WGU C468 Information Management and
Application of Technology | Complete Exam
Questions and Answers with Rationales |
2026 Update | 100% Verified
six steps of the data analysis process -✓✓Ask, Prepare, Process, Analyze, Share, Act
Ask phase -✓✓Work to understand the challenge to be solved or the question to be
answered. Likely be assigned to you by stakeholders
Process phase -✓✓Clean and organize your data. Removing any inconsistencies, filling
in missing values, changing data to a format that's easier to work with.
Prepare phase -✓✓Find and collect the data you'll need to answer your questions.
Identify data sources, gather data, and verify that it is accurate and useful.
Analyze phase -✓✓Doing the necessary data analysis to uncover answers and
solutions. Also examining trends and patterns.
Share phase -✓✓When you present your findings to decision-makers through a report,
presentation, or data visualizations. You also decide which medium you want to share
your findings and select the data to include.
Act phase -✓✓Putting the data insights into action. This could mean, implementing a
new business strategy, making changes to a website, or any other action that solves the
initial problem.
Data ecosystems -✓✓The various elements that interact with one another in order to
produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data
Data-driven decision making -✓✓Using facts to guide business strategy
Data design -✓✓how you organize information
Data strategy -✓✓The management of the people, processes, and tools used in data
analysis A strategy for achieving success
5 aspects of analytical thinking -✓✓visualization, strategy, problem-orientation,
correlation, big-picture and detail-oriented thinking
Root cause -✓✓The reason why a problem occurs
Application of Technology | Complete Exam
Questions and Answers with Rationales |
2026 Update | 100% Verified
six steps of the data analysis process -✓✓Ask, Prepare, Process, Analyze, Share, Act
Ask phase -✓✓Work to understand the challenge to be solved or the question to be
answered. Likely be assigned to you by stakeholders
Process phase -✓✓Clean and organize your data. Removing any inconsistencies, filling
in missing values, changing data to a format that's easier to work with.
Prepare phase -✓✓Find and collect the data you'll need to answer your questions.
Identify data sources, gather data, and verify that it is accurate and useful.
Analyze phase -✓✓Doing the necessary data analysis to uncover answers and
solutions. Also examining trends and patterns.
Share phase -✓✓When you present your findings to decision-makers through a report,
presentation, or data visualizations. You also decide which medium you want to share
your findings and select the data to include.
Act phase -✓✓Putting the data insights into action. This could mean, implementing a
new business strategy, making changes to a website, or any other action that solves the
initial problem.
Data ecosystems -✓✓The various elements that interact with one another in order to
produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data
Data-driven decision making -✓✓Using facts to guide business strategy
Data design -✓✓how you organize information
Data strategy -✓✓The management of the people, processes, and tools used in data
analysis A strategy for achieving success
5 aspects of analytical thinking -✓✓visualization, strategy, problem-orientation,
correlation, big-picture and detail-oriented thinking
Root cause -✓✓The reason why a problem occurs
