HRM Sample Questions
1. A set of systematic and planned activities designed by an organization to provide its members with the necessary skills to meet current and future job demands is: (Human Resource development)
2. HRD – Human resource Development is best defined as: (A set of systematic and planned activities designed by an organization to provide its members with the necessary skills to meet current and future job demands)
3. The largest HRD Professional organization is: (ASTD)
4. The origins of HRD can be traced to: (Apprenticeship training program)
5. A ‘yeoman’ is a person who: (Has mastered all the apprenticeship skills)
6. The first privately funded vocational school in the US was found by: (George Washington)
7. The first privately funded vocational school in the US was founded to : (Provide occupational training to young people who were unemployed or had criminal records)
8. A main distinction between training and development is that developmental activities are generally: (More Focused in long-term or future responsibilities)
9. The first privately funded vocational school in the US was founded in: (1890)
10. The first documented factory school was founded in: (1872)
11. When learning a new language, pairing a new word with a picture of an object is an example of: (Contiguity)
12. Trainability is thought to be influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT: (the ability of the trainer to effectively communicate the content of training) [a: the ability of trainees; b: perceptions of the supportiveness of the work environment; d: the motivation level of trainees]
13. Gagne argued that training could be improved using 3 principles. They are: (Task analysis, Component task achievement, task sequencing)
14. A student who studied for this exam for two hours a day for four days would most clearly be using or demonstrating: (spaced practice)
15. Describing the learning goal, analyzing the initial state of the learner, finding out what will let the trainer learn and monitoring
2. HRD – Human resource Development is best defined as: (A set of systematic and planned activities designed by an organization to provide its members with the necessary skills to meet current and future job demands)
3. The largest HRD Professional organization is: (ASTD)
4. The origins of HRD can be traced to: (Apprenticeship training program)
5. A ‘yeoman’ is a person who: (Has mastered all the apprenticeship skills)
6. The first privately funded vocational school in the US was found by: (George Washington)
7. The first privately funded vocational school in the US was founded to : (Provide occupational training to young people who were unemployed or had criminal records)
8. A main distinction between training and development is that developmental activities are generally: (More Focused in long-term or future responsibilities)
9. The first privately funded vocational school in the US was founded in: (1890)
10. The first documented factory school was founded in: (1872)
11. When learning a new language, pairing a new word with a picture of an object is an example of: (Contiguity)
12. Trainability is thought to be influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT: (the ability of the trainer to effectively communicate the content of training) [a: the ability of trainees; b: perceptions of the supportiveness of the work environment; d: the motivation level of trainees]
13. Gagne argued that training could be improved using 3 principles. They are: (Task analysis, Component task achievement, task sequencing)
14. A student who studied for this exam for two hours a day for four days would most clearly be using or demonstrating: (spaced practice)
15. Describing the learning goal, analyzing the initial state of the learner, finding out what will let the trainer learn and monitoring