Question 1

Suppose that the career planning services provided in your community college had three objectives as follows:
 Students will be able to
$\bullet$define the primary area (out of six possible ones) of their interests.
$\bullet$select a major in college related to that field of interest.
$\bullet$identify jobs that can be classified into their primary area of interest.
 In what ways could you, as director of the career planning program, evaluate whether these objectives have been met this year?

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Question 2

Why is program planning for group career interventions so important?

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Program planning for group career interv...

Question 3

Evaluation of career planning services must be closely tied to

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A)   budget
B)   methods of delivery.
C)   measurable objectives.
D)   target population.

Question 4

Using a pre-post assessment for evaluation implies that you are expecting

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A)   people to be more honest when they complete it the second time.
B)   some change in a positive direction as a result of your services.
C)   the results of the first assessment to be inaccurate.
D)   some change in a negative direction as a result of your services.

Question 5

Qualitative data are not useful at all in evaluating career services.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

One of the earliest steps in the program planning process is to design promotional activities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Stakeholders are persons who

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A)   provide career planning services.
B)   are affected in any way by services or programs.
C)   are always positive about your services or programs.
D)   collaborate in the delivery of career planning services.

Question 8

One of the most feasible ways to deliver career planning services at the high school level is

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A)   a virtual website with cybercounseling.
B)   one-to-one counseling.
C)   group guidance.
D)   a one-semester credit course.

Question 9

Each stakeholder related to career services is likely to want different kinds of data from evaluation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

List and describe the 5 steps of the program evaluation process.

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The program evaluation process involves ...

Question 11

Measurable objectives should begin with words similar to "At the end of this curriculum, students will be able to…"

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 12

If some planners of the evaluation are pleased with results but others are not, it is probable that

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A)   the evaluation design is flawed.
B)   different stakeholders have different desired outcomes.
C)   the data have been incorrectly reported.
D)   objectives were not measured systematically.

Question 13

When developing methods to collect data for use in evaluation, it is important to determine the indicators or behaviors that program participants should exhibit if desired outcomes have been reached.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe two roadblocks to program evaluation and one way to overcome each.

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Two roadblocks to program evaluation are...

Question 15

If there are three measurable objectives, there should always be three different evaluation instruments to measure their accomplishment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The first step in planning an evaluation is to

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A)   organize data in ways that will answer specific evaluative questions.
B)   identify the best ways to measure outcomes.
C)   determine the indicators of success in meeting objectives.
D)   determine specific measurable objectives of the services. D

Question 17

What are the potential pitfalls of not designing, implementing, and evaluating programs effectively?

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Question 18

Think of an event that you have attended that was implemented effectively. What were the characteristics of its planning that made it so? Now think of an event that you attended that was not effective. What were the characteristics of its planning thatmade it so?

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Question 19

Where it is problematic in a school setting to get dedicated time to deliver career planning services, perhaps the best single approach is to

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A)   infuse them into existing curriculum.
B)   give students take-home self-help materials.
C)   include after-school meetings with students.
D)   schedule evening meetings with students and parents.

Question 20

Purposes for writing measurable objectives include

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A)   defining the benchmarks for evaluation.
B)   requiring the program designer to specify desired outcomes.
C)   determining the content of the program.
D)   all of the above. D

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