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Exam Study Guide

Exam Study Guide. Use with outline notes. Examples of Interests. Hobbies Activities Subjects. Interest Categories. Categories. Group your interests accordingly. People Data Things Ideas. Practice Questions - Set 1. 1. Watching television, drawing, and reading are all examples of:

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Exam Study Guide

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  1. Exam Study Guide Use with outline notes

  2. Examples of Interests • Hobbies • Activities • Subjects 1.01 Understand interests, attitudes, and values.

  3. Interest Categories Categories Group your interests accordingly. • People • Data • Things • Ideas 1.01 Understand interests, attitudes, and values.

  4. Practice Questions - Set 1 1. Watching television, drawing, and reading are all examples of: A attitudes. B data. C hobbies. D things. 2. Cheerleading, debating, and studying are all examples of: A activities. B hobbies. C information. D subjects. 3. Hiking, hobbies, and hunting are all examples of: A data. B interests. C things. D values. 4. Negativity, sadness, and jealousy are all examples of what? A Attitudes B Ideas C Interests D Values 1.01 Understand interests, attitudes, and values.

  5. How is attitude classified? • Positive • Negative • How do positive and negative attitudes affect your outlook on life? • How can attitude affect the work place? 1.01 Understand interests, attitudes, and values.

  6. Types of Values Relationships – being close to friends and family Responsibility – being dependable and trustworthy Achievement – wanting to succeed in whatever you do Compassion - caring for others Recognition – wanting to be respected and appreciated. Courage – overcoming fear to face problems 1.01 Understand interests, attitudes, and values.

  7. You’ve got personality! Personality can be categorized by your: • Actions – Helpful, playful, charming… • Feelings – Happy, sad, glad… • Habits – talk fast when nervous, twirl hair when thinking.. • Thoughts – wishful, positive, negative….. • What are some other examples? 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  8. 8 Learning Styles or Multiple Intelligences

  9. Verbal/Linguistic • Definition • Verbal/Linguistic – related to words and language • Characteristics • Likes to read books • Listens to and gives oral presentations • Communicates through written and oral messages • Likes discussions and debates • Likes to explain things • How does this person learn best? • Saying, hearing, and seeing words 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  10. Logical/Mathematical • Definition • Logical/Mathematical – reasoned, precise, accurate • Characteristics • Likes to conduct experiments • Likes to work with numbers • Likes to explore patterns and relationships • Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning • How does this person learn best? • Categorizing, classifying, and working with patterns and relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  11. Bodily/Kinesthetic • Definition • Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling • Characteristics • Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language • Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts • How does this person learn best? • By touching, moving, interacting with space and processing knowledge through bodily sensations 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  12. Visual/Spatial • Definition • Mental images, seeing, sight • Characteristics • Likes to draw, build, design, and create • Daydreamer and imaginative • Watches movies and plays computer games • Good at sensing changes • Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs • How does this person learn best? • By visualizing, dreaming, and using colors and pictures 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  13. Musical/Rhythmic • Definition • Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography • Characteristics • Likes to sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument • Good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitch, rhythm, and patterns • Good at keeping time • How does this person learn best? • Through rhythm, melody, and music 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  14. Interpersonal • Definition • Related to relationships with other people • Characteristics • Has lots of friends, likes to talk and join groups • Good at understanding people • Good at communicating • Good at mediation (resolving conflict) • How does this person learn best? • Sharing with others, collaborative groups, and teaching others 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  15. Intrapersonal • Definition • Within self • Characteristics • Likes to work alone • Reflective and self-aware • Instinctual • Original • How does this person learn best? • Working alone, individualized projects, and self-paced instruction 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  16. Naturalistic • Definition • Related to nature and the environment • Characteristics • Likes to work outside • Enjoys geography, weather, learning about the environment • Good at categorizing, organizing, planning, • Interested in preservation and conservation • Likes to work with animals • How does this person learn best? • By studying nature’s patterns, such as erosion and climate, learning how things work, and cause and effect relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

  17. Transferable Skills • Social and Communication • Listening • Problem-Solving • Technology • Decision Making • Organizing and Planning • Teamwork • Adaptability

  18. Personal Skills Physical Mental Social

  19. Careers are divided into four broad categories to make searching for jobs and job descriptions easier. Working with People – involves working to benefit people or society. Careers include: teaching, doctor, coaching, law enforcement, social worker, etc. Working with Data – involves working with information and numbers. Careers include: accounting, researching, computer programming, etc. Career Categories 2.01 Understand how interests and values influence career choices.

  20. Working with Things – involves working with equipment, machines, and tools. Careers include: building, cooking, landscaping, operating machines, etc. Working with Ideas – involves working with concepts and ideas. Careers include acting, designing, organizing, writing, etc. Career Categories (continued) 2.01 Understand how interests and values influence career choices.

