HRCI - PHR With 169 Exam Test
What re the six different types of violations an OSHA investigation can
identify? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ 1) De-minimus
2) Other-than-serious
3) Serious
4) Failure to Abate
5) Repeat
6) Willful
What is the ADDIE model and what are the 5 steps? -Correct Answer
✔ ✔ A set of instructional design guidelines commonly used by
organizations to develop human resource development (HRD)
programs.
A - Analysis
,D - Design
D - Development
I - Implementation
E - Evaluation
Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Learning Evaluation Model -Correct Answer
✔ ✔ 1) Reaction - Measures how people react to the training,
often through feedback like a survey.
2) Learning - Measures what objectives people have learned from the
training program.
3) Behavior - Measures how far the performance or behavior or
people that received the training has changed.
4) Results - Analyzes noticeable effects of training, such as changes in
production, efficiency, and quality.
,Negatively Accelerating Learning Curve -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A
learning situation characterized by rapid learning in the beginning
with successively smaller increments of learning in later trials.
Positively Accelerating Learning Curve -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A
learning situation characterized by slow improvements in
performance in the early stages followed by significant improvement
in later trials.
S-Shaped Learning Curve -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A learning
situation characterized by slow learning at the beginning and end,
with rapid learning occurring in the middle.
What are the three main phases of OD according to Kurt Lewin? -
Correct Answer ✔ ✔ 1) Unfreezing
2) Change
3) Refreezing
, McClelland's Acquired Needs Theory -Correct Answer ✔ ✔
McClelland saw motivation as primarily intrinsic and said that it
arose from three main needs: achievement, affiliation, and power.
Locke's Goal-Setting Theory -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Locke
concluded that employees are driven by explicit, measurable goals
that are challenging but attainable.
Self-Determination Theory -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This theory
identifies three core intrinsic motivators: autonomy, competence, and
relatedness.
Retention Rate vs. Turnover Rate -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Retention
= No. of EE's for a measurable period / No. of EE's at start of
measurement period * 100
Turnover = No. of EE's who left during a measurable period / Average
no. of EE's during the measurement period * 100
What re the six different types of violations an OSHA investigation can
identify? -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ 1) De-minimus
2) Other-than-serious
3) Serious
4) Failure to Abate
5) Repeat
6) Willful
What is the ADDIE model and what are the 5 steps? -Correct Answer
✔ ✔ A set of instructional design guidelines commonly used by
organizations to develop human resource development (HRD)
programs.
A - Analysis
,D - Design
D - Development
I - Implementation
E - Evaluation
Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Learning Evaluation Model -Correct Answer
✔ ✔ 1) Reaction - Measures how people react to the training,
often through feedback like a survey.
2) Learning - Measures what objectives people have learned from the
training program.
3) Behavior - Measures how far the performance or behavior or
people that received the training has changed.
4) Results - Analyzes noticeable effects of training, such as changes in
production, efficiency, and quality.
,Negatively Accelerating Learning Curve -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A
learning situation characterized by rapid learning in the beginning
with successively smaller increments of learning in later trials.
Positively Accelerating Learning Curve -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A
learning situation characterized by slow improvements in
performance in the early stages followed by significant improvement
in later trials.
S-Shaped Learning Curve -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ A learning
situation characterized by slow learning at the beginning and end,
with rapid learning occurring in the middle.
What are the three main phases of OD according to Kurt Lewin? -
Correct Answer ✔ ✔ 1) Unfreezing
2) Change
3) Refreezing
, McClelland's Acquired Needs Theory -Correct Answer ✔ ✔
McClelland saw motivation as primarily intrinsic and said that it
arose from three main needs: achievement, affiliation, and power.
Locke's Goal-Setting Theory -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Locke
concluded that employees are driven by explicit, measurable goals
that are challenging but attainable.
Self-Determination Theory -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ This theory
identifies three core intrinsic motivators: autonomy, competence, and
relatedness.
Retention Rate vs. Turnover Rate -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ Retention
= No. of EE's for a measurable period / No. of EE's at start of
measurement period * 100
Turnover = No. of EE's who left during a measurable period / Average
no. of EE's during the measurement period * 100
