WGU D351 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Which activity does the strategic human resources manager need to
be engaged in, given the fact that organizational survival is increasingly
dependent on adaptation?
Managing succession by creating contingency plans for key employees
within the organization
Taking on fewer roles to maintain a focused approach to organizational
productivity improvements
Focusing on acquiring human resources skills while leaving marketing
and production techniques to those managers
Maintaining priority on the requisition of services from the management
and employees without external considerations.
Answer: Managing succession by creating contingency plans for key
employees within the organization
●● Which internal element shapes organizational culture and strategy?
Compensation levels
Top management values
Organizational technology
Compliance requirements.
Answer: Top management values
,●● Which external factor impacts a company's strategy?
Taking an inventory of business competencies
Analyzing finances for possible budget reductions
Defining the culture for the organization
Assessing the local labor market to find candidates.
Answer: Assessing the local labor market to find candidates
●● Due to high ethical standard of conduct expectations, the board of
directors discovers ethical violations within the human resources
administration. Which action illustrates a violation from this situation?
Failing to update the ethical standard of conduct manual
Purchasing clothing for a spouse from the company's petty cash fund
Hiring a sibling as an HR payroll administrator based on work
experience
Being unable to describe what the company does and how it generates
revenue.
Answer: Purchasing clothing for a spouse from the company's petty cash
fund
●● What is the first phase in the human resource planning process?
Gathering and analyzing data
, Establishing objectives and policies
Designing and implementing action programs
Controlling and evaluating plans and programs.
Answer: Gathering and analyzing data
●● A firm needs to engage in redundancy planning to align with its
competitors and the realities of the market
.Which change is consistent with the company's plan?
An increase in job-skills retraining
An increase in employee self-control
A decrease in top-down communications
A decrease in buyout offers to employees.
Answer: An increase in job-skills retraining
●● What is the general purpose of recruitment?
To provide a pool of potentially qualified job applicants
To identify behaviors that are likely to lead to job success
To determine which job applicants are most qualified for the job
To give current employees a referral bonus for recruiting job applicants.
Answer: To provide a pool of potentially qualified job applicants
●● A pharmaceutical firm employs salespeople throughout the nation
and will soon be adding 20 entry-level sales positions with the inclusion
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Which activity does the strategic human resources manager need to
be engaged in, given the fact that organizational survival is increasingly
dependent on adaptation?
Managing succession by creating contingency plans for key employees
within the organization
Taking on fewer roles to maintain a focused approach to organizational
productivity improvements
Focusing on acquiring human resources skills while leaving marketing
and production techniques to those managers
Maintaining priority on the requisition of services from the management
and employees without external considerations.
Answer: Managing succession by creating contingency plans for key
employees within the organization
●● Which internal element shapes organizational culture and strategy?
Compensation levels
Top management values
Organizational technology
Compliance requirements.
Answer: Top management values
,●● Which external factor impacts a company's strategy?
Taking an inventory of business competencies
Analyzing finances for possible budget reductions
Defining the culture for the organization
Assessing the local labor market to find candidates.
Answer: Assessing the local labor market to find candidates
●● Due to high ethical standard of conduct expectations, the board of
directors discovers ethical violations within the human resources
administration. Which action illustrates a violation from this situation?
Failing to update the ethical standard of conduct manual
Purchasing clothing for a spouse from the company's petty cash fund
Hiring a sibling as an HR payroll administrator based on work
experience
Being unable to describe what the company does and how it generates
revenue.
Answer: Purchasing clothing for a spouse from the company's petty cash
fund
●● What is the first phase in the human resource planning process?
Gathering and analyzing data
, Establishing objectives and policies
Designing and implementing action programs
Controlling and evaluating plans and programs.
Answer: Gathering and analyzing data
●● A firm needs to engage in redundancy planning to align with its
competitors and the realities of the market
.Which change is consistent with the company's plan?
An increase in job-skills retraining
An increase in employee self-control
A decrease in top-down communications
A decrease in buyout offers to employees.
Answer: An increase in job-skills retraining
●● What is the general purpose of recruitment?
To provide a pool of potentially qualified job applicants
To identify behaviors that are likely to lead to job success
To determine which job applicants are most qualified for the job
To give current employees a referral bonus for recruiting job applicants.
Answer: To provide a pool of potentially qualified job applicants
●● A pharmaceutical firm employs salespeople throughout the nation
and will soon be adding 20 entry-level sales positions with the inclusion
