Chapter 2.2 Instructional Design Flashcards

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Collaboration is one of the key drivers for an effective corporate learning and development strategy that improves business performance. Keeping this in mind, an organization hires a talent development professional to promote a culture of collaboration and cooperation in the organization. What element of the training contact is teaching a skill?

Communicating the objectives of the training clearly to the employees.
Persuading the employees are the benefits of collaboration.
Quizzing employees on the methods of collaboration.
Having employees role-play different scenarios were collaboration is required.

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Having employees role-play different scenarios where collaboration is required.

Having employees role-play helps them practice the skill of collaborating. Persuading them of the effects would help influence their attitudes and communicating objectives and quizzing them on the methods would help improve their knowledge.

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A talent development professional applies blooms taxonomy and corporate e-learning while designing and delivering training modules. Why should the talent development professional apply blooms taxonomy while designing the training modules?

To gather feedback from learners in order to judge the effectiveness of training.
To encourage learners to share their thoughts during and after the learning experience.
To evaluate the learners abilities based on activities in the training.
To define the objectives of training and select appropriate activities for each.

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To define the objectives of training and select Appropriate activities for each.

Talent development professionals use different activities to ensure each training objectives met. These objectives are determined based on blooms taxonomy. Blooms taxonomy neither evaluates the learners abilities to participate in training, helps gather feedback, nor encourage his learners to share their experiences.

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A talent development professional conduct a training course for marketing professionals in an organization to help them communicate effectively with customers. At the end of the course, the marketing professionals design a sample communication plan based on information they have a choir during the course. With which level of blooms taxonomy does the activity a line?

Understanding.
analyzing.
Applying.
Remembering.

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Applying.

Remember or cognitive learning involves mental processes and the acquisition of information. Understand test the learners ability to explain concepts. And analyze, learners get to develop a strong knowledge of the subject matter by distinguishing between facts and inferences.

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A talent development professional is responsible for conducting development activities with teams in three different countries. The professional conduct virtual sessions using video conferencing technology and then assign participants exercises for which they have to work with people from different countries, share documents with each other, and create reports. What technology is the professional using in this scenario?

Collaboration technology.
Augmented reality.
Simulation technology.
Content capture tools.

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Collaboration technology.

Content capture tools, augmented reality, and simulations do not primarily allow learners to interact virtually and share information with each other.

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A talent development professional needs to design a training program for new employees at a power plant. The professional needs to ensure that employees are familiar with the rigorous safety procedures in the plant I need them to practice the procedures repeatedly in a safe environment that replicates the layout of the plan as much as possible. What is the best option for the professional to use for the program? 
A content capture tool. 
A presentation. 
An immersive experience. 
An assessment or quiz.
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An immersive Experience.

Immersive technologies such as augmented reality or virtual reality allow learners to be immersed so that they feel as if they are experiencing the actual environment. A presentation, con tent capture tools, and a quiz do not allow for repeated practice in an environment that is close to the real environment.

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What is the primary consideration of talent development professionals when selecting technology to deliver training?

The goal of the training.
The communication skills of a trainer.
The cultural diversity of participants.
The work experience of the trainer.

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The goal of the training.

Technology should be a line to the objectives and be considered when selecting delivery options. The communication skills are the work experience of a trainer do not influence the selection of technology. The cultural diversity of participants is not the primary consideration for selecting technology to deliver training.

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A talent development professional is working with the sales team in an organization to improve negotiation techniques. The professional notices that the audience seems disengage and wants to increase the participation by using quizzes and games during the next session. What technology will allow the professional to include games in a session?

Artificial intelligence systems.
Interactive presentation software.
Virtual reality technology.
Simulated experiences.

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Interactive presentation software.

Interactive presentation software provides an opportunity to gain more audience participation online or with live audience through voting, quizzes, trivia, games, and creating word clouds. Simulation tools allow talent development professionals to present exponential learning scenarios and learners can practice in a computer generated setting. Artificial intelligence helps predict learner behavior and provides content suited to individual learners by analyzing behavior patterns. Immersive technologies such as augmented reality or virtual reality allow learners to be immersed So that they feel as if they are experiencing the actual environment.

