WGU D389 Task 1 EXAM 2026 UPDATE/PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete
solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
Commonly recognized strategies leading to academic success
......ANSWER......- setting SMART goals and keeping up with them
- maintaining a schedule for school work and managing time effectively
- access all resources available to you
In what ways do you benefit from setting and achieving meaningful
goals? ......ANSWER......- helps track progress, manage time, and identify
priorities
- helps you identify what you need to meet (the goal), what you need to
get there (plan), and the steps to achieve this plan.
What planning and organizational strategies could you use so that you
can get everything done in the time you have available?
......ANSWER......Having motive and mission for going to school,
maintain consistent sleep patterns, always carrying two gathering points
with you, listening as if you were going to teach the material to your
friend, process using what/when/where method at the end of every
day, have a designated assignment time scheduled regularly.
What are three emotional blocks to time management (include a
description of each)? ......ANSWER......Having major stressors causes
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,exhaustion, mindset controls perspective, and communication dictates
how well you are able to advocate for yourself.
What are four tips to change negative self-talk?
......ANSWER......Become aware and pay attention to your thinking,
Reframe cognitively distorted thoughts or ways of thinking, keep a
gratitude journal, analyze thoughts more deeply for the flawed negative
thinking patterns.
How can you change your attitude to accomplish more?
......ANSWER......Reform negative thinking, self-talk, and self-doubt
while focusing on goals
How can you overcome self-doubt? ......ANSWER......Identify and list
what causes the doubt, let go of negative perceptions of reality, use
positive thoughts and language, and stay steadily focused on your goals.
Describe the Tapering Approach study strategy: by providing the
method and advantages: ......ANSWER......Use and four-hour study block
and divide it into one hour of studying, followed by a ten-minute break;
next is 50 min of studying and a ten-minute break, lastly you have a 45-
minute study block followed by a 5-minute break. The final two sessions
are solid 30-minute power sessions.
Identify commonly recognized strategies leading to success in studying
and test-taking. ......ANSWER......PQ3R, Note taking using different
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,methods such as the outline or mind mapping, methodical approaches,
use questions to learn material.
Cornell Method: way to divide the paper that helps avoid laborious
measure for recopying notes ......ANSWER......Method: 2 1/1 inch left-
handed margin used for labeling each idea and detail with a key word or
clue, 6 inch right-handed margin used for copying notes as well as you
can with as much information as possible
Advantages: organized and systematic for recording both notes and key
ideas and main points for reviewing notes, easy format for pulling out
major concepts and ideas, simple and efficient, saves time and effort
Outlining Method: ......ANSWER......Method: the most generalized
information is listed as far left as possible, where each indentation
expands on the more general term before it, can have multiple levels of
specification by having multiple levels of indentations.
Advantages: well organized if done properly, outlining records content
as well as relationships, reduces editing and is easy to review by turning
main points into questions
Mind-Mapping: ......ANSWER......Method: visual notetaking form which
relates each fact or idea to another through circles and lines connected;
maximizes active participation, affords immediate knowledge as to its
understanding and emphasizes critical thinking
Advantages: helps to track information visually, relationships and
connections can be easily seen, easy to edit, review calls for
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, restructuring of thought processes, easily made into other forms of
notes
Charting Method: If the information is distinct or chronological, it may
be helpful to set up your paper by drawing columns and labeling
appropriate headings. ......ANSWER......Method: main points are listed
at the tops of the columns and information is listed under the
appropriated slot on the chart
Advantages: helps track information in an organized and chronological
fashion, reduces writing necessary, easy to review for memorization and
comparison or to understand relationships,
Sentence Method: used when course content is heavy and somewhat
organized, but you don't know how it all relates
......ANSWER......Method: write every new thought/idea, topic, or fact
on a new line, numbering or bulleting as you progress
Advantages: slightly more organized than a paragraph, gets more or all
of the information, thinking to tract content is still limited thought.
