RGC Mock Board Exam Career Part 2

1. The term career development refers to:

a. Training for a career.
b. An aspect of total development specifically involving career choice,
planning, and knowledge
c. Advancement that one makes after starting to work.
d. The development of increased understanding of one’s own abilities and
values.

2. The use of job and vocations as synonyms may depend upon the
a. Type of job
b. The professional background of the person who is using the terms
c. The income of the worker
d. How long the job has been in existence

3. Using one’s work as an opportunity for self-expression seems to be more

important for which major occupational group?
a. Unskilled.
b. Skilled.
c. Professional
d. Sales and kindred.

4. A group of tasks performed by one person in one business is the

definition for:
a. Position
b. Job.
c. Occupation.
d. Vocation.

5. The first formal theory of career development was published by:

a. Super
b. Holland
c. Bordin and Associates
d. Ginzberg and Associates

6. By emphasizing social justice career development professionals are

a. Adopting a new goal
b. Renewing a goal first articulated in the 1960s
c. In keeping with the founders of the career development movement
d. Departing from the main theme of career development

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7. In relative terms, women’s earnings when compared to men’s

a. Have stayed about the same for the past 25 years
b. Have lost ground, that is, women make relatively less today
c. Have gained ground, that is, they make relatively more today
d. Cannot be calculated because of differences in occupations entered.

8. The concept of career education is

a. Gaining in popularity because it emphasizes the relationship
between career and academic performance
b. Rapidly being displaced by the term career guidance
c. Rapidly being displaced by the term career development
programming
d. Is favored by vocational educators

9. The impact of the global economy on the workforce in the Philippines

a. Has had its greatest impact on unskilled worker to date
b. Will impact skilled and professional workers in the near future
c. Will slow in the long term as Philippine businesses reorient
themselves
d. a & b above

10. Countries that seem best equipped to take advantage of the global
economy
a. Have a well-developed infrastructure
b. Have an attractive tax structure that encourages new businesses
c. Have socialist governments
d. Have an abundant supply of cheap labor

11. The first Filipino to be included in the Buros Mental Measurement

Yearbook, who developed the Filipino Work Values Scale is
a. Dr. Lily Rosales
b. Dr. Imelda Villar
c. Dr. Vicentita Cervera
d. Dr. Jaime Bulatao

12. The first comprehensive source of information about careers was

a. O*NET
b. The Dictionary of Careers in the U. S.
c. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles
d. The Career Advisor’s Handbook

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13. PGPA, PGCA, PVGA:

a. PAP
b. CDAP
c. IPCAP
d. PACERS

14. Online career counseling may not allow which of the following?
a. The use of personality inventories
b. The use of sophisticated occupational information
c. In depth exploration of the career related problem
d. None of the above

15. With regard to the ethical issues involved in Internet-based career

counseling, it is probably most accurate to say
a. The ethical issues are about the same as those in typical career
counseling.
b. The ethical concerns are less because the privacy of the client can
be protected more easily
c. The ethical issues involving Internet based career counseling are
greater due to communication problems that may arise
d. We have too little information to draw conclusions about potential
ethical issues involving Internet career counseling.

16. The statement that best describes the extent to which clients who seek
career counseling are protected from unethical practice is
a. They are well protected because licensing laws for psychologists
and counselors who provide career counseling
b. Clients who see psychologists in public institutions such as
colleges are probably better protected than those who see
counselees because of differences in the licensing laws for the two
groups
c. They are well protected because of codes of ethics and licensing
laws
d. None of the above reflect the current situation

17. The code of ethics most likely to be followed by career practitioners in

private practice was developed by
a. PGCA & PRBGC
b. CDAP
c. PACERS
d. IPCAP

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18. Career counseling via the Internet is a relatively new idea. As a result
a. Few guidelines for practicing web-counseling are available.
b. Practice guidelines are available but ethical guidelines are not
available
c. Practice guidelines have emerged from research in this area
d. None of the above

19. Which of the following should not appear in advertisements offering

career counseling services.
a. Licenses and certifications
b. Degrees unrelated to the practice of career counseling
c. Years of experience
d. Consultations with business and industry.

20. The ultimate aim of advocacy as it pertains to career counseling is

a. Problem solving
b. Making a statement about social justice
c. Representing the client
d. Empowering the client

21. Data Privacy Law is a national law that sets forth rules and regulations
regarding
a. Group test scores
b. Verbal communication
c. The maintenance of records
d. All of the above

22. If you were asked to offer advice to a counselor who wished to avoid a
successful liability suite it should be
a. Stay within the limits of your skills
b. Follow your code of ethics
c. Be aware of the laws that regulate your practice
d. All of the above

23. In the simplest terms possible privileged communication laws are

a. Guarantees to our clients that their information will be protected
from disclosure
b. Guarantees to career counselors that they cannot be forced to
disclose confidential information
c. protection for counselors so longs as they follow the law.
d. The same a ethical guidelines about confidentiality

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24. In today’s litigious society ethical and legal principles are most likely to
conflict on the matter of
a. Sexual misconduct
b. Confidentiality
c. The general area of relationships to clients
d. The duty to warn parents and authorities of potential harm to
others.

