Instructional Design and Development Flashcards

A trainer writes the objective: "Given a respirator and a fit-check card, the employee will perform a positive and negative pressure seal check with no errors." Which ABCD element is "with no errors"?

Answer: Degree

Degree states the criterion or standard of acceptable performance.

Which ANSI/ASSP standard establishes accepted practices for safety, health, and environmental training program design, delivery, and evaluation?

Answer: ANSI Z490.1

ANSI/ASSP Z490.1 is the consensus standard for EHS training programs.

During a needs assessment, a supervisor reports that workers skip lockout steps because they lack locks at their stations. What is the best instructional design conclusion?

Answer: This is not a training problem; address the resource gap

When performance gaps stem from missing resources rather than missing knowledge or skill, training will not solve them.

Which verb is MOST appropriate for a learning objective at the 'analyze' level of Bloom's revised taxonomy?

Answer: Differentiate

Differentiate requires breaking information into parts and distinguishing among them, which is analysis.

An instructional designer breaks the confined space entry job into steps, sub-steps, required knowledge, and hazards at each step. This process is called:

Answer: Task analysis

Task analysis decomposes a job into its component steps and the knowledge and skills each requires.

In the ADDIE model, during which phase are learning objectives, assessment items, and the sequence of content typically specified?

Answer: Design

The Design phase produces the blueprint, including objectives, assessments, and content sequencing.

Why should assessment items be written immediately after learning objectives, before content is developed?

Answer: It ensures assessments align with objectives and drive content decisions

Writing assessments early keeps objectives, content, and evaluation aligned.