NCE Exam: Lifestyle and Career Development with
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Over ___% of marriages are dual-earner marriages. Correct Answer: 54
(Around 60% when looking at marriages with children. In 1950, it was 20.4%.)
Studies suggest how many workers snare a job based on chance factors? Correct Answer: 1 in 5
What ____% of all college students have career difficulties? Correct Answer: 50 (of all college
students)
What are 're-entry women'? Correct Answer: Women who have made the transition from
homemaker to jobs outside the home.
Displaced homemaker Correct Answer: A woman with children who was a homemaker but is
currently in need of work to support her family.
What is meant by the term 'glass ceiling'? Correct Answer: Suggests women are limited in terms
of how far they can advance in the workforce; is a form of occupational gender role stereotyping
that can limit a woman's careers.
Women now compromise _____% of the workforce; approximately ____ ______ workers.
Correct Answer: 46%, 69 million
John O. Crites Correct Answer: Feels the need for career counseling exceeds the need for
therapy.
Victor Vroom's Motivation and Management Expectancy Theory Correct Answer: suggests
employee performance is influenced by: valance (rewards such as money, promotion, or
satisfaction), expectancy (what am I capable of doing?), and instrumentality (will management
come through with promised rewards?)
Vocational guidance Correct Answer: A developmental and educational process within a school
system.
Career counseling Correct Answer: A therapeutic service for adults with occupational goals that
is performed outside the educational setting.
A Bachelor's degree Correct Answer: on average, this boosts yearly income by $10,000 over
that of worker with a high school diploma.
____% of workers have a high school diploma. Correct Answer: 75%
"Changing View of Work" Correct Answer: indicates that in the past, work was seen as
drudgery, while today it is viewed as a vehicle to express our identity, self-esteem, and status.
, Which ethnic group has the highest % of Bachelor's degrees? Correct Answer: Asians
followed by Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics
Leisure time Correct Answer: is time away from work where the individual has freedom to
choice what he/she would like to do.
Career is sometimes defined as Correct Answer: the total work one does in a lifetime plus
leisure.
Avocation Correct Answer: A leisure activity one engages in for pleasure rather than money.
Dual-career families Correct Answer: have less leisure time than single-career families. (Note
the up-and-coming specialty, "leisure counseling")
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Correct Answer: states women should have equal work
opportunities and equal job pay.
80% Four-fifths Rule Correct Answer: Used to determine discrimination selection processes.
The hiring rate for minorities is divided by the hiring rate for non-minorities, and the result must
be 80% or greater.
Adverse impact Correct Answer: occurs if the quotient from the Four-fifths Rule is less than
80%.
Differential validity Correct Answer: a test is valid for one group, but less or totally invalid for
another
Trait-and-factor theory Correct Answer: Assumes through testing, one's personality can be
matched to an occupation geared toward those traits.
-Considered 1st major and most durable theory of career choice.
(Computer-based career programs often adhere to this model.)
Profile matching Correct Answer: A job candidate's personality or skills are matched to that of
successful workers.
Elementary school counselors Correct Answer: The only organized profession to work with
individuals from a preventative and developmental viewpoint.
Trait-and-factor model Correct Answer: Matches worker and work environment (job factors),
and has the viewpoint there is one 'best' career for a person. (Also known as actuarial or
matching approach.
Classified as structural or grounded in 'differential psychology' (i.e., study of individual
differences).
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Over ___% of marriages are dual-earner marriages. Correct Answer: 54
(Around 60% when looking at marriages with children. In 1950, it was 20.4%.)
Studies suggest how many workers snare a job based on chance factors? Correct Answer: 1 in 5
What ____% of all college students have career difficulties? Correct Answer: 50 (of all college
students)
What are 're-entry women'? Correct Answer: Women who have made the transition from
homemaker to jobs outside the home.
Displaced homemaker Correct Answer: A woman with children who was a homemaker but is
currently in need of work to support her family.
What is meant by the term 'glass ceiling'? Correct Answer: Suggests women are limited in terms
of how far they can advance in the workforce; is a form of occupational gender role stereotyping
that can limit a woman's careers.
Women now compromise _____% of the workforce; approximately ____ ______ workers.
Correct Answer: 46%, 69 million
John O. Crites Correct Answer: Feels the need for career counseling exceeds the need for
therapy.
Victor Vroom's Motivation and Management Expectancy Theory Correct Answer: suggests
employee performance is influenced by: valance (rewards such as money, promotion, or
satisfaction), expectancy (what am I capable of doing?), and instrumentality (will management
come through with promised rewards?)
Vocational guidance Correct Answer: A developmental and educational process within a school
system.
Career counseling Correct Answer: A therapeutic service for adults with occupational goals that
is performed outside the educational setting.
A Bachelor's degree Correct Answer: on average, this boosts yearly income by $10,000 over
that of worker with a high school diploma.
____% of workers have a high school diploma. Correct Answer: 75%
"Changing View of Work" Correct Answer: indicates that in the past, work was seen as
drudgery, while today it is viewed as a vehicle to express our identity, self-esteem, and status.
, Which ethnic group has the highest % of Bachelor's degrees? Correct Answer: Asians
followed by Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics
Leisure time Correct Answer: is time away from work where the individual has freedom to
choice what he/she would like to do.
Career is sometimes defined as Correct Answer: the total work one does in a lifetime plus
leisure.
Avocation Correct Answer: A leisure activity one engages in for pleasure rather than money.
Dual-career families Correct Answer: have less leisure time than single-career families. (Note
the up-and-coming specialty, "leisure counseling")
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Correct Answer: states women should have equal work
opportunities and equal job pay.
80% Four-fifths Rule Correct Answer: Used to determine discrimination selection processes.
The hiring rate for minorities is divided by the hiring rate for non-minorities, and the result must
be 80% or greater.
Adverse impact Correct Answer: occurs if the quotient from the Four-fifths Rule is less than
80%.
Differential validity Correct Answer: a test is valid for one group, but less or totally invalid for
another
Trait-and-factor theory Correct Answer: Assumes through testing, one's personality can be
matched to an occupation geared toward those traits.
-Considered 1st major and most durable theory of career choice.
(Computer-based career programs often adhere to this model.)
Profile matching Correct Answer: A job candidate's personality or skills are matched to that of
successful workers.
Elementary school counselors Correct Answer: The only organized profession to work with
individuals from a preventative and developmental viewpoint.
Trait-and-factor model Correct Answer: Matches worker and work environment (job factors),
and has the viewpoint there is one 'best' career for a person. (Also known as actuarial or
matching approach.
Classified as structural or grounded in 'differential psychology' (i.e., study of individual
differences).
