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CM Unit 4 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A career consultation is | A discussion for seeking career advice |
| When researching careers, it is best to start by | Using O*Net and the OOH |
| A school counselor or Career Development Coordinator (CDC) can assist students in their career planning by | Helping them explore their career interests |
| A career cluster is | A group of jobs that are similar to one another |
| A TV announcer is a job in which career cluster? | Arts, audiovisual technology and communications |
| Careers in which career cluster are highly technical and require firm backgrounds in math and science? | Scientific research/engineering |
| What is the main purpose of studying the sixteen career clusters? | You can explore the wide range of jobs within a career area |
| The Occupational Outlook Handbook is an excellent career resource because it | Lists the same information about every job |
| A trusted advisor might be called a/an | Mentor |
| Which career is in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Technologies career cluster? | Forester |
| A book that describes various careers and the future for those careers | Occupational Outlook Handbook |
| A book that describes thousands of jobs in regards to duties and work characteristics is the | Dictionary of Occupational Titles/O*Net |
| A person with a lawn-mowing business has an outdoor | Work environment |
| The US Department of Education Career Clusters include | Health Science |
| The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System includes | Production Occupations |
| Making a career choice to work out-of-doors will mean | Learning to adapt to the environment |
| A sedentary job is one in which an employee might | Spend much of the day sitting |
| Which US Department of Education Career Cluster provides basic human needs? | Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| Which job requires physical strength? | Brick masonry |
| Two Internet resources with specific North Carolina career information include | nccareers.org and cfnc.org |
| Which is a component of a research paper? | References |
| Which of the following is NOT a career information guide? | Readers' Guide to Periodic Literature |
| College information specific to North Carolina can be accessed at which Internet site? | CFNC.org |
| Which of the following is an occupational cluster in the North Carolina Career pathways? | Health Sciences |
| The book that lists twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests is: | Guide to Occupational Education |
| Which North Carolina resource will help you match your interests with possible occupations? | NC Careers |
| When evaluating a specific career, consider | Working conditions |
| One way to research careers informally is to | Talk to friends and family about their job |
| A North Carolina resource for career information is | NCCareers.org |
| Researching a career to find out whether jobs will be available in that field in the future can help determine | A career outlook |
| Major classification systems for occupations include all of the following EXCEPT | Computerized Career Information System |
| When a student is identifying people and resources to assist with career plans, the following should be considered: | Reliable resources |
| Which of the following would NOT be considered a valuable library research source? | Television |
| An example of a job from the Public Services career cluster is a/an: | Firefighter |
| You can locate magazine articles about specific careers in the | Readers' Guide to Periodic Literature |
| Which Internet resource is replacing the DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles)? | O*Net |
| Plagiarism is | Speaking and using the ideas or writings of another as one's own |
| Which of the following should be included as part of the career information on a career profile? | Education |
| A person who runs a business and is self- employed is called a/an | Entrepreneur |
| Any money or equipment invested in running a business is referred to as | Capital |
| Which of the following is NOT a form of legal business ownership? | Entreprenuership |
| A primary source of information for would-be entrepreneurs is the | Small Business Administration |
| Careers considered non-traditional for men include careers in | Nursing |
| Unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature is | Sexual harassment |
| A key quality of success for an entrepreneur is | Being innovative |
| Occupations in which either gender comprises 25 percent or less of the workforce are | Nontraditional occupations |
| Women make up more than half of the workforce in which industry? | Retail Sales |
| What might help students choose a nontraditional class? | Being taught by a non-traditional teacher |
| Which factor(s) might most positively influence the success of an entrepreneur? | Collecting as much information as possible about the business opportunity. |
| What is a characteristic of an entrepreneur? | Most individuals have the personality to be an entrepreneur |
| Which is NOT a factor to consider in evaluating career options? | Friend’s choice of career |
| The workplace of today must be dedicated to | Excellence in skills and personal qualities |
| How has the global economy affected employees in the United States? | Has eliminated some jobs in the United States and created others |
| An increase in the number of dual income families has created an increase in the area of | Service occupations |
| A factor that workers should consider as they make geographic moves is | The cost of living |
| Relocating for a new job requires | Flexibility and compromise |
| In today's workplace, workers typically | Continue to learn new skills |
| Of the jobs in the 21st century, what percent will require technical skills acquired at the bachelor's level or above? | About 20% |
| Government resources are used to develop statistics reflecting state and regional occupational data also known as: | Labor market information |
| Which is true of the current workplace? | Increased use of technology |
| Jobs in the future will increasingly involve more: | Employee telecommuting |
| Which of the following would NOT have been a concern for workers in the 1950s? | Internet |
| Private ownership, profit motive, competition, and freedom of choice are characteristics of a: | Free enterprise system |
| Labor marker trends for the 21st century predict that the greatest number of workers will need to have which level of education? | Community college |
| The latest trends in a trade or profession can be found in: | Trade and professional journals |
| Employment Forecasters predict greater than average job growth in | Retail |
| To prepare for changes in the workplace, it is BEST to: | Be a lifelong learner |
| A factor which may lead to success in the work place is | Willingness to learn |
| Work habits and attitudes required in all jobs are: | Transferable skills |
| Transferable skills in today's workplace are | Advantageous to workers |
| When the skills learned and used to do one job are used on another job, they are known as | Transferable skills |
| Lifelong learning is | A continuation of learning as skills needed on a job change |