WGU D467 EXPLORING DATA OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
AND PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS – UPDATED 2026/2027
GUARANTEED SUCCESS | GRADED A+!!
Consent - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that presumes an
individual's right to know how and why their personal data will be used before
agreeing to provide it
Cookie - CORRECT ANSWER-A small file stored on a computer that contains
information about its users
Data anonymization - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of protecting people's
private or sensitive data by eliminating identifying information
Currency - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that presumes
individuals should be aware of financial transactions resulting from the use of their
personal data and the scale of those transactions
Bad data source - CORRECT ANSWER-A data source that is not reliable,
original, comprehensive, current, and cited (ROCCC)
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER-A conscious or subconscious preference in favor of
or against a person, group of people, or thing
,Confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency to search for or
interpret information in a way that confirms pre-existing beliefs
Experimenter bias - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency for different people to
observe things differently (also called observer bias)
Fairness - CORRECT ANSWER-A quality of data analysis that does not create
or reinforce bias
First-party data - CORRECT ANSWER-Data collected by an individual or group
using their own resources
General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) - CORRECT
ANSWER-Policy-making body in the European Union created to help protect
people and their data
Open data - CORRECT ANSWER-Data that is available to the public
Openness - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that promotes the
free access, usage, and sharing of data
Data ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-Well-founded standards of right and wrong
that dictate how data is collected, shared, and used
, Data interoperability - CORRECT ANSWER-A key factor leading to the
successful use of open data among companies and governments
Data bias - CORRECT ANSWER-When a preference in favor of or against a
person, group of people, or thing systematically skews data analysis results in a
certain direction
Data privacy - CORRECT ANSWER-Preserving a data subject's information any
time a data transaction occurs
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-Well-founded standards of right and wrong that
prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits
to society, fairness, or specific virtues
Sampling bias - CORRECT ANSWER-Overrepresenting or underrepresenting
certain members of a population as a result of working with a sample that is not
representative of the population as a whole
Transaction transparency - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that
presumes all data-processing activities and algorithms should be explainable and
understood by the individual who provides the data
AND PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS – UPDATED 2026/2027
GUARANTEED SUCCESS | GRADED A+!!
Consent - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that presumes an
individual's right to know how and why their personal data will be used before
agreeing to provide it
Cookie - CORRECT ANSWER-A small file stored on a computer that contains
information about its users
Data anonymization - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of protecting people's
private or sensitive data by eliminating identifying information
Currency - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that presumes
individuals should be aware of financial transactions resulting from the use of their
personal data and the scale of those transactions
Bad data source - CORRECT ANSWER-A data source that is not reliable,
original, comprehensive, current, and cited (ROCCC)
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER-A conscious or subconscious preference in favor of
or against a person, group of people, or thing
,Confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency to search for or
interpret information in a way that confirms pre-existing beliefs
Experimenter bias - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency for different people to
observe things differently (also called observer bias)
Fairness - CORRECT ANSWER-A quality of data analysis that does not create
or reinforce bias
First-party data - CORRECT ANSWER-Data collected by an individual or group
using their own resources
General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) - CORRECT
ANSWER-Policy-making body in the European Union created to help protect
people and their data
Open data - CORRECT ANSWER-Data that is available to the public
Openness - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that promotes the
free access, usage, and sharing of data
Data ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-Well-founded standards of right and wrong
that dictate how data is collected, shared, and used
, Data interoperability - CORRECT ANSWER-A key factor leading to the
successful use of open data among companies and governments
Data bias - CORRECT ANSWER-When a preference in favor of or against a
person, group of people, or thing systematically skews data analysis results in a
certain direction
Data privacy - CORRECT ANSWER-Preserving a data subject's information any
time a data transaction occurs
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-Well-founded standards of right and wrong that
prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits
to society, fairness, or specific virtues
Sampling bias - CORRECT ANSWER-Overrepresenting or underrepresenting
certain members of a population as a result of working with a sample that is not
representative of the population as a whole
Transaction transparency - CORRECT ANSWER-The aspect of data ethics that
presumes all data-processing activities and algorithms should be explainable and
understood by the individual who provides the data
