WGU D202
D202 WGU Human Growth and Development
Exam Questions with Verified Solutions
UPDATED 2025-2026
Germinal Period -Correct Answers ✔-0-2 Weeks gestation
Fertilization and Implantation of Zygote
Creation of Blastocyst
Mitosis
Blastocyst -Correct Answers ✔-Embryo before implantation into uterine wall
Rapidly dividing ball of cells
Zygote -Correct Answers ✔-fertilized ovum
Mitosis -Correct Answers ✔-Cell division producing two daughter cells with the
same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Embryonic Period -Correct Answers ✔-2 weeks-2months gestation
Placenta forms
Now an embryo
Nutrients and oxygen given from placenta through the umbilical cord
Sensitive to teratogens because development of life support systems
Fetal Period -Correct Answers ✔-2 months+
All major structures continue to develop
at 3 months fetus has all its body parts
Viability about 24 weeks
Embryonic Disk -Correct Answers ✔-inner group of cells of the blastocyst
embryonic disk
becomes the embryo
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Trophoblast -Correct Answers ✔-outer group of cells of the blastocyst
trophoblast
becomes the support system nourishing the developing organism
Viability -Correct Answers ✔-able to live independently outside a mother's uterus
What will blastocyst become? -Correct Answers ✔-Embryo
Cephalocaudal Development -Correct Answers ✔-Growth from head to tail
Proximodistal Development -Correct Answers ✔-Growth from the midline
outward
Teratogens -Correct Answers ✔-anything that interferes with normal fetal
development
preeclampsia -Correct Answers ✔-high blood pressure
possible damage to liver and kidneys
aka toxemia
Rh Disease -Correct Answers ✔-form of anemia caused by a protein
1st Stage of Labor -Correct Answers ✔-Braxton hicks
contractions
cervix dilates to 10
discharge of blood or amniotic fluid
longest part
2nd stage of labor -Correct Answers ✔-passing of baby through birth canal
pushing baby out
episiotomy done if necessary
mouth and nose suctioned out
umbilical cord clamped and cut
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3rd stage of labor -Correct Answers ✔-relatively painless
placenta/afterbirth is delivered within 20 minutes of birth
episiotomy stitched up if needed
APGAR definition -Correct Answers ✔-activity
pulse
grimace
appearance
respiration
When is APGAR used? -Correct Answers ✔-1-5 minutes after birth to check
baby's overall condition
What does Activity in APGAR measure? -Correct Answers ✔-Muscle tone
assessed by touching the baby's palm
What does Pulse in APGAR measure? -Correct Answers ✔-Heart Rate
What does Grimace in APGAR measure -Correct Answers ✔-Response to
stimulations, such as stroking the foot
What does Appearance in APGAR measure? -Correct Answers ✔-The baby's color
What does Respiration in APGAR measure -Correct Answers ✔-breathing
Baby blues -Correct Answers ✔-feelings of sadness that occur 3-5 days after birth
and typically disappear within 10 days of birth, trouble sleeping, moody, fell
letdown from the birthing experience
Postpartum Depression -Correct Answers ✔-occurs in the 4 weeks after birth,
feelings of sadness, sleeplessness, and difficulty bonding with the newborn, 1/8
women experience this
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Postpartum Psychosis -Correct Answers ✔-associated with hallucinations and
delusions to kill the baby or that they baby is possessed.
What are two things that can cause pregnancy loss during the embryonic period -
Correct Answers ✔-Gross Chromosomal Abnormalities
Exposure to Harmful Substances
By which period of prenatal development have the majority of the neurons in the
brain developed? -Correct Answers ✔-Fetal period
neonatal -Correct Answers ✔-referring to newborn children
Postpartum Anxiety -Correct Answers ✔-heightened alertness
intrusive thoughts of something terrible happening to baby
physiological arousal.
Hormone associated with postpartum anxiety -Correct Answers ✔-oxytocin -
bonding makes mother hard-wired to respond to and fend for her baby.
What do infants prefer to look at? -Correct Answers ✔-Face-like stimuli
What is Kwashiorkor -Correct Answers ✔-when another child is born and takes
over breastfeeding.
Disease of the displaced child
What does Kwashiorkor Result in? -Correct Answers ✔-loss of appetite and
swelling of the abdomen as body begins to break down vital organs as a source of
protein.
