WGU D115 OA CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
GUIDE 2026 FULL SOLUTION
◉ Rickets Answer: a vitamin D deficiency in children, resulting in
soft bones
◉ Degenerative disk disease Answer: A condition in which an
intervertebral disk loses its normal structural integrity as a result of
wear and tear, acute or repeated injuries or aging
◉ Paget disease Answer: Chronic inflammation of bones, resulting in
thickening and softening of bones, that can occur in any bone but
most commonly affects the long bones of the legs, the lower spine,
the pelvis, and the skull
◉ communiuted fracture Answer: splintered into many pieces
◉ Three types of skin cancer Answer: 1. Basal cell carcinoma
2. Squamous cell carcinoma
3. Melanoma
,◉ basal cell carcinoma Answer: Most common and least severe type
of skin cancer; often characterized by light or pearly nodules. Rarely
metastasize, most common on face due to sun exposure
◉ squamous cell carcinoma Answer: Type of skin cancer more
serious than basal cell carcinoma; often characterized by scaly red
crusted papules or firm nodules.
◉ Melanoma Answer: The most serious form of skin cancer,
caucasian males at highest risk, usually black or brown lesion
◉ consequences when integumentary system is disrupted Answer:
impaired immunity
◉ types of burns Answer: Superficial (1st degree) - red/painful
Partial-thickness (2nd degree) -wet/pink/painful
Full-thickness (3rd degree) -white/swollen/no pain
◉ Viltigo Answer: localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized
by milk-white patches
◉ ischemic CVA vs hemorrhagic CVA Answer: ischemic - clot vs
hemorrhagic - blood
, ◉ subdural hematoma Answer: collection of blood under the dura
mater
◉ Alzheimer's disease vs parkinson's disease Answer: Alz - affects
language and memory
Park - affects all executive functioning
◉ Huntington's disease Answer: Genetic disorder that causes
progressive deterioration of brain cells. caused by a dominant allele.
symptoms do not appear until about the age of 30. involves
involuntary muscle movement
◉ Sclerosis Answer: abnormal condition of hardening
◉ disorders that cause vision loss Answer: glaucoma - loss of
pheripheral vision, cataracts - cloudy vision, retinal detachment -
floaters, flashes, curtain vision
◉ kyphosis Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine,
causing hunching of the back.
◉ disorders that cause hearing loss Answer: Meniere's disease -
changes in fluid in tube of inner ear (imbalance and vertigo), Otitis
media - middle ear infection
GUIDE 2026 FULL SOLUTION
◉ Rickets Answer: a vitamin D deficiency in children, resulting in
soft bones
◉ Degenerative disk disease Answer: A condition in which an
intervertebral disk loses its normal structural integrity as a result of
wear and tear, acute or repeated injuries or aging
◉ Paget disease Answer: Chronic inflammation of bones, resulting in
thickening and softening of bones, that can occur in any bone but
most commonly affects the long bones of the legs, the lower spine,
the pelvis, and the skull
◉ communiuted fracture Answer: splintered into many pieces
◉ Three types of skin cancer Answer: 1. Basal cell carcinoma
2. Squamous cell carcinoma
3. Melanoma
,◉ basal cell carcinoma Answer: Most common and least severe type
of skin cancer; often characterized by light or pearly nodules. Rarely
metastasize, most common on face due to sun exposure
◉ squamous cell carcinoma Answer: Type of skin cancer more
serious than basal cell carcinoma; often characterized by scaly red
crusted papules or firm nodules.
◉ Melanoma Answer: The most serious form of skin cancer,
caucasian males at highest risk, usually black or brown lesion
◉ consequences when integumentary system is disrupted Answer:
impaired immunity
◉ types of burns Answer: Superficial (1st degree) - red/painful
Partial-thickness (2nd degree) -wet/pink/painful
Full-thickness (3rd degree) -white/swollen/no pain
◉ Viltigo Answer: localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized
by milk-white patches
◉ ischemic CVA vs hemorrhagic CVA Answer: ischemic - clot vs
hemorrhagic - blood
, ◉ subdural hematoma Answer: collection of blood under the dura
mater
◉ Alzheimer's disease vs parkinson's disease Answer: Alz - affects
language and memory
Park - affects all executive functioning
◉ Huntington's disease Answer: Genetic disorder that causes
progressive deterioration of brain cells. caused by a dominant allele.
symptoms do not appear until about the age of 30. involves
involuntary muscle movement
◉ Sclerosis Answer: abnormal condition of hardening
◉ disorders that cause vision loss Answer: glaucoma - loss of
pheripheral vision, cataracts - cloudy vision, retinal detachment -
floaters, flashes, curtain vision
◉ kyphosis Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine,
causing hunching of the back.
◉ disorders that cause hearing loss Answer: Meniere's disease -
changes in fluid in tube of inner ear (imbalance and vertigo), Otitis
media - middle ear infection
