CALT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Strephosymbolia - ANS Learning disorder in which symbols and especially phrases, words, or
letters appear to be reversed or transposed in reading.
Who coined word "Strephosymbolia" to differentiate between itself and "word-blindness"? -
ANS Samuel Orton
What is synthetic teaching - ANS Part to whole (teaching letter sounds, building up to
blending to make words)
What is analytic teaching - ANS Whole to part
What researcher has the most current finding of phonemic awareness? - ANS Reid Lyons
What is quantitative research? - ANS Research in which numerical data are collected and
statistically analyzed using a large sample.
What is qualitative research? - ANS Research that collects data through various observations.
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, What is experimental research? - ANS Research in which subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups.
What is quasi-experimental research? - ANS Research in which subjects are NOT randomly
assigned to experimental and control groups.
Which activity uses both analytic and synthetic teaching? - ANS Syllable division
Forms of language (3) - ANS Phonology, morphology, and syntax
What is dyspraxia? - ANS Speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption.
What is dysarthria? - ANS Speech problems caused by musculature weakness.
Affixes - ANS Prefixes and suffixes
Pragmatics - ANS Set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language.
Metalinguistics - ANS The ability to think about, analyze, and reflect on language as an
object. (Awareness of language)
Aspiration - ANS Puff of air
The sound /u/ in unaccented syllable (such as the 'a' in 'final' - ANS Schwa sound
Suprasegmentals - ANS The melody of speech, stress, pitch, loudness
Discovery learning involves what pathways? - ANS 3 pathways - Visual, auditory, tactile-
kinesthetic
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Strephosymbolia - ANS Learning disorder in which symbols and especially phrases, words, or
letters appear to be reversed or transposed in reading.
Who coined word "Strephosymbolia" to differentiate between itself and "word-blindness"? -
ANS Samuel Orton
What is synthetic teaching - ANS Part to whole (teaching letter sounds, building up to
blending to make words)
What is analytic teaching - ANS Whole to part
What researcher has the most current finding of phonemic awareness? - ANS Reid Lyons
What is quantitative research? - ANS Research in which numerical data are collected and
statistically analyzed using a large sample.
What is qualitative research? - ANS Research that collects data through various observations.
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, What is experimental research? - ANS Research in which subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups.
What is quasi-experimental research? - ANS Research in which subjects are NOT randomly
assigned to experimental and control groups.
Which activity uses both analytic and synthetic teaching? - ANS Syllable division
Forms of language (3) - ANS Phonology, morphology, and syntax
What is dyspraxia? - ANS Speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption.
What is dysarthria? - ANS Speech problems caused by musculature weakness.
Affixes - ANS Prefixes and suffixes
Pragmatics - ANS Set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language.
Metalinguistics - ANS The ability to think about, analyze, and reflect on language as an
object. (Awareness of language)
Aspiration - ANS Puff of air
The sound /u/ in unaccented syllable (such as the 'a' in 'final' - ANS Schwa sound
Suprasegmentals - ANS The melody of speech, stress, pitch, loudness
Discovery learning involves what pathways? - ANS 3 pathways - Visual, auditory, tactile-
kinesthetic
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