Notes

Which career pathway should Hunter purse to find these tasks?
Energy Distribution

Juliet spends her day making copies for instructors, filing information for the dean, and recording minutes from meetings. Juliet most likely works in
Administrative Support.

Nami is very good at research, is skilled at developing instructional materials, and knows about libraries and information systems. Which career would be best for Nami?
Professional Support Services

Which best describes the relationship between the Governance pathway and the Regulation pathway?
The Governance pathway makes many of the laws that the Regulation pathway enforces.

Finance is best defined as
the management of money and things that are worth money.

The Architecture and Construction career cluster is a group of careers focused on
designing, constructing, and maintaining buildings and other structures.

Which best describes the pathway of each individual?
Alethea and Norma are in Maintenance/Operations, and Emmett is in Construction.

Kasen just completed his second year of college in education. He is not sure if this is the best career choice for him. He wants to get some work experience, and so he takes a leave of absence from school. Which job in education would he most likely be qualified for without a completed bachelor’s degree?
Preschool Teacher

Guilles is a school administrator. He is talking to board members about the need for five more teachers to be added to the faculty in the next two years. He showed the board a prospective budget and tried to convince them of the importance of his plan. Which best lists the skills and knowledge he used to run his meeting?
long-term planning skills, skills in math and finance, and a friendly attitude for giving presentations

Sydney worked as an Urban Planner before switching to City Court Clerk. What most likely remained the same despite the job change?
her employer

Zelda’s day consists of checking her e-mail, holding meetings, and organizing and reviewing text. Which Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication career pathway is Zelda working in?
Journalism: a career that reports information to the public

Which Finance career pathway includes helping people create and manage budgets and calculate taxes?
Financial and Investment Planning

A personal assessment can point a person in the direction of a particular career cluster. What best describes a career cluster?
a group of related careers

A student studying architecture must already have a bachelor’s degree in order to begin studying for
a master’s degree.

Which pathway includes the most self-employed workers?
Financial and Investment Planning

Damaris is a member of AASA. What did she most likely learn from a meeting she recently went to?
there is a conference for school principals coming to town

Which job in education typically requires the highest possible level of education?
School Psychologists

Which career professional sets up, runs, and maintains equipment such as lights?
Video Equipment Technician

Which employees work directly with customers, helping them make deposits and withdrawals?
Bank Teller

Hector spent the last three months on a winter fishing boat in Alaska. He was doing research on population levels of fish for conservation efforts. Hector most likely works in
Natural Resource Systems.

Which diagram(s) represent(s) how life roles can affect careers and lifestyles?
diagram I, II, and III

Ernesto excels at mathematics and has a keen eye for analyzing information. He is also a skilled communicator and does an excellent job explaining things to other people. Ernesto enjoys using the computer to generate reports to summarize his findings. Which is most likely Ernesto’s job title?
Business Analyst

Which of the following careers are most likely to involve regular travel? Check all that apply.
oil drilling
pipelaying
electrical power-line installation

Shirine has been debating between two career pathways in finance. She creates a Venn diagram to compare the two careers. In a Venn diagram, the separate circles contain characteristics unique to each item being compared and the intersection contains characteristics that are common to both items being compared. This is the Venn diagram that Shirine creates:
Title 1 should be Banking Career Pathway, and Title 2 should be Investment Career Pathway

Which career pathway does Fran most likely work in based on these tasks?
Energy Transmission

Bailey is an Investment Planner. Which skills does she most likely have?
skills in research and critical thinking

Betsy loves her job. On a daily basis she problem-solves and uses her creative side to fix situations centered around setting up and testing technical equipment on a TV set. Which kind of career professional is Betsy?
A/V Specialist

Hunter has always been great at math. He has an accounting degree and wants to work for the federal government in the Governance and Public Administration career cluster. Which government agency should Hunter apply to?
Internal Revenue Service

Manuel operates equipment that moves natural gas through pipelines. Manuel is a
Gas Compressor.

Which are possible employers in the Financial career cluster? Check ALL that apply.
private company
government
nonprofit organization
bank
stock market

Reeve is a Landscape Architect. Which series of tasks would he be responsible for?
creating models and estimating materials needed

Which career is best suited for people who have a high school diploma?
administration and information support

In a college-level course, Mrs. Smith gives the lectures, sets the due dates, and is the expert on the material. Mr. Doe helps grade papers, offers tutoring sessions for the students, and attends the lectures. Which best describes the two instructors?
Mrs. Smith is a postsecondary teacher, and Mr. Doe is a teaching assistant.

Priya has held several different positions within the same company. She has been an Assistant to the Marketing Manager, a Sales Representative, and a Budget Analyst. Priya is being considered for a promotion at her place of employment. Based on her prior experience, which would be the most likely position for Priya to be promoted to?
Marketing Manager

Which career pathway is expected to have a growth rate that is average or below?
Visual Arts

Which career cluster is the job of Elementary School Principal most likely a part of?
the Education and Training cluster

Marta is interviewing candidates for a position in the Human Resources department at her company. She is deciding who to interview by going through resumés and looking at the subject areas in which each candidate studied. Which four candidates would be the best choice for Marta to interview?
Marisol, who studied communications and business

Which applicant would be best suited for an operation research analyst?
applicant 2

Which sentence best describes the entire Energy career cluster?
Energy careers involve the generation, transmission, and distribution of energy that can be used for power.

Which career pathway involves the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and National Guard?
National Security

Fiona teaches sophomore geometry and senior calculus. Fiona is a
High School Teacher.

In some arts, A/V technology, and communication careers, workers participate in apprenticeships. Why are apprenticeships useful?
They allow new workers to get job experience.

Which lists the amount of education required for the Government and Public Administration careers from least to greatest?
Meter Reader, Army Officer, Legislator, Urban Planning Specialist

Which analyst position analyzes information using mathematical models to help business managers make decisions?
Operations Research Analyst

Melissa is very good at her Revenue job. Which skills does Melissa most likely have?
performing specialized work to support an embassy

Which best describes the similarity and differences between the Construction pathway and the Maintenance/Operations pathway?
Both rely on physical strength and dexterity, but Maintenance/Operations focuses more on identifying problems and repairing them.

Which of the following is a general two-year college-level degree?
an associate's degree

Which scenario shows an employee working in the Business Financial Management and Accounting pathway?
Arturo creates a report showing the company’s expenditures for the quarter.