WGU QFT1 BUSINESS-IT MANAGEMENT
CAPSTONE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Which of the following is NOT among the principal managerial components
of the strategy execution process?.
Answer: Doing an effective job empowering employees.
◍ The strength of a "think local, act local" multicountry strategy is that......
Answer: a company's product offering is tailored to accommodate the
differing tastes and expectations of buyers in each country and its
competitive strategy in each country is customized to combat local rivals
and build local competitive advantage.
◍ Which of the following is NOT a typical reason why companies opt to sell
their products/services or to locate operations in some or many countries?.
Answer: To pursue great use of offensive strategies.
◍ Which one of the following is NOT one of the steps in doing competitive
strength assessment?.
Answer: Assign equal weights to each competitive strength measure.
◍ Which of the following best describes the market opportunities that tend to
be most relevant to a particular company?.
Answer: Those market opportunities that can be pursued with the firm's
competitively potent resources and capabilities, offer the best growth and
profitability, and present the most potential for competitive advantage.
◍ Objectives provide direction and allow for organizational synergy.true/false.
Answer: true
,◍ Sometimes _________ is used to refer to strategic formulation,
implementation and evaluation, with ____,referring only to strategic
foundation.
Answer: strategic management; strategic planning
◍ For there to be reasonable expectations that a company's move to diversify
into a new business will result in added economic value for shareholders, a
move to diversify into a new business must pass...
Answer: the industry attractiveness test, the cost o entry test, and the
better-off test.
◍ The united states population is.
Answer: getting older and less white
◍ From the standpoint of promoting successful strategy execution, it is
important that the firm's motivation and reward system......
Answer: Accentuate positive rewards but also carry the risk of punishment
for lackadaisical or indifferent effort and subpar performance.
◍ The goal of strategic management is to.
Answer: achieve and maintain competitive advantage
◍ TRUE/FALSEStrategic management is an attempt to organize qualitative
and quantitative information in a way that allows effective decisions to be
made under conditions of uncertainty.
Answer: TRUE
◍ In which one of the following instances is it more advantageous for
companies competing in the markets if many foreign countries to disperse
their activities across multiple locations?.
Answer: When transportation costs are high, there are high cross-country
trade barriers, and there are benefits to locating buyer related activities close
to buyers.
◍ What principle is based on the belief that the true measure of a really good
strategist is the ability to solve a problem.
, Answer: Managing by crisis
◍ In organizing the work effort and creating an organization structure that
promotes successful strategy execution, management needs to.........
Answer: make internally-performed strategy-critical activities the main
building blocks in the organization structure, decide how much authority to
centralize at the top and how much to delegate to down-the-line managers
and employees, and make sure the efforts of different organizational units
are well coordinated.
◍ The ideal length of a vision statement is.
Answer: one sentence
◍ The distinction between a company mission statement and a strategic vision
is that.....
Answer: a mission statement typically describes a company's present
business scope and purpose ("who we are, what we do and why we are
here") whereas the principal concern of a strategic vision is with a
company's future strategic course ("the direction we are headed and what
market position(s) we intend to stake out").
◍ Which of these basic questions should a vision statement answer.
Answer: What do we want to become
◍ Which of the following is NOT a reason why companies might use
outsourcing to improve performance of strategy-critical activities?.
Answer: Greater flexibility in introducing new and improved products,
lower payroll costs (because the company has fewer employees), greater
ability to centralize decision-making, and increased ability to make
strategy-critical activities the main building blocks in the company's
organizational structure.
◍ A company's business model.....
Answer: Consists of both a customer value proposition and a profit
proposition.
◍ What principle is built on the idea that there is no general plan for which
CAPSTONE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Which of the following is NOT among the principal managerial components
of the strategy execution process?.
Answer: Doing an effective job empowering employees.
◍ The strength of a "think local, act local" multicountry strategy is that......
Answer: a company's product offering is tailored to accommodate the
differing tastes and expectations of buyers in each country and its
competitive strategy in each country is customized to combat local rivals
and build local competitive advantage.
◍ Which of the following is NOT a typical reason why companies opt to sell
their products/services or to locate operations in some or many countries?.
Answer: To pursue great use of offensive strategies.
◍ Which one of the following is NOT one of the steps in doing competitive
strength assessment?.
Answer: Assign equal weights to each competitive strength measure.
◍ Which of the following best describes the market opportunities that tend to
be most relevant to a particular company?.
Answer: Those market opportunities that can be pursued with the firm's
competitively potent resources and capabilities, offer the best growth and
profitability, and present the most potential for competitive advantage.
◍ Objectives provide direction and allow for organizational synergy.true/false.
Answer: true
,◍ Sometimes _________ is used to refer to strategic formulation,
implementation and evaluation, with ____,referring only to strategic
foundation.
Answer: strategic management; strategic planning
◍ For there to be reasonable expectations that a company's move to diversify
into a new business will result in added economic value for shareholders, a
move to diversify into a new business must pass...
Answer: the industry attractiveness test, the cost o entry test, and the
better-off test.
◍ The united states population is.
Answer: getting older and less white
◍ From the standpoint of promoting successful strategy execution, it is
important that the firm's motivation and reward system......
Answer: Accentuate positive rewards but also carry the risk of punishment
for lackadaisical or indifferent effort and subpar performance.
◍ The goal of strategic management is to.
Answer: achieve and maintain competitive advantage
◍ TRUE/FALSEStrategic management is an attempt to organize qualitative
and quantitative information in a way that allows effective decisions to be
made under conditions of uncertainty.
Answer: TRUE
◍ In which one of the following instances is it more advantageous for
companies competing in the markets if many foreign countries to disperse
their activities across multiple locations?.
Answer: When transportation costs are high, there are high cross-country
trade barriers, and there are benefits to locating buyer related activities close
to buyers.
◍ What principle is based on the belief that the true measure of a really good
strategist is the ability to solve a problem.
, Answer: Managing by crisis
◍ In organizing the work effort and creating an organization structure that
promotes successful strategy execution, management needs to.........
Answer: make internally-performed strategy-critical activities the main
building blocks in the organization structure, decide how much authority to
centralize at the top and how much to delegate to down-the-line managers
and employees, and make sure the efforts of different organizational units
are well coordinated.
◍ The ideal length of a vision statement is.
Answer: one sentence
◍ The distinction between a company mission statement and a strategic vision
is that.....
Answer: a mission statement typically describes a company's present
business scope and purpose ("who we are, what we do and why we are
here") whereas the principal concern of a strategic vision is with a
company's future strategic course ("the direction we are headed and what
market position(s) we intend to stake out").
◍ Which of these basic questions should a vision statement answer.
Answer: What do we want to become
◍ Which of the following is NOT a reason why companies might use
outsourcing to improve performance of strategy-critical activities?.
Answer: Greater flexibility in introducing new and improved products,
lower payroll costs (because the company has fewer employees), greater
ability to centralize decision-making, and increased ability to make
strategy-critical activities the main building blocks in the company's
organizational structure.
◍ A company's business model.....
Answer: Consists of both a customer value proposition and a profit
proposition.
◍ What principle is built on the idea that there is no general plan for which
