WGU C235 Exam - Questions With Applicable
Solutions
What are the steps of the ADDIE model of training and development.
Correct Answer - analysis, design, development, implementation,
and evaluation
Analyze how training and development is strategically important in
an organization. Correct Answer - The basic aim of training
and development programs is to help the organization achieve its
mission and goals by improving individual and ultimately,
organizational performance.
Differentiate between training and development. Correct Answer
- Training is generally regarded as an organization's planned
effort to facilitate employees' learning of job-related knowledge,
skills, and competencies for the current job. Development has a
more long-term focus represented by formal education, job
experiences, relationships and assessments of personality and
abilities that help employees prepare for future jobs.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Correct Answer - Law
that prohibits discrimination in employment against persons age 40
and over. It prohibits disparate treatment where the employer
consciously considers age to be a factor in hiring decisions, with
certain exceptions for public safety jobs (pilots, bus drivers).
Civil Rights Act. Correct Answer - Law prohibits discrimination
in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin,
religion and sex.
, Americans with Disabilities Act Correct Answer - A law that
states an employer may not discriminate against either an applicant
or a current employee because he or she was previously disabled or
appears to be disabled. The key question is whether or not the
person can perform the "essential job functions" after the employer
makes "reasonable accommodations."
Copyright Act Correct Answer - Prohibits printing, duplication,
distribution, or vending copies to another's literacy, artistic, other
creative expression except under certain circumstances.
What are the two traditional approaches to the development of
competency models? Correct Answer - Trainers have focused
on the development of skills and educators have focused on the
transmission of knowledge.
What are the limitations with 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 -
Acquiring, applying, mastering and influencing
What two actions are performed 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 a trainer must possess. (see topic 5.6)
Correct Answer - 1) Training expert (2) SME(3) Consultant (4)
Communications expert
Solutions
What are the steps of the ADDIE model of training and development.
Correct Answer - analysis, design, development, implementation,
and evaluation
Analyze how training and development is strategically important in
an organization. Correct Answer - The basic aim of training
and development programs is to help the organization achieve its
mission and goals by improving individual and ultimately,
organizational performance.
Differentiate between training and development. Correct Answer
- Training is generally regarded as an organization's planned
effort to facilitate employees' learning of job-related knowledge,
skills, and competencies for the current job. Development has a
more long-term focus represented by formal education, job
experiences, relationships and assessments of personality and
abilities that help employees prepare for future jobs.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Correct Answer - Law
that prohibits discrimination in employment against persons age 40
and over. It prohibits disparate treatment where the employer
consciously considers age to be a factor in hiring decisions, with
certain exceptions for public safety jobs (pilots, bus drivers).
Civil Rights Act. Correct Answer - Law prohibits discrimination
in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin,
religion and sex.
, Americans with Disabilities Act Correct Answer - A law that
states an employer may not discriminate against either an applicant
or a current employee because he or she was previously disabled or
appears to be disabled. The key question is whether or not the
person can perform the "essential job functions" after the employer
makes "reasonable accommodations."
Copyright Act Correct Answer - Prohibits printing, duplication,
distribution, or vending copies to another's literacy, artistic, other
creative expression except under certain circumstances.
What are the two traditional approaches to the development of
competency models? Correct Answer - Trainers have focused
on the development of skills and educators have focused on the
transmission of knowledge.
What are the limitations with 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 -
Acquiring, applying, mastering and influencing
What two actions are performed 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 a trainer must possess. (see topic 5.6)
Correct Answer - 1) Training expert (2) SME(3) Consultant (4)
Communications expert
