D184 WGU STUDY GUIDE ACTUAL EXAM
EXAM Q&A 2026 100% CORRECT.
⫸ Half Point Score Values. Answer: Used in proficiency scales for
mastery at one level, but does not meet all of the criteria for the next
level.
⫸ Generic Scale. Answer: Used for every topic where students are
rated 1-4 based on their knowledge. These are not topic-specific; for
example, a level 3 is on grade level, but no other specific information
is provided.
⫸ Consistency of Behavior. Answer: Not to be used on a proficiency
scale, as this is a qualifying type of scale which uses the words
sometimes, always, seldom etc.
⫸ Definitional Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Defining
characteristics of something, describe or explain
⫸ Cognitive Analysis Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Determining,
organizing, analysis
⫸ Mental Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Skills or processes,
evaluates
,⫸ Parallel Assessments. Answer: Monitor students growth on the
same skills multiple times.
⫸ Assessment Blueprint. Answer: Created to ensure assessments are
aligned with learning targets.
⫸ Method of Mounting Evidence. Answer: Determine what the
students' summative score should be based on prior patterns of scores.
⫸ True score. Answer: Recognizes that there is some inherent error
on a test, its' an estimation, the true level of understanding
⫸ Observed Score. Answer: = True Score + Error Score
⫸ Aberrant pattenrs. Answer: you need to determine if the pattern is
reliable or if the student was having a bad day etc.
⫸ Standards Referenced Grading Systems. Answer: students
demonstrate learning outcomes based on standards.
⫸ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: one standard is assessed at a
time
⫸ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: Assessment results do not
contain content outside of the stated standard.
, ⫸ Measurement Topics. Answer: They help identify content and
skills to be tested.
⫸ Measurement Topics. Answer: Concepts
⫸ Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Understanding concepts without
application
⫸ Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Demonstration is a method of
illustrating procedural knowledge
⫸ Parallel Assessments. Answer: given to measure student progress
on one standard over time
⫸ Unidimensionality. Answer: Parallel Assessments
⫸ Parallel Assessments. Answer: remove much of the error from
student scores to provide a true score
⫸ Point Scoring Method. Answer: It is used to determine the
percentage of available points a student earned on sections of a test,
which is translated into a score on a proficiency scale
⫸ Response Code Scoring. Answer: Each student answer is marked
with labels, and the pattern of labels is then examined to determine
the student's level of proficiency.
EXAM Q&A 2026 100% CORRECT.
⫸ Half Point Score Values. Answer: Used in proficiency scales for
mastery at one level, but does not meet all of the criteria for the next
level.
⫸ Generic Scale. Answer: Used for every topic where students are
rated 1-4 based on their knowledge. These are not topic-specific; for
example, a level 3 is on grade level, but no other specific information
is provided.
⫸ Consistency of Behavior. Answer: Not to be used on a proficiency
scale, as this is a qualifying type of scale which uses the words
sometimes, always, seldom etc.
⫸ Definitional Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Defining
characteristics of something, describe or explain
⫸ Cognitive Analysis Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Determining,
organizing, analysis
⫸ Mental Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Skills or processes,
evaluates
,⫸ Parallel Assessments. Answer: Monitor students growth on the
same skills multiple times.
⫸ Assessment Blueprint. Answer: Created to ensure assessments are
aligned with learning targets.
⫸ Method of Mounting Evidence. Answer: Determine what the
students' summative score should be based on prior patterns of scores.
⫸ True score. Answer: Recognizes that there is some inherent error
on a test, its' an estimation, the true level of understanding
⫸ Observed Score. Answer: = True Score + Error Score
⫸ Aberrant pattenrs. Answer: you need to determine if the pattern is
reliable or if the student was having a bad day etc.
⫸ Standards Referenced Grading Systems. Answer: students
demonstrate learning outcomes based on standards.
⫸ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: one standard is assessed at a
time
⫸ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: Assessment results do not
contain content outside of the stated standard.
, ⫸ Measurement Topics. Answer: They help identify content and
skills to be tested.
⫸ Measurement Topics. Answer: Concepts
⫸ Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Understanding concepts without
application
⫸ Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Demonstration is a method of
illustrating procedural knowledge
⫸ Parallel Assessments. Answer: given to measure student progress
on one standard over time
⫸ Unidimensionality. Answer: Parallel Assessments
⫸ Parallel Assessments. Answer: remove much of the error from
student scores to provide a true score
⫸ Point Scoring Method. Answer: It is used to determine the
percentage of available points a student earned on sections of a test,
which is translated into a score on a proficiency scale
⫸ Response Code Scoring. Answer: Each student answer is marked
with labels, and the pattern of labels is then examined to determine
the student's level of proficiency.
