Final test & certificate

Pick the best answer for each question. 8/10 to earn the certificate.

To pass: at least 8 of 10 correct.

1. Question 1. How are APTD and CPTD related?

   ABoth rest on the Talent Development Capability Model; APTD stresses execution, CPTD adds strategyBThey are entirely separate credentials with unrelated contentCAPTD is a replacement for CPTD

2. Question 2. What are the three domains of the Talent Development Capability Model?

   ABuilding Personal, Developing Professional, Impacting Organizational CapabilityBAnalysis, Design, DeliveryCKnowledge, Skills, Attitudes

3. Question 3. Which domain do most APTD questions fall into?

   ADeveloping Professional Capability, especially design and deliveryBImpacting Organizational CapabilityCBuilding Personal Capability

4. Question 4. A course has text-dense slides, glazed-over participants and very poor retention. Which principle explains this?

   ACognitive loadBSpacing effectCTransfer of learning

5. Question 5. What does the spacing effect say?

   ADistributed practice across sessions beats cramming into oneBContent should be sequenced from easy to hardCThe physical distance between desks affects concentration

6. Question 6. What is Bloom's Taxonomy used for?

   AWriting learning objectives by cognitive levelBEvaluating training effectiveness after the courseCSequencing the flow of a single session

7. Question 7. What are Kirkpatrick's four levels, in order?

   AReaction, learning, behaviour, organisational resultsBAnalysis, design, implementation, evaluationCRemember, understand, apply, analyse

8. Question 8. A manager asks for training because the sales team is missing targets. What is the best next step?

   AAnalyse the cause to establish whether this really is a capability gapBDesign a sales skills programme straight awayCDecline, since training cannot solve business problems

9. Question 9. In an APTD scenario question, why is 'change organisation-wide policy' usually not the answer?

   AIt exceeds the authority of the role the exam assigns youBChanging policy is never a valid solutionCThe exam always prefers the cheapest option

10. Question 10. What does 70-20-10 suggest to a designer?

    ADo not put everything in the classroom; design for experience and relationships tooBSpend 70% of the budget on classroom trainingCEach session should be 70% theory and 30% practice