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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| financial help in time of sickness, old age, disability, or the like | benefits |
| to prejudice or present information in a slanting manner | bias |
| the number of jobs that will be available in a certain field in the future | career outlook |
| book that describes thousands of jobs in detail | dictonary of occupational titles |
| a person who runs a buisness; a self employed person | entrepreneur |
| the ownership, organization, and management of a buisness | entrepreneurship |
| a web portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support | f4k |
| allows private ownership; profit motive; competition; and fredom of choice | free enterpise system |
| book that contains twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests | guide to occupational education |
| a sharp increase in the costs of goods and services | inflation |
| talking to a person about his job | informational interview |
| goals set to be accomplished at a later date and take constant work | long term goal |
| a trusted advisor | mentor |
| wedsite that contains career information specific to north carolina | nccareers.org |
| occupations in which men/women compromise 25 percent or less of the work force | nontraditional occupations |
| the occupational information network | o*net |
| occupational outlook handbook | ooh |
| advance any employee to a higher level of job | promotion |
| a period of declining economic growth | recession |
| goals to be accomplished in short amount of time | short-term goal |
| standard indestrial classification system | sic |
| standard occupational system | soc |
| to work at home using a computer connected to a network of one's employer | telecommute |
| publications which contain information regarding trends, industrial innovations and training opportunities for specific professions | trade and professional journals |
| to carry, move, or shift a pproficiensy or ability | transferable skills |
| a direction of movement | trends |
| can be used as an option to replace travel | video/voice conferencing |
| information about hours, environment, and safety in regards to an occupation | working conditions |
| 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 is not a factor in evaluating career options | a friends career choice |
| what is a characteristic of an entrepreneur | most individuals have the personality to be an entrepreneur |
| which factors might most positivelty influence the success of an entrepreneur | collecting as much information as possible about te business opportunity |
| what might help students choose a nontraditional class | being taught by a non traditional teacher |
| women make up more than half of the workforce in which industry | retail sales |
| occupations in which either gender comprises 25 percent or less of the workforce are | nontraditional career |
| a key quality of success for an entrepreneur is | being innovative |
| unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature is | sexual harrassment |
| careers considered nontraditional for men include career in | nursing |
| a primary source of information for would be entrepreneurs is the | small business administration |
| which of the following is not a form of legal business ownership | entrepreneurship |
| any money or equipment invested in running a business is referred to as | capital |
| a person who runs a business and is self employed is called an | entreprenuer |
| which of the following should be included as part of the career information on a career profile | education |
| 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 |
| Work habits and attitudes required in all jobs are: | 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. |