25. President Aquino did not plan to run for the presidency. However,
the turn of events during and after his mother’s death made him decide
to run. What theory could best explain this career move?
a. Theory of work adjustment
b. Values based career development
c. Contextual career development
d. Chance encounter theory

26. Overprotective or demanding parenting style results to children

having careers that are
a. Satisfying and geared towards people
b. Satisfying and away from people
c. Unsatisfying and towards people
d. Unsatisfying and away from people

27. Which among the following is MOST LIKELY to influence career

choice according to Abrenica?
a. Work of parents
b. Personality
c. Interest
d. Values

28. It refers to an individual’s ability to care for the welfare of other

people as manifested by mentoring and leading and also beginning to
think about succession planning if the work calls for it
a. Intimacy
b. Generativity
c. Stagnation
d. Integrity

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29. Which among the following is a concern of an individual in middle

adulthood?
a. Refining of skills
b. Establishment of occupational identity
c. Mentoring the young employees
d. Searching for satisfying job

30. It is the stage central to the development of occupational identity

according to Erikson
a. Late childhood
b. Adolescence
c. Young adulthood
d. Middle adulthood

31. An individual’s belief in his or her ability to perform certain tasks

determines whether the individual will attempt those tasks and how well
he will perform is
a. Self-efficacy
b. Personality
c. Interest
d. Self-concept

32. As children become aware of occupational difference in sex type,

then prestige, and finally field of work, they rule out successively more
sectors of work as unacceptable for someone like themselves. This process
of learning to act accordingly is
a. Cognitive development
b. Self-creation
c. Circumscription
d. Compromise

33. These are standards of behavior which influence career decisions

according to Brown
a. Interest
b. Socialization
c. Values
d. Personality

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34. Angelo is recently widowed and a government employee preparing to

go into retirement. The least appropriate question to ask Angelo would
be
a. Have you thought of retirement before?
b. How does it feel to lose your wife and your job at the same time?
c. How do you see yourself spending your retirement years?
d. What are some of your financial prospects?

35. Learning that lawyers are respected professionals in the society, a

student decided to take up political science as a pre-law course. This is
influenced by orientation to
a. Orientation to unique, internal self
b. Orientation to size and power
c. Orientation to sex roles
d. Orientation to social valuation

36. Gottfredson conceptualized that unavailability of choices such as

lack of job opportunities in line with course finished sometimes lead
individuals to
a. Cognitive development
b. Self-creation
c. Circumscription
d. Compromise

37. Play: Fantasy stage; aptitude assessment:

a. (Realistic) Exploration
b. (Tentative) Interest
c. (Tentative) Capacity
d. (Tentative) Values

38. Roe believes that an individual with parents who are warm and
nurturing is likely to choose an occupation which is
a. Person-oriented
b. Non-person oriented
c. Technical
d. High paying

39. Enterprising: politicians; : guidance counselors

a. Conventional
b. Social
c. Investigative
d. Artistic

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40. Individuals with this personality type likes to do creative activities,

avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities, and sees self as expressive,
original and independent
a. Enterprising
b. Social
c. Conventional
d. Artistic

41. It is a career counselor’s reference which consists of the

comprehensive listing of occupations
a. Choosing a Vocation
b. Dictionary of Occupational Titles
c. What is the Color of Your Parachute
d. List of Job Titles

42. It is the first interest test developed to measure career preferences

a. Brainard Occupational Preference Inventory
b. Strong Vocational Interest Blank
c. Self-directed Search
d. MBTI

43. The government agency in charge of promoting gainful employment

opportunities, developing human resources, protecting workers and
promoting their welfare, and maintenance of industrial peace
a. POEA
b. DOLE
c. PRC
d. NEDA

44. What book was authored by Frank Parsons with the purpose of
guiding people in making career decisions?
a. Choosing a Vocation
b. What Color is Your Parachute
c. Dictionary of Occupational titles
d. List of Job Titles

45. He is known as the father of Vocational Guidance

a. Holland
b. Parsons
c. Super
d. Freud

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46. She is known as the founder of the Career Development

Association of the Philippines:
a. Dr. Lily Rosales
b. Dr. Josie Santamaria
c. Dr. Leticia Ho
d. Dr. Vicentita Cervera

47. In the Social cognitive Career Theory, which among the following is
developed by a person when there is continued success in the use of his
ability/expertise?
a. Career direction
b. Self-efficacy
c. self-esteem
d. Career satisfaction

48. In the Philippine Qualifications Framework, Filipino guidance

counselors are classified under this category:
a. Level 5
b. Level 6
c. Level 7
d. Level 8

49. The PGCA has the following Mutual Recognition

Agreement/Regional membership in all the following countries, EXCEPT:
a. USA
b. New Zealand
c. Singapore
d. Australia

50. The ASEAN Qualifications Framework classify Filipino guidance

counselors to be qualified to practice in ASEAN countries provided that
your professional qualifications fall on this category:
a. Level 5
b. Level 6
c. Level 7
d. Level 8

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