PSYC 642 Quiz Midterm

PSYC 642 Quiz: Midterm

1. Which generational cohort is characterized as the “Me” generation?
2. refers to training, formal education, job experiences, relationships, and assessments of personality, skills, and abilities that help employees prepare for future jobs or positions.
3. The ________ considers four different perspectives: customer, internal, innovation and learning, and financial.
4. are more concerned with how training may affect the attainment of financial goals for the particular units they supervise.
5. The first step in task analysis is to ________.
6. Which of the following is true about a learning organization?
7. Which of the following is not a component of organizational analysis?
8. The learning cycle for a trainee begins with a(n) ________.
9. Companies adopting a ________ strategy need to train employees in job- search skills and focus on cross-training their remaining employees.
10. Development of an organizational culture that values creative thinking and analysis is characteristic of a company adopting a(n) ________ strategy.
11. Which of the following statements is true of Millennials?
12. analysis involves determining the appropriateness of training, given the company’s business strategy, its resources available for training, and support by managers and peers.
13. A primary disadvantage of using ________ in the needs assessment process is that the data obtained may lack detail.
14. Which of the following examples best reflects an attitude as a learning outcome?
15. Which of the following issues is addressed by task analysis?
16. is a learning process that involves identifying learned material in long-term memory and using it to influence performance.
17. Behavior modification is a training method that is primarily based on
18. Paycor’s redesign of its training from face-to-face to blended learning was provided as an example of which of the following strategic training initiatives?
19. Intellectual skill as a learning outcome primarily includes the capability to
20. refers to asking a large group of employees to provide information for needs assessment.
21. The fifth step in the training design process is to develop an evaluation plan that involves identifying
22. “Not allowing trainees to take an extra break because they were disruptive” is an example of ________, in the context of reinforcement theory.
23. The goal of ________ analysis is determining what is responsible for the difference between employees’ current and expected levels of performance.
24. Which of the following intangible assets does training and development indirectly influence?
25. In the context of expectancy theory, the belief that performing a given action is associated with a particular outcome is called
26. Juan, an operations manager, has been assigned to train a group of older employees in the logistics department. He has to train them to use new computer software. He begins by reminding them that they were quick in learning the old software. Juan is trying to
27. The ADDIE model is most closely associated with:
28. Which of the following statements is true of closed skills?
29. In the learning process, semantic encoding typically involves ________.
30. Which of the following statements is true of needs assessment?
31. Which of the following strategies is not appropriate for supporting the transfer of closed skills?
32. Which of the following is considered an “input” in the context of person analysis?
33. In the needs assessment process, organizational analysis involves identifying
34. Which of the following statements is true?
35. Behavior modeling is a training method that is primarily based on ________.
36. Shaw Industries annually providing more than one million training hours to different constituents-employees, including machinists, marketers, scientists, sales representatives, designers, data scientists, nurses, and administrators- was provided an example of which of the following strategic training initiatives?
37. ________ refers to a systematic approach for developing training programs.
38. Which one of the following is true of task analysis?
39. Which of the following steps of the training design process involves person and task analysis?
40. Which of the following is not an example of human capital?
41. Marriott requires that trainees have adequate child care, transportation, and housing arrangements for its welfare-to-work program. These standards resulted from which type of analysis, as discussed in the text?
42. refers to the process of a company using information about other companies’ training practices.
43. “Design and code a computer program that meets customer requirements” is an example of which of the following learning outcomes?
44. In person analysis, ________ relate(s) to resources employees need to help them learn.
45. refers to practicing a task continuously without breaks.
46. Which of the following methods is inexpensive and allows for the collection of data from a large number of individuals?
47. A needs assessment conducted at McDonald’s was presented in the text. Which of the following is NOT true of its needs assessment process?
48. Companies that emphasize innovation and creativity are labeled as ________.
49. Which of the following is not a step in the strategic training and development process?
50. Trainee self-efficacy can be increased by ________.