WGU D514 OA EXAM LATEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
and CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS with RATIONALES
ALREADY GRADED A+
A healthcare administrator decided to implement email safety training classes for
all employees after reading about computer hacks through phishing. An exam was
given to the employees after the training.
How should the organization use the pass rate data from the assessment?
To identify areas of potential data disclosure
To compare mean scores to determine efficacy
To see if additional educational efforts are needed
To determine the level of insurance that will be needed - CORRECT ANSWER-
To see if additional educational efforts are needed
A hospital would like to reduce the outstanding accounts receivables with large
amounts. The chief financial officer (CFO) asked the director of patient accounts
to identify delinquent accounts based on patient demographics to create a
collection process through the patient portal.How should the CFO use the data?
To outsource the hospital's collection function
To implement improvements in the revenue cycle process
,To explain delays in collection to the board's finance committee
To replace staff in areas where substandard performance is identified -
CORRECT ANSWER-To implement improvements in the revenue cycle process
Research has determined that the number of sleep interruptions in patients with
fibromyalgia has a detrimental impact on the clinical outcome of the disease. The
data from the research are given in the following table:
Fibromyalgia Patients 36
Male: 22 Female: 14
age Male: 58 Female: 52
Average Reported Sleep Disruptions 100
Standard Deviation 5
Control group 1000
Male: 592 Female: 408
age Male: 47 Female: 50
Average Reported Sleep Disruptions 99
SD 2.5
To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be treated for insomnia
To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be screened for sleep deprivation
To determine if sleep interruptions are specific by patient age in either group
, To determine if gender is a factor in sleep interruptions in patients with
fibromyalgia - CORRECT ANSWER-To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be
screened for sleep deprivation
An analyst is interested in understanding the association between the patients
admitted to the emergency department of a hospital and the number of medical
errors reported from that same department.Which database would the analyst
use to find this potential association between the two variables of the patients
admitted to the number of medical errors reported?
Object-oriented database
De-identified database
Flat file database
Relational database - CORRECT ANSWER-Flat file database
The public health department is interested in the impact of emergency services
provided to trauma patients at accident scenes.Which type of database can
provide this type of information?
Reporting
Transactional
Data warehouses
Disease registries - CORRECT ANSWER-Disease registries
and CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS with RATIONALES
ALREADY GRADED A+
A healthcare administrator decided to implement email safety training classes for
all employees after reading about computer hacks through phishing. An exam was
given to the employees after the training.
How should the organization use the pass rate data from the assessment?
To identify areas of potential data disclosure
To compare mean scores to determine efficacy
To see if additional educational efforts are needed
To determine the level of insurance that will be needed - CORRECT ANSWER-
To see if additional educational efforts are needed
A hospital would like to reduce the outstanding accounts receivables with large
amounts. The chief financial officer (CFO) asked the director of patient accounts
to identify delinquent accounts based on patient demographics to create a
collection process through the patient portal.How should the CFO use the data?
To outsource the hospital's collection function
To implement improvements in the revenue cycle process
,To explain delays in collection to the board's finance committee
To replace staff in areas where substandard performance is identified -
CORRECT ANSWER-To implement improvements in the revenue cycle process
Research has determined that the number of sleep interruptions in patients with
fibromyalgia has a detrimental impact on the clinical outcome of the disease. The
data from the research are given in the following table:
Fibromyalgia Patients 36
Male: 22 Female: 14
age Male: 58 Female: 52
Average Reported Sleep Disruptions 100
Standard Deviation 5
Control group 1000
Male: 592 Female: 408
age Male: 47 Female: 50
Average Reported Sleep Disruptions 99
SD 2.5
To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be treated for insomnia
To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be screened for sleep deprivation
To determine if sleep interruptions are specific by patient age in either group
, To determine if gender is a factor in sleep interruptions in patients with
fibromyalgia - CORRECT ANSWER-To recommend that fibromyalgia patients be
screened for sleep deprivation
An analyst is interested in understanding the association between the patients
admitted to the emergency department of a hospital and the number of medical
errors reported from that same department.Which database would the analyst
use to find this potential association between the two variables of the patients
admitted to the number of medical errors reported?
Object-oriented database
De-identified database
Flat file database
Relational database - CORRECT ANSWER-Flat file database
The public health department is interested in the impact of emergency services
provided to trauma patients at accident scenes.Which type of database can
provide this type of information?
Reporting
Transactional
Data warehouses
Disease registries - CORRECT ANSWER-Disease registries
