WGU D458 APPLIES SYSTEMS THINKING
BASICS PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Egocentric Absurdity.
Answer: failing to recognize thinking that has 'absurd' consequences
◍ When to use the 4 types of feedback.
Answer: ask: Use task level for new material.Process: Use process level
when student has some degree of proficiency. It is most useful at the
formative, rather than the summative, stage.Self-Regulation: Use
self-regulation level when student has high degree of proficiency.self level-
never
◍ Second-grade students are learning about common and proper nouns in their
English language arts class. At the end of a lesson, a teacher distributes
electronic clickers to the students, lists one noun at a time on a whiteboard,
and asks students to select whether the noun is a common or proper noun.
Which learning objective aligns with this assessment and the Analyze
cognitive level of the revised Bloom's taxonomy?.
Answer: Students will be able to differentiate between common and proper
nouns in sentences.
◍ 3 kids of implications that may be involved in any situations.
Answer: possible, probably, necessary
◍ Rival Cause.
Answer: plausible alternative explanation for why a certain outcome
happened
◍ The learning goal for a fifth-grade language arts unit is "Students will be
able to use context clues to identify the meanings of unfamiliar words."
, Using a traditional assessment strategy, how should an instructor determine
if students met this learning goal?.
Answer: Have students complete a multiple-choice vocabulary quiz at the
end of each chapter
◍ A student did not meet the following learning objective: "Write an
introduction that clearly states the recommendation." Which feedback
statement should the student receive?-.
Answer: The recommendation is not clearly stated in the introduction.
◍ intellectual perserverance.
Answer: opposite it intellectual laziness
◍ Understandable-.
Answer: is consistent in its presentation and format, predictable in its design
and usage patterns, concise, multimodal, and appropriate to the audience in
its voice and tone. Users should be able to comprehend the content, and
learn and remember how to use the interface.
◍ Shallow-Learning.
Answer: doesn't produce lasting knowledge and comprehension
◍ Which scenario is an example of how prescriptive analytics can be used in a
K-12 setting?.
Answer: For the past five years, the number of students reading at grade
level has declined. The school would like to know what actions should be
taken to break the five-year decline in the number of students reading at
grade level.
◍ Barton is a first-grade student who has repeated struggles in mathematics.
Barton seems to have a good understanding of basic mathematics facts, but
has difficulty with subtracting multidigit numbers. Which type of data can
be collected to identify how to help Barton?-.
Answer: Patterns of incorrect answers
◍ Robust-.
Answer: standards-compliant, and designed to function on all appropriate
, technologies.
◍ what contributes to the gap?.
Answer: -Egocentrism -Sociocentrism-Human Fallibility
◍ First-Order Thinking.
Answer: ordinary thinking- spontaneous and non-reflective-contains insight,
prejudice, good and bad reasoning- indiscriminately combined
◍ criterion referenced.
Answer: To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and
requirementsExample; Advanced placement testsObjective; Learners will be
able to apply the basics of calculus.
◍ learning experience designer wants to collect data to develop a plan for
hiring better-qualified candidates. What are three types of data that could be
collected from current employees to help develop the plan? Choose 3
answers-.
Answer: questionnaire, Face-to-face interview, and Trained observers
watching the abilities of new hires during the first few days of employment
◍ An instructor discovered an online student is having trouble identifying the
locations of the regions of the brain. What is one way that the instructor can
provide feedback for this learner considering the nature of the content?-.
Answer: Provide feedback with images and video examples.
◍ What type of learning analytics should be used; prescriptive.
Answer: Goal Plan how to achieve an 80% passing rate on chapter
testsDetermine how to increase the number of graduating students for next
yearPropose a solution to increase salesPurpose of learning analytics type
Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the
best options
◍ Ordinal data.
Answer: specifies an order to the information. However, the amount of
space or distance between data points are not fixed or known. Scale points
from a survey instrument are an example of ordinal data. For example,
, strongly agree is known to be "higher" than agree, but the distance between
agree and strongly agree is not known.
◍ Perceivable-.
Answer: means the user can identify content and interface elements by
means of the senses. For many users, this means perceiving a system
primarily visually, while for others, perceivability may be a matter of sound
or touch.
◍ The parents of an elementary school student are concerned that their child is
being bullied and decide to contact the principal for more information. They
ask to review the discipline records of the two students in their child's class
to determine if the students have histories of bullying behavior.Which
ethical consideration should lead the principal to deny this request?.
Answer: Discipline records are confidential and private.
◍ The learning goal of a seventh-grade geometry unit is "Students will be able
to calculate the surface area of given geometric figures." The students'
teacher is planning an assessment that aligns with the Apply cognitive level
and the Procedural knowledge dimension. Which assessment would align
with this learning goal, the Apply cognitive level, and the Procedural
knowledge dimension?.
Answer: Calculating the surface area of several shapes
◍ What is the formula for giving constructive, actionable Feedback.
Answer: The Formula: Situation — Behaviour — Impact — Next
◍ ratio data.
Answer: Like interval data, ratio data specifies an order and fixed interval
between data points. However, ratio data has a meaningful (absolute) zero,
or a zero point that indicates a complete lack of whatever is being
measured.Analysis - Ratio data meets the assumptions necessary to conduct
any arithmetic operation on it. Possible analyses may include measures of
central tendency (such as calculating mean, median, and mode), measures of
distribution spread (such as variance or standard deviation), measures of
relationship (such as correlations or regressions), or mean comparisons
BASICS PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Egocentric Absurdity.
