WGU D520 CAPSTONE TASK 1-5 BUNDLE
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Closing Activities (Process #5).
Answer: Pay vendor invoice, reconcile vendor accounts, return excess
material and supplies, return assets to orgs, writing lessons learned,
complete project documentation, deliver to customer, receive sign-off and
archive all project documents
◍ Three-point estimate.
Answer: Includes: optimistic (O), most-likely (M) and pessimistic (P)
◍ Simple budget.
Answer: Provides insight into the cost of the major deliverables but does not
indicate when the expenses will occur
◍ Plan Phase.
Answer: Document information about each activity that will need to be
completed in order for the project to achieve its intended outcomes
◍ Risk Avoidance.
Answer: During our planning, the team identifies the risk and sets a path to
avoid the risk
◍ Self-Assessment.
Answer: process of students using specific criteria to evaluate and reflect on
their own work.
◍ The Knowledge Dimension.
Answer: A. Factual Knowledge—The basic elements students most know to
be acquainted with a discipline or solve problem in it.B. Conceptual
, Knowledge—The interrelationships among the basic elements within a
larger structure that enable them to function togetherC. Procedural
Knowledge—How to do something, methods of inquiry, and criteria for
using skills, algorithms, techniques, and methodsD. Metacognitive
Knowledge—Knowledge of cognition in general as well as awareness and
knowledge of one's own cognition
◍ 0-100 Rule.
Answer: Every task is marked as 0% completed until it is finished, then
marked as 100%
◍ 5 levels of project management maturity (Crawford, 2007).
Answer: 1) Initial 2) Structured standards 3) Organizational standards 4)
Managed Process 5) Optimized process
◍ 8/80 rule.
Answer: Anything requiring less than eight hours is not assigned so
resources have sufficient work to occupy them and there is no need to
micromanage
◍ Reliability.
Answer: consistency of measurement, that is, how consistent test scores or
other assessment results are from one measurement to anotherConcerned
with the consistency of the results.-provides the consistency that makes
validity possible -indicates the degree to which various kinds of
generalizations are justifiable.
◍ Competitive necessity project.
Answer: Decision for project is based on whether implementing the project
will ensure the viability of the company in the competitive market
◍ External risk.
Answer: Partners or contractors, regulation/government, competitive market
influences, customer expectations and availability, environmental factors
such as weather, etc.
◍ Selected Response Tests.
, Answer: we can obtain a comprehensive coverage of a content domain, and
can administer, score, and interpret it easily, but we sacrifice realism and
some types of complexity (students are selecting the response: multiple
choice, matching, and true/false items)
◍ Selection Item: Matching.
Answer: simply a variation of the multiple-choice form. A good practice is
to switch to the matching format only when it becomes apparent that the
same alternatives are being repeated in several multiple-choice items.
◍ Payback period.
Answer: Calculates the amount of time required to earn back the cost of
doing the project
◍ Time value of money.
Answer: Money is worth more to an organization now than in the future. It
makes sense if you consider that if someone gave you $1,000 today and you
could invest the money such that the investment would return additional
value to you in the future
◍ Cost variance (CV).
Answer: Determines if a project is meeting budget expectations
◍ Advantages of Functional (Departmentalized).
Answer: Lines of authority are clear. Departmental work is easily prioritized
by identified departmental authority. There is flexibility in the use of staff.
Subject matter experts (SME) available to work on multiple
projects.Knowledge and experience readily shared between functional
specialists. Technical continuity exists within the organization. Professional
growth and career paths for the staff are clearly defined
◍ Net present value (NPV).
Answer: Calculate whether revenue tomorrow is greater than costs today
◍ Mandated Core Components of 'Standards Based Reform'.
Answer: a) content and performance standards set for all students; b)
development of tools to measure the progress of all students toward the
, standards; c) accountability systems that require continuous improvement of
student achievement.
◍ Schedule performance index (SPI).
Answer: Measures project time / schedule efficiency= Earned Value (EV) /
Planned Value (PV)
◍ Using Assessment Results.
Answer: All learning goals should be assessed using more than one
assessment activity.A variety of assessment strategies should be used.
Assessment results will reveal information about student learning and
performance which should be analyzed to assist with improvement of
teaching and learning. Student performance patterns and changes over time
can be recorded and analyzed to provide information about student growth.
Some unexpected results or surprises may emerge. The data will raise
questions that you can use for your own and your students' growth. Results
can be compared to those of other teachers with similar classrooms and units
of study to see if school-wide patterns emerge.
◍ Product Assessment.
Answer: Result of a performance assessment that becomes the focus of the
assessment.
◍ Bloom's taxonomy.
Answer: 6. Creating- Putting information together in an innovative way.5.
Evaluating- Making judgments based on a set of guidelines.4. Analysis-
Breaking the concept into parts and understanding 3. Applying- Use
knowledge gained in new ways.how each part is related to one another.2.
Understanding- making sense of what you have learned.1. Remembering-
recalling relevant knowledge from long term memory.
◍ Tool for PM to track that important items are addressed when developing
and defining project scope?.
