Electronic predissociation of CN(A (2)Pi)-H-2 was examined by characterizing action spectra and product state distributions. Both spin-orbit [CN(A (2)Pi(1/2))-H-2--> CN(A (2)Pi(3/2))+H-2] and internal conversion [CN(A (2)Pi(3/2))-H-2--> CN(X (2)Sigma)+H-2] decay channels were observed. For comparison with the predissociation data, CN(A)+H-2 collisional energy transfer was examined at temperatures near 10 K. The product state distributions resulting from collisions showed symmetry preferences that were not evident in the distributions resulting from predissociation. It is argued that the lack of symmetry preferences in the predissociation dynamics is indicative of a resonant scattering process. Qualitative differences in the predissociation and collisional transfer dynamics can be explained by considering the symmetry properties of the intermolecular potential energy surfaces, and the regions of these surfaces that are sampled by each type of event. Most predissociation data was recorded for ortho CN(A)-H-2(J=1) complexes. A new spectral feature of the complex, tentatively assigned to para CN(A)-H-2(J=0), was observed in this study. The predissociation dynamics of this state were significantly different from those of the ortho complex.