WGU C235 Chapter 3 Study Guide –
Training & Needs Assessment |Complete
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c Isn't always necessary to conduct effective training
All of the following reasons explain why a needs analysis is not conducted EXCEPT:
a Training fads and demands from senior management sometime dominate
b Consume time and resources
c Isn't always necessary to conduct effective training
d Difficult to summarize findings into objective data
False
True or False: If the skills needed for a job are adequate, expectations for job performance are
clear, and motivation is present, there should be no reason for training.
c Developmental training
The type of training program that is designed for future concerns:
a Precautionary training
b Gap training
c Developmental training
d Future training
a Current problems in performance
Most training programs are designed to address:
a Current problems in performance
b Solutions for future issues that may occur
c Past problems that have occurred
d All of the above
a. Trainers are more interested in conducting the program itself than in first assessing the
needs of their organizations and the workers
, A common reason many training programs don't produce results is because:
a. Trainers are more interested in conducting the program itself than in first assessing the
needs of their organizations and the workers
b. Trainers do not properly perform a needs assessment which prevents them from
conducting the most needed training for that organization
c. After conducting a needs assessment, trainers then fail to design the training program the
way it needs to be in order to address the needs found in the assessment
d. All of the above
d All of the above
It is important to consider the support of ____________ for training programs.
a Employees
b Management
c Peers of potential trainees
d All of the above
True
True or False: If peers' attitudes and behaviors are not supportive of training in general or of a
specific training program in particular, employees are not likely to take their participation in
such programs seriously.
a Learn; transfer
When it comes to training programs, when employees do not _______, there is no ________,
which means there is no impact for the training program on organizational effectiveness.
a Learn; transfer
b Attend; training
c Benefit; change
d Participate; learning
a Benchmarking
Each of the following is a method of needs assessment EXCEPT:
a Benchmarking
b Focus groups
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c Isn't always necessary to conduct effective training
All of the following reasons explain why a needs analysis is not conducted EXCEPT:
a Training fads and demands from senior management sometime dominate
b Consume time and resources
c Isn't always necessary to conduct effective training
d Difficult to summarize findings into objective data
False
True or False: If the skills needed for a job are adequate, expectations for job performance are
clear, and motivation is present, there should be no reason for training.
c Developmental training
The type of training program that is designed for future concerns:
a Precautionary training
b Gap training
c Developmental training
d Future training
a Current problems in performance
Most training programs are designed to address:
a Current problems in performance
b Solutions for future issues that may occur
c Past problems that have occurred
d All of the above
a. Trainers are more interested in conducting the program itself than in first assessing the
needs of their organizations and the workers
, A common reason many training programs don't produce results is because:
a. Trainers are more interested in conducting the program itself than in first assessing the
needs of their organizations and the workers
b. Trainers do not properly perform a needs assessment which prevents them from
conducting the most needed training for that organization
c. After conducting a needs assessment, trainers then fail to design the training program the
way it needs to be in order to address the needs found in the assessment
d. All of the above
d All of the above
It is important to consider the support of ____________ for training programs.
a Employees
b Management
c Peers of potential trainees
d All of the above
True
True or False: If peers' attitudes and behaviors are not supportive of training in general or of a
specific training program in particular, employees are not likely to take their participation in
such programs seriously.
a Learn; transfer
When it comes to training programs, when employees do not _______, there is no ________,
which means there is no impact for the training program on organizational effectiveness.
a Learn; transfer
b Attend; training
c Benefit; change
d Participate; learning
a Benchmarking
Each of the following is a method of needs assessment EXCEPT:
a Benchmarking
b Focus groups
