D677 ELEMENTARY LITERACY CURRICULUM – COMPLETE EXAM BANK
DOMAIN 1: FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS (Questions 1–80)
Section A: Scarborough's Reading Rope & The Simple View of
Reading
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
Answer C: Phonological awareness
Rationale: Word Recognition includes phonological awareness,
decoding/phonics, and sight recognition. Vocabulary, language
,structures, and background knowledge belong to Language
Comprehension.
2. According to the Simple View of Reading, reading comprehension
is the product of:
A) Phonemic awareness and phonics
B) Decoding (word recognition) and language comprehension
C) Fluency and vocabulary
D) Background knowledge and comprehension strategies
Answer B: Decoding (word recognition) and language
comprehension
Rationale: The Simple View of Reading states that Reading
Comprehension = Decoding × Language Comprehension. Both are
necessary for skilled reading.
3. In Scarborough's Reading Rope, which strand includes literacy
knowledge, vocabulary, and verbal reasoning?
A) Word Recognition strand
B) Language Comprehension strand
,C) Phonological awareness strand
D) Sight recognition strand
Answer B: Language Comprehension strand
Rationale: Language Comprehension includes background
knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, and
literacy knowledge.
4. A student who reads connected text slowly and haltingly,
decoding every single regular word phonetically even after seeing it
multiple times, demonstrates a specific deficit in which strand of
Scarborough's Reading Rope?
A) Phonological awareness
B) Decoding
C) Sight recognition
D) Language comprehension
Answer C: Sight recognition
Rationale: A deficit in sight recognition means the student has not
successfully mapped high-frequency or regular words into long-term
sight memory (automaticity).
, 5. According to Scarborough's Reading Rope, skilled reading
requires:
A) Only word recognition skills
B) Only language comprehension skills
C) Both word recognition and language comprehension strands to
become increasingly automatic and strategic
D) Neither strand to be fully developed
Answer C: Both word recognition and language comprehension
strands to become increasingly automatic and strategic
Rationale: The two strands must become increasingly automatic and
strategic, intertwining to produce skilled reading.
6. Which component of Scarborough's Reading Rope is part of the
Language Comprehension strand?
A) Decoding
B) Background knowledge
C) Phonological awareness
D) Sight recognition
Answer B: Background knowledge
DOMAIN 1: FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS (Questions 1–80)
Section A: Scarborough's Reading Rope & The Simple View of
Reading
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
Answer C: Phonological awareness
Rationale: Word Recognition includes phonological awareness,
decoding/phonics, and sight recognition. Vocabulary, language
,structures, and background knowledge belong to Language
Comprehension.
2. According to the Simple View of Reading, reading comprehension
is the product of:
A) Phonemic awareness and phonics
B) Decoding (word recognition) and language comprehension
C) Fluency and vocabulary
D) Background knowledge and comprehension strategies
Answer B: Decoding (word recognition) and language
comprehension
Rationale: The Simple View of Reading states that Reading
Comprehension = Decoding × Language Comprehension. Both are
necessary for skilled reading.
3. In Scarborough's Reading Rope, which strand includes literacy
knowledge, vocabulary, and verbal reasoning?
A) Word Recognition strand
B) Language Comprehension strand
,C) Phonological awareness strand
D) Sight recognition strand
Answer B: Language Comprehension strand
Rationale: Language Comprehension includes background
knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, and
literacy knowledge.
4. A student who reads connected text slowly and haltingly,
decoding every single regular word phonetically even after seeing it
multiple times, demonstrates a specific deficit in which strand of
Scarborough's Reading Rope?
A) Phonological awareness
B) Decoding
C) Sight recognition
D) Language comprehension
Answer C: Sight recognition
Rationale: A deficit in sight recognition means the student has not
successfully mapped high-frequency or regular words into long-term
sight memory (automaticity).
, 5. According to Scarborough's Reading Rope, skilled reading
requires:
A) Only word recognition skills
B) Only language comprehension skills
C) Both word recognition and language comprehension strands to
become increasingly automatic and strategic
D) Neither strand to be fully developed
Answer C: Both word recognition and language comprehension
strands to become increasingly automatic and strategic
Rationale: The two strands must become increasingly automatic and
strategic, intertwining to produce skilled reading.
6. Which component of Scarborough's Reading Rope is part of the
Language Comprehension strand?
A) Decoding
B) Background knowledge
C) Phonological awareness
D) Sight recognition
Answer B: Background knowledge
