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Learning and Development Knowledge Assessment

Knowledge Quiz

Introduction:

Our Purpose: To test learning and development professionals' ability to distinguish between facts and myths in the learning and development field. 

Our Promise: As always, Training Industry, Inc. keeps individual survey data confidential. To thank you for your participation, you will receive an executive report summarizing survey findings.
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Instructions:

For each statement listed below, please indicate whether you believe this statement is factual (True) or if you believe this statement is a myth (False). Please do not consult outside sources, and answer to the best of your knowledge.
True
False
If you train employees on transferrable skills, they are more likely to leave you.
You cannot train for soft skills.
Information must be consistently refreshed, or it will rapidly "decay".
Supervisor support is essential for training transfer and sustainment.
70% of knowledge comes from job-related experiences, 20% from interactions with others and 10% from formal educational events.
Older people cannot learn new skills.
The more experience an employee has on the job, the better he or she will be able to train other employees.
Everyone in an organization should be exposed to leadership development.
Training can address any performance problem an organization has.
People with a more active left brain hemisphere are more analytical, while people with a more active right brain hemisphere are more creative.
Younger people prefer e-learning, while older people prefer classroom training.
Participant satisfaction is a good way to judge how much a participant has learned.
Research has largely failed to show generational differences in training preferences and performance.
In order to become an expert at anything, you need 10,000 hours of practice.
Pre-training attitudes have an effect on training outcomes.
People only use 10% of their brain.