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This section includes 460 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your HR Officer knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
The processes that drive behaviour in Bandura's model are called: |
| A. | reciprocal determinism. |
| B. | principle of opposites |
| C. | motivational forces |
| D. | internal self-regulatory processes. |
| Answer» B. principle of opposites | |
| 152. |
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» B. Goldstein | |
| 153. |
The learners who prefer learning by group work practices are called |
| A. | Collaborative Learners |
| B. | Individual Learners |
| C. | Dependent Learners |
| D. | Associative Learners |
| Answer» B. Individual Learners | |
| 154. |
Companies that emphasize innovation and creativity are labeled as _____. |
| A. | clubs |
| B. | academies |
| C. | fortresses |
| D. | baseball teams |
| Answer» C. fortresses | |
| 155. |
The unique characteristics of a learning organization is that: |
| A. | the members learn about each other |
| B. | it has the capacity to gather new information and use it for improvement |
| C. | it focuses on selecting new employees who love learning and are highly skilled |
| D. | employees are rewarded for submitting creative suggestions and participating in their implementation |
| Answer» C. it focuses on selecting new employees who love learning and are highly skilled | |
| 156. |
Learning by identifying one’s own learning objectives refers to: |
| A. | Other directed learning |
| B. | Self-directed learning |
| C. | Structured learning |
| D. | Unstructured learning |
| Answer» C. Structured learning | |
| 157. |
Training Design involves |
| A. | Stating the training objectives |
| B. | Identifying the learning activities |
| C. | Sequencing the activities in which they have to be held |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 158. |
Which of the following is not one of the four principles that underpin the Investors in People standard? |
| A. | evaluating |
| B. | appraising |
| C. | commitment |
| D. | action |
| Answer» D. action | |
| 159. |
The stage in which the learning curve stops growing and stagnated: |
| A. | Learning stage |
| B. | Discouraging stage |
| C. | Over learning period |
| D. | Learning plateau stage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 160. |
Trainees are generally reluctant to |
| A. | Rewards |
| B. | Role plays |
| C. | Feedback |
| D. | Punishment |
| Answer» C. Feedback | |
| 161. |
The process of designing the simulators to replicate as closely as possible, the physical aspects of the equipment and operating environment, trainees will find at their job site is |
| A. | Physical Fidelity |
| B. | Psychological fidelity |
| C. | Management game |
| D. | Simulation |
| Answer» B. Psychological fidelity | |
| 162. |
The term human resource development reflects the fact that it is no longer appropriate in modern organisations to focus on just the development of which group? |
| A. | workers |
| B. | employees |
| C. | consultants |
| D. | part timers |
| Answer» C. consultants | |
| 163. |
Communicating leadership' involves |
| A. | personal competencies |
| B. | interpersonal competencies |
| C. | business management |
| D. | both A and C |
| Answer» C. business management | |
| 164. |
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» C. A workplace based group willing to communicate with others using the internet and intranet | |
| 165. |
'Managing tasks effectively' comes under |
| A. | personal competencies |
| B. | interpersonal competencies |
| C. | business management |
| D. | Both A and C |
| Answer» B. interpersonal competencies | |
| 166. |
Which level of NVQ does the following specification describe? This level recognises competence in the performance of complex, technical and professional work activities performed in a variety of settings. There is likely to be a substantial degree of personal autonomy and responsibility, and it is usually necessary to demonstrate competence in allocating resources and in management or supervision. |
| A. | level 2 |
| B. | level 3 |
| C. | level 4 |
| D. | level 5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
A team of learners working online in a real-time mode using the Internet is known as |
| A. | individualized self-paced e-learning online |
| B. | individualized self-paced e-learning offline |
| C. | group-based e-learning synchronously |
| D. | group-based e-learning asynchronously |
| Answer» E. | |
| 168. |
An area of the self-concept that is so central that a person will not give it up even if forced to make a difficult choice' is a definition of: |
| A. | The subjective career |
| B. | Career anchor |
| C. | Career development |
| D. | Matching theories of career choice |
| Answer» C. Career development | |
| 169. |
Which of the following organisations aims at improving the quality of training and development practices by setting national standards and by linking these to the achievement of business goals? |
| A. | Investors in People UK |
| B. | Training and enterprise councils |
| C. | The Employment National Training Organisation |
| D. | The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
| Answer» B. Training and enterprise councils | |
| 170. |
Learning is a: |
| A. | Cognitive process |
| B. | Emotional process |
| C. | Botha and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 171. |
Which of the following approaches are used to develop employees: |
| A. | Formal Education |
| B. | Assessment |
| C. | Job Experiences |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
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» C. Secretarial staff | |
| 173. |
Which traditional theorist believed that behavior involves purpose, goals, andexpectations? |
| A. | Tolman |
| B. | Hull |
| C. | Thorndike |
| D. | Skinner |
| Answer» D. Skinner | |
| 174. |
The purpose of career development is: |
| A. | focus on both the organization and the individual. |
| B. | focus on the individual |
| C. | focus on the organization |
| D. | focus on management development |
| Answer» B. focus on the individual | |
| 175. |
In career development, providing support in employee development plans is part of |
| A. | individual role |
