WGU D291 LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which step in the ADDIE process is similar to the ideate stage of the Design
Thinking Process? - ✔✔Design
✔✔Which grammar activity aligns with the behaviorist approach? - ✔✔Learners edit
sample sentences and then correct them using an answer key.
✔✔A workplace training and development team is tasked with enhancing safety across
the organization.
Which approach for increasing safe behaviors in the workplace aligns with the
behaviorist approach? - ✔✔Trainers use a checklist of safe practices for each job
category to praise employees' safe practices and give corrective feedback on unsafe
practices.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the cognitivist approach? - ✔✔Reflecting on prior
experiences with a topic.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the cognitivist approach? - ✔✔Learners create a
poster to visually organize information about a novel and how the novel relates to their
prior life experiences.
✔✔How can a designer apply the principles of constructivism to develop a learning
activity? - ✔✔Offer opportunities for student-to-student interaction and knowledge
sharing.
✔✔How can a designer apply the principles of constructivism to develop a learning
activity? - ✔✔Promote real-world problems requiring learners to use their previous
knowledge, experiences, and beliefs to build continuous learning.
✔✔An online course instructor would like to enhance the current course design by
incorporating elements of connectivism.
What should the instructor add to the course to align with the connectivist approach? -
✔✔A blogging platform where learners post weekly and are encouraged to comment on
others' posts.
✔✔What is the primary role of an instructor using a connectivist approach? - ✔✔To
facilitate a learning environment and context that brings learners together.
✔✔An instructor wants to implement the mastery approach in their classroom.
, How should the instructor determine which students are experiencing a learning gap? -
✔✔Have students take a quiz to see which questions they answer incorrectly.
✔✔An instructor finds that learners are struggling with different topics of a unit of
instruction and wants to better understand how the mastery approach could help the
learners.
What is a benefit this instructor should see for the learners by implementing the mastery
approach? - ✔✔Learners can work on a topic they are having difficulty with instead of
moving forward with the next topic.
✔✔What makes competency-based education (CBE) different than traditional
education? - ✔✔CBE measures a learner's mastery of learning rather than learning
time.
✔✔How is competency-based education different from traditional education? - ✔✔It
increases opportunities for choice and flexibility in how students learn.
✔✔What is an effective strategy for teaching adult learners? - ✔✔Leveraging learners'
life experiences to make connections and maximize learning outcomes.
✔✔What is an approach an online instructor can take to encourage adult learner
participation? - ✔✔Offer choices in how learners can engage with course content.
✔✔A new instructor is seeking support from a designer on how to create an activity that
will engage a young learner.
Which instructional strategy should this instructor implement? - ✔✔Teaching the activity
through play.
✔✔An instructor asks young learners to write a story about what they think daily life will
be like in 50 years.
Why did the instructor use this task? - ✔✔Young learners are imaginative.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the remember level in Bloom's taxonomy? -
✔✔Students participate in a game to memorize new Spanish vocabulary.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the evaluate level in Bloom's taxonomy? -
✔✔Students assess whether their websites run properly.
✔✔A learning activity provides an opportunity for learners to write reflections about how
the course content helps them learn more about themselves and others.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Which step in the ADDIE process is similar to the ideate stage of the Design
Thinking Process? - ✔✔Design
✔✔Which grammar activity aligns with the behaviorist approach? - ✔✔Learners edit
sample sentences and then correct them using an answer key.
✔✔A workplace training and development team is tasked with enhancing safety across
the organization.
Which approach for increasing safe behaviors in the workplace aligns with the
behaviorist approach? - ✔✔Trainers use a checklist of safe practices for each job
category to praise employees' safe practices and give corrective feedback on unsafe
practices.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the cognitivist approach? - ✔✔Reflecting on prior
experiences with a topic.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the cognitivist approach? - ✔✔Learners create a
poster to visually organize information about a novel and how the novel relates to their
prior life experiences.
✔✔How can a designer apply the principles of constructivism to develop a learning
activity? - ✔✔Offer opportunities for student-to-student interaction and knowledge
sharing.
✔✔How can a designer apply the principles of constructivism to develop a learning
activity? - ✔✔Promote real-world problems requiring learners to use their previous
knowledge, experiences, and beliefs to build continuous learning.
✔✔An online course instructor would like to enhance the current course design by
incorporating elements of connectivism.
What should the instructor add to the course to align with the connectivist approach? -
✔✔A blogging platform where learners post weekly and are encouraged to comment on
others' posts.
✔✔What is the primary role of an instructor using a connectivist approach? - ✔✔To
facilitate a learning environment and context that brings learners together.
✔✔An instructor wants to implement the mastery approach in their classroom.
, How should the instructor determine which students are experiencing a learning gap? -
✔✔Have students take a quiz to see which questions they answer incorrectly.
✔✔An instructor finds that learners are struggling with different topics of a unit of
instruction and wants to better understand how the mastery approach could help the
learners.
What is a benefit this instructor should see for the learners by implementing the mastery
approach? - ✔✔Learners can work on a topic they are having difficulty with instead of
moving forward with the next topic.
✔✔What makes competency-based education (CBE) different than traditional
education? - ✔✔CBE measures a learner's mastery of learning rather than learning
time.
✔✔How is competency-based education different from traditional education? - ✔✔It
increases opportunities for choice and flexibility in how students learn.
✔✔What is an effective strategy for teaching adult learners? - ✔✔Leveraging learners'
life experiences to make connections and maximize learning outcomes.
✔✔What is an approach an online instructor can take to encourage adult learner
participation? - ✔✔Offer choices in how learners can engage with course content.
✔✔A new instructor is seeking support from a designer on how to create an activity that
will engage a young learner.
Which instructional strategy should this instructor implement? - ✔✔Teaching the activity
through play.
✔✔An instructor asks young learners to write a story about what they think daily life will
be like in 50 years.
Why did the instructor use this task? - ✔✔Young learners are imaginative.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the remember level in Bloom's taxonomy? -
✔✔Students participate in a game to memorize new Spanish vocabulary.
✔✔Which learning activity aligns with the evaluate level in Bloom's taxonomy? -
✔✔Students assess whether their websites run properly.
✔✔A learning activity provides an opportunity for learners to write reflections about how
the course content helps them learn more about themselves and others.