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When development professional encourage the use of simulations as a learning technique?

When the professional wants to encourage collaboration and discussions among learners.
When the professional needs to document the lessons learned from training sessions.
When the professional needs learners to experience a realistic situation to learn from.
When the professional need to test learner knowledge and ability to recall

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When the professional needs learners to experience a realistic situation to learn from.

Simulation tools allow talent development professional to present exponential learning scenarios and learners can practice in a computer generated setting. Simulations do not encourage learners to participate in discussions. Simulation does not document learning or helped us learn or knowledge and recall ability.

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An organization hires a talent development professional to help with employee development. The talent development professional suggest the use of augmented reality in creating scenario-based training. Why should the development professional use augmented reality?

To allow participants to exchange training documents and other media files online.
To gain more audience participation online through voting, quizzes, trivia, and games.
To embed videos and text files to enhance presentations.
To allow learners to experience the actual environment or learning will be applied.

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To allow learners to experience the actual environment where learning will be applied.

Immersive technologies such as augmented reality virtual reality or a combination allows learners to be immersed so that they feel as if they are experiencing the actual learning environment. Presentation software enables talent development professionals and participants to exchange documents online and provide feedback. Interactive presentation software provides an opportunity to gain more audience participation online or with live audiences through voting, quizzes, trivia, games, and creating word clouds.

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Research shows that classroom style training is the most traditional and why they use training method, accounting for 42% of an organizations training hours on average, and is used 90% to 100% all the time by 13% of organizations. Which statement justifies the large scale use a classroom training in organizations?

It allows learners to create Personalize learning paths.
It allows learners to learn at their own pace. It is reusable, once created, same classroom session can be reused.
It allows participants to build a relationship with instructors.

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It is reusable: once created, the same classroom session can be reused.

Classroom training occurs with all the participants in the same room and creates the right environment for participants to interact with instructors. One of the disadvantages of classroom training is it lacks scalability. Classroom sessions are rarely reusable, even if recorded and must be conducted again each time they are held. Classroom training does not allow learners to create personalized learning paths. Computer-based and e-learning training allows learners to move through training at her own pace and access contact from anywhere in the world.

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Talent development professional writes the learning objectives for a new course. The objectives indicate what objectives the learners should master before they complete the course. Which category of objective has a professional written?

Supporting objective.
Enabling objective.
Subordinate objective.
Terminal objective.

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Terminal objective.

Terminal objectives represent the object is learners must master before completing the course. To master one terminal objective, learners was often master several subordinate ones called enabling objectives. Enabling objective support the terminal objectives by breaking them down into more manageable chunks. Subordinate and supporting objectives are not categories of learning objectives.

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A talent development professional is part of a team that is developing a course. The professional is tasked with writing enabling objectives for the course. What does the professionals roll most likely involve?

Describing the final behavioral outcomes of the course for learners.
Breaking down terminal objectives of the course into manageable chunks.
Providing a clear description about anticipated learn her behavior.
Describing the support needed for learners to complete the objective.

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Breaking down terminal objectives of the course into manageable chunks.

Enabling objective support the terminal objectives by breaking them down into more manageable chunks. Terminal objectives represent the objectives learners must master before completing the course. They are the final behavioral outcomes of a specific instructional event. They describe the intended exit competencies for the specified unit, lesson, course, or program for which it was written. The other two options refer to behavior and condition which are part of Majer’s ABCD model.

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A talent development professional is riding learning objectives for a course. One of the learning objectives testability of the learner to acquire information. Which domain of blooms taxonomy does the objective fall under?

Psychomotor.
Knowledge.
Skills.
Attitude.

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Knowledge.

According to blooms toxonomy knowledge or cognitive learning involve mental processes and the acquisition of information. Skills or psychomotor involve manipulations of objects or machinery based on mental decisions. Attitude or a fact involve motivation and perceptions

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A talent development professional is developing a course related to mathematics. The professional right learning objectives for the course that has the skills domain of blooms taxonomy. Which ability does the learning objective most likely test?

