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Vocational Evaluation Lecture 2 Flashcards

1
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Vocational Evaluation is intended to provide reliable and valid data regarding which of the following:

A. Ability to work
B. Work/ Job preferences
C. Vocational Capacity and training needs
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

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Which of the following is not included in the four-step evaluation?

A. General medical examination
B. Rehabilitation Evaluation
C. Medical Special examinations/ formal psychological evaluations
D. Initial Intake

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B. Rehabilitation Evaluation

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True of False: The client is not involved in the evaluation process

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False

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The sufficiency of documentation gained in early steps I.e. intake and medical exam, depend greatly on ____.

A. How much the client talks
B. Type of disability
C. Severity of disability
D. Both b&c

A

D. Both b&c

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A client is referred for a vocational evaluation to determine if they are able to return to work after an injury. As a Rehabilitation counselor you are paid to perform this assessment. Which of the following is a way to perform a comprehensive report while keeping costs reasonable?

A. Review reports
B. Do not prepare questions to ask client ahead of time.
C. Hide reports in your desk.
D. Provide unnecessary tests

A

A. Review reports

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___ Defined in regards to a degree, strength of motivation and drive or need.

A. Evaluation
B. Interest
C. Aptitude
D. Limitations

A

B. Interest

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_____ Interest is what the client tells you they are interested in.

A. Manifest
B. Limited
C. Expressed
D. Tested

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C. Expressed

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A person informs the Vocational Rehabilitation counselor that they are interested in woodworking and mowing grass. This person may not view these tasks as work tasks. What kind of interest is this?

A. Manifest
B. Limited
C. Expressed
D. Tested

A

A. Manifest

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A client has taken an Interest Inventory to determine their vocational interests. The results of the assessment determined that a person is interested in artistic type of careers. What kind of interest is this?

A. Manifest
B. Limited
C. Expressed
D. Tested

A

D. Tested

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True or False: Expressed Interest does not correlate with abilities.

A

True

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Which of the following types of a client’s interests should be considered in the vocational evaluation process?

A. Expressed interest
B. Results of Standardized inventories
C. Non-standardized inventories
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

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Which of the following is a main difference between abilities and interests?

A. Interests measures both limitations and interests
B. Is realistic is assessing a person’s interests
C. Measures Direction to pursue interest
D. Measures the Strength of the interest

A

C. Measures Direction to pursue interest

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Which of the following is not a measurement tool of interests?
A. Peer-estimation
B. Interviewing
C. Questionnaires
D. Inventories
A

A. Peer-Estimation, Is actually self-estimation

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_____ were developed in the mid 1920’s as “a facilitative response to an established premise that linked occupational interest with job satisfaction.”

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Interest inventories

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____ a type of interest inventory that measures the strength of a person’s interest in broad fields of activity, such as outdoors, health related activities or technology.

A. Reading Scales
B. Intelligent Scales
C. Occupational Scales
D. General or Basic Scales

A

D. General or Basic Scales

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____ a type of interest inventory that assesses the similarity of a person’s interest patterns to those people in specific occupations.

A. Reading Scales
B. Intelligent Scales
C. Occupational Scales
D. General or Basic Scales

A

C. Occupational Scales

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True or False: There are no interest inventories for person’s with a high reading skill.

A

False

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Which of the following is a major difference between intelligent behavior and intellectual ability?

A. Intelligent behavior is a function of self care and behavior while intellectual ability has components on how much money they will be able to make in the world of work
B. Intelligent behavior is a function of self care and behavior while intellectual ability has components of abstract and logical thinking, reasoning, judging and retaining knowledge
C. Intelligent behavior is a function of drive and behavior while intellectual ability has components of abstract and logical thinking, reasoning, judging and retaining knowledge
D. Intelligent behavior has components of abstract and logical thinking, reasoning, judging and retaining knowledge while intellectual ability is a function of drive and behavior

A

C. Intelligent behavior is a function of drive and behavior while intellectual ability has components of abstract and logical thinking, reasoning, judging and retaining knowledge

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Intelligence is inferred from a sample of behavior's. Which of the following answer's is a behavior that might be used to infer or assess one's intelligence?
A. Observations  during interview
B. Statements of family members
C. Spelling abilities
D. Generalization
A

D. Generalization

20
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True or False: No intelligence test today measures innate ability.

A

True, you cannot see intelligence but you can see indicators of intelligence from a person’s behaviors.

21
Q

Wechsler believed that _____ is a measure of “ the capacity of an individual to understand the world around him and his resourcefulness to cope with its challenges.

