WGU D293 OA STUDY GUIDE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ An instructor wants to determine whether to continue using a
new textbook in a course or return to last year's textbook. What kind
of assessment data should the instructor use to inform this
decision?-
Answer: Test performance compared to last year
◉ A teacher notices that a former straight-A student has started to
fail tests. The teacher wants to personalize the lesson to help the
student succeed. What assessment data should the teacher use?-
Answer: Review and compare cumulative test scores
◉ Barton is a first-grade student who has repeated struggles in
mathematics. Barton seems to have a good understanding of basic
mathematics facts, but has difficulty with subtracting multidigit
numbers. Which type of data can be collected to identify how to help
Barton?-
Answer: Patterns of incorrect answers
◉ A learning experience designer has changed the learning resource
for this semester's Chapter 2 test, but the test remains the same. The
learning experience designer wants to know if students scored
,better on this semester's test than previous semesters to determine
if the new learning resource should be kept. What data strategy is
being implemented?-
Answer: data for improvement
◉ An eighth-grade teacher notices that students are struggling to
submit the homework. The teacher wants to use direct data
collection methods to determine whether students are still retaining
the content even though assignments are not being turned in. What
could the teacher do to get the necessary data?-
Answer: Give the students a pop quiz that covers the objectives of
the test.
◉ learning experience designer wants to collect data to develop a
plan for hiring better-qualified candidates. What are three types of
data that could be collected from current employees to help develop
the plan? Choose 3 answers-
Answer: questionnaire, Face-to-face interview, and Trained
observers watching the abilities of new hires during the first few
days of employment
◉ Which statement is an example of an unethical practice that might
occur when analyzing data about student pass/fail rates?-
Answer: All researchers have access to personal information
collected, even though it is not needed to reach conclusions.
, ◉ A learning experience designer working in a university setting has
collected new data for a study on camera usage in synchronous
online courses and is at the point of analysis and interpretation of
the data. What ethical practice must the learning experience
designer adhere to during the analysis and interpretation phase?-
Answer: Cultural values
◉ Which situation is an example of ethically interpreting data?-
Answer: A CEO of a Fortune 500 company is reviewing the sales data
of the past three months to determine which salesperson will win
the quarterly sales contest.
◉ A university has been awarded a grant after a groundbreaking
course in bioscience. The money from the grant will go to similar
course development. Soon after the grant is awarded, the learning
experience designer finds that certain information was not surveyed
correctly, thus skewing the results. Ethically, what should the
learning experience designer do?-
Answer: The designer should notify a superior at the university.
◉ A learning experience designer is analyzing data from a study
about the effectiveness of server training in a 24-hour restaurant
that focuses on upselling desserts. Servers attended training and
consented to have their sales data analyzed. The data being analyzed
will include the average number of dessert items sold per customer.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ An instructor wants to determine whether to continue using a
new textbook in a course or return to last year's textbook. What kind
of assessment data should the instructor use to inform this
decision?-
Answer: Test performance compared to last year
◉ A teacher notices that a former straight-A student has started to
fail tests. The teacher wants to personalize the lesson to help the
student succeed. What assessment data should the teacher use?-
Answer: Review and compare cumulative test scores
◉ Barton is a first-grade student who has repeated struggles in
mathematics. Barton seems to have a good understanding of basic
mathematics facts, but has difficulty with subtracting multidigit
numbers. Which type of data can be collected to identify how to help
Barton?-
Answer: Patterns of incorrect answers
◉ A learning experience designer has changed the learning resource
for this semester's Chapter 2 test, but the test remains the same. The
learning experience designer wants to know if students scored
,better on this semester's test than previous semesters to determine
if the new learning resource should be kept. What data strategy is
being implemented?-
Answer: data for improvement
◉ An eighth-grade teacher notices that students are struggling to
submit the homework. The teacher wants to use direct data
collection methods to determine whether students are still retaining
the content even though assignments are not being turned in. What
could the teacher do to get the necessary data?-
Answer: Give the students a pop quiz that covers the objectives of
the test.
◉ learning experience designer wants to collect data to develop a
plan for hiring better-qualified candidates. What are three types of
data that could be collected from current employees to help develop
the plan? Choose 3 answers-
Answer: questionnaire, Face-to-face interview, and Trained
observers watching the abilities of new hires during the first few
days of employment
◉ Which statement is an example of an unethical practice that might
occur when analyzing data about student pass/fail rates?-
Answer: All researchers have access to personal information
collected, even though it is not needed to reach conclusions.
, ◉ A learning experience designer working in a university setting has
collected new data for a study on camera usage in synchronous
online courses and is at the point of analysis and interpretation of
the data. What ethical practice must the learning experience
designer adhere to during the analysis and interpretation phase?-
Answer: Cultural values
◉ Which situation is an example of ethically interpreting data?-
Answer: A CEO of a Fortune 500 company is reviewing the sales data
of the past three months to determine which salesperson will win
the quarterly sales contest.
◉ A university has been awarded a grant after a groundbreaking
course in bioscience. The money from the grant will go to similar
course development. Soon after the grant is awarded, the learning
experience designer finds that certain information was not surveyed
correctly, thus skewing the results. Ethically, what should the
learning experience designer do?-
Answer: The designer should notify a superior at the university.
◉ A learning experience designer is analyzing data from a study
about the effectiveness of server training in a 24-hour restaurant
that focuses on upselling desserts. Servers attended training and
consented to have their sales data analyzed. The data being analyzed
will include the average number of dessert items sold per customer.