Actively participating in discussions during trainings. Solving complex mathematical problems. Understanding mathematical equations. Remembering mathematical formula.

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Solving complex mathematical problems. Skills or psychomotor involves manipulation of objects

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Which statement accurately represents the difference between the knowledge and skills domain of blooms taxonomy?

The knowledge domain deals with motivation whereas the skills domain deals with perception.

The knowledge domain deals with perception whereas the skills domain deals with acquisition of information.

The knowledge domain deals with the manipulation of machinery based on mental decisions whereas a skills domain Deals with mental processes.

The knowledge domain deals with the acquisition of information whereas the skills domain deals with the manipulation of objects based on mental decisions.

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The knowledge domain deals with the acquisition of information, whereas the skills domain deals with the manipulation of objects based on mental decisions.

Knowledge or cognitive learning involves mental processes and the acquisition of information.According to blooms Tech cidery, skills or cycle motor and Walser manipulation of objects or machinery based on mental decisions. Attitude or a fact involves motivation and perceptions.

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A talent development professional creates a learning objective based on Mayer’s model. What is likely to be a characteristic of the objective?

It is non-measurable.
It includes learner performance.
It is generic in nature.
It includes the perceptions of the learner.

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It includes learner performance.

According to Robert Mager, learning objective should include the following three components: behavior or performance by the learner, the conditions under which the learner must perform their behavior, and the criteria that measures the acceptable range of performance. Mager contends that learning objectives should be specific and measurable to guy both of facilitator and the learner. The perceptions of a learner are included in the attitude domain of blooms taxonomy.

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A talent developmental professional is developing a course on English grammar. The professional crates the learning objectives for the course based on Magers ABCD format. One of the learning objectives include the following information: “will be able to re-write a sentence in the past tense”. Which element of the majors ABCD format is illustrated in this scenario?

Audience.
Degree.
Condition.
Behavior.

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Behavior.

In the ABCD format, behavior provides a clear description about the anticipated performance. Audience specifies who the learners are.Condition states the support available to learners to complete the objective. degree indicates how close to perfection a learner must get to meet the objective.

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A talent development professional is developing learning objectives for a course on leading a team. One of the learning objectives reads: “given the opportunity to lead a team, the employee will demonstrate an improvement in the teams overall performance throughout the annual performance cycle. “Which part of the learning objective indicates the condition element of the ABCD format?

“Will demonstrate an improvement in the teams overall performance quote.
“Given the opportunity to lead a team.“
“The employee. “
“Throughout the annual performance cycle “

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“Given the opportunity to lead a team “

in the ABCD format, condition states the support available to learners to complete the objective. In this scenario, the condition is “given the opportunity to lead a team.”
Behavior provides a clear description about the anticipated performance. In this scenario, the behavior is “will demonstrate an improvement in the teams overall performance.”
The audience specifies who the learners are. In this scenario, the audience is the “the employee”.
degree indicates How close to perfection a learner must get to meet the objective. And this scenario, the degree is “throughout the annual performance cycle.”

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A talent development professional is developing learning objectives for a course for pharmaceutical sales representatives who sell pain medication’s to hospitals. One of the learning objectives reads: “provided a hospital is interested in buying the tablets, the sales representative will be able to close the sale 60% of the time.” Which part of the learning objective indicates the degree element of the ABC D format?

“Will be able to close the sale”
“the sales representative”
“60% of the time”
“ provided a hospital is interested in buying the tablets”

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“60% of the time“

in the ABCD format, degree indicates how close to perfection a learner must get to meet the objective. In this scenario, the degree is “60% of the time.“The condition is “provided a hospital is interested in buying the tablets.“ Behavior provides a clear description about the anticipated performance. In this scenario, the behavior is “will be able to close a sale 60% of the time.” The audience specifies who the learners are in this scenario, the audience is “the sales representative.”

