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WGU D372 WMM1 Introduction to Systems Thinking
Task 3 Competency Review||Verified Exam!!||, Western
Governors University, 2026/2027-Question Systems
Thinking Examination with Verified Rationales
What describes a system and a systemic problem within
it?
A) A fleet of trucks that have sustained hail damage
B) A country engaging in a democratic election
C) A group of construction workers building a bridge
D) A car with a dead battery - Answer-D) A car with a dead
battery
Which two responses describes a system and a systemic
problem within it?
A) A smartphone designer's new phone case not
accommodating the size of the phone's camera.
B) The highways around a growing city becoming
congested because of additional residents.
C) Remodelers painting a home's exterior.
D) Commuters being held up on the highway due to a
three-car crash
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E) Rain falling on a children's playground, keeping them
from playing - Answer-A) A smartphone designer's new
phone case not accommodating the size of the phone's
camera.
B) The highways around a growing city becoming
congested because of additional residents.
What describes the concept of a system's boundaries?
A) A graph showing the data related to a system
B) A statement of what a system does not include
C) A statement of what a system includes
D) Anything included in, and not excluded from, the
analysis of the system - Answer-D) Anything included in,
and not excluded from, the analysis of the system
What explains the meaning of pattern as that term relates
to a system?
A) The hierarchy of people in an organization
B) Recurring events or behaviors
C) Processes and procedures invented on the spot to
address a particular problem
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D) Particularly important events or behaviors - Answer-B)
Recurring events or behaviors
What explains the meaning of interconnections as that
term relates to a system?
A) Only personal relationships among people in an
organization
B) Relationships among events, issues, operations, or
people
C) Only established processes and procedures
D) Only the hierarchy of people in an organization -
Answer-B) Relationships among events, issues,
operations, or people
What is a system, as Daniel Kim would define it?
A) All the different animals on a farm
B) Items stored in a pantry
C) Offices in a financial services company
D) A restaurant serving customers - Answer-D) A
restaurant serving customers
Which statement describes systems thinking?
WGU D372 WMM1 Introduction to Systems Thinking
Task 3 Competency Review||Verified Exam!!||, Western
Governors University, 2026/2027-Question Systems
Thinking Examination with Verified Rationales
What describes a system and a systemic problem within
it?
A) A fleet of trucks that have sustained hail damage
B) A country engaging in a democratic election
C) A group of construction workers building a bridge
D) A car with a dead battery - Answer-D) A car with a dead
battery
Which two responses describes a system and a systemic
problem within it?
A) A smartphone designer's new phone case not
accommodating the size of the phone's camera.
B) The highways around a growing city becoming
congested because of additional residents.
C) Remodelers painting a home's exterior.
D) Commuters being held up on the highway due to a
three-car crash
,2|Page
E) Rain falling on a children's playground, keeping them
from playing - Answer-A) A smartphone designer's new
phone case not accommodating the size of the phone's
camera.
B) The highways around a growing city becoming
congested because of additional residents.
What describes the concept of a system's boundaries?
A) A graph showing the data related to a system
B) A statement of what a system does not include
C) A statement of what a system includes
D) Anything included in, and not excluded from, the
analysis of the system - Answer-D) Anything included in,
and not excluded from, the analysis of the system
What explains the meaning of pattern as that term relates
to a system?
A) The hierarchy of people in an organization
B) Recurring events or behaviors
C) Processes and procedures invented on the spot to
address a particular problem
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D) Particularly important events or behaviors - Answer-B)
Recurring events or behaviors
What explains the meaning of interconnections as that
term relates to a system?
A) Only personal relationships among people in an
organization
B) Relationships among events, issues, operations, or
people
C) Only established processes and procedures
D) Only the hierarchy of people in an organization -
Answer-B) Relationships among events, issues,
operations, or people
What is a system, as Daniel Kim would define it?
A) All the different animals on a farm
B) Items stored in a pantry
C) Offices in a financial services company
D) A restaurant serving customers - Answer-D) A
restaurant serving customers
Which statement describes systems thinking?
