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WGU D677 Elementary Literacy Curriculum - 180 Practice Questions with Answers
& Rationales
This comprehensive practice set covers the key competencies for the WGU D677
Objective Assessment, including the Science of Reading, foundational literacy
skills, comprehension, writing instruction, and assessment .
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY & THE SCIENCE OF READING (Questions
1-40)
Question 1
Which component of Scarborough's Reading Rope is part of the Word Recognition
strand?
A) Background knowledge
B) Vocabulary
C) Phonological awareness
D) Language structures
Correct Answer: C
,Rationale: Word Recognition in Scarborough's Reading Rope includes
phonological awareness, decoding/phonics, and sight recognition. Vocabulary,
language structures, and background knowledge belong to the Language
Comprehension strand .
Question 2
Which component of Scarborough's Reading Rope is part of the Language
Comprehension strand?
A) Decoding
B) Sight recognition
C) Phonological awareness
D) Background knowledge
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Language Comprehension includes background knowledge, vocabulary,
language structures, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge. Decoding, sight
recognition, and phonological awareness belong to Word Recognition .
Question 3
,What is the primary goal of structured literacy instruction?
A) Encourage students to discover reading patterns independently
B) Provide explicit and systematic instruction in foundational literacy skills
C) Focus only on reading comprehension
D) Emphasize silent reading over skill instruction
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Structured literacy relies on explicit, systematic teaching of phonology,
phonics, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Research supports this approach for
effective literacy development .
Question 4
In the Four-Part Processor model, which processor is responsible for recognizing
letter patterns and spellings?
A) Context Processor
B) Meaning Processor
C) Orthographic Processor
, D) Phonological Processor
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The orthographic processor stores and recognizes visual patterns of
written words and letters. It helps readers recognize spelling patterns and words
automatically .
Question 5
In the Four-Part Processor model, which processor is responsible for recognizing
and manipulating sounds in spoken language?
A) Context Processor
B) Meaning Processor
C) Orthographic Processor
D) Phonological Processor
Correct Answer: D