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Which statement accurately represents a characteristic of a learning objective using the SMART format?

It includes specific time frames.
It is non-measurable.
It contains at least four criteria to gauge effective performance.
It is attainable rather than difficult.

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It includes specific time frames.

According to the SMART format, objectives must include specific time frames, need to be difficult yet attainable by the learner, and must contain one or more defined standards (criteria) by which to gauge a fact a performance. A general characteristics of learning objectives is that they are measurable.

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A talent development professional is designing a learning solution for an organization.
As part of the design process, which design sure the professional take to plan the development of the learning solution?

Create a sequence of modules and topics.
Identify performance needs through different data collection methods.
Gather past performance reports of learners.
List the availability of trainers to facilitate trainings.

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Create a sequence of modules and topics.

As part of the design process, talent development professionals must make decisions related to the final list of objectives, the con tent and topics that will be taught, the order of the modules and topics, and information on learning and practice activities. Identifying performance needs through data collection methods, listing the availability of trainers, or gather reports of learners past performances are usually not included in the design process.

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A talent development professional has compiled a final list of learning objectives for a course to improve product knowledge among customer service executives. What should the talent development all professional including the document regarding the learning objectives?

An assessment of whether the object is a line with long-term organizational outcomes.
A review of the learning objectives and a comparison of the objectives against similar objectives within the organization.
An evaluation and what are the objectives will directly impact employee performance.
Special teaching points, instructional methods, and media and testing requirements.

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Special teaching points, instructional methods, and media and testing requirements.

Design activities should include a final list of learning objectives, and for each objective, the documentation should elaborate special teaching points, suggested instructional methods, and media, and testing requirements. A review of the learning objectives, and assessment of whether the object is a line with long-term organizational outcomes, and an evaluation and what are the objectives will impact employee performance should be conducted prior to creating a final list of learning objectives.

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A talent development professional is working on the design process to plan the development of learning solutions for a group of newly appointed managers. The talent development professional is currently defining the objectives of the course. What documentation should the professional include for the objectives?

Comparisons against other similar objectives
Design elements.
Learners past performance data.
Instructional methods

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Instructional methods. In creating learning objectives for course, it is important that each objective is elaborated in terms of a teaching points, instructional methods, media requirements, and testing requirements required to meet those objectives. Learning objectives define with the learner is going to learn from the course. Learners past performance data, comparisons against other similar objectives, And course design elements have no significant influence on the learning objectives.

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A talent development professional is in the initial stages of designing a learning course. The professional is using images to illustrate the order and sequence of course contact to help visualize the course plan. The professional is also using illustrations and notes to indicate which learning concepts each part of the learning course will cover. Which visual representation is the talent development professional using?

Mock up.
Storyboard.
Prototype.
Wire frame.

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Story board.

A storyboard is a graphical representation that uses images or illustrations to represent the course design to pre-visualize the final plan. Wire frames Focus on the design of our website and include simple black-and-white layouts; mock ups and prototypes are used to present the final product, and aren’t used during initial stages of designing a learning course.

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What is a similarity between mock ups and prototypes?

Both provide complete functionality of the end results.
Both are interactive and clickable.
Both present ways to showcase a final product.
Both are used in the initial stages of a design process.

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Both present ways to showcase a final product. Both mock ups and prototypes present ways to showcase the final product. Thus, mark ups and prototypes are not used in the initial stages of a design process. Even though mock ups represent what the final product will look like, mock ups are not interactive or clickable. A prototype provides only partial functionality of the end results.

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A talent development professional is in the final stages of developing a learning platform which enables employees to upscale. The talent development to a professional wants to share the platform with the testing team to evaluate user interface interaction. Which type of visual representation sure the talent development use?

Prototype.
Storyboard.
Wire frame.
Mock up

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Prototype.

A prototype presents a way to showcase the final product and enables testing of the product. Storyboards, wire frames, and mock ups don’t allow product testing

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A talent development professional is creating a learning solution for an organization. The talent development professional analyzes the content and identifies the dependence an order for different chunks of content. The talent development professional then arranges the content in a logical sequence. Why is arranging the content in a sequence important?

