ALTA National Registration Exam
-ed is an example of what type ending? - ANS-inflectional ending
-ful is an example of what? - ANS-consonant suffix
"Change the /l/ in lip to /s/" is an example of: Isolation/Identification; Blending; Segmentation;
Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Deletion/Addition
"Early Prevention of School Failure" Past President of the World Federation of Neurology -
ANS-Richard Masland
"Failure to learn to decode words because of poor phonological processing cause subsequent
deficits in reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and even IQ" - ANS-Stanovich's
Matthew Effect
"How many sounds are in cheek?" is an example of:
Isolation/Identification; Blending; Segmentation; Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Segmentation
"lexia" comes from? - ANS-Greek
"port" is an example of what type of morpheme? - ANS-free morpheme
"Spelling: Development, Disability, and Instruction"; Works with sound symbol relationships as
building blocks within words from the simplest to most complex - ANS-Louisa C. Moats
"struct" is an example of what type of morpheme? - ANS-bound morpheme
"The Roots of Phonics" an important historical introduction to phonics with a foreword by Jeanne
Chall - ANS-Miriam Balmuth
"What is the first sound in lamp?" is an example of: Isolation/Identification; Blending;
Segmentation; Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Isolation/Identification
"What word is /m/.../a/.../t/?" is an example of: Isolation/Identification; Blending; Segmentation;
Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Blending
(Retired) Child Development Division, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Author of
"Specific Dyslexia and Other Developmental Problems in Children: A Synopsis" - ANS-Lucius
Waites
/t/ and /d/ are examples of what? - ANS-cognates
1861; observed the first documented case of aphasia --Left frontal region of brain (France) -
ANS-Broca
1950s; Theorized Dyslexia resulted from damage during fetal development - ANS-Norman
Geschwind
4 Components of Language - ANS-1. Phonological (sound)
2. Semantic (meaning)
3. Syntactic (sentence structure)
4. Pragmatic (rules)
5 Related Disorders of Dyslexia - ANS-1. Developmental Auditory Imperception
2. Dysphasia
3. Specific Developmental Dyslexia
4. Developmental Dysgraphia
5. Developmental Spelling Disability
, 504 is an extension of? - ANS-The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
A child can read words easily in a list, but reads word by word in text. What form of remediation
is needed? - ANS-Phrasing
A class of open speech sounds produced by the passage of air through an open vocal tract -
ANS-Vowel
A class of speech sounds with air flow that is constricted or obstructed - ANS-Consonant
A consonant sound that consists of a slowly released stop followed by a fricative -
ANS-Affricate: /ch/, /j/
A letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound - ANS-Grapheme
A method of leading students to new learning through questioning - ANS-Guided Discovery
A parent wants a quick fix for her child. Your response should be? - ANS-Every child progresses
at their own rate
A sound in which the outgoing air flow is completely stopped - ANS-Stop: /t/, /k/
A sound produced by forcing air through the nose - ANS-Nasal: /n/, /m/
A sound produced when the lips/tongue are passing from the position for one sound to that of
another - ANS-Liquid: /l/, /r/
A sound that is produced by forcing air through a narrow opening between the teeth and lips to
make a hissing sound - ANS-Fricative: /f/, /z/
A specific language-based disorder characterized by difficulty with single-word reading -
ANS-Dyslexia
A specific sensory pathway - ANS-modality
A student having difficulty with semantics would struggle with? - ANS-metaphors, similies and
idioms
A Teacher is using the overhead to teach, make diagrams and have students come up and fill in
some of the answers. This is an example of? - ANS-Discovery Learning
A test based on knowledge attained by the individual - ANS-Criterion-referenced test
A test based on material taught in the classroom - ANS-Curriculum-referenced test
A test that is performance-based in relation to a group; standardized - ANS-Norm-referenced
A unit of speech - ANS-Syllable
A variation of a speech sound - ANS-Allphone
A weakness in phonological processing causes all of the following EXCEPT? -weak decoding?
