WGU D072 ACTUAL EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES LATEST
VERSION 2025-2026
A supervisor assigns an employee to work on a small project
that is directly related to a corporate goal, and the employee's
skill set makes them the ideal person to accomplish the task.
What is this employee's managerial designation?
- ANSWER-Individual
An employee is involved in providing vision and direction for an
organization and developing broad goals designed to move the
organization towards that vision. What is this employee's
management role in the organization? - ANSWER-top
,An employee is involved directly with each of the individuals
tasked with working on actionable items designed to pursue
goals that will move the organization towards its vision
statement. What is this employee's management role in the
organization? - ANSWER-front line
A meeting of the company's chief financial officer, chief
information officer, and all three of the executive vice
presidents must occur early next week. Which group of
managers will be present at this meeting? - ANSWER-top
Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values
Framework focuses on accountability to shareholders,
competitiveness, and productivity? - ANSWER-market
Which pair of attributes captures the focus of an adhocracy
culture within the competing values framework?
- ANSWER-Adjustable and entrepreneurial
Which set of attributes reflects a hierarchy culture within the
Competing Values Framework?
- ANSWER-Process-oriented and highly structured
,A nonprofit organization wants to fill an executive director
position and is interested in seeking a candidate that is
concerned about social welfare.
Which criterion should the organization prioritize in making this
decision? - ANSWER-Dedication to community service
An individual who values a team-oriented work environment
and the individual's relationships with a large group of peers is
seeking employment that will be a good fit. Which position
should this individual pursue?
- ANSWER-A position that offers a friendly workplace
An individual who is a great performer has been working in a
department in a company for over ten years and is moved to a
new department and given a new set of job responsibilities. The
individual is unhappy in the new location and has started to
underperform. Which issue has emerged for this employee? -
ANSWER-Person-job fit
A person that is high in sociability and friendliness is required
for a sales job.
Which component of personality should be high in the ideal
candidate? - ANSWER-Extraversion
, Which organizational culture is best suited for an individual who
is high in conscientiousness? - ANSWER-Hierarchy
Which individual characteristic should a company search for in
new hires in order to avoid an additional screening process to
prevent potential personculture mismatch?
- ANSWER-Recommended by current employees
An employee transfers from one department to another
department in an organization. Which reality will the employee
experience in relation to this change?
- ANSWER-The department sub-cultures may differ.
Which result occurs when there is a person-culture
misalignment? - ANSWER-attrition
A manager is taking extra care to craft a message to ensure that
it is interpreted by an employee, the receiver, in the way that it
was intended. This action includes making sure the message is
presented through the right channel and uses the appropriate
language. Which form of communication is the manager
ensuring during this interaction? - ANSWER-effective
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES LATEST
VERSION 2025-2026
A supervisor assigns an employee to work on a small project
that is directly related to a corporate goal, and the employee's
skill set makes them the ideal person to accomplish the task.
What is this employee's managerial designation?
- ANSWER-Individual
An employee is involved in providing vision and direction for an
organization and developing broad goals designed to move the
organization towards that vision. What is this employee's
management role in the organization? - ANSWER-top
,An employee is involved directly with each of the individuals
tasked with working on actionable items designed to pursue
goals that will move the organization towards its vision
statement. What is this employee's management role in the
organization? - ANSWER-front line
A meeting of the company's chief financial officer, chief
information officer, and all three of the executive vice
presidents must occur early next week. Which group of
managers will be present at this meeting? - ANSWER-top
Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values
Framework focuses on accountability to shareholders,
competitiveness, and productivity? - ANSWER-market
Which pair of attributes captures the focus of an adhocracy
culture within the competing values framework?
- ANSWER-Adjustable and entrepreneurial
Which set of attributes reflects a hierarchy culture within the
Competing Values Framework?
- ANSWER-Process-oriented and highly structured
,A nonprofit organization wants to fill an executive director
position and is interested in seeking a candidate that is
concerned about social welfare.
Which criterion should the organization prioritize in making this
decision? - ANSWER-Dedication to community service
An individual who values a team-oriented work environment
and the individual's relationships with a large group of peers is
seeking employment that will be a good fit. Which position
should this individual pursue?
- ANSWER-A position that offers a friendly workplace
An individual who is a great performer has been working in a
department in a company for over ten years and is moved to a
new department and given a new set of job responsibilities. The
individual is unhappy in the new location and has started to
underperform. Which issue has emerged for this employee? -
ANSWER-Person-job fit
A person that is high in sociability and friendliness is required
for a sales job.
Which component of personality should be high in the ideal
candidate? - ANSWER-Extraversion
, Which organizational culture is best suited for an individual who
is high in conscientiousness? - ANSWER-Hierarchy
Which individual characteristic should a company search for in
new hires in order to avoid an additional screening process to
prevent potential personculture mismatch?
- ANSWER-Recommended by current employees
An employee transfers from one department to another
department in an organization. Which reality will the employee
experience in relation to this change?
- ANSWER-The department sub-cultures may differ.
Which result occurs when there is a person-culture
misalignment? - ANSWER-attrition
A manager is taking extra care to craft a message to ensure that
it is interpreted by an employee, the receiver, in the way that it
was intended. This action includes making sure the message is
presented through the right channel and uses the appropriate
language. Which form of communication is the manager
ensuring during this interaction? - ANSWER-effective