Answer: failing to recognize thinking that has 'absurd' consequences
◍ When to use the 4 types of feedback.
Answer: ask: Use task level for new material.Process: Use process level
when student has some degree of proficiency. It is most useful at the
formative, rather than the summative, stage.Self-Regulation: Use
self-regulation level when student has high degree of proficiency.self level-
never
◍ Second-grade students are learning about common and proper nouns in their
English language arts class. At the end of a lesson, a teacher distributes
electronic clickers to the students, lists one noun at a time on a whiteboard,
and asks students to select whether the noun is a common or proper noun.
Which learning objective aligns with this assessment and the Analyze
cognitive level of the revised Bloom's taxonomy?.
Answer: Students will be able to differentiate between common and proper
nouns in sentences.
◍ 3 kids of implications that may be involved in any situations.
Answer: possible, probably, necessary
◍ Rival Cause.
Answer: plausible alternative explanation for why a certain outcome
happened
◍ The learning goal for a fifth-grade language arts unit is "Students will be
able to use context clues to identify the meanings of unfamiliar words."
, Using a traditional assessment strategy, how should an instructor determine
if students met this learning goal?.
Answer: Have students complete a multiple-choice vocabulary quiz at the
end of each chapter
◍ A student did not meet the following learning objective: "Write an
introduction that clearly states the recommendation." Which feedback
statement should the student receive?-.
Answer: The recommendation is not clearly stated in the introduction.
◍ intellectual perserverance.
Answer: opposite it intellectual laziness
◍ Understandable-.
Answer: is consistent in its presentation and format, predictable in its design
and usage patterns, concise, multimodal, and appropriate to the audience in
its voice and tone. Users should be able to comprehend the content, and
learn and remember how to use the interface.
◍ Shallow-Learning.
Answer: doesn't produce lasting knowledge and comprehension
◍ Which scenario is an example of how prescriptive analytics can be used in a
K-12 setting?.
Answer: For the past five years, the number of students reading at grade
level has declined. The school would like to know what actions should be
taken to break the five-year decline in the number of students reading at
grade level.
◍ Barton is a first-grade student who has repeated struggles in mathematics.
Barton seems to have a good understanding of basic mathematics facts, but
has difficulty with subtracting multidigit numbers. Which type of data can
be collected to identify how to help Barton?-.
Answer: Patterns of incorrect answers
◍ Robust-.
Answer: standards-compliant, and designed to function on all appropriate
, technologies.
◍ what contributes to the gap?.
Answer: -Egocentrism -Sociocentrism-Human Fallibility
◍ First-Order Thinking.
Answer: ordinary thinking- spontaneous and non-reflective-contains insight,
prejudice, good and bad reasoning- indiscriminately combined
◍ criterion referenced.
Answer: To see if a learner has met predetermined milestones and
requirementsExample; Advanced placement testsObjective; Learners will be
able to apply the basics of calculus.
◍ learning experience designer wants to collect data to develop a plan for
hiring better-qualified candidates. What are three types of data that could be
collected from current employees to help develop the plan? Choose 3
answers-.
Answer: questionnaire, Face-to-face interview, and Trained observers
watching the abilities of new hires during the first few days of employment
◍ An instructor discovered an online student is having trouble identifying the
locations of the regions of the brain. What is one way that the instructor can
provide feedback for this learner considering the nature of the content?-.
Answer: Provide feedback with images and video examples.
◍ What type of learning analytics should be used; prescriptive.
Answer: Goal Plan how to achieve an 80% passing rate on chapter
testsDetermine how to increase the number of graduating students for next
yearPropose a solution to increase salesPurpose of learning analytics type
Offers recommendations based on possible outcomes and helps identify the
best options
◍ Ordinal data.
Answer: specifies an order to the information. However, the amount of
space or distance between data points are not fixed or known. Scale points
from a survey instrument are an example of ordinal data. For example,
, strongly agree is known to be "higher" than agree, but the distance between
agree and strongly agree is not known.
◍ Perceivable-.
Answer: means the user can identify content and interface elements by
means of the senses. For many users, this means perceiving a system
primarily visually, while for others, perceivability may be a matter of sound
or touch.
◍ The parents of an elementary school student are concerned that their child is
being bullied and decide to contact the principal for more information. They
ask to review the discipline records of the two students in their child's class
to determine if the students have histories of bullying behavior.Which
ethical consideration should lead the principal to deny this request?.
Answer: Discipline records are confidential and private.
◍ The learning goal of a seventh-grade geometry unit is "Students will be able
to calculate the surface area of given geometric figures." The students'
teacher is planning an assessment that aligns with the Apply cognitive level
and the Procedural knowledge dimension. Which assessment would align
with this learning goal, the Apply cognitive level, and the Procedural
knowledge dimension?.
Answer: Calculating the surface area of several shapes
◍ What is the formula for giving constructive, actionable Feedback.
Answer: The Formula: Situation — Behaviour — Impact — Next
◍ ratio data.
Answer: Like interval data, ratio data specifies an order and fixed interval
between data points. However, ratio data has a meaningful (absolute) zero,
or a zero point that indicates a complete lack of whatever is being
measured.Analysis - Ratio data meets the assumptions necessary to conduct
any arithmetic operation on it. Possible analyses may include measures of
central tendency (such as calculating mean, median, and mode), measures of
distribution spread (such as variance or standard deviation), measures of
relationship (such as correlations or regressions), or mean comparisons
