HR CH #8-10 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the primary advantages of video media? - Answer-More affordable,
especially for small businesses and offers flexibility desired by firms.
What are the primary advantages of simulators? - Answer-Provide specific realistic
lessons on paper operator techniques, machine controls, and safe operation at a
virtual job site.
What are the primary advantages of social networking? - Answer-Low cost, learners
are more motivated to gain knowledge, multiple learning sources, and getting
trusting information from their peer groups.
What metrics exist for evaluating T&D? - Answer-- Reactions
- Learning
- Behavior
- Organizational Results
What factors influence training and development? - Answer-- Top Management
Support
- Shortage of Skilled Workers
- Technological Advances
- Global Complexity
- Learning Styles
- Other HR Functions
What is orientation? - Answer-The initial T&D effort to inform new employees about
the company, the job and the work group.
What are orientation basic purposes? - Answer-- The employment situation
- Company policies and rules
- Compensation
- Corporate culture
- Team membership
- Employee development
- Socialization
What are the (six) career paths in the text? - Answer-- Traditional Career Path
- Network Career Path
- Lateral Career Path
- Dual Career Path
- Adding Value to your Career
- Free Agents
- Demotion
What is a Traditional Career Path? - Answer-Employee progresses vertically upward
in the organization from one specific job to the next.
,What is a Network Career Path? - Answer-Both vertical sequence of jobs and a
series of horizontal opportunities
What is a Lateral Career Path? - Answer-Lateral moves in the firm, taken to permit
an employee to become revitalized and find new challenges.
What is a Dual Career Path? - Answer-Recognizes that technical specialists can and
should be allowed to contribute their expertise to a company without having to
become managers.
What is Adding Value to your Career? - Answer-Employees knowledge must be ever
expanding and continual personal development is a necessity to avoid professional
obsolescence.
Under what conditions is on-the-job training most effective? - Answer-Very effective
on personal development, highly skilled and professional worker pass knowledge on
to the new employee.
How do internships and apprenticeship training differ? - Answer-Apprenticeship
training is a training method that combines classroom instruction with on-the-job
training(OJT); the person does not have to wait until the end of the program to get
some kind of reward.
An internship is a special form of recruitment that involves placing a student in a
temporary job with no obligation either by the company to hire the student to accept
a permanently or by the student to accept a permanent position with the firm
following graduation.
Under which circumstances is team training useful? - Answer-If the individuals are
expected to work collectively towards a common objective.
What does cross training accomplish? - Answer-Raise in flexibility, communication,
morale, and interdepartmental relations; manages labor cost, hiring less employee
hired to perform multiple jobs.
What are the different training and development delivery systems? - Answer--
Corporate Universities
- Colleges and Universities
- Community Colleges
- Online Higher Education
- Vestibule System
- Video Media
- Simulators
- Social Networking
What is Hamburger University? - Answer-McDonald's T&D delivery system provided
under the umbrella of their organization.
What are the different categories of online higher ed? - Answer-- Hybrid
- Online Synchronized Study
, - Asynchronous Learning
What is a hybrid category of online higher ed? - Answer-Permits students to take
some classes online and some in a traditional university setting.
What is a synchronized category of online higher ed? - Answer-Offers students the
choice of studying through an online portal system; students expected to appear for
most classes on a real-time schedule.
What is asynchronous learning category of online higher ed? - Answer-Students
have a series of assignments that need to be completed in a certain time frame.
What are the primary advantages of vestibule? - Answer-Removes employees from
the pressure of having to produce while learning; focus is on learning skills
necessary for the job.
What is a free agent? - Answer-People who take charge of all or part of their careers
by being their own bosses or by working for others in ways that fit their particular
needs or wants.
What is demotion? - Answer-The process of moving a worker to a lower level of
duties and responsibilities, which typically involves a reduction in pay.
What career planning approaches are possible? - Answer-- Self-Assessment
- Formal Assessment
What are the benefits of self-assessment? - Answer-Process of learning about
oneself; helps a person avoid mistakes and helps organization match an individual's
specific qualities and goals with the right job or profession.
What are the benefits of formal-assessment? - Answer-Use of established external
approaches to facilitate evaluation of an issue at hand. Counselors can answer
questions and make further recommendations.
What is the Myer's Briggs Type Indicator? - Answer-An assessment tool that
contains dozens of questions that elicit an individual's preferences for how they
would behave in different situations. Describes four preferences: Energy,
Information-Gathering, Decision Making, and Lifestyle.
What career development methods exist? - Answer-- Manager/Employee Self-
Service
- Discussions with Knowledgable Individuals
- Company Material
- Performance Appraisal System
- Workshops
What is management development? - Answer-Consists of all learning experiences
provided by an organization resulting in upgrading skills and knowledge required in
current and future managerial positions.