Answer: Network diagram
◍ Negative Consequences of Large-Scale Assessments.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Closing Activities (Process #5).
Answer: Pay vendor invoice, reconcile vendor accounts, return excess
material and supplies, return assets to orgs, writing lessons learned,
complete project documentation, deliver to customer, receive sign-off and
archive all project documents
◍ Three-point estimate.
Answer: Includes: optimistic (O), most-likely (M) and pessimistic (P)
◍ Simple budget.
Answer: Provides insight into the cost of the major deliverables but does not
indicate when the expenses will occur
◍ Plan Phase.
Answer: Document information about each activity that will need to be
completed in order for the project to achieve its intended outcomes
◍ Risk Avoidance.
Answer: During our planning, the team identifies the risk and sets a path to
avoid the risk
◍ Self-Assessment.
Answer: process of students using specific criteria to evaluate and reflect on
their own work.
◍ The Knowledge Dimension.
Answer: A. Factual Knowledge—The basic elements students most know to
be acquainted with a discipline or solve problem in it.B. Conceptual
, Knowledge—The interrelationships among the basic elements within a
larger structure that enable them to function togetherC. Procedural
Knowledge—How to do something, methods of inquiry, and criteria for
using skills, algorithms, techniques, and methodsD. Metacognitive
Knowledge—Knowledge of cognition in general as well as awareness and
knowledge of one's own cognition
◍ 0-100 Rule.
Answer: Every task is marked as 0% completed until it is finished, then
marked as 100%
◍ 5 levels of project management maturity (Crawford, 2007).
Answer: 1) Initial 2) Structured standards 3) Organizational standards 4)
Managed Process 5) Optimized process
◍ 8/80 rule.
Answer: Anything requiring less than eight hours is not assigned so
resources have sufficient work to occupy them and there is no need to
micromanage
◍ Reliability.
Answer: consistency of measurement, that is, how consistent test scores or
other assessment results are from one measurement to anotherConcerned
with the consistency of the results.-provides the consistency that makes
validity possible -indicates the degree to which various kinds of
generalizations are justifiable.
◍ Competitive necessity project.
Answer: Decision for project is based on whether implementing the project
will ensure the viability of the company in the competitive market
◍ External risk.
Answer: Partners or contractors, regulation/government, competitive market
influences, customer expectations and availability, environmental factors
such as weather, etc.
◍ Selected Response Tests.
, Answer: we can obtain a comprehensive coverage of a content domain, and
can administer, score, and interpret it easily, but we sacrifice realism and
some types of complexity (students are selecting the response: multiple
choice, matching, and true/false items)
◍ Selection Item: Matching.
Answer: simply a variation of the multiple-choice form. A good practice is
to switch to the matching format only when it becomes apparent that the
same alternatives are being repeated in several multiple-choice items.
◍ Payback period.
Answer: Calculates the amount of time required to earn back the cost of
doing the project
◍ Time value of money.
Answer: Money is worth more to an organization now than in the future. It
makes sense if you consider that if someone gave you $1,000 today and you
could invest the money such that the investment would return additional
value to you in the future
◍ Cost variance (CV).
Answer: Determines if a project is meeting budget expectations
◍ Advantages of Functional (Departmentalized).
Answer: Lines of authority are clear. Departmental work is easily prioritized
by identified departmental authority. There is flexibility in the use of staff.
Subject matter experts (SME) available to work on multiple
projects.Knowledge and experience readily shared between functional
specialists. Technical continuity exists within the organization. Professional
growth and career paths for the staff are clearly defined
◍ Net present value (NPV).
Answer: Calculate whether revenue tomorrow is greater than costs today
◍ Mandated Core Components of 'Standards Based Reform'.
Answer: a) content and performance standards set for all students; b)
development of tools to measure the progress of all students toward the
, standards; c) accountability systems that require continuous improvement of
student achievement.
◍ Schedule performance index (SPI).
Answer: Measures project time / schedule efficiency= Earned Value (EV) /
Planned Value (PV)
◍ Using Assessment Results.
Answer: All learning goals should be assessed using more than one
assessment activity.A variety of assessment strategies should be used.
Assessment results will reveal information about student learning and
performance which should be analyzed to assist with improvement of
teaching and learning. Student performance patterns and changes over time
can be recorded and analyzed to provide information about student growth.
Some unexpected results or surprises may emerge. The data will raise
questions that you can use for your own and your students' growth. Results
can be compared to those of other teachers with similar classrooms and units
of study to see if school-wide patterns emerge.
◍ Product Assessment.
Answer: Result of a performance assessment that becomes the focus of the
assessment.
◍ Bloom's taxonomy.
Answer: 6. Creating- Putting information together in an innovative way.5.
Evaluating- Making judgments based on a set of guidelines.4. Analysis-
Breaking the concept into parts and understanding 3. Applying- Use
knowledge gained in new ways.how each part is related to one another.2.
Understanding- making sense of what you have learned.1. Remembering-
recalling relevant knowledge from long term memory.
◍ Tool for PM to track that important items are addressed when developing
and defining project scope?.
Answer: Network diagram
◍ Negative Consequences of Large-Scale Assessments.
