Professional development exam
questions n answers 2025/2026
Situation
Task
Action
Result
(Is a universally recognized communication technique designed to enable you to summaries
your achievements in a powerful way.
It will also help you to provide a meaningful and complete answer to the questions asking for
example in a 'competency based interview. At the same time, it has the advantage of being
simple enough to be applied easily - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What is the STAR approach?
Situation or task - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Step one of star
Consequences
Outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔According to ethical theory. A teleogical approach considers
which to of the following?
Consequences
Means to an end
Actions
Outcomes?
,Pestel - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What term relates exclusively to external factors in strategy
setting?
Swot
Smart
Pestel
All of above
A participative style
An emphasis on rewards - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What would be the approrpite manager style
that you would adopt if you believe that you have mcgregor a theory Y workers?
A participative style
Tight controls
An authoritarian style
An emphasis on rewards?
5 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔How many stages are there in Marlowe hierarchy of needs?
Induction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Edward started his new job on Monday and in his first day, he
has some meetings and a tour of he factory and health and safety briefing, this is known as?
The management accountant - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In a typical finance function, budgets and
budgetary control would usually be the responsibility of:
Job evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a use of performance
appraisal
Job evaluation
Reward review
Identification of training needs
,Succession planning
Self interest, self review, advocacy familiarity and intimidation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What
are he 5 threats to fundamental professional ethical principles?
Tells - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What type of leadership is exemplified by Alan sugar?
Principles - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The IFAD ethics code for accountants is based on?
Situation, task, action, results - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What does STAR stand for
C) proposing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In rackham and Morgan group work/ team work theory,
the following would be an example of which category?
Why don't we look at a flex time system??
A)summarising
B) blocking
C) proposing
D) shifting out.
Membership, environment, organisation and development - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What
factors contribute to group performance?
True - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The Hawthorne experiment found that the level of output was
affected by employees' belonging/ social needs. True or false
, Profit sharing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cheesy chips ltd is a large organisation with a range of
incentives available to motivate and improve the performance of its staff. Which of the
following incentives will be most appropriate for staff working in the finance department?
Commission
Profit sharing
Piece rate
Productivity plans?
Strengths - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Dessert plc is performing a swot analysis and discovers that it
has a large cash balance. Which of the swot headings would this be most likely to fall under?
Meeting weekly sales targets - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following is unlikely to be a
goal of a personal development plan?
Netting weekly target sales
Growth during a persons career
Developing skills and expertise
Realising personal aspirations
An assessment centre - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔When many candidates need to be assessed at
the same time using a variety of interactive techniques, the company is likely to use
Maslows hierarchy of needs
Herzbergs 2 factor theory. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Which 2 of the following are examples of
theories of motivation?
Maslows hierartchy Of needs
Crooks expectancy theory
Herzbergs two factor theory
Kolb experimental theory?
questions n answers 2025/2026
Situation
Task
Action
Result
(Is a universally recognized communication technique designed to enable you to summaries
your achievements in a powerful way.
It will also help you to provide a meaningful and complete answer to the questions asking for
example in a 'competency based interview. At the same time, it has the advantage of being
simple enough to be applied easily - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What is the STAR approach?
Situation or task - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Step one of star
Consequences
Outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔According to ethical theory. A teleogical approach considers
which to of the following?
Consequences
Means to an end
Actions
Outcomes?
,Pestel - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What term relates exclusively to external factors in strategy
setting?
Swot
Smart
Pestel
All of above
A participative style
An emphasis on rewards - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What would be the approrpite manager style
that you would adopt if you believe that you have mcgregor a theory Y workers?
A participative style
Tight controls
An authoritarian style
An emphasis on rewards?
5 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔How many stages are there in Marlowe hierarchy of needs?
Induction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Edward started his new job on Monday and in his first day, he
has some meetings and a tour of he factory and health and safety briefing, this is known as?
The management accountant - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In a typical finance function, budgets and
budgetary control would usually be the responsibility of:
Job evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a use of performance
appraisal
Job evaluation
Reward review
Identification of training needs
,Succession planning
Self interest, self review, advocacy familiarity and intimidation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What
are he 5 threats to fundamental professional ethical principles?
Tells - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What type of leadership is exemplified by Alan sugar?
Principles - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The IFAD ethics code for accountants is based on?
Situation, task, action, results - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What does STAR stand for
C) proposing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In rackham and Morgan group work/ team work theory,
the following would be an example of which category?
Why don't we look at a flex time system??
A)summarising
B) blocking
C) proposing
D) shifting out.
Membership, environment, organisation and development - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔What
factors contribute to group performance?
True - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The Hawthorne experiment found that the level of output was
affected by employees' belonging/ social needs. True or false
, Profit sharing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cheesy chips ltd is a large organisation with a range of
incentives available to motivate and improve the performance of its staff. Which of the
following incentives will be most appropriate for staff working in the finance department?
Commission
Profit sharing
Piece rate
Productivity plans?
Strengths - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Dessert plc is performing a swot analysis and discovers that it
has a large cash balance. Which of the swot headings would this be most likely to fall under?
Meeting weekly sales targets - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Which of the following is unlikely to be a
goal of a personal development plan?
Netting weekly target sales
Growth during a persons career
Developing skills and expertise
Realising personal aspirations
An assessment centre - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔When many candidates need to be assessed at
the same time using a variety of interactive techniques, the company is likely to use
Maslows hierarchy of needs
Herzbergs 2 factor theory. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Which 2 of the following are examples of
theories of motivation?
Maslows hierartchy Of needs
Crooks expectancy theory
Herzbergs two factor theory
Kolb experimental theory?
