Training and Development Quiz W6

Which of the following best describes the term of training?

• A. A procedure for providing new employees with basic background information about the firm.

• B. A detailed study of a job to identify the specific skills required.

• C. The field which is concerned with organisational activity aimed at improving the performance of individuals and groups in organisational settings.

• D. The process of teaching new or current employees the basic skills they need to perform their jobs.

Which of the following statements is true?

• A. Training is focused on employees’ current job activities.

• B. Training is focused on employees’ future and potential job activities.

• C. Training is related to on-going development throughout employees’ working life and longer-term is in focus.

• D. All of the above.

Training process incorporates the following five steps in the following order:

• A. Design the overall program, analyse the training needs, develop the course, implement the training techniques and evaluate the program’s effectiveness.

• B. Analyse the training needs, develop the course, implement the training techniques, evaluate the program’s effectiveness and design the overall program.

• C. Analyse the training needs, design the overall training program, develop the course, implement the training techniques and evaluate the program’s effectiveness.

• D. Analyse the training needs, design the overall training program, implement the training techniques, develop the course, and evaluate the program’s effectiveness.

The process of verifying that there is a performance deficiency and determining whether such deficiency should be corrected through training can be defined as:

• A. Task analysis.

• B. Management development.

• C. Organisational development.

• D. Performance analysis.

Which of the following theory (theories) can be associated to the field of Training and Development?

• A. Equity theory.

• B. Human Capital theory.

• C. Androgogical learning theory.

• D. Experiential learning theory.

Who of the following scholars classified training in to general and firm-specific in 1964?

• A. Knowles

• B. Kolb

• C. Sadler-Smith

• D. Becker

Who of the following scholars produced the model of the Andragogical Learning theory in 1950?

• A. Knowles

• B. Kolb

• C. Sadler-Smith

• D. Becker

Who of the following scholars produced the model of the Experiential Learning theory in 1984?

• A. Knowles

• B. Kolb

• C. Sadler-Smith

• D. Becker

On-the-job training is best described as:

• A. A systematic method for teaching job skills, involving presenting questions or facts, allowing the person to respond, and giving the learner immediate feedback on the accuracy of his/her answers.

• B. A training technique in which trainees first shown good management techniques in a film, are asked to play roles in a simulated scenario and are then given feedback by their supervisor.

• C. Training a person to learn a job while working on it.

• D. Training employees to do different tasks or jobs than their own.

Action learning can be best described as:

• A. A systematic method for teaching job skills, involving presenting questions or facts, allowing the person to respond, and giving the learner immediate feedback on the accuracy of his/her answers.

• B. A training technique in which trainees first shown good management techniques in a film, are asked to play roles in a simulated scenario and are then given feedback by their supervisor.

• C. A training technique by which management trainees are allowed to work full-time analyzing and solving problems in other departments.

• D. A management training technique that involves moving a trainee from department to department to broaden his/her experience and identify strong and weak points.