Genotype -Correct Answers ✔-sum total of all the genes a person inherits
Phenotype -Correct Answers ✔-features that are actually expressed
WGU D202
D202 WGU Human Growth and Development
Exam Questions with Verified Solutions
UPDATED 2025-2026
Germinal Period -Correct Answers ✔-0-2 Weeks gestation
Fertilization and Implantation of Zygote
Creation of Blastocyst
Mitosis
Blastocyst -Correct Answers ✔-Embryo before implantation into uterine wall
Rapidly dividing ball of cells
Zygote -Correct Answers ✔-fertilized ovum
Mitosis -Correct Answers ✔-Cell division producing two daughter cells with the
same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Embryonic Period -Correct Answers ✔-2 weeks-2months gestation
Placenta forms
Now an embryo
Nutrients and oxygen given from placenta through the umbilical cord
Sensitive to teratogens because development of life support systems
Fetal Period -Correct Answers ✔-2 months+
All major structures continue to develop
at 3 months fetus has all its body parts
Viability about 24 weeks
Embryonic Disk -Correct Answers ✔-inner group of cells of the blastocyst
embryonic disk
becomes the embryo
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,WGU D202
Trophoblast -Correct Answers ✔-outer group of cells of the blastocyst
trophoblast
becomes the support system nourishing the developing organism
Viability -Correct Answers ✔-able to live independently outside a mother's uterus
What will blastocyst become? -Correct Answers ✔-Embryo
Cephalocaudal Development -Correct Answers ✔-Growth from head to tail
Proximodistal Development -Correct Answers ✔-Growth from the midline
outward
Teratogens -Correct Answers ✔-anything that interferes with normal fetal
development
preeclampsia -Correct Answers ✔-high blood pressure
possible damage to liver and kidneys
aka toxemia
Rh Disease -Correct Answers ✔-form of anemia caused by a protein
1st Stage of Labor -Correct Answers ✔-Braxton hicks
contractions
cervix dilates to 10
discharge of blood or amniotic fluid
longest part
2nd stage of labor -Correct Answers ✔-passing of baby through birth canal
pushing baby out
episiotomy done if necessary
mouth and nose suctioned out
umbilical cord clamped and cut
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,WGU D202
3rd stage of labor -Correct Answers ✔-relatively painless
placenta/afterbirth is delivered within 20 minutes of birth
episiotomy stitched up if needed
APGAR definition -Correct Answers ✔-activity
pulse
grimace
appearance
respiration
When is APGAR used? -Correct Answers ✔-1-5 minutes after birth to check
baby's overall condition
What does Activity in APGAR measure? -Correct Answers ✔-Muscle tone
assessed by touching the baby's palm
What does Pulse in APGAR measure? -Correct Answers ✔-Heart Rate
What does Grimace in APGAR measure -Correct Answers ✔-Response to
stimulations, such as stroking the foot
What does Appearance in APGAR measure? -Correct Answers ✔-The baby's color
What does Respiration in APGAR measure -Correct Answers ✔-breathing
Baby blues -Correct Answers ✔-feelings of sadness that occur 3-5 days after birth
and typically disappear within 10 days of birth, trouble sleeping, moody, fell
letdown from the birthing experience
Postpartum Depression -Correct Answers ✔-occurs in the 4 weeks after birth,
feelings of sadness, sleeplessness, and difficulty bonding with the newborn, 1/8
women experience this
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, WGU D202
Postpartum Psychosis -Correct Answers ✔-associated with hallucinations and
delusions to kill the baby or that they baby is possessed.
What are two things that can cause pregnancy loss during the embryonic period -
Correct Answers ✔-Gross Chromosomal Abnormalities
Exposure to Harmful Substances
By which period of prenatal development have the majority of the neurons in the
brain developed? -Correct Answers ✔-Fetal period
neonatal -Correct Answers ✔-referring to newborn children
Postpartum Anxiety -Correct Answers ✔-heightened alertness
intrusive thoughts of something terrible happening to baby
physiological arousal.
Hormone associated with postpartum anxiety -Correct Answers ✔-oxytocin -
bonding makes mother hard-wired to respond to and fend for her baby.
What do infants prefer to look at? -Correct Answers ✔-Face-like stimuli
What is Kwashiorkor -Correct Answers ✔-when another child is born and takes
over breastfeeding.
Disease of the displaced child
What does Kwashiorkor Result in? -Correct Answers ✔-loss of appetite and
swelling of the abdomen as body begins to break down vital organs as a source of
protein.
Genotype -Correct Answers ✔-sum total of all the genes a person inherits
Phenotype -Correct Answers ✔-features that are actually expressed
WGU D202
