C425 WGU OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS ACTUAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Strategic Intent. Answer: Statements expressing the ethics that guide
an organization's actions and processes and the organization's standards
for behavior among its staff.
⩥ Values. Answer: Statements expressing the ethics that guide an
organization's actions and processes and the organization's standards for
behavior among its staff.
⩥ Vision. Answer: A statement of the desired future state of the
organization.
⩥ Barriers to Entry. Answer: Obstacles that impede an organization from
entering a market.
⩥ Certificate of Need (CON). Answer: State laws in the US that require
organizations to obtain approval from a state planning agency before
beginning a major capital project.
,⩥ Delphi Group Technique. Answer: A method of achieving consensus
among members of a group. Content experts make forecasts, develop
solutions, or identify issues, and then these inputs are summarized, re-
reviewed, and revised until a general consensus is reached.
⩥ Economies of Scale. Answer: Reductions in unit cost granted to
purchasers of large volumes of products or services.
⩥ Exit Barriers. Answer: The costs an organization will incur if it exits a
market.
⩥ Five Forces Model. Answer: A framework devised by Michael Porter
that identifies five factors affecting the degree of competition in a
market and the ability of established organizations to influence prices:
(1) the potential for new entrants, (2) the threat of substitute products,
(3) the power of suppliers, (4) the power of buyers, and (5) rivalry
among competing sellers.
⩥ Force Field Analysis. Answer: A technique used to evaluate whether
environmental influences support or undermine an organization's
decisions/plans.
⩥ Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). Answer: Alliances formed
to give member organizations greater negotiating power and concessions
on price, delivery times, and quality when purchasing products/services.
, ⩥ Mobility Barriers. Answer: Intra-industry obstacles that impede
organizations in a strategic group from joining and competing in another
group. Examples of mobility barriers include advertising, expenditures
on research and development, distribution channels, breadth of product
lines, and patents.
⩥ Nominal Group Technique (NGT). Answer: A group method of
identifying an issue or choosing a solution. Each member of a group
suggests a solution, and then the group eliminates duplicate solutions
and ranks those that remain to determine which should be chosen.
⩥ PEST Analysis. Answer: An analytical method of deriving forces that
are driving change in an industry. Categories of forces explored include
political, economic, social/cultural, and technological.
⩥ Scenario Analysis. Answer: A technique of proposing alternative
futures that could come to pass if a specified environmental change
occurs. This type of analysis is used by leaders to better understand and
plan for future contingencies.
⩥ Strategic Groups. Answer: Clusters of organizations that use the same
or similar strategies in an industry. By classifying organizations into
strategic groups, leaders can better analyze the structure of an industry.
⩥ Switching Costs. Answer: The costs associated with changing a
product, brand, marketplace, or supplier.
GUIDE QUESTIONS ACTUAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Strategic Intent. Answer: Statements expressing the ethics that guide
an organization's actions and processes and the organization's standards
for behavior among its staff.
⩥ Values. Answer: Statements expressing the ethics that guide an
organization's actions and processes and the organization's standards for
behavior among its staff.
⩥ Vision. Answer: A statement of the desired future state of the
organization.
⩥ Barriers to Entry. Answer: Obstacles that impede an organization from
entering a market.
⩥ Certificate of Need (CON). Answer: State laws in the US that require
organizations to obtain approval from a state planning agency before
beginning a major capital project.
,⩥ Delphi Group Technique. Answer: A method of achieving consensus
among members of a group. Content experts make forecasts, develop
solutions, or identify issues, and then these inputs are summarized, re-
reviewed, and revised until a general consensus is reached.
⩥ Economies of Scale. Answer: Reductions in unit cost granted to
purchasers of large volumes of products or services.
⩥ Exit Barriers. Answer: The costs an organization will incur if it exits a
market.
⩥ Five Forces Model. Answer: A framework devised by Michael Porter
that identifies five factors affecting the degree of competition in a
market and the ability of established organizations to influence prices:
(1) the potential for new entrants, (2) the threat of substitute products,
(3) the power of suppliers, (4) the power of buyers, and (5) rivalry
among competing sellers.
⩥ Force Field Analysis. Answer: A technique used to evaluate whether
environmental influences support or undermine an organization's
decisions/plans.
⩥ Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). Answer: Alliances formed
to give member organizations greater negotiating power and concessions
on price, delivery times, and quality when purchasing products/services.
, ⩥ Mobility Barriers. Answer: Intra-industry obstacles that impede
organizations in a strategic group from joining and competing in another
group. Examples of mobility barriers include advertising, expenditures
on research and development, distribution channels, breadth of product
lines, and patents.
⩥ Nominal Group Technique (NGT). Answer: A group method of
identifying an issue or choosing a solution. Each member of a group
suggests a solution, and then the group eliminates duplicate solutions
and ranks those that remain to determine which should be chosen.
⩥ PEST Analysis. Answer: An analytical method of deriving forces that
are driving change in an industry. Categories of forces explored include
political, economic, social/cultural, and technological.
⩥ Scenario Analysis. Answer: A technique of proposing alternative
futures that could come to pass if a specified environmental change
occurs. This type of analysis is used by leaders to better understand and
plan for future contingencies.
⩥ Strategic Groups. Answer: Clusters of organizations that use the same
or similar strategies in an industry. By classifying organizations into
strategic groups, leaders can better analyze the structure of an industry.
⩥ Switching Costs. Answer: The costs associated with changing a
product, brand, marketplace, or supplier.
