WGU D291 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ IP Address.
Answer: A code that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to
communicate over a network.
◍ Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction.
Answer: 1. Gain attention. 2. Inform learners of objectives. 3. Stimulate
recall of prior learning. 4. Present the stimulus material. 5. Provide "learning
guidance." 6. Elicit performance or practice. 7. Provide feedback about
performance correctness. 8. Assess performance. 9. Enhance retention and
transfer.
◍ Loops.
Answer: Instructions that continually repeat until a certain condition is
reached.
◍ Norm-referenced Assessment.
Answer: Compare a students performance to others in a predetermined peer
group.
◍ Determine goals, content standards, and curriculum expectations..
Answer: Identify desired resultsDuring this stage, the big ideas are
considered. These include goals, enduring understandings, and essential
questions.
◍ Inquiry-based Learning.
Answer: Allow students to have choices in how they learn and what they
relate new information with.
,◍ Drilling up and down.
Answer: Shifts the view of the data; down provides more detail, up provides
summarized data
◍ The goal of this type of instruction is to create an instructional product more
than an experience..
Answer: Instructional design
◍ Virtual Machine (VM).
Answer: A software emulator program that permits a computer user to use
multiple computers and multiple platforms without the expense of
purchasing multiple computers; allows a user to run software for different
OS platform in their computer that would not otherwise be able to run that
software; this allows multiple users on a network to access the software to
support collaboration.
◍ Adolescence.
Answer: The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight and
height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
◍ How can empathizing with a target audience affect the development of
instruction?.
Answer: Empathizing helps the learning experience designer understand
learner needs, thus creating more effective, targeted instruction.
◍ Print Server.
Answer: Monitors print jobs
◍ What are the steps for a human centered design?.
Answer: Design, Develop, Test/Launch, Evaluate
◍ SAM: design stage design.
Answer: What are the assessments? Brainstorm
◍ Gagne's 5th level.
Answer: Providing Learning Guidance (Semantic Encoding)
◍ Selected Response Assessment.
, Answer: Assess students using questions and items that are multiple choice,
matching, and true/false.
◍ Design Thinking Process.
Answer: - human centered- highly iterative
◍ Match the design thinking phase to the step in the ADDIE instructional
design model.Design.
Answer: Ideate
◍ Web Server.
Answer: Stores data files (web pages) and programs (scripts).Responds from
anywhere on the Internet.
◍ Behaviorist Approach.
Answer: Proper response is demonstrated following the stimulus
◍ This level refers to how students start comparing, contrasting, or even
examining the learned knowledge they have..
Answer: The analyze level of Bloom's taxonomy refers to how students
examine their learned knowledge.
◍ During which ADDIE phase does the instructional designer gather
information about the target audience's existing knowledge and skills to
clarify the instructional problem?.
Answer: Analyze
◍ A learning designer is planning for a prototype of their e-learning
course.Which phase of ADDIE is the learning designer planning for?.
Answer: Development
◍ Which of Merrill's First Principles of Instruction aligns to the learning
activity?.
Answer: Problem-centered
◍ Multi-tier Development.
Answer: Separation of different aspect of a system
◍ Anti-virus Software.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ IP Address.
Answer: A code that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to
communicate over a network.
◍ Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction.
Answer: 1. Gain attention. 2. Inform learners of objectives. 3. Stimulate
recall of prior learning. 4. Present the stimulus material. 5. Provide "learning
guidance." 6. Elicit performance or practice. 7. Provide feedback about
performance correctness. 8. Assess performance. 9. Enhance retention and
transfer.
◍ Loops.
Answer: Instructions that continually repeat until a certain condition is
reached.
◍ Norm-referenced Assessment.
Answer: Compare a students performance to others in a predetermined peer
group.
◍ Determine goals, content standards, and curriculum expectations..
Answer: Identify desired resultsDuring this stage, the big ideas are
considered. These include goals, enduring understandings, and essential
questions.
◍ Inquiry-based Learning.
Answer: Allow students to have choices in how they learn and what they
relate new information with.
,◍ Drilling up and down.
Answer: Shifts the view of the data; down provides more detail, up provides
summarized data
◍ The goal of this type of instruction is to create an instructional product more
than an experience..
Answer: Instructional design
◍ Virtual Machine (VM).
Answer: A software emulator program that permits a computer user to use
multiple computers and multiple platforms without the expense of
purchasing multiple computers; allows a user to run software for different
OS platform in their computer that would not otherwise be able to run that
software; this allows multiple users on a network to access the software to
support collaboration.
◍ Adolescence.
Answer: The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight and
height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
◍ How can empathizing with a target audience affect the development of
instruction?.
Answer: Empathizing helps the learning experience designer understand
learner needs, thus creating more effective, targeted instruction.
◍ Print Server.
Answer: Monitors print jobs
◍ What are the steps for a human centered design?.
Answer: Design, Develop, Test/Launch, Evaluate
◍ SAM: design stage design.
Answer: What are the assessments? Brainstorm
◍ Gagne's 5th level.
Answer: Providing Learning Guidance (Semantic Encoding)
◍ Selected Response Assessment.
, Answer: Assess students using questions and items that are multiple choice,
matching, and true/false.
◍ Design Thinking Process.
Answer: - human centered- highly iterative
◍ Match the design thinking phase to the step in the ADDIE instructional
design model.Design.
Answer: Ideate
◍ Web Server.
Answer: Stores data files (web pages) and programs (scripts).Responds from
anywhere on the Internet.
◍ Behaviorist Approach.
Answer: Proper response is demonstrated following the stimulus
◍ This level refers to how students start comparing, contrasting, or even
examining the learned knowledge they have..
Answer: The analyze level of Bloom's taxonomy refers to how students
examine their learned knowledge.
◍ During which ADDIE phase does the instructional designer gather
information about the target audience's existing knowledge and skills to
clarify the instructional problem?.
Answer: Analyze
◍ A learning designer is planning for a prototype of their e-learning
course.Which phase of ADDIE is the learning designer planning for?.
Answer: Development
◍ Which of Merrill's First Principles of Instruction aligns to the learning
activity?.
Answer: Problem-centered
◍ Multi-tier Development.
Answer: Separation of different aspect of a system
◍ Anti-virus Software.