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the primary advantages of video media? - Answer-More affordable,
especially for small businesses and offers flexibility desired by firms.
What are the primary advantages of simulators? - Answer-Provide specific realistic
lessons on paper operator techniques, machine controls, and safe operation at a
virtual job site.
What are the primary advantages of social networking? - Answer-Low cost, learners
are more motivated to gain knowledge, multiple learning sources, and getting
trusting information from their peer groups.
What metrics exist for evaluating T&D? - Answer-- Reactions
- Learning
- Behavior
- Organizational Results
What factors influence training and development? - Answer-- Top Management
Support
- Shortage of Skilled Workers
- Technological Advances
- Global Complexity
- Learning Styles
- Other HR Functions
What is orientation? - Answer-The initial T&D effort to inform new employees about
the company, the job and the work group.
What are orientation basic purposes? - Answer-- The employment situation
- Company policies and rules
- Compensation
- Corporate culture
- Team membership
- Employee development
- Socialization
What are the (six) career paths in the text? - Answer-- Traditional Career Path
- Network Career Path
- Lateral Career Path
- Dual Career Path
- Adding Value to your Career
- Free Agents
- Demotion
What is a Traditional Career Path? - Answer-Employee progresses vertically upward
in the organization from one specific job to the next.
,What is a Network Career Path? - Answer-Both vertical sequence of jobs and a
series of horizontal opportunities
What is a Lateral Career Path? - Answer-Lateral moves in the firm, taken to permit
an employee to become revitalized and find new challenges.
What is a Dual Career Path? - Answer-Recognizes that technical specialists can and
should be allowed to contribute their expertise to a company without having to
become managers.
What is Adding Value to your Career? - Answer-Employees knowledge must be ever
expanding and continual personal development is a necessity to avoid professional
obsolescence.
Under what conditions is on-the-job training most effective? - Answer-Very effective
on personal development, highly skilled and professional worker pass knowledge on
to the new employee.
How do internships and apprenticeship training differ? - Answer-Apprenticeship
training is a training method that combines classroom instruction with on-the-job
training(OJT); the person does not have to wait until the end of the program to get
some kind of reward.
An internship is a special form of recruitment that involves placing a student in a
temporary job with no obligation either by the company to hire the student to accept
a permanently or by the student to accept a permanent position with the firm
following graduation.
Under which circumstances is team training useful? - Answer-If the individuals are
expected to work collectively towards a common objective.
What does cross training accomplish? - Answer-Raise in flexibility, communication,
morale, and interdepartmental relations; manages labor cost, hiring less employee
hired to perform multiple jobs.
What are the different training and development delivery systems? - Answer--
Corporate Universities
- Colleges and Universities
- Community Colleges
- Online Higher Education
- Vestibule System
- Video Media
- Simulators
- Social Networking
What is Hamburger University? - Answer-McDonald's T&D delivery system provided
under the umbrella of their organization.
What are the different categories of online higher ed? - Answer-- Hybrid
- Online Synchronized Study
, - Asynchronous Learning
What is a hybrid category of online higher ed? - Answer-Permits students to take
some classes online and some in a traditional university setting.
What is a synchronized category of online higher ed? - Answer-Offers students the
choice of studying through an online portal system; students expected to appear for
most classes on a real-time schedule.
What is asynchronous learning category of online higher ed? - Answer-Students
have a series of assignments that need to be completed in a certain time frame.
What are the primary advantages of vestibule? - Answer-Removes employees from
the pressure of having to produce while learning; focus is on learning skills
necessary for the job.
What is a free agent? - Answer-People who take charge of all or part of their careers
by being their own bosses or by working for others in ways that fit their particular
needs or wants.
What is demotion? - Answer-The process of moving a worker to a lower level of
duties and responsibilities, which typically involves a reduction in pay.
What career planning approaches are possible? - Answer-- Self-Assessment
- Formal Assessment
What are the benefits of self-assessment? - Answer-Process of learning about
oneself; helps a person avoid mistakes and helps organization match an individual's
specific qualities and goals with the right job or profession.
What are the benefits of formal-assessment? - Answer-Use of established external
approaches to facilitate evaluation of an issue at hand. Counselors can answer
questions and make further recommendations.
What is the Myer's Briggs Type Indicator? - Answer-An assessment tool that
contains dozens of questions that elicit an individual's preferences for how they
would behave in different situations. Describes four preferences: Energy,
Information-Gathering, Decision Making, and Lifestyle.
What career development methods exist? - Answer-- Manager/Employee Self-
Service
- Discussions with Knowledgable Individuals
- Company Material
- Performance Appraisal System
- Workshops
What is management development? - Answer-Consists of all learning experiences
provided by an organization resulting in upgrading skills and knowledge required in
current and future managerial positions.
