WGU C201 BUSINESS ACUMEN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
2 LATEST VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) NEWEST 2026
ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) | ALREADY GRADED A+
WGU C201 BUSINESS ACUMEN VERSION A
1. Which type of information system should be accessed by the vice
president of sales for a national department store chain who wants to
see the previous day's sales receipts? - ...ANSWER...A transaction
processing system
2. How does a virtual private network contribute to a firm's workforce
productivity? - ...ANSWER...employees are enabled to work remotely
with secure connectivity to the corporate network via the internet
3. What are three ways cloud computing services enhance company
productivity? Choose 3 answers - ...ANSWER...Through better
resource utilization, through elimination of application downtime,
through dedication of resources to each user
4. For which type of communication should employees have an
ethical expectation of privacy from company monitoring? -
...ANSWER...Personal letters sent through the company mail room
,5. Which activity raises ethical issues heightened by the capabilities
of data mining? - ...ANSWER...Selling customer data for external
marketing research
6. Which intent of spyware creates a company security issue? -
...ANSWER...The intent to report on a user's internet activity
7. A company might divide itself into smaller groups that best match
the types of customers it service. this is an example of -
...ANSWER...departmentalization
8. Total productivity - ...ANSWER...output (goods or services) / input
(human, natural resources, capital)
9. Liquidity ratio - ...ANSWER...current assets / current liabilities
10. acid test - ...ANSWER...current assets - inventory / current
liabilities
11. inventory turnover - ...ANSWER...cost of goods sold / average
inventory (average of 2013 + 2014)
12. receivables turnover - ...ANSWER...credit sales / average account
receivables (average of 2013 + 2014)
13. total assets turnover - ...ANSWER...sales / average total assets
,14. what ratios are considered liquidity ratios - ...ANSWER...the
firms abilities to meet its short term obligations and include the
liquidity ratio and acid test
15. what ratios are considered activity ratios - ...ANSWER...measure
managements use of the firms resources and include all turn over
ratios
16. what ratios are considered profitability ratios - ...ANSWER...gross
profit, net profit, and return on equity
17. gross profit margin - ...ANSWER...gross profit / sales
18. net profit margin - ...ANSWER...net income / sales
19. return on equity - ...ANSWER...net income / average equity
20. what are leverage ratios - ...ANSWER...measure the extent to
which a firm relies on debt financing and includes debt ratio and long-
term debt to equity
21. debt ratio - ...ANSWER...total liabilities / total assets
, 22. long-term debt to equity - ...ANSWER...long-term debt / owner's
equity
23. what do management use support systems for -
...ANSWER...decisions
24. information systems for activities fall under which support system
- ...ANSWER...operational support systems
25. which of the two information systems are operational support
systems - ...ANSWER...process control system, transaction process
system
26. a decision support system (DSS) belongs to which support system
- ...ANSWER...management
27. is ethical and legal the same thing - ...ANSWER...no
28. when two or more users connect using Ethernet or WiFi to the
same server to share printers or other information -
...ANSWER...local area network (LAN)
29. what are advantages to WiFi - ...ANSWER...mobility, expansion
of LAN
2 LATEST VERSIONS (VERSION A AND B) NEWEST 2026
ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) | ALREADY GRADED A+
WGU C201 BUSINESS ACUMEN VERSION A
1. Which type of information system should be accessed by the vice
president of sales for a national department store chain who wants to
see the previous day's sales receipts? - ...ANSWER...A transaction
processing system
2. How does a virtual private network contribute to a firm's workforce
productivity? - ...ANSWER...employees are enabled to work remotely
with secure connectivity to the corporate network via the internet
3. What are three ways cloud computing services enhance company
productivity? Choose 3 answers - ...ANSWER...Through better
resource utilization, through elimination of application downtime,
through dedication of resources to each user
4. For which type of communication should employees have an
ethical expectation of privacy from company monitoring? -
...ANSWER...Personal letters sent through the company mail room
,5. Which activity raises ethical issues heightened by the capabilities
of data mining? - ...ANSWER...Selling customer data for external
marketing research
6. Which intent of spyware creates a company security issue? -
...ANSWER...The intent to report on a user's internet activity
7. A company might divide itself into smaller groups that best match
the types of customers it service. this is an example of -
...ANSWER...departmentalization
8. Total productivity - ...ANSWER...output (goods or services) / input
(human, natural resources, capital)
9. Liquidity ratio - ...ANSWER...current assets / current liabilities
10. acid test - ...ANSWER...current assets - inventory / current
liabilities
11. inventory turnover - ...ANSWER...cost of goods sold / average
inventory (average of 2013 + 2014)
12. receivables turnover - ...ANSWER...credit sales / average account
receivables (average of 2013 + 2014)
13. total assets turnover - ...ANSWER...sales / average total assets
,14. what ratios are considered liquidity ratios - ...ANSWER...the
firms abilities to meet its short term obligations and include the
liquidity ratio and acid test
15. what ratios are considered activity ratios - ...ANSWER...measure
managements use of the firms resources and include all turn over
ratios
16. what ratios are considered profitability ratios - ...ANSWER...gross
profit, net profit, and return on equity
17. gross profit margin - ...ANSWER...gross profit / sales
18. net profit margin - ...ANSWER...net income / sales
19. return on equity - ...ANSWER...net income / average equity
20. what are leverage ratios - ...ANSWER...measure the extent to
which a firm relies on debt financing and includes debt ratio and long-
term debt to equity
21. debt ratio - ...ANSWER...total liabilities / total assets
, 22. long-term debt to equity - ...ANSWER...long-term debt / owner's
equity
23. what do management use support systems for -
...ANSWER...decisions
24. information systems for activities fall under which support system
- ...ANSWER...operational support systems
25. which of the two information systems are operational support
systems - ...ANSWER...process control system, transaction process
system
26. a decision support system (DSS) belongs to which support system
- ...ANSWER...management
27. is ethical and legal the same thing - ...ANSWER...no
28. when two or more users connect using Ethernet or WiFi to the
same server to share printers or other information -
...ANSWER...local area network (LAN)
29. what are advantages to WiFi - ...ANSWER...mobility, expansion
of LAN
