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SHRM-CP PEOPLE Questions - Part 15
1. Which tool enables organizations to capture information about attendance, exam results, and evaluation survey responses?
A) Rapid development tools
B) Knowledge management systems
C) Courseware authoring tools
D) Learning management systems
2. What does an effective pre- and post-test training assessment measure?
A) Time needed to improve performance
B) Effect of training on organizational goals
C) Changes in knowledge before and after training
D) Overall satisfaction of employees
3. Which is a primary barrier to transfer of training?
A) Lack of evaluation
B) Lack of reinforcement
C) Impractical training programs
D) Acceptance of change
4. Gaps between actual and desired performance are best identified in which phase of the ADDIE process?
A) Analysis
B) Design
C) Development
D) Evaluation
5. Training activities that require participants to debate employment practices may be difficult for employees from what type of culture?
A) Small power distance culture
B) Large power distance culture
C) Low-context culture
D) High-context culture
A) Rapid development tools
B) Knowledge management systems
C) Courseware authoring tools
D) Learning management systems
2. What does an effective pre- and post-test training assessment measure?
A) Time needed to improve performance
B) Effect of training on organizational goals
C) Changes in knowledge before and after training
D) Overall satisfaction of employees
3. Which is a primary barrier to transfer of training?
A) Lack of evaluation
B) Lack of reinforcement
C) Impractical training programs
D) Acceptance of change
4. Gaps between actual and desired performance are best identified in which phase of the ADDIE process?
A) Analysis
B) Design
C) Development
D) Evaluation
5. Training activities that require participants to debate employment practices may be difficult for employees from what type of culture?
A) Small power distance culture
B) Large power distance culture
C) Low-context culture
D) High-context culture
1. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Learning management systems (LMSs) are software applications that enable organizations to manage learning functions. They serve as a repository of administrative information regarding employees' participation in development programs. For example, many LMSs capture information about attendance, exam results, and participants' survey responses
2. Right Answer: C
Explanation: With pre- and post-test measurements, a baseline of knowledge is established before the beginning of training and then, once training is completed, a second measurement is obtained and scores are compared for possible improvement.
3. Right Answer: B
Explanation: The primary barrier participants experience is the lack of reinforcement and support when they try to apply training to the job.
4. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Training gaps are best identified during the assessment phase of training. The design and development of the training program and evaluation tools are based on the performance gap analysis.
5. Right Answer: B
Explanation: In large power distance organizations, less powerful employees accept autocratic and paternalistic structures and may be unwilling to debate or question decisions of leadership.
Explanation: Learning management systems (LMSs) are software applications that enable organizations to manage learning functions. They serve as a repository of administrative information regarding employees' participation in development programs. For example, many LMSs capture information about attendance, exam results, and participants' survey responses
2. Right Answer: C
Explanation: With pre- and post-test measurements, a baseline of knowledge is established before the beginning of training and then, once training is completed, a second measurement is obtained and scores are compared for possible improvement.
3. Right Answer: B
Explanation: The primary barrier participants experience is the lack of reinforcement and support when they try to apply training to the job.
4. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Training gaps are best identified during the assessment phase of training. The design and development of the training program and evaluation tools are based on the performance gap analysis.
5. Right Answer: B
Explanation: In large power distance organizations, less powerful employees accept autocratic and paternalistic structures and may be unwilling to debate or question decisions of leadership.
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