TS Instructional Design & Development 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A trainer is designing a course for adult learners who have prior experience with the topic. Which principle of adult learning (andragogy) should most influence the design?
- Treat learners as empty vessels and fill them with new knowledge
- Leverage learners' prior experience as a resource for learning (Correct answer)
- Focus exclusively on instructor-led lecture to maximize efficiency
- Avoid self-directed activities to maintain classroom control
Correct answer: Leverage learners' prior experience as a resource for learning
Andragogy holds that adults bring valuable prior experience that should be activated and connected to new learning.
Question 2: When using Bloom's Taxonomy to write learning objectives, which verb is most appropriate for the 'Apply' level?
- Define
- Demonstrate (Correct answer)
- Evaluate
- Recall
Correct answer: Demonstrate
The 'Apply' level requires learners to use knowledge in new situations, best captured by action verbs like 'demonstrate' or 'execute'.
Question 3: A needs assessment reveals a performance gap caused by lack of motivation rather than lack of skill. What is the most appropriate response?
- Design a comprehensive training program covering all skills
- Recommend a non-training intervention such as incentives or job redesign (Correct answer)
- Increase the length of existing training sessions
- Add more assessments to the current curriculum
Correct answer: Recommend a non-training intervention such as incentives or job redesign
When the root cause is motivational, training will not close the gap; non-training interventions address the actual cause.
Question 4: Which instructional strategy best supports transfer of learning from training to the job?
- Providing extensive reading materials before class
- Using practice scenarios that closely mirror real work situations (Correct answer)
- Reducing the number of activities to shorten training time
- Focusing entirely on declarative knowledge
Correct answer: Using practice scenarios that closely mirror real work situations
High-fidelity practice scenarios create conditions that mirror the job, improving near and far transfer.
Question 5: In the Successive Approximation Model (SAM), what distinguishes it from the traditional ADDIE model?
- SAM eliminates the evaluation phase entirely
- SAM uses iterative, rapid prototyping cycles throughout development (Correct answer)
- SAM requires all design to be completed before development begins
- SAM is only used for e-learning, not classroom training
Correct answer: SAM uses iterative, rapid prototyping cycles throughout development
SAM replaces ADDIE's linear phases with rapid, iterative cycles of design, prototype, and review.
Question 6: A trainer wants to measure whether learning has occurred immediately after instruction. Which level of Kirkpatrick's model addresses this?
- Level 1 – Reaction
- Level 2 – Learning (Correct answer)
- Level 3 – Behavior
- Level 4 – Results
Correct answer: Level 2 – Learning
Level 2 measures the degree to which participants acquire the intended knowledge, skills, or attitudes.
Question 7: Which element of a well-written learning objective specifies the minimum acceptable standard of performance?
- Audience
- Behavior
- Condition
- Criterion (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Criterion
The criterion (or degree) component defines how well the learner must perform for the objective to be met.
TS Instructional Design & Development 2
A trainer is designing a course for adult learners who have prior experience with the topic.
Which principle of adult learning (andragogy) should most influence the design?