WGU D293 - Assessment and Learning
Analytics Exam & Quiz Complete
Questions And Verified Answers
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "Why did it happen?
Diagnostic analytics
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "What happened?
Descriptive analytics
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "What is likely to happen?"
Predictive analytics
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "What should be done?"
Prescriptive analytics
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies.
The statement labeled (d) is which type of data analytics?
Prescriptive
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
,support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies. The statement labeled (a) is which type of data analytics?
Descriptive
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies. The statement labeled (c) is which type of data analytics?
Predictive
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies.
The statement labeled (b) is which type of data analytics?
Diagnostic
\.A website requires a specific version of a web browser to make use of its features. If a user
doesn't or can't use that browser, how can that user experience the features of the site? This
example presents a problem with which principle?
Robust
\.A chart describes the change in a population over time. If a user cannot see the chart, how
can she understand the data? Which principle is considered in this example?
Perceivable
\.A math teacher is instructing students on a 5-day unit on the Pythagorean theorem. The
teacher wants to know how each student is progressing at the end of each day and use that
data to adjust instruction for the following day. Which type of assessment should the teacher
use to obtain this information?
Formative
, \.An instructor is developing a new set of training modules for a 3-day professional
development seminar for employees but is unsure which topics to cover. Which of the
following assessments would give the instructor the most effective information on which
topics to include for the training?
Diagnostic
\.After all teachers in a school completed a 5 hour professional development training on
classroom management, a high school principal wants to understand how much information
his teachers have retained. This will help him better understand how effective the training
was and what topics still need further instruction. Which of the following types of assessment
would be best for the principal to determine how well his teachers have understood the
content from the training program?
Summative
\.A teacher assigns a 5th grade student an online reading software that provides different e-
books with built in assessments throughout. As the student progresses through a book, a
learning quiz will pop up to check for understanding. If the student gets the question correct,
the student will continue to progress on through the e-book. However, if the student answers
incorrectly, the software will point the student directly back to the previous chapter where
the content from the learning check was covered. Students get a gold star for each learning
check that they master, but will lose that star if they answer the question incorrectly and are
forced to go back. Which type of assessment is built into this reading software?
Ipsative
In a college biology course, students construct a model of the nervous system in the human
body. The learning objective is "Investigate the functions of the nervous system." Which
cognitive level of the revised Bloom's taxonomy does the students' construction of the model
reflect?
Create
A lesson objective for a twelfth-grade physics class is "Students will be able to explain how
the laws of gravity apply to the tides and currents of the ocean."
Which assessment would align with this objective and the Understand level of the revised
Bloom's taxonomy?
Describe how the tides and currents of the ocean are effected by gravity.
A lesson objective for a 5th grade social studies class is "Students will be able to recite the
capitals of all 50 states."
Analytics Exam & Quiz Complete
Questions And Verified Answers
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "Why did it happen?
Diagnostic analytics
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "What happened?
Descriptive analytics
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "What is likely to happen?"
Predictive analytics
\.____________ ____________ answers the question: "What should be done?"
Prescriptive analytics
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies.
The statement labeled (d) is which type of data analytics?
Prescriptive
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
,support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies. The statement labeled (a) is which type of data analytics?
Descriptive
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies. The statement labeled (c) is which type of data analytics?
Predictive
\.(a) A university publishes its graduation rate on its website. The graduation rate is 5% lower
than it was last year. (b) Data indicate that the graduation rate dropped mainly because of the
pandemic. (c) Data indicate that, due to the continuing strains and challenges from the
pandemic, the university anticipates lower graduation rates for the next two years. (d) To
support students toward their goal to graduation, data suggest students need more faculty
support than they did prior to the pandemic so the university updates their faculty support
policies.
The statement labeled (b) is which type of data analytics?
Diagnostic
\.A website requires a specific version of a web browser to make use of its features. If a user
doesn't or can't use that browser, how can that user experience the features of the site? This
example presents a problem with which principle?
Robust
\.A chart describes the change in a population over time. If a user cannot see the chart, how
can she understand the data? Which principle is considered in this example?
Perceivable
\.A math teacher is instructing students on a 5-day unit on the Pythagorean theorem. The
teacher wants to know how each student is progressing at the end of each day and use that
data to adjust instruction for the following day. Which type of assessment should the teacher
use to obtain this information?
Formative
, \.An instructor is developing a new set of training modules for a 3-day professional
development seminar for employees but is unsure which topics to cover. Which of the
following assessments would give the instructor the most effective information on which
topics to include for the training?
Diagnostic
\.After all teachers in a school completed a 5 hour professional development training on
classroom management, a high school principal wants to understand how much information
his teachers have retained. This will help him better understand how effective the training
was and what topics still need further instruction. Which of the following types of assessment
would be best for the principal to determine how well his teachers have understood the
content from the training program?
Summative
\.A teacher assigns a 5th grade student an online reading software that provides different e-
books with built in assessments throughout. As the student progresses through a book, a
learning quiz will pop up to check for understanding. If the student gets the question correct,
the student will continue to progress on through the e-book. However, if the student answers
incorrectly, the software will point the student directly back to the previous chapter where
the content from the learning check was covered. Students get a gold star for each learning
check that they master, but will lose that star if they answer the question incorrectly and are
forced to go back. Which type of assessment is built into this reading software?
Ipsative
In a college biology course, students construct a model of the nervous system in the human
body. The learning objective is "Investigate the functions of the nervous system." Which
cognitive level of the revised Bloom's taxonomy does the students' construction of the model
reflect?
Create
A lesson objective for a twelfth-grade physics class is "Students will be able to explain how
the laws of gravity apply to the tides and currents of the ocean."
Which assessment would align with this objective and the Understand level of the revised
Bloom's taxonomy?
Describe how the tides and currents of the ocean are effected by gravity.
A lesson objective for a 5th grade social studies class is "Students will be able to recite the
capitals of all 50 states."