Sequencing eliminates content errors.
Sequencing increases the difficulty level of content. Sequencing helps identify which concepts will be tested.
Sequencing makes it easier for learners to follow content.

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Sequencing makes it easier for learners to follow content. It is important for a talent development professional to sequenced the course contact in a logical order because it allows for logical transitions from one portion of content to the next and thus, Makes it easier for learners to follow the information, and allows for better understanding. Arranging content in a logical learning sequence doesn’t eliminate content errors, identifying the concepts that will be tested, or increase the difficulty level of content.

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What is a characteristic of a learning module?

A module is a graphic organizer used primarily to visualize a learning plan. 
A module provides content based on learning objectives. 
A module is the largest unit of learning. 
Modules effectiveness is based primarily on its size.
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A module provide content based on learning objectives.

A module is the smallest unit of learning that includes content and practice based on learning objectives. Modules effectiveness is based on several factors and isn’t depended primarily on the module size. I’d like a module, a storyboard is a graphic organizer used to visualize a learning plan

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A talent development professional is designing learning solutions for informal learning. The professional Has been informed that the learning material must be submitted within 24 hours for review. And such a scenario, what final design output to the professional produce?

A comprehensive wire frame to navigate through the continent.
A detailed evaluation plan to assess performances. Tip sheets for on the job learning.
A storyboard to present all learning goals, outcomes and solutions.

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Tip sheets for on the job learning.

The design phase provides the foundation for the development of learning solutions. At this stage, the outputs for an informal learning solution design usually include mock ups of checklist or tip sheets for on the job learning. Wire frames and story boards are used an initial stages to lay out the course map that are not final design outputs for informal learning. Evaluation plans to assess performance are usually associated with formal learning.

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To talent development professionals will be Cole facilitating a training session and client relationship management for project managers in an organization. They plan to discuss the importance of understanding customer needs, analyzing customer data to improve and manage client relationships, and how to improve customer satisfaction. What type of learning asset should they designed to ensure consistency and the delivery of the training sessions?

Personalize learning content.
A PowerPoint presentation.
Job aids for the participants.
A facilitator guide.

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A facilitator guide. A facilitator guide is an asset that makes preparation and delivery Easier for facilitators. It helps to ensure program consistency if more than one facilitator is used. Job aids, personalized learning content, and PowerPoint presentations are all helpful learning assets that improve the effectiveness of learning program but do nothing to ensure consistency of delivery when multiple facilitators are used.

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A talent development professional is creating a facilitator guide for an upcoming training session. What should the talent development professional include in this guide?

PowerPoint presentations.
An overview of related sessions.
Post test assessment questions.
Discussion questions.

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Discussion questions.

The purpose of a facilitator guide is to help provide a clear outline of the session to a facilitator. It will have descriptive titles and visuals that support the facilitation. Pages should be numbered to match the participant guide if possible. It should indicate were visuals, slides, and other facilitator assets are used; the timing; key learning points; questions to discuss; transition; and review checks. It is unlikely to include the presentation itself or the post assessment questions. Facilitator guides are focused on a particular training session or program. They do not focus on overviews for other training programs.

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A retail organization has hired a talent development professional to train employees and more advanced concepts of sales and marketing. While preparing for this training program, what should the town developmental professional keep in mind?

Facilitator guide should focus on what the facilitator needs to cover in class and need that include information about participant materials. 
Participant guide should include clear instructions on what participants need to do. 
Facilitator guides are useful only when there are multiple facilitators for a training program. Participant guides and learning materials mean the same thing.
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Participant guides should include clear instructions on what participants need to do. While preparing for the training program, the town development professionals should remember that participant guides should include clear instructions on what participants need to do. They are meant to inform participants of what the training will involve. Participant guides and learning materials are not the same. A participant guide references the learning materials. Facilitator guides are useful irrespective of the number of facilitators and should also include information about learning materials for it to be comprehensive and useful.

