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Exam Code/Number: CPTD
Exam Name/Title: The Certified Professional in Talent Development
Certification Provider: ATD
Corresponding Certification: Talent Development

Exam Questions: 173
Updated On: Aug 06, 2026

Question #1

A TD professional at an online retail company is approached by one of the company ' s cloud services managers, who is concerned about the cloud services team ' s recent work performance. The manager states that the team members repeated the same mistakes from past teams. The TD professional performs a needs analysis and determines that the team members did not leverage information, best practices, and historical data recorded by past teams in the company ' s knowledge management system (KMS).
What should the TD professional do?

A. Perform a root cause analysis of the work performance issue.

B. Survey team members to determine their understanding of how to utilize the KMS.

C. Perform a mandatory retraining on the KMS.

D. Recommend replacing the existing KMS.

E. Conduct interviews with current users to understand utilization behaviors.

F. Recommend restructuring the content in the KMS, including its organization and presentation.

G. Benchmark with other organizations to determine how they use their KMS.

H. Investigate barriers to team members accessing and using the KMS.

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Correct Answer: B,H Vote an answer

Question #2

Who is responsible for learning in the inclusive leadership theory?

A. Human resources leadership and employees

B. Employees and managers

C. Organization and managers

D. Organization and employees

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #3

A talent development professional is following the return on investment (ROI) methodology. Which data collection method will be most useful for collecting Level 4 data?

A. Performance tests for learners

B. Surveys to determine the use of program aspects

C. Business performance monitoring

D. Interviews to determine how learning was applied

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #4

What should a talent development professional do to best facilitate retention in a multi-subject course?

A. Utilize one activity per subject during the course

B. Test for all content at the end of the course

C. Put all exercises at the end of the training

D. Space activities around each subject throughout the course

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #5

Which question is most critical for a talent development professional to answer before implementing an employee engagement survey?

A. Who should be included in the survey?

B. What will be learned from the feedback?

C. How will the feedback be collected?

D. What is the purpose of the survey?

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

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Question #6

A talent development (TD) professional is asked to offer training to entry-level employees on a new online software that will change many processes in their work. Which is the best way for the TD professional to prepare a learner-centered course?

A. Research how the new processes will flow, outline the training in sequential order based on the processes, and verify with subject matter experts that the content is correct

B. Collect information on the employees ' current job functions and how the software will change their work, understand employees ' fears about the new software, and research how the new software will benefit them

C. Collect information on what the organization expects from employees, research commonly used terms, and understand potential barriers to learning

D. Research how the new online software works, collect screenshots for job aids that will be distributed during the training, and outline the training in a logical order based on the steps of the new process to match the job aids

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #7

A small company has just established its first talent development (TD) department and hired its first TD manager. Which action should the TD manager take early on to create a strong learning culture?

A. Develop communications to encourage leadership support for the TD function

B. Benchmark with other organizations for advice on how they established a strong TD department

C. Execute activities to inspire a positive attitude and growth mindset in the company

D. Organize functions to introduce and explain the TD manager ' s role in the company

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #8

What is the most effective design method to increase engagement when converting classroom training to virtual training?

A. Create more opportunities for the facilitator to deliver content to the remote audience.

B. Record the virtual classroom training so that participants can review it after training.

C. Use a variety of virtual classroom tools like polling, chats, and breakouts.

D. Reinforce the key topics that were delivered in the classroom training.

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #9

What are the basic quadrants of a balanced scorecard approach?

A. Financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth

B. Cost, quality, time, and performance outcomes

C. Revenue, profit, customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction

D. Planning, analysis, design, and control

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #10

According to Mager, what are the three components of a learning objective?

A. Criteria, observation, and evaluation

B. Skill, priority, and sequence

C. Condition, performance, and criteria

D. Content, approach, and implementation

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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