WGU D520 CAPSTONE TASK 2:
PROSPECTUS CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ retina.
Answer: a layer of visual receptors covering the back surface of the eyeball
◍ mollusca.
Answer: clams; oysters; snails
◍ pons and medulla.
Answer: controls muscles in the head
◍ electromagnetic spectrum.
Answer: the continuum of all frequencies of radiated energy
◍ endoskeleton.
Answer: internal sys of bones and cartilage that support surrounding soft
tissues (vertebrates)
◍ endocrine system.
Answer: glands that produce hormones and release them into the blood
◍ iris.
Answer: colored part of eye
◍ RFLP.
Answer: restriction fragment length polymorphisms; diff in length of
fragments made by restriction enz digestion of 2 DNA samples
◍ Malphhigian tubes.
Answer: outfoldings of digestive tract in the midgut of insects for absorption
◍ secondary growth.
, Answer: growth outward (forms tree rings)
◍ gene translocation.
Answer: moves a gene from one region of chromo neare to a more active
promoter region
◍ cline.
Answer: graded variation across a diversity of climates and other
environmental conditions
◍ viroid.
Answer: viruslike particles composed of single molecule of circ. RNA
◍ securely attached.
Answer: infant has secure base with mother
◍ anxious (attachment).
Answer: responses toward the mother fluctuate between happy and angry
◍ saccades.
Answer: quick eye movements from one fixation point to another
◍ myelin.
Answer: an insulation sheath that speeds up the transmission of impulses
along an axon
◍ demand characteristics.
Answer: cues that tell participants what is expected of them and what the
experimenter hopes to find
◍ cross-cultural sample.
Answer: groups of people from at least two cultures
◍ coniferous.
Answer: cone-bearing
◍ monozygotic twins.
Answer: identical; single zygote splits into 2 embryos
◍ signal-detection theory.
, Answer: study of people's tendencies to make hits, correct rejections,
misses, and false alarms
◍ display.
Answer: innate behavior that has evolved as a signal for comm b/w
members of same sp.
◍ chemotaxis.
Answer: movement in a direction based on a gradient of a diffusible chem
that is sensed by smell (WBCs)
◍ communicating junctions.
Answer: gap junctions are formed by proteins called connexins that allow
for undisrupted and very fast signal transmission
◍ opponent-process theory.
Answer: we perceive color in terms of paired opposites; red-green,
blue-yellow, black-white
◍ meristems.
Answer: self-renewing cell pop that divide and cause plant growth either in
height or width
◍ bilaterally symmetric.
Answer: organized along one vertical or horizontal axis and tend to be long
or thin
◍ radially symmetric.
Answer: bodies stretch out in equal dimensions from a central pt
◍ Hardy-Weinberg Theorem.
Answer: gene frequencies remain constant if: no emigration/immigration; lg.
pop. size; no net mutations; no nat. selection; random mating
◍ temperate phage.
Answer: bacteriophage that has been integrated into host DNA
◍ alleles.
Answer: different forms of a gene
PROSPECTUS CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ retina.
Answer: a layer of visual receptors covering the back surface of the eyeball
◍ mollusca.
Answer: clams; oysters; snails
◍ pons and medulla.
Answer: controls muscles in the head
◍ electromagnetic spectrum.
Answer: the continuum of all frequencies of radiated energy
◍ endoskeleton.
Answer: internal sys of bones and cartilage that support surrounding soft
tissues (vertebrates)
◍ endocrine system.
Answer: glands that produce hormones and release them into the blood
◍ iris.
Answer: colored part of eye
◍ RFLP.
Answer: restriction fragment length polymorphisms; diff in length of
fragments made by restriction enz digestion of 2 DNA samples
◍ Malphhigian tubes.
Answer: outfoldings of digestive tract in the midgut of insects for absorption
◍ secondary growth.
, Answer: growth outward (forms tree rings)
◍ gene translocation.
Answer: moves a gene from one region of chromo neare to a more active
promoter region
◍ cline.
Answer: graded variation across a diversity of climates and other
environmental conditions
◍ viroid.
Answer: viruslike particles composed of single molecule of circ. RNA
◍ securely attached.
Answer: infant has secure base with mother
◍ anxious (attachment).
Answer: responses toward the mother fluctuate between happy and angry
◍ saccades.
Answer: quick eye movements from one fixation point to another
◍ myelin.
Answer: an insulation sheath that speeds up the transmission of impulses
along an axon
◍ demand characteristics.
Answer: cues that tell participants what is expected of them and what the
experimenter hopes to find
◍ cross-cultural sample.
Answer: groups of people from at least two cultures
◍ coniferous.
Answer: cone-bearing
◍ monozygotic twins.
Answer: identical; single zygote splits into 2 embryos
◍ signal-detection theory.
, Answer: study of people's tendencies to make hits, correct rejections,
misses, and false alarms
◍ display.
Answer: innate behavior that has evolved as a signal for comm b/w
members of same sp.
◍ chemotaxis.
Answer: movement in a direction based on a gradient of a diffusible chem
that is sensed by smell (WBCs)
◍ communicating junctions.
Answer: gap junctions are formed by proteins called connexins that allow
for undisrupted and very fast signal transmission
◍ opponent-process theory.
Answer: we perceive color in terms of paired opposites; red-green,
blue-yellow, black-white
◍ meristems.
Answer: self-renewing cell pop that divide and cause plant growth either in
height or width
◍ bilaterally symmetric.
Answer: organized along one vertical or horizontal axis and tend to be long
or thin
◍ radially symmetric.
Answer: bodies stretch out in equal dimensions from a central pt
◍ Hardy-Weinberg Theorem.
Answer: gene frequencies remain constant if: no emigration/immigration; lg.
pop. size; no net mutations; no nat. selection; random mating
◍ temperate phage.
Answer: bacteriophage that has been integrated into host DNA
◍ alleles.
Answer: different forms of a gene
