as many "yes" or "no" questions as possible
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Question 14
What is the best way to find people for an informational interview?
Choose one answer.
a. Ask everyone you know for potential contacts.
b. Only set up interviews with people who have potential hiring power.
c. Visit the company and leave your resume with the receptionist.
d. None of the above
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Question 15
Which of the following resources is available to make the most of your Internet job search?
Choose one answer.
a. Search engines
b. Web sites of associations, organizations, businesses
c. Employment sites or job boards
d. All of the above
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Question 16
You are writing an "Elevator Speech." What information should you include?
Choose one answer.
a. Your name and the type of job you are looking for
b. Your resume
c. Names and telephone numbers of references
d. A portfolio of your work
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Question 17
You decide to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to research accountants and auditors. What information is offered about these occupations?
Choose one answer.
a. Job summary
b. Entry level education
c. Median pay
d. All of the above
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Question 18
You do not yet have your high school diploma or G.E.D. What is a resource for you to obtain information about entry-level jobs?
Choose one answer.
a. Jung's Typology Test
b. Holland's Career Codes and Career Decisions
c. Occupational Outlook Handbook
d. Myers Briggs Test
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Question 19
You have been advised to create a job search plan. What are some of the activities you should include in your plan?
Choose one answer.
a. Get in touch with your networking contacts.
b. Set up informational interviews.
c. Talk with someone every day about your job search.
d. All of the above
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Question 20
You have visited your local CareerOneStop, and they have advised you to start networking. What is the advantage of networking?
Choose one answer.
a. It helps you learn inside information about jobs that are being created or not advertised.
b. Primarily networking contacts are potential employers. This is the best way to ask for a job.
c. Networking helps you to forget about the job search for a while.
d. Both A and B
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Question 21
According to psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe, when do we generally feel stress?
Choose one answer.
a. When demands exceed our personal and social resources
b. When we feel in control of things
c. When we have mastered our learning curve
d. Both A and C
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Question 22
Dr. Martin Seligman says we explain events using what dimensions?
Choose one answer.
a. Negativity, Pervasiveness, Personalization
b. Permanence, Pervasiveness, Personalization
c. Glass Half Empty, Negativity, Permanence
d. All of the above
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Question 23
Often our experience of stress comes from our perceptions of a given situation. How does negative thinking contribute to our stress?
Choose one answer.
a. Negative thinking helps us interpret people's motives as possible threats.
b. Negative thinking can cause us to be unfair or aggressive with others.
c. Negative thinking can cause us to be harsh or unjust to ourselves.
d. Both B and C
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Question 24
On the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, what is the "value" of a personal injury or illness?
Choose one answer.
a. 73
b. 50
c. 53
d. 44
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Question 25
The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale measures what events?
Choose one answer.
a. Life events that happened in the last year
b. Our ability to cope with demands placed on us
c. Our preference for using defense mechanisms
d. None of the above
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Question 26
What are some outcomes of persistent negative thinking?
Choose one answer.
a. Creates mental health problems, e.g. depression and stress
b. Helps us to get along with very little sleep
c. Creates an ability to correctly interpret people's motives
d. Both B and C
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Question 27
What is a reason to avoid negative thinking?
Choose one answer.
a. People interpret negative thinking as sadness.
b. Optimistic and positive people are happier and healthier than negative people.
c. Positive people are more analytical than negative people.
d. All of the above.
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Question 28
What is the first step in changing negative thinking?
Choose one answer.
a. To become aware of it
b. To do nothing, because negative thinking protects a person from threatening situations
c. To apply rational thinking
d. None of the above
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Question 29
What is the purpose of keeping a stress diary?
Choose one answer.
a. You can analyze long-term stresses and manage them.
b. It will help you understand how your stressors help you.
c. You will learn the levels of pressure at which you operate most effectively.
d. Both A and C
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Question 30
What outcomes should you note in your stress diary?
Choose one answer.
a. Most recent stressful event experienced
b. Your current mood: how happy do you feel now?
c. The weighted value of a major life event
d. Both A and B
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