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Atown development professional Is creating a safety course for a new client. The client wants to keep cost to a minimum whenever possible. The old course use a series of videos to provide the content, Along with student handouts. How should the talent development professional proceed?

Look for a new materials for the course.
Use the existing materials as a guide.
Create new materials for the course.
Review the existing materials for repurposing

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Review of existing materials for repurposing. Materials can be adapted or re-purposed, such as using an existing segment a video or audio, during the development phase to save time and money. Determining what resources are available before seeking or creating new materials may reduce development cost. Awareness of what the old course content contained is useful during planning but we’re not necessarily save time or money

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A talent development professional has been hired by an organization to develop a training session on using a new software suite. The objective of the course is for participants to be able to use the software for Customer grievance management. The participants poses a basic understanding other software but I’ve never used it. What type of learner activity to the talent development professional design to achieve this objective? 
A debate. 
A hands-on exercise. 
Self-assessment. 
An infographic
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A hands-on exercise.

If the participants need to be able to do something and acquire a new skill, the facilitator could create a hands-on exercise. A hands-on exercise will help the participants to become familiar with the new software. An info graphic is typically use to communicate information through visuals and text. Explaining how do use a new software is not suitable topic to explain using an info graphic. Similarly, a debate or a self-assessment is unlikely to be useful on teaching a new software.

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A talent development professional is creating learning materials for training on legal compliance for the HR team. A portion of that training will also be conducted for teams that use external contractors. The organization wants to ensure that all teams are complying with the necessary legal standards. To achieve this, the town development professional is creating an interactive presentation with relevant visuals. What is the talent development professional trying to do by creating such a presentation?

Ensure that the presentation can be plugged into other courses, as needed.
Design assets that test the participants learning.
Update the training module with the latest information.
Reduce cognitive load for learners.

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Reduce cognitive load for learners.

An interactive presentation with appropriate visuals can engage the learner and reduce cognitive load. Relevant and impactful visuals make it easier for learners to understand concepts and internalize information more quickly. They use our visuals and interactivity is not restricted to micro learning modules that can be plugged into other courses; therefore, this is not the objective. The talent development professional is creating the learning materials and will update the latest information irrespective of the way the content is treated.The presentation is meant to impart knowledge, not test it.

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A talent development professional is creating assessments for an upcoming “train the trainer” module. What principles of assessment riding sure the talent development professional keep in mind while writing the assessments?

Assume learners no relevant key terms and jargon. Only test what is required on the job.
Create questions that focus on recall of learned concepts.
Focus on short answer and essay questions.

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Only test what is required on the job.

While creating assessments, it is important to test what is required on the job for the assessments to be useful and effective. Questions should focus not only on recall of concepts, but also task higher order thinking skills of the participants. The town development professional can use many types of assessments and did not restrict the assessments to essay and short answers. The questions should include all the information that learners need to answer the question instead of assuming knowledge a relevant jargon.

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A talent development professional is creating a course and effective communication. How can the town development professional perform a summative evaluation for this course?

By creating a post assessment at the end of the course.
By adding group discussions during the sessions.
By encouraging learners to actively participate in discussions.
By assigning individual assignments after each session.

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By creating a post assessment at the end of the course. Summative evaluation occurs only after course completion. The talent development professional can include a summative evaluation by creating a post assessment at the end of the course. Group discussions, encouraging learners to participate, and assignments after each session can help in formative evaluation, not summative.

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A talent development professional is developing an evaluation plan for a new course. What important information should be included in the overall evaluation plan by the town development professional?

How the information will be used.
Who will compile the information collected.
How the information will be collected.
Where the information will be collected.

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How the information will be collected.

An overall evaluation plan defines how and when the information will be distributed and collected and from and by whom.
The collection location, use of the information, and responsibility to compile may change over time and is not considered critical information.

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An organization has asked a town development professional to create a course and instructional design for its in-house team of content and technical writers. The writers have varied backgrounds and experience levels.The talent development professional believes an adaptive course would be most suitable in this case. How can the town development professional make the course adaptive?

