CALT STUDY GUIDE EXAM LATEST 2026 WITH
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
◉Phoneme . Answer: Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.
◉Morphology . Answer: The linguistic knowledge that would best
enable a student to understand the word anthropomorphic.
◉Teaching Pragmatics . Answer: Teaching pragmatics through oral
language may positively impact a student's understanding of implied
meaning in written language.
◉Three Speech Sounds Group . Answer: A group of words that contain
three speech sounds, such as night through sawed.
◉Developmental Dyslexia Research . Answer: Current research has led
to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may have taken place during fetal
development.
◉Social Development Delays in Dyslexia . Answer: An individual with
dyslexia might experience delays in social development as demonstrated
,by a lack of good judgment, inability to stick with a game, and erratic
emotional behavior.
◉Poor Visual Learner . Answer: A student who learns better from a
lecture/class discussion rather than from the printed page.
◉Multisensory Strategies . Answer: Most students will learn and retain
information better if instruction is given through multisensory strategies
(VALT).
◉Dyslexia Misconception . Answer: Research supports that dyslexia is a
disorder that can be remediated through corrective vision.
◉Informal Assessment . Answer: The type of assessment a teacher
should give to a student making A's and B's but is a slow reader due to
reading difficulties.
◉Criterion-Referenced Test . Answer: The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-
Education Battery is an academic achievement test that is criterion-
referenced.
◉Grade Equivalent Scores . Answer: Grade equivalent scores are not a
dependable representation of progress.
,◉Individual Education Plan (IEP) . Answer: An IEP for a student
identified with a learning disability does not include a prescription for a
specific intervention.
◉Informal Screening . Answer: A brief assessment that identifies
students who may need additional testing or alternative instruction.
◉Conner's Rating Scales . Answer: Used to measure Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder.
◉Entitlement to Benefits . Answer: A person with an impairment that
significantly limits one or more of life's major functions is entitled to
benefits under both Section 504 and IDEA.
◉Reading Disability Indicator . Answer: According to the National
Reading Panel Report (2000), a deficit in phonology represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability.
◉Hearing Notification Period . Answer: A member shall be advised of
the specifics of the complaint no less than 15 days prior to the date set
for the hearing.
◉IMSLEC & ALTA Therapist Responsibilities . Answer: An IMSLEC
& ALTA therapist shall neither give nor receive a commission rebate or
any other form of remuneration for the referral of students for therapy.
, ◉Student Placement Recommendation . Answer: If a private student has
reached all benchmarks, you should give parents documentation of the
services he has received and discuss gradual transition into the
classroom.
◉IMSLEC & ALTA Codes of Ethics . Answer: As an MSL
teacher/therapist, you should provide reasonable expectations of student
outcomes to students & parents.
◉Code of Ethics . Answer: Fees for services to clients will be set by
training courses.
◉Ethical advice to Mr. Smith . Answer: Advise Mr. Smith that you are
not yet fully qualified.
◉Recall item . Answer: Requires the examinee to remember specific
information.
◉Example of recall item . Answer: Parts of speech and sentence
structure belong in which language domain?: Syntax.
◉Application item . Answer: Requires the examinee to make use of
knowledge.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
◉Phoneme . Answer: Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.
◉Morphology . Answer: The linguistic knowledge that would best
enable a student to understand the word anthropomorphic.
◉Teaching Pragmatics . Answer: Teaching pragmatics through oral
language may positively impact a student's understanding of implied
meaning in written language.
◉Three Speech Sounds Group . Answer: A group of words that contain
three speech sounds, such as night through sawed.
◉Developmental Dyslexia Research . Answer: Current research has led
to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may have taken place during fetal
development.
◉Social Development Delays in Dyslexia . Answer: An individual with
dyslexia might experience delays in social development as demonstrated
,by a lack of good judgment, inability to stick with a game, and erratic
emotional behavior.
◉Poor Visual Learner . Answer: A student who learns better from a
lecture/class discussion rather than from the printed page.
◉Multisensory Strategies . Answer: Most students will learn and retain
information better if instruction is given through multisensory strategies
(VALT).
◉Dyslexia Misconception . Answer: Research supports that dyslexia is a
disorder that can be remediated through corrective vision.
◉Informal Assessment . Answer: The type of assessment a teacher
should give to a student making A's and B's but is a slow reader due to
reading difficulties.
◉Criterion-Referenced Test . Answer: The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-
Education Battery is an academic achievement test that is criterion-
referenced.
◉Grade Equivalent Scores . Answer: Grade equivalent scores are not a
dependable representation of progress.
,◉Individual Education Plan (IEP) . Answer: An IEP for a student
identified with a learning disability does not include a prescription for a
specific intervention.
◉Informal Screening . Answer: A brief assessment that identifies
students who may need additional testing or alternative instruction.
◉Conner's Rating Scales . Answer: Used to measure Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder.
◉Entitlement to Benefits . Answer: A person with an impairment that
significantly limits one or more of life's major functions is entitled to
benefits under both Section 504 and IDEA.
◉Reading Disability Indicator . Answer: According to the National
Reading Panel Report (2000), a deficit in phonology represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability.
◉Hearing Notification Period . Answer: A member shall be advised of
the specifics of the complaint no less than 15 days prior to the date set
for the hearing.
◉IMSLEC & ALTA Therapist Responsibilities . Answer: An IMSLEC
& ALTA therapist shall neither give nor receive a commission rebate or
any other form of remuneration for the referral of students for therapy.
, ◉Student Placement Recommendation . Answer: If a private student has
reached all benchmarks, you should give parents documentation of the
services he has received and discuss gradual transition into the
classroom.
◉IMSLEC & ALTA Codes of Ethics . Answer: As an MSL
teacher/therapist, you should provide reasonable expectations of student
outcomes to students & parents.
◉Code of Ethics . Answer: Fees for services to clients will be set by
training courses.
◉Ethical advice to Mr. Smith . Answer: Advise Mr. Smith that you are
not yet fully qualified.
◉Recall item . Answer: Requires the examinee to remember specific
information.
◉Example of recall item . Answer: Parts of speech and sentence
structure belong in which language domain?: Syntax.
◉Application item . Answer: Requires the examinee to make use of
knowledge.
