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Descriptive Statements:
- Identify career and entrepreneurial opportunities related to family and consumer sciences professions.
- Recognize the economic conditions for and employment trends within various family and consumer sciences career paths.
- Identify training requirements, skills, experience, and aptitudes necessary for careers in family and consumer sciences.
- Recognize the role of the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) in developing student professionalism and leadership traits.
- Identify federal, state, and local standards, policies, regulations, and laws that affect family and consumer sciences professions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of business-planning and management skills.
Sample Item:
Which of the following family and consumer sciences careers requires a strong educational background in science?
- interior designer
- preschool teacher
- family life educator
- registered dietician
Correct Response and Explanation (Show Correct ResponseHide Correct Response)
D. This question requires the examinee to identify training requirements necessary for careers in family and consumer sciences.
To become a registered dietician, an individual must have a strong educational background in biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology,
microbiology, biochemistry, and food and nutrition sciences.
Descriptive Statements:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the career-planning process, factors to consider when evaluating career options, methods for exploring career opportunities, and components of a career plan.
- Recognize procedures for searching, applying, and interviewing for a job.
- Demonstrate knowledge of customer/client service skills and factors that contribute to high-quality customer/client relationships.
- Demonstrate knowledge of personal qualities, skills, and ethics that facilitate success in the workplace.
- Demonstrate knowledge of principles for effective communication and managing stress and conflict in the workplace.
- Identify rights and responsibilities of employees and employers; and state and federal agencies, laws, regulations, and policies that affect employment.
Sample Item:
When preparing for a job interview, the most important reason for a candidate to thoroughly research the employer is that it will help the candidate:
- decide whether he or she has the qualifications necessary to be successful with the employer.
- offer specific information about how he or she can contribute to the achievement of the employer's goals.
- ensure that he or she dresses, behaves, and speaks appropriately at the interview.
- determine whether the employer would be a good fit with his or her interests and career goals.
Correct Response and Explanation (Show Correct ResponseHide Correct Response)
B. This question requires the examinee to recognize procedures for interviewing for a job. By the time an individual has
reached the point in the application process where he or she has agreed to an interview, the individual should have determined whether
he or she and the employer would be a good fit. While dress and behavior at an interview are important, it is most important for
a candidate to be able to demonstrate to a prospective employer how his or her skills and abilities will contribute to the organization's
success. To do this effectively, the individual must research the employer to gain knowledge of the employer's mission, values, and goals.
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