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MCQ of Training and Development Set 2
QN51: Which of the following is a benefit of employee training?
- A. Improves morale
- B. Helps people identify with organisational goals
- C. Provides a good climate for learning, growth and co – ordination
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer B. Helps people identify with organisational goals
QN52: Choose which of the following is a benefit to the individual while receiving training?
- A. Creates an appropriate climate for growth, communication
- B. Aids in increasing productivity and/ or quality of work
- C. Satisfies a personal needs of the trainer
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer C. Satisfies a personal needs of the trainer
QN53: Which of this is a step in training process?
- A. KSA deficiency
- B. Provide proper feedback
- C. Obstacles in the system
- D. Use of evaluation models
Answer
Answer D. Use of evaluation models
QN54: Which of the following is a method used in group or organisational training needs assessment?
- A. Consideration of current and projected changes
- B. Rating scales
- C. Interviews
- D. Questionnaires
Answer
Answer A. Consideration of current and projected changes
QN55: ___seeks to examine the goals of the organisation and the trends that are likely to affect these goals.
- A. Organisational Support
- B. Organisational analysis
- C. Person analysis
- D. Key skill abilities analysis
Answer
Answer B. Organisational analysis
QN56: Which of these is the benefit of needs assessment?
- A. Assessment makes training department more accountable
- B. Higher training costs
- C. Loss of business
- D. Increased overtime working
Answer
Answer A. Assessment makes training department more accountable
QN57: Which of these is an off – the – job training method?
- A. Television
- B. Job rotation
- C. Orientation training
- D. Coaching
Answer
Answer A. Television
QN58: In his contribution to understanding learning and learning outcomes, Gagne produced six types of learning related to human performance which he called capabilities, but which of the following is correct?
- A. All of the below
- B. Motor Skills
- C. Basic learning
- D. Cognitive strategies
Answer
Answer A. All of the below
QN59: Anderson’s theory of skill development distinguishes between declarative and procedural knowledge. Procedural knowledge refers to knowing how to do something, but what is declarative knowledge?
- A. Factual knowledge about a task
- B. Automatic task processing
- C. Muscle memory
- D. Associative knowledge of the task
Answer
Answer A. Factual knowledge about a task
QN60: Transfer of learning to the workplace needs to be made for the training programme to have been successful. Which of the following can hinder this process?
- A. All of the below
- B. Lack of managerial support
- C. Ridicule from colleagues
- D. Low self-efficacy
Answer
Answer A. All of the below
QN61: One of the major changes in recent years has been the advance of technology and this is evident in training. A CIPD (2008) survey reported nearly 60% of surveyed organisations were already using e-learning which could be described as learning supported by the use of computing technology. The survey also found:
- A. it cannot usefully be blended with other training methods
- B. it is not as effective as traditional training methods
- C. it is most often used to complement other forms of learning and development
- D. none of the above
Answer
Answer C. it is most often used to complement other forms of learning and development.
QN62: Organisations develop through training and development which bring benefits to Employees as well as the organisations. Which of the following would not be regarded as a common feature that would result from training in today’s modern workplace?
- A. Same job for life
- B. Be able to move more easily between jobs and other organisations
- C. Improve chances of promotion
- D. Develop a range of transferable skills
Answer
Answer A. Same job for life
QN63: Training needs analysis can take place at organisational, task, and person levels. At the organisational level, it broadly examines what are the organisation’s strategic plans and where is training and development needed to fit into the planning. Organisational training needs generally occur when:
- A. There is some kind of barrier hindering the achievement of organisational aims and objectives which is best removed by training
- B. Information technology systems need upgrading
- C. Other competing organisations are conducting extensive training programmes
- D. Government provides additional funding
Answer
Answer A. There is some kind of barrier hindering the achievement of organisational aims and objectives which is best removed by training.
QN64: The first phase of a training programme is a training needs analysis. What does this aim to do?
- A. Establish the training resources required
- B. Produce selection criteria
- C. Identify the training objectives
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer C. Identify the training objectives
QN65: There is no one theory of learning that can be applied to any training programme. The social learning theory has been used successfully in many settings and can be broken down into component parts involving observation, practise, and feedback. Bandura found that various factors also enhanced training such as:
- A. All of the below
- B. Models being the same race and gender as the trainee
- C. Models perceived to be friendly and helpful
- D. High status models
Answer
Answer A. All of the below.
QN66: Evaluation forms the final stage of the training programme and various models of evaluation have been produced to meet this aspect. Whose model has the four levels of Reaction, Learning, Behaviour, and Results?
