CALT EXAM PREP / QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Cognition Accurate Answer - The mental action or process of
acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the
senses.
4 Principles of ALTA Code of Ethics Accurate Answer - Personal
Conduct; Professional Conduct; Conflict of Interest; Confidentiality
IMSLEC Accurate Answer - International Multisensory Structured
Language Education Council: Organization that accredits MSLE training
courses
NICHD Accurate Answer - National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
MSLE Accurate Answer - Multisensory Structured Language
Education
Phonics Accurate Answer - The study of the relationships between
graphemes and phonemes.
Phonology Accurate Answer - The study of sound structure in
language.
Phonological Awareness Accurate Answer - The ability to
consciously manipulate rhymes, syllables, and phonemes in words.
Phonemic Awareness Accurate Answer - The ability to consciously
manipulate the phonemes in words.
Phonological Processing Accurate Answer - Ability to perceive,
understand, and use the sound structures of words in both oral and written
language.
3 Components of Phonological Processing Accurate Answer - 1-
Phonological Memory; 2- Phonological Naming; 3-Phonological Awareness
, Phoneme Accurate Answer - The smallest unit of meaningful sound
RAN-Rapid Automatic Naming Accurate Answer - Requires a
student to look at a series of repeated random letters, numerals, common
objects and say the names of the items as quickly as possible
Phonological Memory Accurate Answer - Ability to immediately
process and recall sound-based information in short-term memory for
temporary storage.
Order of Phonemic Awareness Accurate Answer - Word-Syllable-
Onset/rime-Phonemic
Rhyming helps to develop... Accurate Answer - sensitivity to sound
Syntax Accurate Answer - The sequence and function of words in a
sentence in order to convey meaning
Semantics Accurate Answer - the aspect of language centering on
meanings
Pragmatics Accurate Answer - The set of rules that dictate behavior
for communicative intentions in a particular context- the rules of conversation
or discourse
Morphology Accurate Answer - The study of how morphemes are
combined to form words.
What is the single best predictor of later reading and spelling achievement in
1st and 2nd grades? Accurate Answer - Phonemic Awareness
How many speech sounds are in the English language? Accurate Answer
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Orthographic Memory Accurate Answer - memory of letter patterns
and word spellings
ANSWERS
Cognition Accurate Answer - The mental action or process of
acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the
senses.
4 Principles of ALTA Code of Ethics Accurate Answer - Personal
Conduct; Professional Conduct; Conflict of Interest; Confidentiality
IMSLEC Accurate Answer - International Multisensory Structured
Language Education Council: Organization that accredits MSLE training
courses
NICHD Accurate Answer - National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
MSLE Accurate Answer - Multisensory Structured Language
Education
Phonics Accurate Answer - The study of the relationships between
graphemes and phonemes.
Phonology Accurate Answer - The study of sound structure in
language.
Phonological Awareness Accurate Answer - The ability to
consciously manipulate rhymes, syllables, and phonemes in words.
Phonemic Awareness Accurate Answer - The ability to consciously
manipulate the phonemes in words.
Phonological Processing Accurate Answer - Ability to perceive,
understand, and use the sound structures of words in both oral and written
language.
3 Components of Phonological Processing Accurate Answer - 1-
Phonological Memory; 2- Phonological Naming; 3-Phonological Awareness
, Phoneme Accurate Answer - The smallest unit of meaningful sound
RAN-Rapid Automatic Naming Accurate Answer - Requires a
student to look at a series of repeated random letters, numerals, common
objects and say the names of the items as quickly as possible
Phonological Memory Accurate Answer - Ability to immediately
process and recall sound-based information in short-term memory for
temporary storage.
Order of Phonemic Awareness Accurate Answer - Word-Syllable-
Onset/rime-Phonemic
Rhyming helps to develop... Accurate Answer - sensitivity to sound
Syntax Accurate Answer - The sequence and function of words in a
sentence in order to convey meaning
Semantics Accurate Answer - the aspect of language centering on
meanings
Pragmatics Accurate Answer - The set of rules that dictate behavior
for communicative intentions in a particular context- the rules of conversation
or discourse
Morphology Accurate Answer - The study of how morphemes are
combined to form words.
What is the single best predictor of later reading and spelling achievement in
1st and 2nd grades? Accurate Answer - Phonemic Awareness
How many speech sounds are in the English language? Accurate Answer
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Orthographic Memory Accurate Answer - memory of letter patterns
and word spellings