By providing remedial sessions for learners who need more support.
By using technology to direct learners to content areas they need to improve on.
By adapting the course content to include new topics based on needs determined in class.
By creating follow-up sessions based on findings from the summative.

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By using technology to direct learners to content areas they need to improve on.

Adaptive learning is defined as an approach that works to tailor the learning experience to the specific needs of the individual and, in this case, uses technology in a way that makes it scalable across a larger number of learners. Using technology to direct learners to content areas they need to improve on will make the course adaptive. The other options to not use technology to identify areas that need improvement and redirect learners to those areas.

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A talent development professional is creating the learning objectives for a course. The professional begins by writing the objectives the learners need to master before they complete the course. Then, the professional breaks these objectives into more manageable parts. Which type of objectives has a professional created?

Terminal objective.
Enabling objective.
Supporting objectives.
Subordinate objective.

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Enabling objective.

Enabling objective support the terminal objectives by breaking them down into more manageable chunks.

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One of the learning objectives for a call center communications course is: “the employee will be able to send resolution emails to customers using the standard email template for every issue raised.” Which part of the learning objective indicates the condition element of the ABC D format?

Will be able to send resolution emails to customers. For every issue raised.
Using the standard email template.
The employee.

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Using the standard email template.

The condition states the support available to learners to complete the objective.
in this scenario the condition is using the standard email template.

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A talent development professional wants to institute knowledge transfer sessions among employees in an organization. The main purpose of this session is for experienced employees to pass on their experience and skills to a newer employees. Which training methodology would best suit the knowledge transfer sessions?

Group discussions.
Simulations.
Quizzes.
Virtual reality experiences.

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Group discussions.

Depending on what a talent development professional is trying to accomplish, one instructional method may be more appropriate in some situation than others. And this scenario, group discussions are the best method to facilitate knowledge transfer between employees.

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A talent development professional in an electricity plant needs to take new employees through the safety procedures they need to follow every day. Learners use visual reality headsets to explore an animated re-creation of the plant and learn the safety procedures in a low risk setting. What learning technique is the talent development professional using?

A content capture tool.
An immersive technology.
Artificial intelligence.
Interactive presentation software.

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An immersive technology.

Immersive technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, or a combination, allow learners to be immersed so that they feel as if they are experiencing the actual environment.

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A talent development professional conduct a brainstorming session using a mind mapping application that is hosted in the cloud, allowing access to multiple users. The talent development professional and team of employees use mind mapping to create visual representation of ideas for new courses to be developed. What type of learning technology is the mind mapping software in this case?

A course management tool.
An immersive learning tool.
A collaboration tool.
A Content capture tool.

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A collaboration tool.

Collaboration tools allow talent development professionals and participants to exchange documents online, provide feedback, and even project them on more than one screen. I mind mapping software is a collaborative tool.

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A talent development professional has refined the objectives for a learning program that aims to improve communication within the organization. Which of these actions show the talent development professionals take next?

Consider decisions to create plans for the actual development of learning solution.
Gather data to identify specific learning needs of the organization.
Conduct a needs assessment to identify existing communication issues.
Distribute summative assessments among learners to effectively measure communication skills.

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Consider decisions to create plans for the actual development of a learning solution.
Once talent development professionals have refined learning objectives, decisions to create plans for the actual development of a learning solution should be considered.

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A talent development professional is creating a learning portal for an organization. The professional chooses a wire frame as a visual representation format to gather feedback on the structure of the portal. Which is likely to be a reason why the professional has chosen this format a visual representation?

The format showcases the font logos and color scheme used in the portal.
The format focuses on the structure of the portal. The format is used to present the final product.
The format presents the design elements used to create the portal.

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The format focuses on the structure of the portal.

Wire frames are devoid of design elements and instead, focus on a site structure.

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What is the difference between mock ups and Prototypes ?

