Test Prep NCE Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep NCE Online Questions & Answers

• Question 11:

  The "fields and levels" approach to group career counseling uses one of the theories developed by which famous theorist?

  A. Jung
  B. Roe
  C. Holland
  D. None of the above
  B. Roe

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  Roe's theory consists of 8 fields (Service, Business Contact, Organization, Technology, Outdoor, Science, General Culture, and Arts and Entertainment) and 6 levels (professional and managerial, levels 1 and 2; semiprofessional and small business, level 3; skilled, level 4; semiskilled, level 5; and unskilled, level 6). Carl Jung founded analytical psychology. Holland created the Holland Codes including Realistic, Investigative, Artisitic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC).

• Question 12:

  A conditioned association is not a learned association.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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  In operant conditioning, therapists believe the reaction to an object or event can be modified by learning, or conditioning.

• Question 13:

  Which is NOT an example of a Computer Assisted Career Guidance System (CACGS)?

  A. SIGI Plus
  B. Choices
  C. Indeed
  D. Discover
  C. Indeed

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  SIGI Plus, Choices, and Discover are all types of CACGS. CACGS is a term used to describe a computer program that combines career assessment, information, and guidance all into one system. Indeed is a popular job search website.

• Question 14:

  Which of the following would not be a part of a standard first counseling session with a therapist who was practicing client-centered counseling?

  A. Introduction
  B. Note-taking
  C. Discussion
  D. All of the above would be included
  D. All of the above would be included

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  A large focus of client-centered counseling is discussion, often guided by the client.

• Question 15:

  Which theorist believed a person's personality needs to be congruent with their work environment?

  A. Holland
  B. Parsons
  C. Freud
  D. Moreno
  A. Holland

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  Holland believed that if a person chose to work in an environment congruent with their personality, they would feel happier and more satisfied. The six work environments he identified are: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Parsons believed careers had to be matched to talents, skills, and personality.

• Question 16:

  One of the first formal therapeutic groups was held by:

  A. Joseph Pratt
  B. Carl Rogers
  C. Irv Yalom
  D. Wilfred Bion
  A. Joseph Pratt

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  In 1905, Joseph Pratt, a medical doctor from Boston, gathered a group of patients with tuberculosis in order to educate them. The rest are all group theorists of later years. Rogers is often referred to as the "father of counseling psychology". Yalom developed a list of therapeutic factors in group therapy. Bion was a British psychoanalyst.

• Question 17:

  Cross-cultural counseling:

  A. Recognizes culture as a marginal factor in counseling.
  B. Recognizes culture as a fundamental factor in counseling.
  C. Is a consideration in some but not all counseling interventions.
  D. All of the above
  B. Recognizes culture as a fundamental factor in counseling.

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  Cross-cultural counseling recognizes culture as fundamental and central to all counseling relationships and interactions. In using this approach, clients will feel valued and the rapport between counselors and clients will strengthen.

• Question 18:

  About how old is the child in question5?

  A. Three
  B. Twelve
  C. One
  D. Eight
  B. Twelve

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  Children typically move into the Formal Operational Stage around the age of 11 or 12.

• Question 19:

  Who has most extensively researched and described the concept of career maturity?

  A. Ginzberg
  B. Crites
  C. Hoyt
  D. Super
  B. Crites

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  While Super first described the concept of career maturity, it was Crites who researched and created the Career Maturity Inventory. Ginzberg believed the development of the following four factors led to career choice: the reality factor, the influence of the educational process, the emotional factor, and individual values. Hoyt viewed career education as a composite of activities and experiences designed to prepare and engage individuals in paid or unpaid work during their lives. Super believed the following stages explained career development:

  1.

  The crystallization stage, ages 1418

  2.

  Specification stage, ages 1821

  3.

  Implementation stage, ages 2124

  4.

  The stabilization stage, ages 2435

  5.

  Consolidation, age 35

  6.

  Readiness for retirement, age 55.

• Question 20:

  Members of a counseling group that score high in authoritarianism also tend to score high in independence.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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  Authoritarianism values strict obedience to authority, even if personal freedom is sacrificed, which is contrary to independence.