WGU D771 QUANTITATIVE LITERACY EXAM
PREP TEST BANK VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Phonology
Answer: Def ~ The study of the sound system of a language and the
rules that govern how sounds are organized and used
Ex ~ The difference in pronunciation between the p sounds in phone and
pin.
●● Semantics
Answer: Def ~ Is related to the meaning of words and sentences.
●● Morphology
Answer: Def ~ The study of the structure and formation of words,
including how prefixes, suffixes, and root words combine to create
meaning.
Ex ~ The word unhappiness is formed from the root word happy with
the prefix un- and the suffix -ness.
●● Orthography
Answer: Def ~ The conventional system of spelling and writing in a
language.
,Ex ~ English uses specific rules to spell words like receive (i before e
except after c).
●● Pragmatics
Answer: Def ~ The study of how context and social norms influence the
interpretation and use of language.
Ex ~ The phrase "Can you pass the salt?" is a polite request rather than a
literal inquiry about someone's ability to pass the salt.
●● Lexical Semantics
Answer: Def ~ The study of the meanings of words and their
relationships.
Ex ~ The words big and large are synonyms, meaning they have similar
meanings.
●● Sentential Semantics
Answer: Def ~ The study of how the meanings of individual words
combine to form the meaning of sentences.
Ex ~ The sentence "The cat sat on the mat" conveys an image of a cat
resting on a mat.
●● Systematic and Cumulative
, Answer: Instruction that presents concepts in order, beginning with the
easiest concepts and increasing in difficulty, with new concepts being
built on prior knowledge.
●● Explicit Instruction
Answer: A systematic and direct teaching approach where educators
clearly and directly teach specific concepts, skills, or strategies. It
involves providing clear explanations, modeling, guided practice, and
feedback to facilitate understanding and mastery of the material.
●● Orton-Gillingham Approach
Answer: A structured, multisensory method designed to teach reading
and writing to individuals with dyslexia and other language-based
learning differences.
●● Simple View of Reading (SVR)
Answer: Students having both the ability to recognize words and the
ability to comprehend language, to become a skilled reader (reading
comprehension = decoding × understanding language).
●● Scarborough's Reading Rope
Answer: A reading framework for knowing words and understanding
what they mean.
●● Prealphabetic
PREP TEST BANK VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Phonology
Answer: Def ~ The study of the sound system of a language and the
rules that govern how sounds are organized and used
Ex ~ The difference in pronunciation between the p sounds in phone and
pin.
●● Semantics
Answer: Def ~ Is related to the meaning of words and sentences.
●● Morphology
Answer: Def ~ The study of the structure and formation of words,
including how prefixes, suffixes, and root words combine to create
meaning.
Ex ~ The word unhappiness is formed from the root word happy with
the prefix un- and the suffix -ness.
●● Orthography
Answer: Def ~ The conventional system of spelling and writing in a
language.
,Ex ~ English uses specific rules to spell words like receive (i before e
except after c).
●● Pragmatics
Answer: Def ~ The study of how context and social norms influence the
interpretation and use of language.
Ex ~ The phrase "Can you pass the salt?" is a polite request rather than a
literal inquiry about someone's ability to pass the salt.
●● Lexical Semantics
Answer: Def ~ The study of the meanings of words and their
relationships.
Ex ~ The words big and large are synonyms, meaning they have similar
meanings.
●● Sentential Semantics
Answer: Def ~ The study of how the meanings of individual words
combine to form the meaning of sentences.
Ex ~ The sentence "The cat sat on the mat" conveys an image of a cat
resting on a mat.
●● Systematic and Cumulative
, Answer: Instruction that presents concepts in order, beginning with the
easiest concepts and increasing in difficulty, with new concepts being
built on prior knowledge.
●● Explicit Instruction
Answer: A systematic and direct teaching approach where educators
clearly and directly teach specific concepts, skills, or strategies. It
involves providing clear explanations, modeling, guided practice, and
feedback to facilitate understanding and mastery of the material.
●● Orton-Gillingham Approach
Answer: A structured, multisensory method designed to teach reading
and writing to individuals with dyslexia and other language-based
learning differences.
●● Simple View of Reading (SVR)
Answer: Students having both the ability to recognize words and the
ability to comprehend language, to become a skilled reader (reading
comprehension = decoding × understanding language).
●● Scarborough's Reading Rope
Answer: A reading framework for knowing words and understanding
what they mean.
●● Prealphabetic