  21. What values are most important? 2.01 Understand how interests and values influence career choices.

  22. Dr. Holland’s Code to Personality Types • Realistic • Investigative • Artistic • Social • Enterpriser • Conventional

  23. WORK CATEGORIES • JOB – WORK DONE TO EARN MONEY • OCCUPATION – SET OF RELATED JOB SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES • CAREER – A SERIES OF JOBS HELD OVER A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE SAME OR RELATED FIELD OF INTEREST • VOLUNTEER - WORK DONE FOR FUN

  24. REASONS WHY PEOPLE WORK • Money (Income) • Identity • Lifestyle • Satisfaction • Contribution to society

  25. REASONS FOR CHANGE IN THE WORKING WORLD • Global Economy • Technology • Society • Workplace Trends – more women working than ever before

  26. Work Place Trends Vocabulary • Team • Workforce Diversity • Job Sharing • Outsourcing • Telecommuting • Flextime

  27. Practice Questions Set 2 4. Ann works for a large company. Her office is in her home. What world of work change has contributed to this? A Global economy B Technology C Society D Workplace trends 5. Which is an example of how technology has changed the world of work? A Availability of onsite childcare facilities B Keeping appointments on a Blackberry C More casual dressing D Using a paper calendar 6.Which is an example of how the global economy has changed the world of work? A Minimum work age is younger B Most people work at home C No more weekend work D Required some jobs to be moved overseas 7. Which is an example of how the global economy has changed the world of work? A Increase in the number of work days B Many people work from home C People do not have to travel for work D Telephone assistance from India 1. Which is an example of how society has changed the world of work? A Decreased number of grandparents in the workplace B Decreased number of men in the workplace C Increased number of adolescents in the workplace D Increased number of woman in the workplace 2. A female engineer noticed that more women engineers are in her department than men. What world of work change has contributed to this increase? A Global economy B Technology C Society D Workplace trends 3. An employee worked in the same plant for ten years. In six months, his/her department will move overseas. What world of work change has contributed to this move? A Global economy B Technology C Society D Workplace trends

  28. Practice Questions – Set 3 4. Kim has been an X-Ray technician, nurse, and surgeon. These are examples of which type of work? A Job B Occupation C Career D Volunteer 5. Tom donates his time on weekends, feeding the homeless and reading to the elderly. These are examples of which type of work? A Job B Occupation C Career D Volunteer 1. Which is an example of a workplace trend? A Being a lifelong learner B Being concerned C Being optimistic D Being the best employee 2. Tom worked as a newspaper deliverer, taxi driver, and waiter. These are examples of which type of work? A Job B Occupation C Career D Volunteer 3. In six years, Jane worked as a teacher, counselor, and principal. These are examples of which type of work? A Job B Occupation C Career D Volunteer

  29. TRADITIONAL / NON-TRADITIONAL CAREERS • Traditional Careers are those careers you would identify as typically “male” or typically “female”. • Non-traditional Careers are those that are not thought of as “traditional” male or female.

  30. Practice Questions – Set 4 3. Which are examples of types of work grouped by common interests? A Firefighter and farmer B Architect and accountant C Hairstylist and barber D Receptionist and mechanic 4. Which are examples of types of work grouped by career field? A Coach and umpire B Cook and hairstylist C Funeral director and mathematician D Electrician and editor 1. Which are examples of types of work grouped by similar careers? A Dentist and surgeon B Receptionist and engineer C Baker and barber D Musician and researcher 2. Which are examples of types of work grouped by similar careers? A Engineer and eye doctor B Cashier and clerk C Driver and drafter D Scientist and school teacher

  31. CAREER CLUSTERS • A CAREER CLUSTER IS A GROUP OF JOBS AND INDUSTRIES THAT ARE SIMILAR.

  32. CAREER CLUSTERS16 National Career Clusters • Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource • Architecture and Construction • Arts, Audio/Video Technology, & Communications • Business, Management, and Administration • Education and Training

  33. CLUSTERS (CONT’D) • Finance • Government and Public Administration • Health Science • Hospitality and Tourism • Human Services • Information Technology

  34. CLUSTERS (CONT’D) • Law, Public Safety, and Security • Manufacturing • Marketing, Sales, and Service • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics • Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

  35. Foundation Skills – Basic • Reading – locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules • Writing – communicates thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts • Arithmetic/Mathematics – performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques • Listening – receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues • Speaking – organizes ideas and communicates orally 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  36. Thinking Skills • Creativity – generates new ideas • Decision Making – specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternative • Problem Solving – recognizes problems and devises and implements plan of action • Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye – organizes, and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information • Knowing how to learn – uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills • Reasoning – discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects and applies it when solving a problem 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  37. Personal Qualities • Responsibility – exerts a high level of effort and perseveres towards goal attainment • Self-Esteem – believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self • Sociability – demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings • Self-Management – assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control • Integrity/Honesty – chooses ethical courses of action 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  38. Workplace Specific Skills

