UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Analyze how training and development is strategically important to an organization - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. creating value for customers through training.
2. increasing shareholder returns by investing in training and development
3. creating a competitive advantage through human capital
What are the steps of the ADDIE model of training and development - CORRECT
ANSWER - Assessment
Design
Development
Implementation
Evaluation
Age Discrimination in Employment Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Select to training
programs can't be based on age. 40 and over applicable.
Civil Rights Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Need to monitor for signs of adverse impact for
employees
Americans with Disabilities Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Reasonable accommodations
may be needed
Copyright Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Prohibits printing, duplication, distribution, or
vending copies of another's literary, artistic, other creative expressions except under certain
circumstances
,What are two traditional approaches to the development of competency models? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Traditionally, trainers have focused on the development of skills and
educators have focused on the transmission of knowledge
What are the limitations of each of these approaches? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Competency models suggest that both of these approaches are too narrow in that effective
behavior in any job requires a combination of skills, knowledge, and other characteristics
What are the 4 Competency Stages - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Acquiring
2. Applying
3. Mastering
4. Influencing
What two actions are preformed to develop a competency model? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Determining Traits of employees who hold that positions
2. Identify the organizations top-performing performers (in that role)
What are the competencies must a trainer possess? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Training
Expert
2. Subject matter expert
3. Consultant
4. Communications Expert
What main goal of conducting an organizational level needs assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Organizational goals, strategies, philosophies are most important to the job in
question, the organizational support for training, and the resources available.
What is the main goal of conducting a task level needs assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Which tasks are important, frequent, and difficult as well as the KSAOs
necessary to accomplish the task
, What are the four principles for the design of training for adult learners - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Need to know 'the why'
2. Need to be self-directed in their learning
3. Bring extensive work-related experiences into training
4. Enter the training with a problem-centered approach to learning and seek immediate
application
Diverger - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Concrete Experience
2. Reflective Observation
Assimilator - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Reflective Observation
2. Abstract Conceptualization
Converger - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Abstract Conceptualization
2. Active Experimentation
Accommodator - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Active Experimentation
2. Concrete Experience
Describe the best practice in conducting a pilot program - CORRECT ANSWER -
Controlled environment with a select audience that represents perhaps the most receptive
possible segment of the overall target audience.
What is the best method to determine the effectiveness of a training program? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Assign some trainees randomly to an experimental group and leave the rest in
a control group that will receive no training
What are the common characteristics that good trainers will possess - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Training Expert (including knowledge of learning theories)
2. Knowledge of the content of the training