A. Intelligence
B. Behavior
C. Functionality
D. Capability

A

A. Intelligence

22
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Measured intelligence reflects:
A. A person's decision making process 
B. Present Schooling success
C. A person's future success in work
D. Past Schooling
A

D. Past Schooling

23
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Which type of intelligence is used to describe one that is used in everyday living?

A

Adaptive Intelligence

24
Q

____ can be viewed as measured intelligence.

A. Adaptive Intelligence
B. IQ
C. Ability
D. Interest

A

B. IQ

25
Q

What is the common factor among all intelligence tests?

A. Ability to complete test
B. Ability to read
C. Ability to Learn
D. Ability to write independently

A

C. Ability to Learn

26
Q

What is a reason that a person in a professional field may score higher on an IQ test than a skilled person?

A. A professional person may have more experience test taking and perform more efficiently on IQ test
B. A professional person person may have more schooling to get into higher level occupation
C. A professional person may have received more training in the past to help them to perform better on tests.
D. A professional person may have better study habits.

A

B. A professional person person may have more schooling to get into higher level occupation

27
Q

____ is correlated with school success.

A. Aptitude
B. Ability
C. Interest
D. IQ

A

D. IQ

28
Q

Intelligence tests are usually administered for the purpose of ______.

A. Making a prediction about future academic performance
B. Making a prediction about past academic performance
C. Identifying a person’s overall test taking abilities
D. Identifying a person’s interests

A

A. Making a prediction about future academic performance

29
Q

When writing a report keep in mind that someone will ____ it.

A

Read

30
Q

Who should administer and interpret an intelligence test such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- Third Edition?

A. Rehab professional that has had specialized training
B. Psychologist
C. Psychological Examiner
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

31
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True or false: An IQ test should be chosen according to a person’s interests and experiences as well as his or her disability-related limitations

A

False: should be based on a person’s EDUCATIONAL and life experiences as well as his or her disability-related limitations.

32
Q

Which of the following is a characteristic of an informal assessment:

A. Selected work samples
B. Validity or reliability
C. Selected Work Samples
D. Mental Testing

A

B. Validity or Reliability

33
Q

Which of the following is an example of a formal assessment:

A. Structured interview
B. Intelligence tests
C. Selected work samples
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

34
Q

_____ was developed in response to the demand of an expanding public employment service for standardized occupational information to support job placement activities.

A

Dictionary of Occupational Titles

35
Q

In order to properly match jobs and workers, the public employment service system requires that a uniform ____ language be used in all of its local job service offices.

A

Occupational

36
Q

The ______ recognized the need in the mid-1930’s for a standardized occupational information, soon after the passage of the Wagner-Peyse Act established a Federal-State employment service system, and initiated an occupational research program, utilizing analysts located in numerous field offices throughout the country, to collect the information required.

A

U.S. Employment Service

37
Q

How has establishment of a federal-state employment service system expanded from job matching applications?

A
  1. Various uses for employment counseling
  2. Occupational and career guidance
  3. labor market information services
38
Q

The first edition of the DOT was published in ___.

A

1939

39
Q

The DOT groups jobs into ______ based on their similarities and defines the structure and content of all listed occupations.

A

occupations

40
Q

___ are the result of comprehensive studies of how similar jobs are performed in establishments across the nation and are composites of data collected from diverse sources.

A

Occupational definitions

41
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There are __ basic parts to an occupational definition.

A

7

42
Q

Parts of the occupational definitions.

  1. ____
  2. ____
  3. ____
  4. ____
  5. ____
  6. ____
  7. ____
A
  1. Occupational code number
  2. Occupational title
  3. The industry designation
  4. Alternate titles (if any)
  5. The body of the definition, a. lead statement, b. task element statements, c. “may” items
  6. Undefined related titles
  7. Definition trailer
43
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What are the nine primary occupational categories of the DOT?

A
  1. Professional, technical, and managerial occupations
  2. Clerical and sales occupations
  3. Service occupations
  4. Agricultural, fishery, forestry, and related occupations
  5. Processing occupations
  6. Machine trades occupations
  7. Benchwork occupations
  8. Structural work occupations
  9. Miscellaneous occupations
44
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____ defined as the amount of lapsed time required by a typical worker to learn the techniques, acquire the information, and develop the facility needed for average performance in a specific job-worker situation.

A

Specific vocational preparation (SVP)

45
Q

What are examples of vocational training?

A
  • vocational education
  • apprenticeship training
  • in-plant training
  • on-the-job training
  • essential experience in other jobs.

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