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Hr Connect Quiz 7 1. All of the following are a benefit of effective training programs except one. What is the exception? a. Stronger physical health 2. One way to encourage management commitment and support to career development, is to: a. Evaluate managers on their ability to develop their subordinates 3. A recent survey identified a number of talent segments within an organization. Which talent segment was identified most often by respondents as a key talent segment within an organization? a. Senior leadership 4. The current _____________________ suggests that the employer and employee meet each other’s needs for the moment, but neither one is making any long-term commitments. a. Psychological contract 5. A document that helps employees track and document their career planning efforts is called a: a. Career planning record 6. There are three basic developmental strategies for organizations. Which of the following statements is NOT characteristic of one of those strategies? a. Are concerned with altering individual personalities 7. Which of the following is NOT a benefit derived from effective training programs for organizations? a. Increased market share 8. As a result of HR's active involvement in career planning, the following contributions are experienced, EXCEPT: a. Increases turnover 9. If the trainer's assessment of needs is not correct, ___________ and _________________will be inappropriate. a. Training objectives; program content 10. A company is taking an environmental development strategy, and has transferred an employee to a position in a different class that has substantially the same level of duties, responsibility, and salary. Which method did this company use in this case? a. Lateral transfer 11. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the "buddy system" approach to orienting new employees? a. The employee is assigned a sponsor who is available to answer their questions and direct them to appropriate resources. 12. Trainers explaining the overall purpose of a job to trainees before explaining specific tasks is an example of: a. Relevance 13. Human resources departments encourage career development in a number of ways. Which of the following is NOT a function of career development by HR departments?

a. Ensuring that employee interest is stimulated by exposure to speeches,

memoranda, and position papers from senior executives 14. In order to develop an effective training program, which of the following activities must be assessed by human resource specialists and managers? a. Learning principles associated with training 15. What is a diagnosis that presents problems and future challenges that can be met through training or development? a. Needs assessment 16. Briana chooses to include the question "How satisfied are you with the program?" on a training evaluation form, which measures the __________ criterion. a. Reaction 17. An inherently problematic method to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program: a. Tests participants at the end of a training program 18. All of the following are HR Related topics often covered in Employee Orientation Programs, EXCEPT: a. Disciplinary regulations 19. Which of the following is NOT a key activity recommended for the first day orientation? a. Provide essential training 20. Which of the following is NOT a Guideline for Effective Performance Evaluation Interviews? a. Provide immediate positive and developmental feedback in a public location 21. Learning curves illustrate that learning takes place in: a. Bursts and plateaus 22. Additional costs that arise because a new employee is typically less efficient than an experienced worker is/are called: a. Start-up costs 23. What needs to be accomplished when taking the first step to create employee development plans? a. Understand the employee’s interests and the type of work they are most interested in doing 24. The identification of essential job skills and the management of employees' learning for the long-range future in relation to explicit corporate and business strategies is the definition associated with: a. Strategic human resource development 25. The criterion of ________________ would provide ideal measurements were it not for the difficulty in determining the cause-effect relationship between training programs and organizational results. a. Organizational results 26. To be ready for career opportunities, successful people focus on: a. Developing career plans and then taking action to achieve their plans 27. Trainers should be alert to various sources of information that may indicate a need for training, such as: a. Production records, quality control reports, grievances

28. Which of the following is NOT a topic covered in employment orientation programs specific to role expectations and performance? a. Probationary period 29. A recent survey identified all of the following as talent segments EXCEPT: a. Employees who had significant seniority in the organization 30. Briana wants to ensure that steps of training evaluation at Artful Manufacturing occur in the correct order, and are effective for evaluating training effectiveness. Therefore, a. A pre-test should be done to measure the baseline characteristic, then a posttest should be done after workers are trained 31. The process of making long-range management development plans to fill human resource needs is a. Succession planning 32. Training objectives should state: a. The desired behavior, the conditions under which it is to occur, and the acceptable performance criteria 33. Which design produces a more valid assessment of training effectiveness? a. Pre-test and post-test 34. One of the things that speeds up the learning process for individuals is the use of: a. Various learning principles 35. In general, how can the human resource department use onboarding to reduce employee turnover? a. By meeting the personal objectives of employees 36. Which of the following is NOT a topic covered in employee orientation programs? a. Performance evaluation systems 37. Which of the following statements represents an accurate implication of cognitive development? a. Implies constant learning and upgrading, principles strongly advocated in the learning organization 38. Training objectives provide specific goals that can be used by who to evaluate their success? a. The trainer and trainee 39. What process involves turning outsiders into insiders and helping the newcomer learn how to effectively fit into the organization? a. Socialization 40. Job rotation is an example of which type of training and development strategy? a. Environmental 41. Which is NOT a HR tool to raise awareness of career options? a. Encourage management support 42. The _________ criterion is reliably assessed only if before and after tests are used a. Knowledge 43. To be ready for career opportunities, successful people focus on: a. Developing career plans and then taking action to achieve their plans

44. A series of aligned strategic processes that take into account all the new employees’ early experiences is: a. Onboarding...