-weak reading rate? -weak spatial orientation? -weak reading comprehension? - ANS-weak
spatial orientation
Active Learning - ANS-students learn by connecting prior knowledge
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University--responsible
for structured language training, author of "Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills" -
ANS-Judith Birsh
Allows for observation of the inner workings of the brain at work - ANS-fMRI
Analytic - ANS-whole to part; reading
antonyms - ANS-words with opposite meaning
Area of the brain for Language Comprehension - ANS-Left Temporal Cortex
Area of the brain for Speech Production - ANS-Left Frontal Cortex
Area of the brain for Visual Processing - ANS-Occipital Cortex
Area of the brain for Visual-Verbal Association - ANS-Angular Gyrus
-ed is an example of what type ending? - ANS-inflectional ending
-ful is an example of what? - ANS-consonant suffix
"Change the /l/ in lip to /s/" is an example of: Isolation/Identification; Blending; Segmentation;
Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Deletion/Addition
"Early Prevention of School Failure" Past President of the World Federation of Neurology -
ANS-Richard Masland
"Failure to learn to decode words because of poor phonological processing cause subsequent
deficits in reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and even IQ" - ANS-Stanovich's
Matthew Effect
"How many sounds are in cheek?" is an example of:
Isolation/Identification; Blending; Segmentation; Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Segmentation
"lexia" comes from? - ANS-Greek
"port" is an example of what type of morpheme? - ANS-free morpheme
"Spelling: Development, Disability, and Instruction"; Works with sound symbol relationships as
building blocks within words from the simplest to most complex - ANS-Louisa C. Moats
"struct" is an example of what type of morpheme? - ANS-bound morpheme
"The Roots of Phonics" an important historical introduction to phonics with a foreword by Jeanne
Chall - ANS-Miriam Balmuth
"What is the first sound in lamp?" is an example of: Isolation/Identification; Blending;
Segmentation; Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Isolation/Identification
"What word is /m/.../a/.../t/?" is an example of: Isolation/Identification; Blending; Segmentation;
Deletion/Addition? - ANS-Blending
(Retired) Child Development Division, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Author of
"Specific Dyslexia and Other Developmental Problems in Children: A Synopsis" - ANS-Lucius
Waites
/t/ and /d/ are examples of what? - ANS-cognates
1861; observed the first documented case of aphasia --Left frontal region of brain (France) -
ANS-Broca
1950s; Theorized Dyslexia resulted from damage during fetal development - ANS-Norman
Geschwind
4 Components of Language - ANS-1. Phonological (sound)
2. Semantic (meaning)
3. Syntactic (sentence structure)
4. Pragmatic (rules)
5 Related Disorders of Dyslexia - ANS-1. Developmental Auditory Imperception
2. Dysphasia
3. Specific Developmental Dyslexia
4. Developmental Dysgraphia
5. Developmental Spelling Disability
, 504 is an extension of? - ANS-The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
A child can read words easily in a list, but reads word by word in text. What form of remediation
is needed? - ANS-Phrasing
A class of open speech sounds produced by the passage of air through an open vocal tract -
ANS-Vowel
A class of speech sounds with air flow that is constricted or obstructed - ANS-Consonant
A consonant sound that consists of a slowly released stop followed by a fricative -
ANS-Affricate: /ch/, /j/
A letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound - ANS-Grapheme
A method of leading students to new learning through questioning - ANS-Guided Discovery
A parent wants a quick fix for her child. Your response should be? - ANS-Every child progresses
at their own rate
A sound in which the outgoing air flow is completely stopped - ANS-Stop: /t/, /k/
A sound produced by forcing air through the nose - ANS-Nasal: /n/, /m/
A sound produced when the lips/tongue are passing from the position for one sound to that of
another - ANS-Liquid: /l/, /r/
A sound that is produced by forcing air through a narrow opening between the teeth and lips to
make a hissing sound - ANS-Fricative: /f/, /z/
A specific language-based disorder characterized by difficulty with single-word reading -
ANS-Dyslexia
A specific sensory pathway - ANS-modality
A student having difficulty with semantics would struggle with? - ANS-metaphors, similies and
idioms
A Teacher is using the overhead to teach, make diagrams and have students come up and fill in
some of the answers. This is an example of? - ANS-Discovery Learning
A test based on knowledge attained by the individual - ANS-Criterion-referenced test
A test based on material taught in the classroom - ANS-Curriculum-referenced test
A test that is performance-based in relation to a group; standardized - ANS-Norm-referenced
A unit of speech - ANS-Syllable
A variation of a speech sound - ANS-Allphone
A weakness in phonological processing causes all of the following EXCEPT? -weak decoding?
-weak reading rate? -weak spatial orientation? -weak reading comprehension? - ANS-weak
spatial orientation
Active Learning - ANS-students learn by connecting prior knowledge
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University--responsible
for structured language training, author of "Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills" -
ANS-Judith Birsh
Allows for observation of the inner workings of the brain at work - ANS-fMRI
Analytic - ANS-whole to part; reading
antonyms - ANS-words with opposite meaning
Area of the brain for Language Comprehension - ANS-Left Temporal Cortex
Area of the brain for Speech Production - ANS-Left Frontal Cortex
Area of the brain for Visual Processing - ANS-Occipital Cortex
Area of the brain for Visual-Verbal Association - ANS-Angular Gyrus