  39. Resources • Time – selects goal-relevant activities, ranks them, allocates time, and prepares and follows schedules • Money – uses or prepares budgets, makes forecasts, keeps records, and makes adjustments to meet objectives • Material and Facilities – acquires, stores, allocates, and uses materials or space efficiently • Human Resources – assesses skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates performance and provides feedback 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  40. Participates as a Member of a Team – contributes to group effort Teaches Others New Skills Serves Clients/Customers – works to satisfy customers’ expectations Exercises Leadership – communicates ideas to justify position, persuades and convinces others, responsibly challenges existing procedures and policies Negotiates – works toward agreements involving exchange of resources, resolves divergent interests Works with Diversity – works well with men and women from diverse backgrounds Interpersonal 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  41. Acquires and Evaluates Information – identifies need for data, obtains it from existing sources or creates it, and evaluates its relevance and accuracy Organizes and Maintains Information – organizes, processes, and maintains written or computerized records and other forms of information in a systematic fashion Interprets and Communicates Information – selects and analyzes information and communicates the results to others using oral, written, graphic, pictorial, or multimedia methods Uses Computers to Process Information – employs computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information Information 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  42. Systems • Understands Systems – knows how social, organizational, and technological systems work and operates effectively with them • Monitors and Corrects Performance – distinguishes trends, predicts impacts on system operations, diagnoses deviations in systems’ performance and corrects malfunctions • Improves or Designs Systems – suggests modifications to existing systems and develops new or alternative systems to improve performance 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  43. Technology • Selects Technology – chooses procedures, tools, or equipment including computers and related technologies • Applies Technology to Task – understands overall intent and proper procedure for setup and operation of equipment • Maintains and TroubleshootsEquipment – prevents, identifies, or solves problems with equipment, including computers and other technologies 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  44. Practice Questions - Set 5 4. Making work schedules, taking X-rays, and updating computer systems are classified as types of: A basic skills. B foundation skills. C personal qualities. D workplace-specific skills. 5. Picking out clothes to wear, writing songs, and doing an experiment are examples of what foundation skills category? A Basic B Personality qualities C Social D Thinking 6. Playing with friends, being a club president, and doing chores are examples of what foundation skills category? A Basic B Personal qualities C Thinking D Writing 1. Preparing budgets and repairing cars are both examples of: A basic skills. B interpersonal skills. C systems skills. D workplace-specific skills. 2. Directing air planes, performing surgery, and designing bridges are all examples of: A basic skills. B foundation skills. C transferable skills. D workplace-specific skills. 3. Which is an example of using an interpersonal skill? A Playing an instrument B Researching problems C Serving as a class officer D Singing a solo

  45. Transferable Skills Book • Communication/Social/Listening • Includes speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills. • Flexibility/Adaptability • Demonstrates willingness to change course or adapt to new rules. Also, “open minded” • Teamwork • Becoming skilled at sharing responsibility and work with others. Add value to the groups efforts. 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  46. Transferable Skills Book • Organizing and Planning • Leadership • Demonstrating the ability to organize people, assist, and guide them. • Technology • Problem Solving & Decision Making 3.02 Understand skills needed for employment success

  47. Practice Questions – Set 6 (1-10) 4. Being on time to meetings, being a team player, and being flexible on the job are examples of: basic skills. interpersonal skills. organizing skills. transferable skills. 5. Being a good listener, keeping an open mind, and resolving conflicts on the job are examples of: adaptability skills. basic skills. organizing skills. transferable skills. 6. Which is an example of using listening skills to make work more effective? Organizing paperwork Reading charts Taking telephone messages Writing company letters 1. Defining, investigating, and researching are classified as types of: • adaptability skills. • interpersonal skills. • problem-solving skills. • writing skills. 2. Note Taking, scheduling parties, and sorting mail are classified as types of: • adaptability skills. • communication skills. • organizing and planning skills. • resource skills. 3. Which is an example of using teamwork skills to make work more effective? • Conducting an experiment • Developing a project with a group of coworkers. • Emailing information • Researching

  48. Which is an example of using problem-solving skills to make work more effective? • A Editing a document • B Creating work plans • C Talking with a co-worker about a disagreement • D Trading offices • Joining a club, helping with a fundraiser, & sharing club duties are all examples of: • A adaptability skills. • B basic skills. • C math skills. • D teamwork skills. • Counting change, doing homework, & debating are all examples of: • A adaptability skills. • B basic skills. • C organizing skills. • D people skills. • Which is an example of using adaptability skills to make work more effective? • A Agreeing to work later than scheduled • B Complaining about a new work schedule • C Organizing files • D Typing reports

  49. Resources Used to Seek Employment Networking Printed Resources Internet 4.01 Understand where to seek employment.

  50. Networking Resources • Career Fairs - potential employers • Community Members – businesses, community programs, religious organizations • Family and Friends – parents, siblings, neighbors • School Resources - clubs, CTSOs, staff Click here to go back 4.01 Understand where to seek employment.

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