WGU D293 PRE-ASSESSMENT: ASSESSMENT AND
LEARNING ANALYTICS (PADB) 70 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
An individual has been hired to train an organization's administrative staff to use a
new automated scheduling system. The training runs for three days. The individual
wants to know the progress of each participant at the end of the first day and use
that information to plan the second day's instruction.
Which type of assessment should be used to obtain this information? - CORRECT
ANSWER Formative
An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical health course to college students.
At the beginning of the course, each student performs a complex clinical
procedure while being recorded. At the end of the course, students perform the
same procedure while being recorded. The students compare these performances
and reflect on how their ability to perform the complex procedure has progressed.
Which assessment strategy does this describe? - CORRECT ANSWER Criterion-
referenced
The learning goal for a research foundations course is "Apply a variety of
approaches to identify and solve problems." The summative assessment for the
course involves applying these approaches to a case study. Why would this
authentic assessment strategy be effective in measuring students' achievement of
the learning goal? - CORRECT ANSWER It requires students to apply acquired
knowledge to realistic situations.
A learning goal for a middle school music class unit is "Students will create music
using computer-based composition tools." After the class spends several weeks
,practicing using the composition tools, an instructor for the course assigns a
project in which students must compose an original song that is one minute long,
incorporates at least two instruments, and includes a repeating chorus.
How would this competency-based assessment strategy determine whether
students met the learning goal? - CORRECT ANSWER By providing an opportunity
for students to demonstrate their computer-based composition skills
The learning goal of a fifth-grade math unit is "Students will be able to correctly
identify place values from one to ten million." A teacher for the course conducts
informal checks for understanding by asking students to complete exit tickets,
submit self-reflections, and share their responses using individual whiteboards.
What is the teacher's purpose in collecting this formative assessment data? -
CORRECT ANSWER To monitor student learning to guide instruction
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? - CORRECT ANSWER Have students complete a multiple-
choice vocabulary quiz at the end of each chapter
The learning goal for a sixth-grade language arts unit is "Students will be able to
compose various types of poetry."
Which competency-based assessment strategy would determine whether
students met the competency requirements for this learning goal? - CORRECT
ANSWER Creating a portfolio of poems the students have written
In a nursing course, students examine body systems, including the nervous
system. The learning objective is "Interpret terms related to the nervous system."
, An instructor for the course wants to determine students' ability to interpret these
terms accurately.
Which skill demonstration aligns with this learning objective? - CORRECT ANSWER
Matching nervous system elements on an image of the human body
In an introduction to programming course, students analyze the structure and
components of a program. The learning objective is "Create a simple program."
Which direct assessment method would determine whether students have met
this objective? - CORRECT ANSWER Developing program code
A trainer has been hired to facilitate a digital image editing skills workshop. The
learning objective is "Identify the basics of image file formats." Participants use
software and images provided by the workshop sponsors.
Which direct assessment method would determine whether participants met this
objective? - CORRECT ANSWER Matching common image file formats to their
purpose
The undergraduate students in a developmental psychology course are learning
about genetics. The objective of a lesson in the course is "Students will be able to
identify whether traits are genetic or not genetic." Before class is dismissed, an
instructor for the course distributes a list of 10 traits and asks students to circle
the traits that are genetic and cross out the traits that are not. Why would this
direct assessment be effective in determining whether students met the learning
objective? - CORRECT ANSWER It would allow students to demonstrate their
ability to differentiate traits.
Fifth-grade students are learning about the three branches of government during
a social studies class. At the end of a lesson, a teacher asks students to complete a
LEARNING ANALYTICS (PADB) 70 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
An individual has been hired to train an organization's administrative staff to use a
new automated scheduling system. The training runs for three days. The individual
wants to know the progress of each participant at the end of the first day and use
that information to plan the second day's instruction.
Which type of assessment should be used to obtain this information? - CORRECT
ANSWER Formative
An instructor is teaching an eight-week clinical health course to college students.
At the beginning of the course, each student performs a complex clinical
procedure while being recorded. At the end of the course, students perform the
same procedure while being recorded. The students compare these performances
and reflect on how their ability to perform the complex procedure has progressed.
Which assessment strategy does this describe? - CORRECT ANSWER Criterion-
referenced
The learning goal for a research foundations course is "Apply a variety of
approaches to identify and solve problems." The summative assessment for the
course involves applying these approaches to a case study. Why would this
authentic assessment strategy be effective in measuring students' achievement of
the learning goal? - CORRECT ANSWER It requires students to apply acquired
knowledge to realistic situations.
A learning goal for a middle school music class unit is "Students will create music
using computer-based composition tools." After the class spends several weeks
,practicing using the composition tools, an instructor for the course assigns a
project in which students must compose an original song that is one minute long,
incorporates at least two instruments, and includes a repeating chorus.
How would this competency-based assessment strategy determine whether
students met the learning goal? - CORRECT ANSWER By providing an opportunity
for students to demonstrate their computer-based composition skills
The learning goal of a fifth-grade math unit is "Students will be able to correctly
identify place values from one to ten million." A teacher for the course conducts
informal checks for understanding by asking students to complete exit tickets,
submit self-reflections, and share their responses using individual whiteboards.
What is the teacher's purpose in collecting this formative assessment data? -
CORRECT ANSWER To monitor student learning to guide instruction
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? - CORRECT ANSWER Have students complete a multiple-
choice vocabulary quiz at the end of each chapter
The learning goal for a sixth-grade language arts unit is "Students will be able to
compose various types of poetry."
Which competency-based assessment strategy would determine whether
students met the competency requirements for this learning goal? - CORRECT
ANSWER Creating a portfolio of poems the students have written
In a nursing course, students examine body systems, including the nervous
system. The learning objective is "Interpret terms related to the nervous system."
, An instructor for the course wants to determine students' ability to interpret these
terms accurately.
Which skill demonstration aligns with this learning objective? - CORRECT ANSWER
Matching nervous system elements on an image of the human body
In an introduction to programming course, students analyze the structure and
components of a program. The learning objective is "Create a simple program."
Which direct assessment method would determine whether students have met
this objective? - CORRECT ANSWER Developing program code
A trainer has been hired to facilitate a digital image editing skills workshop. The
learning objective is "Identify the basics of image file formats." Participants use
software and images provided by the workshop sponsors.
Which direct assessment method would determine whether participants met this
objective? - CORRECT ANSWER Matching common image file formats to their
purpose
The undergraduate students in a developmental psychology course are learning
about genetics. The objective of a lesson in the course is "Students will be able to
identify whether traits are genetic or not genetic." Before class is dismissed, an
instructor for the course distributes a list of 10 traits and asks students to circle
the traits that are genetic and cross out the traits that are not. Why would this
direct assessment be effective in determining whether students met the learning
objective? - CORRECT ANSWER It would allow students to demonstrate their
ability to differentiate traits.
Fifth-grade students are learning about the three branches of government during
a social studies class. At the end of a lesson, a teacher asks students to complete a
