WGU D776 TASK 1 PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ SDLC is divided into the following five phases:.
Answer: 1) planning or Define System 2) analysis or Determine
Requirements 3) design 4) implementation 5) maintenance
◍ Flexible Criterion.
Answer: states that the model should provide accurate measures across a
reasonable range of conditions.
◍ The Objective of Risk Management.
Answer: minimize the negative impact of risk and maximize the positive
outcomes
◍ SDLC Phase 4: ImplementationTask 2: TestingUser Test.
Answer: These are the final tests. Users of the system actually use the new
system to look for errors. User acceptance is required for the system to be
approved.
◍ What is a project management deliverable.
Answer: are all the documents that you create during the four phasesFor
example: When defining, you create a project charter, and within it are
many documents. Those documents are then presented as this.
◍ What is a word sometimes refereed to as uncertainty in project management.
Answer: volatility
◍ Capable Criterion.
Answer: focuses on factors that are relevant to the organization.
◍ Project Scope.
, Answer: Detailed description of the project outcomes
◍ Operations.
Answer: The day-to-day activities for continued business functioning.
◍ SDLC Phase 1: PlanningTask 2: Conduct Feasibility StudiesO -
Organizational.
Answer: To be viable, the project should fit within the organization's
culture, customs, and goals.
◍ Traditional Project Management Methods.
Answer: PERT CPMCritical Chain PRINCE2
◍ What is crashing?.
Answer: Adding resources to critical path activities to speed them up (e.g.,
authorizing overtime, hiring extra staff). This method usually results in
higher, direct project costs.
◍ SDLC Phase 2: AnalysisTask 1: Identify System Requirements.
Answer: This task puts pressure on the users of the system to identify every
task—daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly—the new system needs to support.
Strong interviewing skills are required to gather this detailed information
from users.
◍ SDLC Phase 4: ImplementationTask 2: TestingIntegration Test.
Answer: These are tests during which input is fed into the system from other
programs, and output from the system is fed into other programs to ensure
that program interfaces are accurate. Again, if errors surface, the system
needs to be fixed.
◍ SDLC Phase 4: ImplementationTask 3: ConversionParallel Conversion.
Answer: The entire organization runs both the old system and the new
system. After the new system is deemed sufficient, the old system is cut off
and only the new system runs. The advantage to this method is that nothing
is lost if the new system does not work correctly. The main drawback is the
high costs involved in running both systems.
, ◍ Systems Development Life Cycle Challenges1) Determining User
Requirements.
Answer: How do you know what the system needs to do? To determine this,
you must be able to communicate in detail with the users of the proposed
system. You need to figure out their needs and then translate them into
system requirements.
◍ Systems Development Life Cycle Challenges2) Requirements Creep.
Answer: After the requirements are determined and the system is under
construction, you must try to control the number of new requests users
make. During later phases of development, it is especially difficult to add
functionality without returning to earlier phases and thus delaying
development. This is why it is important to determine all the requirements
before beginning a project.
◍ What is SCRUM?.
Answer: A subset of agileAn implementation of agile methodology in which
incremental changes are delivered timelyHas an iterative approach The
project team works closely with the customer to deliver projects in usable
chunks
◍ Uncertainty in Project Management.
Answer: Not exactly known or definedThis can come into project
management with regard to the desired outcome or the technologies and
processes that will be used to generate the outcome
◍ What is the main thing with risk.
Answer: uncertainty
◍ What is the WBS structure?.
Answer: a methodical deconstruction of deliverables into activities
◍ Schedule compression in project management.
Answer: to shorten a project's duration without reducing its scope, often to
meet deadlines or recover from delays
◍ SDLC Phase 4: Implementation - 4 major tasks.
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ SDLC is divided into the following five phases:.
Answer: 1) planning or Define System 2) analysis or Determine
Requirements 3) design 4) implementation 5) maintenance
◍ Flexible Criterion.
Answer: states that the model should provide accurate measures across a
reasonable range of conditions.
◍ The Objective of Risk Management.
Answer: minimize the negative impact of risk and maximize the positive
outcomes
◍ SDLC Phase 4: ImplementationTask 2: TestingUser Test.
Answer: These are the final tests. Users of the system actually use the new
system to look for errors. User acceptance is required for the system to be
approved.
◍ What is a project management deliverable.
Answer: are all the documents that you create during the four phasesFor
example: When defining, you create a project charter, and within it are
many documents. Those documents are then presented as this.
◍ What is a word sometimes refereed to as uncertainty in project management.
Answer: volatility
◍ Capable Criterion.
Answer: focuses on factors that are relevant to the organization.
◍ Project Scope.
, Answer: Detailed description of the project outcomes
◍ Operations.
Answer: The day-to-day activities for continued business functioning.
◍ SDLC Phase 1: PlanningTask 2: Conduct Feasibility StudiesO -
Organizational.
Answer: To be viable, the project should fit within the organization's
culture, customs, and goals.
◍ Traditional Project Management Methods.
Answer: PERT CPMCritical Chain PRINCE2
◍ What is crashing?.
Answer: Adding resources to critical path activities to speed them up (e.g.,
authorizing overtime, hiring extra staff). This method usually results in
higher, direct project costs.
◍ SDLC Phase 2: AnalysisTask 1: Identify System Requirements.
Answer: This task puts pressure on the users of the system to identify every
task—daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly—the new system needs to support.
Strong interviewing skills are required to gather this detailed information
from users.
◍ SDLC Phase 4: ImplementationTask 2: TestingIntegration Test.
Answer: These are tests during which input is fed into the system from other
programs, and output from the system is fed into other programs to ensure
that program interfaces are accurate. Again, if errors surface, the system
needs to be fixed.
◍ SDLC Phase 4: ImplementationTask 3: ConversionParallel Conversion.
Answer: The entire organization runs both the old system and the new
system. After the new system is deemed sufficient, the old system is cut off
and only the new system runs. The advantage to this method is that nothing
is lost if the new system does not work correctly. The main drawback is the
high costs involved in running both systems.
, ◍ Systems Development Life Cycle Challenges1) Determining User
Requirements.
Answer: How do you know what the system needs to do? To determine this,
you must be able to communicate in detail with the users of the proposed
system. You need to figure out their needs and then translate them into
system requirements.
◍ Systems Development Life Cycle Challenges2) Requirements Creep.
Answer: After the requirements are determined and the system is under
construction, you must try to control the number of new requests users
make. During later phases of development, it is especially difficult to add
functionality without returning to earlier phases and thus delaying
development. This is why it is important to determine all the requirements
before beginning a project.
◍ What is SCRUM?.
Answer: A subset of agileAn implementation of agile methodology in which
incremental changes are delivered timelyHas an iterative approach The
project team works closely with the customer to deliver projects in usable
chunks
◍ Uncertainty in Project Management.
Answer: Not exactly known or definedThis can come into project
management with regard to the desired outcome or the technologies and
processes that will be used to generate the outcome
◍ What is the main thing with risk.
Answer: uncertainty
◍ What is the WBS structure?.
Answer: a methodical deconstruction of deliverables into activities
◍ Schedule compression in project management.
Answer: to shorten a project's duration without reducing its scope, often to
meet deadlines or recover from delays
◍ SDLC Phase 4: Implementation - 4 major tasks.
