2026 Careers in Human Services Midterm Benchmark

Which of the following is a common goal of human services workers?

• Find temporary housing for people in transition.

• Improve people's quality of life by providing needed services.

• Offer financial education and assistance to single parents.

• Provide housing assistance for people with low income.

Urban density and ____________________ represented a time of shifting ideologies in the United States about who is responsible to meet people's needs and how to meet them.

• World War I

• World War II

• the Great Depression

• the Industrial Revolution

The part of the federal government that administers and oversees programs and services concerning health and welfare is the _______________________.

• Charitable Organization Society

• Department of Health and Human Services

• New Deal

• Family and Medical Leave Act

Which of the following is not a career pathway in the field of human services?

• Family and community services

• Personal care services

• Hospitality services.

• Early childhood development and services.

Social workers are a part of the ________________ career pathway.

• family and community services

• counseling and mental health services

• consumer services

• personal care services

Funeral services workers are a part of the ____________________ career pathway.

• family and community services

• counseling and mental health services

• consumer services

• personal care services

Natural abilities are ____________________________.

• attitudes

• skills

• aptitudes

• portable skills

A course of study that prepares students for careers in specific trades and occupations that need skilled workers is a(n) __________________________.

• career and technical program

• internship

• apprenticeship

• major

The highest degree a person can earn is a(n) degree.

• bachelor's

• doctorate

• associate's

• master's

Employment of human services workers is expected to ____________________ for most occupations in the coming decades.

• have little or no change in growth

• grow slower than average

• decline

• grow much faster than average