- A. Kirkpatrick
- B. Goldstein
- C. Cooper and Robertson
- D. Alliger and Janak
Answer
Answer A. Kirkpatrick
QN67: When evaluating interventions, organisations often resort to the lowest level of Kirkpatrick’s model and only gather reaction level data. However, reaction level data can be improved by asking trainees:
- A. How difficult they found the training
- B. How difficult and useful they found the training
- C. How useful and enjoyable they found the training
- D. How much they enjoyed the training
Answer
Answer B. How difficult and useful they found the training.
QN68: In an economic downturn, training budgets are likely to be cut and the case for training needs to be strongly made. Recent research by Anderson (2007) has confirmed previous findings that relatively few organisations perform thorough evaluations. Why could this be?
- A. A threat of union action
- B. Training success is obvious and no detailed assessment is required
- C. Managers do not want to be associated with a training programme that could be assessed as a waste of resources
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer C. Managers do not want to be associated with a training programme that could be assessed as a waste of resources
QN69: The concept of communities of practice (CoP) has grown in the past decade and can evolve formally or informally using communication and information technology. What is an appropriate description of a CoP?
- A. A gathering of experts in a particular field who allow their work to be disseminated over the internet
- B. Groups of people who interact regularly on issues important to them and share best practice for their mutual benefit
- C. A workplace based group willing to communicate with others using the internet and intranet
- D. An individual who is willing to disseminate relevant information to interested parties
Answer
Answer B. Groups of people who interact regularly on issues important to them and share best practice for their mutual benefit
QN70: Training needs assessment is usually related to:
- A. Organizational performance
- B. Individual
- C. Both organizational and individual performance
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer C. Both organizational and individual performance
QN71: The social and cultural barrier to TNA can be met by:
- A. Building organizational trust and confidence
- B. Assistance of external consultants
- C. Effective monitoring
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
QN72: When the time is less, which techniques are recommended for TNA:
- A. Interview
- B. Work samples
- C. Focus group
- D. Test
Answer
Answer C. Focus group
QN73: Areas of improvement like knowledge, skills etc. are identified which needs improvement through:
- A. Job analysis
- B. Performance gap analysis
- C. Monitoring
- D. Training delivery
Answer
Answer B. Performance gap analysis
QN74: Aptitude-Treatment Interaction refers to which of the following?
- A. Individuals with higher aptitude learn more quickly
- B. Different individuals benefit from different types of training methodology
- C. The interaction between an individual’s ability to perform a task and how they are treated by trainers
- D. The relationship between trainers’ personality and trainee satisfaction
Answer
Answer B. Different individuals benefit from different types of training methodology
QN75: The best reason for presenting a training program is because:
- A. it contributes to the organization’s goals and objectives
- B. it has been highly advertised
- C. Competitors are using the training
- D. Concern about federal agency pressure
Answer
Answer A. it contributes to the organization’s goals and objectives
QN76: ___refers to dynamic and analytical understanding of theories, concepts, principles and issues related to the job of the participants and their application to specific situations in the performance of the job or in the social interactions.
- A. Knowledge
- B. Skills
- C. Competencies
- D. Attitude
Answer
Answer A. Knowledge
QN77: Training Needs Analysis is important because it:
- A. Determines who should receive training first
- B. Enables managers to work out the cost of training
- C. Identifies the training objectives
- D. Provides a profile of an individual’s training need
Answer
Answer C. Identifies the training objectives
QN78: Which of the following is not included in Gagne’s six types of learning?
- A. Basic learning
- B. Affective learning
- C. Cognitive strategies
- D. Motor Skills
Answer
Answer B. Affective learning
QN79: According to Kirkpatrick’s model, which of the following is the order in which
- A. training evaluation should take place?
- B. Reaction, learning, behaviour, results
- C. Results, learning, reaction, behaviour
- D. Learning, behaviour, results, reaction
Answer
Answer A. training evaluation should take place?
QN80: Which of the following should not be included in a training objective?
- A. The location of where the behaviour should be exhibited
- B. The conditions under which the behaviour is to be exhibited
- C. The criterion behaviour
- D. The standard of performance of the behavior
Answer
Answer C. The criterion behaviour
QN81: Fitts (1962) proposed that skill development occurs in which of the following orders?
- A. Affective, cognitive, associative, autonomous
- B. Associative, cognitive, autonomous
- C. Cognitive, affective, associative, autonomous
- D. Cognitive, associative, autonomous
Answer
Answer C. Cognitive, affective, associative, autonomous
QN82: Declarative knowledge refers to:
- A. The ability to explain how to perform a task
- B. Knowing what is required in order to perform a task
- C. Factual or explicit knowledge
- D. Knowing how to do something
Answer
Answer B. Knowing what is required in order to perform a task
QN83: Reaction level data can be improved by asking trainees
- A. How much they enjoyed the training
- B. How difficult and useful they found the training
- C. How useful and enjoyable they found the training
- D. How difficult they found the training
Answer
Answer A. How much they enjoyed the training
QN84: Which of the following factors did Baldwin and Ford (1988) not identify as
- A. Important in the transfer of learning to the workplace?