| B. | manager role |
| C. | employer role |
| D. | line manager |
| Answer» C. employer role | |
| 176. |
____ 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» B. Skills | |
| 177. |
The final step of the strategic training and development process involves: |
| A. | Choosing strategic training and development initiatives. |
| B. | Identifying the business strategy. |
| C. | Identifying measures or metrics. |
| D. | Creating concrete training and development activities. |
| Answer» D. Creating concrete training and development activities. | |
| 178. |
Which of the following is true of the corporate university model? |
| A. | The model allows a company to gain the advantages of decentralized training. |
| B. | The client group includes stakeholders outside the company. |
| C. | Corporate universities do not facilitate the use of new technology. |
| D. | The model is characterized by five competencies: strategic direction, product |
| Answer» C. Corporate universities do not facilitate the use of new technology. | |
| 179. |
In recent years, the career development field has changed very rapidly as |
| A. | job hopping has become less prevalent. |
| B. | downsizing among companies becomes more popular |
| C. | technological change requires that employees keep pace with new ways to perform their jobs. |
| D. | (c) and (b) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 180. |
MBTI identifies individual’s preferences for |
| A. | Energy |
| B. | Information gathering |
| C. | Decision making |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 181. |
Generally, in big companies who is responsible for an employee’s career development: |
| A. | The employee’s manager. |
| B. | The company. |
| C. | The employee. |
| D. | The HRM department |
| Answer» E. | |
| 182. |
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» E. | |
| 183. |
E-learning is all about: |
| A. | computers and computing |
| B. | being technology-driven |
| C. | electronics |
| D. | experience |
| Answer» B. being technology-driven | |
| 184. |
It is future oriented: |
| A. | Training |
| B. | Development |
| C. | Education |
| D. | Mentoring |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
Career development differs from training in that: |
| A. | Career development has a short-term focus. Training has a long-term focus. |
| B. | Career development is initiated by employees and training is initiated by the organization. |
| C. | Career development has a wider focus and broader scope than training. |
| D. | career development is more beneficial to the organization and training is more beneficial to the individual employee. |
| Answer» D. career development is more beneficial to the organization and training is more beneficial to the individual employee. | |
| 186. |
Formal Education programs may include |
| A. | Lectures by business experts/professors |
| B. | Business games and simulations |
| C. | Adventure learning |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
Training and development differ on the basis of |
| A. | Focus |
| B. | Use of work experiences |
| C. | Goal |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
According to your text-book, which of the following is most important for HRD? |
| A. | to be clearly related to the organisation’s objectives |
| B. | to be clearly related to the expertise in the department |
| C. | to be flexible to be able to respond to sudden crisis |
| D. | to operate as an extension of the HRM department |
| Answer» D. to operate as an extension of the HRM department | |
| 189. |
It results when a person gives meaning to sensations: |
| A. | Effect |
| B. | Readiness |
| C. | Sensitivity |
| D. | Perception |
| Answer» E. | |
| 190. |
The trainees that set out to ruin the training session for everyone are |
| A. | Quiet trainee |
| B. | Talkative trainee |
| C. | Angry trainee |
| D. | Comedian |
| Answer» D. Comedian | |
| 191. |
Companies now view career development as a way to meet a variety of goals, including: |
| A. | reinforcing affirmative action. |
| B. | reducing job burnout |
| C. | Improving quality of work life. |
| D. | Furthering organizational and individual goals. |
| Answer» D. Furthering organizational and individual goals. | |
| 192. |
Lectures and demonstrations are most effective in covering the _______of the trainee |
| A. | Retention |
| B. | Attention |
| C. | Behavioural reproduction |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 193. |
_____ involves examining a company’s operating environment to identify opportunities and threats. |
| A. | Internal analysis |
| B. | Gap analysis |
| C. | External analysis |
| D. | Pareto analysis |
| Answer» D. Pareto analysis | |
| 194. |
Formula and implementation of ideas take place at all levels of the organization in: |
| A. | Flat organisation |
| B. | Learning organizations |
| C. | Structured organizations |
| D. | Traditional organizations |
| Answer» C. Structured organizations | |
| 195. |
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» E. | |
| 196. |
__________ refers to the learning opportunities designed to help employees grow. |
| A. | Training |
| B. | Development |
| C. | Education |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Education | |
| 197. |
Career development is: |
| A. | usually involves a one-time event or opportunity to enhance long-term skills’ |
| B. | is a formal, organized, ongoing effort to develop people’s skills |
| C. | Is usually a highly selective process which guarantees success through that’s electivity? |
| D. | Focuses on individual over organizational needs. |
| Answer» C. Is usually a highly selective process which guarantees success through that’s electivity? | |
| 198. |
Consultants for training and development render consulting at: |
| A. | Individual and interpersonal level |
| B. | Managerial level |
| C. | Organizational level |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 199. |
The training model that recognizes outside factors to have an impact on the design process is |
| A. | Open Model |
| B. | Closed Model |
| C. | Defined Model |
| D. | Undefined Model |
| Answer» B. Closed Model | |
| 200. |
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» B. Financial support (resources, funds for training) | |