CCA Psychometric Tools & Career 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) was developed by John Krumboltz primarily to assess which client barriers?
- Cognitive ability limitations in career-relevant skills
- Dysfunctional assumptions and beliefs that block career exploration (Correct answer)
- Personality disorders affecting workplace relationships
- Interest-ability mismatches in occupational choice
Correct answer: Dysfunctional assumptions and beliefs that block career exploration
The CBI identifies self-limiting beliefs and assumptions that interfere with clients' career exploration and decision-making.
Question 2: A career analyst administers the MBTI and finds a client is 'INTJ'. Which work environment is LEAST likely to suit this type?
- Strategic planning and systems design
- Independent research with long-term projects
- High-volume social interaction with unpredictable tasks (Correct answer)
- Technical problem-solving with intellectual challenge
Correct answer: High-volume social interaction with unpredictable tasks
INTJs prefer structured, independent, intellectually stimulating work and typically find highly social, unstructured environments draining.
Question 3: Which type of validity evidence is gathered by comparing assessment scores to an established measure of the same construct?
- Predictive validity
- Content validity
- Concurrent validity (Correct answer)
- Face validity
Correct answer: Concurrent validity
Concurrent validity is established by correlating a new assessment with an existing validated measure administered at the same time.
Question 4: What does a high 'standard error of measurement' (SEM) indicate about an assessment?
- The test has strong predictive power for job performance
- Individual scores may vary considerably from the true score (Correct answer)
- The norm group is representative of the target population
- The test items are highly discriminating
Correct answer: Individual scores may vary considerably from the true score
A high SEM means there is more uncertainty around any given individual score, reducing confidence in precise score interpretation.
Question 5: In Holland's theory, which two types are considered 'adjacent' and therefore most compatible in a career environment?
- Realistic and Social
- Investigative and Enterprising
- Realistic and Investigative (Correct answer)
- Conventional and Artistic
Correct answer: Realistic and Investigative
Realistic and Investigative are adjacent on Holland's hexagon, meaning they share more occupational overlap and compatibility.
Question 6: A career counselor uses the O*NET Interest Profiler with a client. What primary career development outcome does this tool target?
- Identifying transferable skills from prior work history
- Linking work interests to relevant occupational clusters (Correct answer)
- Diagnosing personality disorders affecting career satisfaction
- Measuring cognitive aptitude for specific job families
Correct answer: Linking work interests to relevant occupational clusters
The O*NET Interest Profiler uses Holland codes to connect an individual's interests to matching occupational categories.
Question 7: Which of the following represents an example of 'ecological validity' concern in career assessment?
- A test administered online produces different scores than a paper version
- Test questions do not reflect real-world job demands and contexts (Correct answer)
- The norm sample was collected 20 years ago
- The test manual lacks clear scoring instructions
Correct answer: Test questions do not reflect real-world job demands and contexts
Ecological validity concerns whether the assessment reflects the actual demands and contexts of real work settings.
CCA Psychometric Tools & Career 3
The Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) was developed by John Krumboltz primarily to assess which client barriers?