- B. Financial support (resources, funds for training)
- C. Work environment (support and opportunities to use)
- D. Trainee characteristics (ability, personality and motivation)
Answer
Answer A. Important in the transfer of learning to the workplace?
QN85: What are the three main groups of learning outcomes according to Kraiger, Ford and Salas (1993)?
- A. skill-based, cognitive and affective
- B. Skill-based, motivational and affective
- C. Affective, motivational and cognitive
- D. Motivational, skill-based and cognitive
Answer
Answer C. Affective, motivational and cognitive
QN86: Training needs analysis can take place at organizational, task, and person levels. At the Organizational level, it broadly examines what are the organization’s strategic plans and where is training and development needed to fit into the planning. Organizational training needs generally occur when:
- A. Government provides additional funding
- B. Information technology systems need upgrading
- C. There is some kind of barrier hindering the achievement of organizational aims and objectives which is best removed by training
- D. Other competing organisations are conducting extensive training programmes
Answer
Answer A. Government provides additional funding.
QN87: Communicating leadership’ is included in
- A. personal competencies
- B. interpersonal competencies
- C. business management
- D. Both A and C
Answer
Answer D. Both A and C
QN88: The unique characteristics of a learning organization is that the members learn about each other
- A. it has the capacity to gather new information and use it for improvement
- B. it focuses on selecting new Employees who love learning and are highly skilled
- C. Employees are rewarded for submitting creative suggestions and participating in their implementation
- D. none
Answer
Answer B. it focuses on selecting new Employees who love learning and are highly skilled
QN89: The systems model of training contains three phases:___, training and Development, and evaluation.
- A. Preparation
- B. Assessment
- C. Introduction
- D. Organizing
Answer
Answer C. Introduction
QN90: In assessing training needs, an examination of production efficiency, labor costs, turnover, and accidents would be part of which training needs analysis?
- A. Personnel
- B. Task
- C. operations
- D. organizational
Answer
Answer B. Task
QN91: The major difference between training and education is that
- A. education refers more to acquiring specific skills
- B. education is more closely related to learning a particular job
- C. training provides more general knowledge
- D. training narrows the range of responses while education broadens the range
Answer
Answer D. training narrows the range of responses while education broadens the range.
QN92: As a marketing agent, the CEO of a company is responsible for:
- A. Promoting the company’s commitment to learning by advocating it in speeches, annual reports, interviews, and other public relations tools
- B. serving as a role model for learning for the entire company and demonstrating a
- C. Willingness to learn constantly
- D. developing new learning programs for the company and providing resources online
Answer
Answer B. serving as a role model for learning for the entire company and demonstrating a
QN93: ___refers to the company’s decisions regarding where to find employees, how to select them, and the desired mix of employee skills and statuses.
- A. Concentration strategy
- B. Staffing strategy
- C. External growth strategy
- D. Disinvestment strategy
Answer
Answer A. Concentration strategy
QN94: Companies that emphasize innovation and creativity are labeled as___
- A. clubs
- B. academies
- C. fortresses
- D. baseball teams
Answer
Answer B. academies
QN95: In___, financial and other resources are not available for development so companies tend to rely on hiring talent from the external labor market.
- A. clubs
- B. fortresses
- C. baseball teams
- D. academies
Answer
Answer D. academies
QN96: Uniqueness refers to:
- A. The employee potential to improve company effectiveness and efficiency
- B. The extent to which training and learning is centralized in an organization
- C. The extent to which Employees are rare and specialized and not highly available in the labor market
- D. The picture of the future an organization wants to achieve
Answer
Answer D. The picture of the future an organization wants to achieve.
QN97: Job-based Employees are characterized by:
- A. High value and high uniqueness
- B. High value and low uniqueness
- C. Low value and low uniqueness
- D. low value and high uniqueness
Answer
Answer A. High value and high uniqueness.
QN98: Which of the following positions is characterized by high value and low uniqueness?
- A. Lab technician
- B. Scientist
- C. Secretarial staff
- D. Legal adviser
Answer
Answer B. Scientist
QN99: Companies adopting the___strategy need to train Employees in job-search skills and to focus on cross-training remaining employees.
- A. concentration
- B. disinvestment
- C. external growth
- D. internal growth
Answer
Answer D. internal growth
QN100: A (n)___strategy focuses on new market and product development, innovation, and joint ventures.
- A. disinvestment
- B. privatization
- C. external growth
- D. internal growth
Answer
Answer B. privatization