What is the difference between notetaking for linear-vs-nonlinear
concepts? ......ANSWER......Linear notes are most appropriate for
sequential or chronological information, things that follow an order,
such as history; Non-linear is appropriate for mapping/visual notetaking
as the information isn't sequential or directly related.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete
solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
Commonly recognized strategies leading to academic success
......ANSWER......- setting SMART goals and keeping up with them
- maintaining a schedule for school work and managing time effectively
- access all resources available to you
In what ways do you benefit from setting and achieving meaningful
goals? ......ANSWER......- helps track progress, manage time, and identify
priorities
- helps you identify what you need to meet (the goal), what you need to
get there (plan), and the steps to achieve this plan.
What planning and organizational strategies could you use so that you
can get everything done in the time you have available?
......ANSWER......Having motive and mission for going to school,
maintain consistent sleep patterns, always carrying two gathering points
with you, listening as if you were going to teach the material to your
friend, process using what/when/where method at the end of every
day, have a designated assignment time scheduled regularly.
What are three emotional blocks to time management (include a
description of each)? ......ANSWER......Having major stressors causes
pg. 1
,exhaustion, mindset controls perspective, and communication dictates
how well you are able to advocate for yourself.
What are four tips to change negative self-talk?
......ANSWER......Become aware and pay attention to your thinking,
Reframe cognitively distorted thoughts or ways of thinking, keep a
gratitude journal, analyze thoughts more deeply for the flawed negative
thinking patterns.
How can you change your attitude to accomplish more?
......ANSWER......Reform negative thinking, self-talk, and self-doubt
while focusing on goals
How can you overcome self-doubt? ......ANSWER......Identify and list
what causes the doubt, let go of negative perceptions of reality, use
positive thoughts and language, and stay steadily focused on your goals.
Describe the Tapering Approach study strategy: by providing the
method and advantages: ......ANSWER......Use and four-hour study block
and divide it into one hour of studying, followed by a ten-minute break;
next is 50 min of studying and a ten-minute break, lastly you have a 45-
minute study block followed by a 5-minute break. The final two sessions
are solid 30-minute power sessions.
Identify commonly recognized strategies leading to success in studying
and test-taking. ......ANSWER......PQ3R, Note taking using different
pg. 2
,methods such as the outline or mind mapping, methodical approaches,
use questions to learn material.
Cornell Method: way to divide the paper that helps avoid laborious
measure for recopying notes ......ANSWER......Method: 2 1/1 inch left-
handed margin used for labeling each idea and detail with a key word or
clue, 6 inch right-handed margin used for copying notes as well as you
can with as much information as possible
Advantages: organized and systematic for recording both notes and key
ideas and main points for reviewing notes, easy format for pulling out
major concepts and ideas, simple and efficient, saves time and effort
Outlining Method: ......ANSWER......Method: the most generalized
information is listed as far left as possible, where each indentation
expands on the more general term before it, can have multiple levels of
specification by having multiple levels of indentations.
Advantages: well organized if done properly, outlining records content
as well as relationships, reduces editing and is easy to review by turning
main points into questions
Mind-Mapping: ......ANSWER......Method: visual notetaking form which
relates each fact or idea to another through circles and lines connected;
maximizes active participation, affords immediate knowledge as to its
understanding and emphasizes critical thinking
Advantages: helps to track information visually, relationships and
connections can be easily seen, easy to edit, review calls for
pg. 3
, restructuring of thought processes, easily made into other forms of
notes
Charting Method: If the information is distinct or chronological, it may
be helpful to set up your paper by drawing columns and labeling
appropriate headings. ......ANSWER......Method: main points are listed
at the tops of the columns and information is listed under the
appropriated slot on the chart
Advantages: helps track information in an organized and chronological
fashion, reduces writing necessary, easy to review for memorization and
comparison or to understand relationships,
Sentence Method: used when course content is heavy and somewhat
organized, but you don't know how it all relates
......ANSWER......Method: write every new thought/idea, topic, or fact
on a new line, numbering or bulleting as you progress
Advantages: slightly more organized than a paragraph, gets more or all
of the information, thinking to tract content is still limited thought.
What is the difference between notetaking for linear-vs-nonlinear
concepts? ......ANSWER......Linear notes are most appropriate for
sequential or chronological information, things that follow an order,
such as history; Non-linear is appropriate for mapping/visual notetaking
as the information isn't sequential or directly related.
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