Unlike mock-ups, prototypes provide some amount of functionality.
Unlike mock-ups, prototypes are used in the initial stages of the design process.
Unlike prototypes, mock ups are used to present the final product.
Unlike prototypes, mock ups allow product testing.

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Unlike mock ups, Proto types provide some amount of functionality.

Prototypes provide limited functionality of the end results where as mock ups do not.

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Employees attend a two day training session on new organizational processes that the employees will need to follow effectively from the next quarter. The training development professional receives feedback that the learning objective set for the first day were very overly complex. Even though the learning objectives and the second session where comparatively easy, employees were demotivated after the first day session. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

The learning objectives in the first day lacked complexity to motivate team members to learn.
The learning content followed a sequence of general specific concepts.
The learning content was not arranged in a logical learning sequence.
The learning content was not relevant to the employees’ job roles.

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The learning content was not arranged in a logical learning sequence.

It is important to arrange learning objectives in a logical learning sequence. Simple concepts should be set first followed by more complex concepts.

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What is a similarity between a course outline and a course map?

Both focus primarily on design elements.
Both enable testing of the final product.
Both present modules in a sequence.
Both provide complete functionality of a product.

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Both present modules in a sequence.

Similar to a course outline, a course map presents learning modules and a sequence.

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A talent development professional is going to conduct a workshop on formal writing for a group of writers in the content marketing department of a company. While finalizing the learner materials, The talent development professional decides to include some job aids for the writers. What type of job aid in the talent development professional include?

An knowledge check assessment.
A detailed presentation on sentence structure.
A checklist with the essentials of good writing.
An in class discussion on the basics of written communication.

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A checklist with the essentials of good writing.

A checklist with the essentials of good writing is a quick reference guide for the writers.

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A talent development professional has been contracted to create a training module for companies new project managers. The objective of the course is for participants to gain knowledge on basic project management concepts and the various processes the company follows. The talent development professional is creating a set a pre-test assessment questions that the participants will take before undergoing the training. What should the talent development professional keep in mind while writing these questions?

The question should test multiple related concepts at the same time.
The questions should include information that is a brief in essential.
The questions content should not be restricted to the course content.
The questions should use project management jargon to test participants understanding.

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The questions should include information that is brief and essential.

Questions should only include information that is essential to the question.

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A company hires a town development professional to create an online course on advanced marketing techniques for its senior marketing executives. The company wants to ensure that the content is customized for its senior executives So that they can make the best use of their time. However, the company also wants the course to be comprehensive. What type of a course should the tower development professional recommend?

An asynchronous course.
A synchronous course.
A remedial learning course.
And adaptive learning course.

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An adaptive learning course.

With adaptive learning, content adapts in real time to each learners activity, so the right content is presented at the right time for each individual and makes the best use of the learners time.

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A talent development professional is preparing a facilitators guide for a session on technology trends in the learning industry. What can the town development professional include to make this guide useful and comprehensive?

Provide integrators that link content to the participants prior learning.
Include all training materials that have been created for the participants.
Identify which participants are likely to do well in the course.
Focus on technology updates instead of including any information on learner materials.

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Provide integrators that link content to the participants prior learning.

Talent development professionals can support the facilitator by including a resource checklist and a background reading list and provide the facilitator with NT graders that Link con tent to the participants prior learning.

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A talent development professional is creating learning materials for a course on statistical analysis. The objective of the course is for participants to be able to use statistical tools for business analytics. The participant poses knowledge of basic statistical concepts. What can a talent development professional do to include a summative evaluation for this course?

Include a discussion on the best statistical tools and how they can help with business analytics during one of the sessions.
Have the participants research various statistical tools to identify the best one in the context of their jobs.
Design and evaluation to check the participants aptitude for business analytics that is only administered prior to the start of the course.
Assign business cases to the participants where they can apply their learnings and present their analysis after course completion.

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Assign business cases to the participants where they can apply their learnings and present their analysis after course completion.

Summative evaluation occurs after course completion and should evaluate if the course objective has been met. A business case where the participants apply their learnings from the course and present their analysis after course completion is a type of summative evaluation.