Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Training was developed to improve productivity. When assessing training’s effectiveness at the organizational results level, which of the following would be the most appropriate thing to focus your attention on?

BUS 407
Question One
Training was developed to improve productivity. When assessing training’s effectiveness at the organizational results level, which of the following would be the most appropriate thing to focus your attention on?
   Organizational profitability
   Work unit productivity
   Market share
   Corporate strategy
Question Two
Upper management’s interest in “outcome evaluation” data is focused on
    Learning behavior and results.
   Behavior and results.
   Perhaps an interest in behavior and a definite interest in results.
   Perhaps an interest in results and a definite interest in behavior.
Question Three
Which kind of analysis compares the monetary cost of training with the intangible or nonmonetary results?
   Cost saving
   Cost effectiveness
   Cost benefit
   Trainee cost
Question Four
Which of the following is NOT obtained from a reaction questionnaire?
    Facilities issues
   Trainer issues
   Amount of learning
   Perceived value of training
   Relevance of training
Question Five
Which of the following categories should NOT be included in a reaction questionnaire?
    Relevance of training
   Training content
   Trainer’s behavior
   Distance to training location
Question 6
_____ are measures of the trainee’s perceptions, emotions, and subjective evaluations of the training experience.
    Reaction outcomes
   Learning outcomes
   Job behavior outcomes
   Organizational results
   Value outcomes

Question 7
Outcome evaluation determines
    The learning outcomes.
   How well the training accomplished its goals.
   How well the trainer covered the objectives.
   How well the trainer learned the material.
Question 8
Which of the following statements regarding process evaluation is true?
   The training manager is always interested in this data.
   It is not that important to gather such information for a one-   time half-day seminar.
   Trainees are not interested in this data.
   Only newer trainers are interested in this type of data. 
Question 9
Which of the following statements is true regarding the evaluation of transfer of training?
   It is often more difficult to assess than organizational results.
   The evaluation needs to take place a few weeks after training, before forgetting becomes a possibility.
   Attitude change needs to be measured using well-developed instruments.
   It is not useful to ask coworkers if they have noted the specific change in behavior.
Question 10
The training manager is likely interested in which of the evaluation outcomes?
   Reaction, learning, and behavior
   Reaction, learning, behavior, and results
   Learning and behavior
   Behavior and results
Question 11
What are the outcome levels of evaluation identified in the text?
   Proactive and reactive
   Cost benefit and cost effectiveness
   Reaction, learning, behavior, and organizational results
   Utility, value, and evaluative
Question 12
Research has shown the relationship between reaction, learning, behavior and results is
   Strongly correlated.
   Weakly correlated.
   Evidence is mixed.
   Not correlated.
Question 13
Cost effectiveness evaluation _____.
   Compares the monetary costs of training to the financial benefits accrued from training
   Compares the monetary costs of training to the non monetary benefits from training
   Compares the social costs of training to the financial benefits accrued from training
   Compares the monetary costs of trainers to the financial benefits accrued from training
   Compares the monetary costs and non monetary costs of training to the financial benefits accrued from training
Question 14
According to the text, which of the following groups would be interested in “process evaluation” data?
  Trainers (including trainer doing the training)
   Trainees
   Trainees’ supervisor
   Upper management
Question 15
Which of the following statements is true regarding learning outcomes?
   There are two main categories, knowledge and skill.
   To assess knowledge, you will need to develop a knowledge test.
   Learning must be determined within the first 2 weeks after training.

   It is sometimes useful to assess learning periodically during training.

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