ATD The Certified Professional in Talent Development - CPTD Exam Practice Test

Which risk would pose the greatest threat to a learning project?

A talent development professional has been asked to take a six-hour in-person meeting and transform it into an online course. Which is the best way to create engaging training that will not be a burden for learners to complete?

A talent development (TD) professional has been tasked with training a group of managers on how to be better coaches. The managers have been in their roles for one to three years, have some prior knowledge, are self-motivated to learn, and lack guidance. What is the most effective approach for the TD professional to take?

A subject matter expert (SME) delivers a practice training session. Which activity provides the best example of a talent development professional mentoring the SME?

Which is an example of both learning through experience and learning through influence by interactions with people?

In analyzing job performance, a talent development professional identifies that while workers know the process for building products, they are not following it every time, leading to an increase in quality defects.
Which layer of the modern learning ecosystem is most likely to influence compliance with expected safety protocols?

A new manager has a team comprised of four different generations of employees. Which action by the manager would be most likely to minimize intergenerational conflict within the team?

A talent development (TD) professional facilitates a three-week training course for all of a company ' s new hires. Company onboarding guidelines state that new hires must pass the course final exam with a score of
80% or higher in order to continue in the job, but the guidelines also provide for some discretion on the part of the hiring manager.
Participant A fails the final exam with a score of 78%. Participant A was frequently late to training, did not readily participate, and fell asleep twice during the course.
Participant B fails the final exam with a score of 60%. Participant B arrived early every day during training to request additional help, actively participated in group activities, took copious notes, and got along with everyone in the course.
What should the TD professional do?

Which is the best practice to incorporate when designing a new performance management strategy?

An external coach is contracted by a company to work with three of its executive vice presidents (EVPs).
During the scheduled sessions, two of the EVPs show up late and request that their coaching sessions be extended to make up for the missed time. Which is the most ethical and appropriate action for the coach to take?

A senior manager consults a talent development (TD) professional about the excessive time a team member spends to research background information before presenting options. Before the TD professional makes a recommendation, what is the first question to ask?

Which metric would show the most alignment with senior management and organizational goals?

A talent development (TD) professional facilitates a three-week training course for all of a company ' s new hires. Company onboarding guidelines state that new hires must pass the course final exam with a score of
80% or higher in order to continue in the job, but the guidelines also provide for some discretion on the part of the hiring manager.
Participant A fails the final exam with a score of 78%. Participant A was frequently late to training, did not readily participate, and fell asleep twice during the course.
Participant B fails the final exam with a score of 60%. Participant B arrived early every day during training to request additional help, actively participated in group activities, took copious notes, and got along with everyone in the course.
What should the TD professional do?
Over the past six months, 40% of new hires have failed the final exam. The human resources manager questions why the failure rate is so high and asks the TD professional to assess the training course.