WGU D520 CAPSTONE TASK 2:
PROSPECTUS FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Somatic nervous system.
Answer: Enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles
◍ The Calvin cycle takes place in the _________ and occurs ____________..
Answer: Stroma...whenever the appropriate nutrients are present
◍ Which of the following is not true of nucleic acids?.
Answer: Only DNA is read in the 5'-to-3' direction
◍ A protein that will be embedded in the plasma membrane is likely to be
translated by _________..
Answer: Ribosomes bound to the endoplasmic reticulum
◍ psychoanalysis.
Answer: freuds theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to
unconscious motives and conflicts
◍ Standford-Binet.
Answer: the widely used American revision of binets original intelligence
test
◍ Parasympathetic nervous system.
Answer: produces opposite effects it conserves the energy as it calms you by
decreasing your heart beat and lowering your heart beat.
◍ Which of the following compounds is incorporated into the fungal cell
wall?.
Answer: chitin
◍ projective tests.
, Answer: ask test-takers to describe an ambiguous stimulus or tell a story
about it
◍ Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.
Answer: 1. trust vs. mistrust2. autonomy vs shame3. initiative vs guilt4.
industry vs inferiority5. identity vs role confusion6. intimacy vs isolation7.
generativity vs stagnation8. integrity vs despair
◍ Action potential.
Answer: short electrical charge that travels down its axon
◍ long-term potentiation.
Answer: an increase in a synapses firing potential after brief, rapid
stimulation
◍ Nature-nurture issue.
Answer: The controversy over the relative contributions of biology and
experience to the development of our traits and behaviors.
◍ Control group.
Answer: receives a pseudotreatment
◍ Which of these statements INCORRECTLY describes a difference between
white and red fibers?.
Answer: White fibers utilize aerobic respiration more than red fibers
◍ egocentric.
Answer: preschool childrens difficultly perceiving things from another's
point of view
◍ α-amylase, found in saliva, plays a role in the digestion of what
compounds?.
Answer: Carbohydrates
◍ reinforcer.
Answer: any even that strengthens a preceding response
◍ group polarization.
Answer: the enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through
, discussion within the group
◍ REM sleep.
Answer: rapid eye movement: where vivid dreams often occur
◍ magic number seven plus or minus two.
Answer: short-term memory is limited to storing about seven bits of
information (George miller)
◍ mirror neurons.
Answer: frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or
observing another doing so (use PET scan)
◍ Which bacterial reproductive process does not involve any genetic
recombination?.
Answer: Binary fission
◍ What is the function of arteries in the body?.
Answer: To carry both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood away from the
heart
◍ What proportion of the next generation will have smooth, green peas?.
Answer: 3/16
◍ Which of the following is true of chromatin?.
Answer: Patterns of methylation or acetylation of histones can regulate gene
expression
◍ A researcher is performing PCR to amplify a sample of DN
A. Unfortunately, he forgot to add the DNA primer prior to starting the
experiment. Which of the following results is he most likely to observe?.
Answer: The reaction will be completely unsuccessful
◍ Hindsight bias.
Answer: The tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that we would
have foreseen it. The I knew it all along phenomenon)
◍ What is the difference between the alpha and beta forms of a
monosaccharide?.
PROSPECTUS FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Somatic nervous system.
Answer: Enables voluntary control of our skeletal muscles
◍ The Calvin cycle takes place in the _________ and occurs ____________..
Answer: Stroma...whenever the appropriate nutrients are present
◍ Which of the following is not true of nucleic acids?.
Answer: Only DNA is read in the 5'-to-3' direction
◍ A protein that will be embedded in the plasma membrane is likely to be
translated by _________..
Answer: Ribosomes bound to the endoplasmic reticulum
◍ psychoanalysis.
Answer: freuds theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to
unconscious motives and conflicts
◍ Standford-Binet.
Answer: the widely used American revision of binets original intelligence
test
◍ Parasympathetic nervous system.
Answer: produces opposite effects it conserves the energy as it calms you by
decreasing your heart beat and lowering your heart beat.
◍ Which of the following compounds is incorporated into the fungal cell
wall?.
Answer: chitin
◍ projective tests.
, Answer: ask test-takers to describe an ambiguous stimulus or tell a story
about it
◍ Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.
Answer: 1. trust vs. mistrust2. autonomy vs shame3. initiative vs guilt4.
industry vs inferiority5. identity vs role confusion6. intimacy vs isolation7.
generativity vs stagnation8. integrity vs despair
◍ Action potential.
Answer: short electrical charge that travels down its axon
◍ long-term potentiation.
Answer: an increase in a synapses firing potential after brief, rapid
stimulation
◍ Nature-nurture issue.
Answer: The controversy over the relative contributions of biology and
experience to the development of our traits and behaviors.
◍ Control group.
Answer: receives a pseudotreatment
◍ Which of these statements INCORRECTLY describes a difference between
white and red fibers?.
Answer: White fibers utilize aerobic respiration more than red fibers
◍ egocentric.
Answer: preschool childrens difficultly perceiving things from another's
point of view
◍ α-amylase, found in saliva, plays a role in the digestion of what
compounds?.
Answer: Carbohydrates
◍ reinforcer.
Answer: any even that strengthens a preceding response
◍ group polarization.
Answer: the enhancement of a groups prevailing inclinations through
, discussion within the group
◍ REM sleep.
Answer: rapid eye movement: where vivid dreams often occur
◍ magic number seven plus or minus two.
Answer: short-term memory is limited to storing about seven bits of
information (George miller)
◍ mirror neurons.
Answer: frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or
observing another doing so (use PET scan)
◍ Which bacterial reproductive process does not involve any genetic
recombination?.
Answer: Binary fission
◍ What is the function of arteries in the body?.
Answer: To carry both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood away from the
heart
◍ What proportion of the next generation will have smooth, green peas?.
Answer: 3/16
◍ Which of the following is true of chromatin?.
Answer: Patterns of methylation or acetylation of histones can regulate gene
expression
◍ A researcher is performing PCR to amplify a sample of DN
A. Unfortunately, he forgot to add the DNA primer prior to starting the
experiment. Which of the following results is he most likely to observe?.
Answer: The reaction will be completely unsuccessful
◍ Hindsight bias.
Answer: The tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that we would
have foreseen it. The I knew it all along phenomenon)
◍ What is the difference between the alpha and beta forms of a
monosaccharide?.
