WGU D468 EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
six steps of the data analysis process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ask, Prepare, Process, Analyze,
Share, Act
Ask phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Work to understand the challenge to be solved or the question
to be answered. Likely be assigned to you by stakeholders
Process phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Clean and organize your data. Removing any
inconsistencies, filling in missing values, changing data to a format that's easier to work with.
Prepare phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Find and collect the data you'll need to answer your
questions. Identify data sources, gather data, and verify that it is accurate and useful.
Analyze phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Doing the necessary data analysis to uncover answers and
solutions. Also examining trends and patterns.
Share phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When you present your findings to decision-makers through
a report, presentation, or data visualizations. You also decide which medium you want to share your
findings and select the data to include.
Act phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Putting the data insights into action. This could mean,
implementing a new business strategy, making changes to a website, or any other action that solves the
initial problem.
Data ecosystems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The various elements that interact with one another in
order to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data
Data-driven decision making - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Using facts to guide business strategy
Data design - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅how you organize information
, Data strategy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The management of the people, processes, and tools used
in data analysis A strategy for achieving success
5 aspects of analytical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅visualization, strategy, problem-
orientation, correlation, big-picture and detail-oriented thinking
Root cause - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The reason why a problem occurs
Gap Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A method for examining and evaluating how a process works
currently in order to get where you want to be in the future
The five whys - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The root causes analysis technique that asks WHY five
times. The problem is looked into deeper each time WHY is asked. Toyota developed this technique.
six stages to the data life cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅plan, capture, manage, analyze, archive,
destroy
plan (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Decide what kind of data is needed, how it will be
managed, and who will be responsible for it.
Capture (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Collect or bring in data from a variety of different
sources.
Manage (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Care for and maintain the data. This includes
determining how and where it is stored and the tools used to do so.
Analyze (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Use the data to solve problems, make decisions,
and support business goals.
Archive (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Keep relevant data stored for long-term and
future reference.
ANSWERS
six steps of the data analysis process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ask, Prepare, Process, Analyze,
Share, Act
Ask phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Work to understand the challenge to be solved or the question
to be answered. Likely be assigned to you by stakeholders
Process phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Clean and organize your data. Removing any
inconsistencies, filling in missing values, changing data to a format that's easier to work with.
Prepare phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Find and collect the data you'll need to answer your
questions. Identify data sources, gather data, and verify that it is accurate and useful.
Analyze phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Doing the necessary data analysis to uncover answers and
solutions. Also examining trends and patterns.
Share phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When you present your findings to decision-makers through
a report, presentation, or data visualizations. You also decide which medium you want to share your
findings and select the data to include.
Act phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Putting the data insights into action. This could mean,
implementing a new business strategy, making changes to a website, or any other action that solves the
initial problem.
Data ecosystems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The various elements that interact with one another in
order to produce, manage, store, organize, analyze, and share data
Data-driven decision making - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Using facts to guide business strategy
Data design - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅how you organize information
, Data strategy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The management of the people, processes, and tools used
in data analysis A strategy for achieving success
5 aspects of analytical thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅visualization, strategy, problem-
orientation, correlation, big-picture and detail-oriented thinking
Root cause - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The reason why a problem occurs
Gap Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A method for examining and evaluating how a process works
currently in order to get where you want to be in the future
The five whys - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The root causes analysis technique that asks WHY five
times. The problem is looked into deeper each time WHY is asked. Toyota developed this technique.
six stages to the data life cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅plan, capture, manage, analyze, archive,
destroy
plan (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Decide what kind of data is needed, how it will be
managed, and who will be responsible for it.
Capture (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Collect or bring in data from a variety of different
sources.
Manage (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Care for and maintain the data. This includes
determining how and where it is stored and the tools used to do so.
Analyze (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Use the data to solve problems, make decisions,
and support business goals.
Archive (data life cycle) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Keep relevant data stored for long-term and
future reference.
