WGU D435 HR TECHNOLOGY AND
PEOPLE ANALYTICS MASTERY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. When migrating from an on-premise HRIS to a SaaS model, which factor represents the
most significant shift in IT resource allocation?
A. Focusing on system configuration and vendor relationship management.
B. Managing physical server hardware and cooling systems.
C. Developing custom code for primary database structures.
D. Manually performing quarterly operating system patches.
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: In a SaaS model, the vendor handles hardware and patches,
allowing HR IT resources to shift focus toward configuration, integration, and managing the
service level agreements (SLAs) with the vendor.
2. Which level of HR analytics is being utilized when a company uses historical turnover data
to simulate the impact of a proposed 5% salary increase on future retention rates?
A. Descriptive Analytics
,B. Diagnostic Analytics
C. Prescriptive Analytics
D. Predictive Analytics
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Prescriptive analytics goes beyond predicting what will happen
by recommending specific actions (like a salary increase) and showing the implications of
each decision branch.
3. Under the GDPR, what is the ‘Right to Rectification’?
A. The right to have personal data erased immediately upon request.
B. The right to obtain a copy of all personal data held by the employer.
C. The right to object to automated decision-making and profiling.
D. The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or completed.
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: The Right to Rectification ensures that individuals can have
inaccurate personal data corrected or incomplete data completed by the data controller.
4. During the ‘Analysis’ phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), what is the
primary objective?
A. Coding the software architecture.
B. Defining the organizational needs and functional requirements.
, C. Conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
D. Transitioning data from the legacy system to the new system.
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: The Analysis phase focuses on gathering requirements and
understanding what the system must do to solve business problems.
5. Which term describes the process of extracting, transforming, and loading data from
various sources into a centralized data warehouse?
A. Data Mining
B. API Integration
C. ETL
D. Data Scraping
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: ETL stands for Extract, Transform, and Load, which is the
standard process for moving data into a warehouse for analytics.
6. An organization uses an AI-driven tool to screen resumes. If the tool consistently favors
male candidates because it was trained on historical data from a male-dominated
department, what is this an example of?
A. Statistical Significance
B. Algorithmic Bias
PEOPLE ANALYTICS MASTERY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. When migrating from an on-premise HRIS to a SaaS model, which factor represents the
most significant shift in IT resource allocation?
A. Focusing on system configuration and vendor relationship management.
B. Managing physical server hardware and cooling systems.
C. Developing custom code for primary database structures.
D. Manually performing quarterly operating system patches.
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: In a SaaS model, the vendor handles hardware and patches,
allowing HR IT resources to shift focus toward configuration, integration, and managing the
service level agreements (SLAs) with the vendor.
2. Which level of HR analytics is being utilized when a company uses historical turnover data
to simulate the impact of a proposed 5% salary increase on future retention rates?
A. Descriptive Analytics
,B. Diagnostic Analytics
C. Prescriptive Analytics
D. Predictive Analytics
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Prescriptive analytics goes beyond predicting what will happen
by recommending specific actions (like a salary increase) and showing the implications of
each decision branch.
3. Under the GDPR, what is the ‘Right to Rectification’?
A. The right to have personal data erased immediately upon request.
B. The right to obtain a copy of all personal data held by the employer.
C. The right to object to automated decision-making and profiling.
D. The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected or completed.
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: The Right to Rectification ensures that individuals can have
inaccurate personal data corrected or incomplete data completed by the data controller.
4. During the ‘Analysis’ phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), what is the
primary objective?
A. Coding the software architecture.
B. Defining the organizational needs and functional requirements.
, C. Conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
D. Transitioning data from the legacy system to the new system.
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: The Analysis phase focuses on gathering requirements and
understanding what the system must do to solve business problems.
5. Which term describes the process of extracting, transforming, and loading data from
various sources into a centralized data warehouse?
A. Data Mining
B. API Integration
C. ETL
D. Data Scraping
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: ETL stands for Extract, Transform, and Load, which is the
standard process for moving data into a warehouse for analytics.
6. An organization uses an AI-driven tool to screen resumes. If the tool consistently favors
male candidates because it was trained on historical data from a male-dominated
department, what is this an example of?
A. Statistical Significance
B. Algorithmic Bias
