T&D exam 3

Which of the following instances call for training with an emphasis on far transfer?

Creating a new product

Which of the following statements is true of knowledge management?

Creating communities of practice and using "after-action reviews" at the end of each project facilitates knowledge management.

Which of the following is a major aid in communicating tacit knowledge?

Discussion

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which of the following types of learners require instructors to emphasize on personal needs, beliefs, values, and experiences?

Feeling learners

Which of the following statements is true of near transfer?

In near transfer, trainees should be encouraged to focus only on important differences between training tasks and work tasks rather than unimportant differences.

Curricula differ from courses in that curricula

include less measurable learning objectives.

In training, the greatest level of support that a manager can provide is to:

participate in training as an instructor.

Millenniums

place a high value on money, so linking training to monetary incentives facilitates learning for them.

A request for proposal (RFP) is a document mainly used to identify:

potential vendors and consultants for training services.

The program design process for training typically begins with:

preparing, motivating, and energizing trainees to attend the learning event.

A lesson plan overview matches major activities of a training program and

specific times or time intervals

Low levels of opportunity to perform indicate that:

training content is not important for the employee's job.

Which of the following is a major cause for loss of explicit and tacit knowledge?

Older employees retiring

review sessions are meetings between a manager and employee, during which the strengths and weaknesses of the employee's performance are discussed and improvement goals agreed upon.

Performance appraisal

Which of the following terms refer to a group of two or more trainees who agree to meet and discuss their progress in using learned capabilities on the job?

Support network

Which of the following statements is true of lesson plans?

They ensure that both the trainee and the trainer are aware of the course and program objectives.

Which of the following statements is true of traditionalists?

They value direct presentation of information that is organized logically.

In opportunity to perform, activity level refers to the _____.

frequency with which trained tasks are performed on the job

A(n) _____ is a written document that includes the steps that a trainee and manager will take to ensure that training transfers to the job.

action plan

Explicit knowledge:

can be managed by a knowledge management system.

A(n) _____ gets learners into the appropriate mental state for learning and allows them to understand the personal and work-related meaningfulness and relevance of course content.

concept map

If training emphasizes total-group discussion with limited presentation and no small-group interaction, a _____ seating arrangement will be most effective.

conference-type

If trainers in a firm want access to valuable information about the transfer of training problems that trainees encounter, they should typically use the _____.

electronic performance support system