Practice Free CESP Exam Online Questions
To customize a job for an employee, an employment support professional should identify all the following EXCEPT:
- A . job duties not essential to the employer’s needs
- B . job duties that remove employees from their areas of expertise, and combine the tasks into one position to save employer money
- C . tasks that are not being done or done often enough, and negotiate a job description
- D . tasks for which the employer is paying overtime that could be combined into a position to save the company money
You are working with a high school student in his first job as a dishwasher in a local restaurant 3 nights per week. He has indicated that he does not like school but wants you to help him to become a lawyer.
Which of the following is the BEST response?
- A . Tell him that you would be pleased to work with him on a more reasonable goal, such as moving up to prep cook in the restaurant.
- B . Inform him that it will take many years to complete the educational requirements for becoming a lawyer
- C . Refer him to vocational evaluation so that he can identify a goal that is commensurate with his current level of education and work experience.
- D . Explore what appeals to him about being a lawyer to help him decide if he should pursue that goal or other careers that offer similar benefits and working conditions.
You are working with a 29-year-old man who has a mental illness. He works as a janitor in a church in the mornings for 30 hours a week. The employer notices that he has recently started having difficulty staying on task and seems drowsy at work after 2 years of working there.
What factor is LEAST likely to be causing his current difficulties at work?
- A . His medication
- B . His work hours
- C . His sleeping pattern/schedule
- D . His general health/mental illness
You are working with a team to develop a new brochure for your employment services and have a choice of photos of a woman with disabilities from which to include.
Of the following photo settings, which would be LEAST effective to use in promoting employment services to employers?
- A . Having lunch with co-workers in a company cafeteria
- B . Chatting with her roommates in her group home
- C . Standing with an attractive, alert expression on her face
- D . Working in a corporate office
An employment support professional is working with Carl, a 25-year-old man with an intellectual disability, who rode the city bus once and got lost. Since then, his parents will not allow him to ride the city bus and do not want him riding with strangers on specialized transportation service which provides door-to-door service. His current transportation does not provide rides to work. Carl is his own guardian and wants to receive city bus training but does not want to upset his parents.
What is the BEST advocacy for Carl to receive bus training?
- A . Inform Carl’s parents that he is gelling city bus training because he requested it and is his own guardian
- B . Explain to Carl’s parents how city bus training is provided and ensure that Carl knows what to do if he were to become lost.
- C . Assist Carl to meet with his team and his parents to discuss city bus training, then plan and prepare for the city bus training.
- D . Provide city bus training to Carl without his parents’ knowledge and ask Carl not to tell them until he is successfully trained.
Which of the following information is provided by labor market data?
- A . Accommodations
- B . Transportation
- C . Earnings
- D . Retirement benefits
You are doing job development in the community with an individual who has decided to disclose that he has a mental illness. In the interview, the employer begins to ask specific questions about the individual’s diagnosis.
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to proceed in this situation?
- A . Tell the employer that his questioning is illegal and educate him on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- B . Leave the meeting to convey the inappropriateness of the employer’s questions.
- C . Reframe the employer’s question from diagnosis to reasonable accommodations in the workplace.
- D . Tell the job-seeker to answer the questions to help you avoid looking bad in front of the employer.
You are a job developer for a 38-year-old female who has a cognitive disability. You are creating a vocational profile to assist with her job search.
Which of the following is the LEAST appropriate piece of information to include?
- A . Her preferences for work environment
- B . Her reading ability
- C . Her parent’s desire for her to work in a warehouse
- D . The conditions that are needed for her to be successful
You are conducting job development when you learn that a large on-line shopping merchant is opening a store in your area. You investigate and determine the specific skills the company will need for positions when the store opens.
Your NEXT step is to:
- A . work with the individuals you support to teach them the skills desired by the employer
- B . bring several individuals whom you support to interview, hoping that one matches a job opening
- C . determine if one of the individuals you support wants to do the job for which the employer is hiring
- D . take an individual whom you support to an interview and hope he has the skills that the employer is seeking
Which of the following is an example of an Impairment Related Work Expense (IRWE)?
- A . Job coach services
- B . Accommodations
- C . Individualized plan for employment
- D . Transportation