Many Firms Use On-The-Job Training to Teach Their Employees Computer

question 148

Multiple Choice

Many firms use on-the-job training to teach their employees computer programming. Suppose you work in the personnel department of a firm that just finished training a group of its employees to program, and you have been requested to review the performance of one of the trainees on the
Final test that was given to all trainees. The mean and standard deviation of the test scores are 84 and 5, respectively, and the distribution of scores is mound-shaped and symmetric. What percentage of test-takers scored better than a trainee who scored 69?

• A) approximately 95%
• B) approximately 97.5%
• C) approximately 84%
• D) approximately 100%

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Definitions:

Independently

Acting on one's own; making decisions or taking action based on one's own judgment without relying on others.

Commons Dilemma

A situation in which individuals' short-term selfish interests are at odds with long-term group benefits, leading to the overuse or depletion of common resources.

Accountable

Being responsible or answerable for one's actions or the execution of duties, often involving a level of transparency.

Transactive Memory

A shared system of remembering information among members of a group, allowing the group to store, encode, and retrieve information more effectively than individual members working alone.