CALT Exam Prep
1. What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable?
A) Morpheme
B) Grapheme
C) Phoneme
D) Syllable
Answer: C) Phoneme
2. According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), what represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability?
A) Poor vocabulary
B) A deficit in phonology
C) Low IQ scores
D) Weak comprehension
Answer: B) A deficit in phonology
3. Who first used the term "word-blindness" in 1877?
A) Dr. Rudolf Berlin
B) James Hinshelwood
C) Adolf Kusmaul
D) Samuel Orton
Answer: C) Adolf Kusmaul
4. What does VAKT stand for?
A) Verbal, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile
B) Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile
C) Visual, Analytic, Kinesthetic, Tactile
D) Verbal, Analytic, Knowledge, Tactile
Answer: B) Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile
5. Which layer of language contains common, everyday words, most of which are
one syllable?
A) Latin
, B) Greek
C) French
D) Anglo-Saxon
Answer: D) Anglo-Saxon
6. What is a "digraph"?
A) Four letters that make one sound
B) Three letters that make one sound
C) Two letters that make one sound
D) Two vowels blended together
Answer: C) Two letters that make one sound
7. Fluency in reading is best described as:
A) The ability to memorize sight words
B) Reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
C) The ability to decode new words slowly and carefully
D) Understanding the meaning of complex texts
Answer: B) Reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
8. A norm-referenced test is one that:
A) Measures mastery of specific curriculum content
B) Provides a detailed diagnostic analysis only
C) Compares a student's score against a national norming group
D) Assesses progress toward short-term goals
Answer: C) Compares a student's score against a national norming group
9. Who coined the term "strephosymbolia" (twisted words) to replace the term "word
blindness"?
A) Anna Gillingham
B) Rudolf Berlin
C) Samuel Orton
D) James Hinshelwood
Answer: C) Samuel Orton
10. Which of the following is a characteristic of a closed syllable?
1. What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable?
A) Morpheme
B) Grapheme
C) Phoneme
D) Syllable
Answer: C) Phoneme
2. According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), what represents the
strongest indication of a reading disability?
A) Poor vocabulary
B) A deficit in phonology
C) Low IQ scores
D) Weak comprehension
Answer: B) A deficit in phonology
3. Who first used the term "word-blindness" in 1877?
A) Dr. Rudolf Berlin
B) James Hinshelwood
C) Adolf Kusmaul
D) Samuel Orton
Answer: C) Adolf Kusmaul
4. What does VAKT stand for?
A) Verbal, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile
B) Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile
C) Visual, Analytic, Kinesthetic, Tactile
D) Verbal, Analytic, Knowledge, Tactile
Answer: B) Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile
5. Which layer of language contains common, everyday words, most of which are
one syllable?
A) Latin
, B) Greek
C) French
D) Anglo-Saxon
Answer: D) Anglo-Saxon
6. What is a "digraph"?
A) Four letters that make one sound
B) Three letters that make one sound
C) Two letters that make one sound
D) Two vowels blended together
Answer: C) Two letters that make one sound
7. Fluency in reading is best described as:
A) The ability to memorize sight words
B) Reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
C) The ability to decode new words slowly and carefully
D) Understanding the meaning of complex texts
Answer: B) Reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
8. A norm-referenced test is one that:
A) Measures mastery of specific curriculum content
B) Provides a detailed diagnostic analysis only
C) Compares a student's score against a national norming group
D) Assesses progress toward short-term goals
Answer: C) Compares a student's score against a national norming group
9. Who coined the term "strephosymbolia" (twisted words) to replace the term "word
blindness"?
A) Anna Gillingham
B) Rudolf Berlin
C) Samuel Orton
D) James Hinshelwood
Answer: C) Samuel Orton
10. Which of the following is a characteristic of a closed syllable?
