KPEERI Exam Prep 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Print Awareness is: - Correct Answer- Understanding the function of print and how it is
organized on a page.
An example of print awareness is: - Correct Answer- A child points to a McDonald's billboard
and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
Which is not an example of print awareness? - Correct Answer- A child indicates that he can
sing the alphabet song.
Print awareness tasks: - Correct Answer- Can be given by the classroom teacher, can help
students to develop print awareness, and are related to children's later success in reading.
Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to develop: - Correct Answer- Before
children begin school.
A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to right possess: - Correct Answer- Print
awareness
Print awareness is an understanding that print: - Correct Answer- is different from pictures on
a page, carries meaning, and has practical uses.
What is the relationship between spoken and written language? - Correct Answer- Print is
used to represent the words we speak.
Which is an example of print awareness? - Correct Answer- Print is read from left to right.
Phonemic awareness is: - Correct Answer- A strong predictor of future reading success, a sub
skill of phonological awareness, and a foundational reading skill.
,There are __________________ sounds in the English language: - Correct Answer- More
than 40.
Phoneme blending is: - Correct Answer- Harder than onset and rime.
The onset sound(s) is the: - Correct Answer- Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _____________ language." - Correct
Answer- Spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes? - Correct Answer- 2
Phonological awareness is: - Correct Answer- A person's ability to hear sound structures of
speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print-free skill set.
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words? - Correct
Answer- By placing the letters between slashes /b/.
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges? - Correct Answer- 3
Which is an example of phoneme segmentation? - Correct Answer- A child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onset and rimes in words is called
______________: - Correct Answer- Phonological awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual sounds in words is called: -
Correct Answer- Phonemic awareness
How many speech sounds are there in the English language? - Correct Answer- Between 42-
44
An example of phonemic awareness is: - Correct Answer- A child categorizing pictures that
begin with the same sound.
, Phonemic awareness activities include: - Correct Answer- Blending sounds together to make
a word, identifying words that begin with the same letter, and breaking a word into individual
sounds.
Phonological awareness activities include ________________: - Correct Answer- Syllable
blending
Digraphs such as "sh" make ________________ sound(s). - Correct Answer- 1
When teaching phonological awareness, teachers should: - Correct Answer- Use multisensory
activities, teach each skill to mastery, and start with the simplest skills and build to harder
skills.
Phonemic awareness is one part of _________________, which also includes activities on
phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more: - Correct Answer- Phonological awareness
Phonics instruction: - Correct Answer- Should be taught because it teaches a system for
remembering how to read words.
The alphabetic principle is understanding: - Correct Answer- The relationship between letters
and spoken words.
The written letter A is a: - Correct Answer- Grapheme
Phonics programs are effective when they: - Correct Answer- Include a carefully selected set
of letter-sound relationships organized into a logical sequence, include a set of precise
directions for teaching these relationships, and include lots of opportunities for children to
apply learning to reading and writing.
Phonics instruction is most effective when it is taught: - Correct Answer- In primary grades.
Which is an example of systematic phonic instruction? - Correct Answer- Teaching a set of
letter-sound relationships in a clearly defined sequence.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Print Awareness is: - Correct Answer- Understanding the function of print and how it is
organized on a page.
An example of print awareness is: - Correct Answer- A child points to a McDonald's billboard
and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
Which is not an example of print awareness? - Correct Answer- A child indicates that he can
sing the alphabet song.
Print awareness tasks: - Correct Answer- Can be given by the classroom teacher, can help
students to develop print awareness, and are related to children's later success in reading.
Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to develop: - Correct Answer- Before
children begin school.
A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to right possess: - Correct Answer- Print
awareness
Print awareness is an understanding that print: - Correct Answer- is different from pictures on
a page, carries meaning, and has practical uses.
What is the relationship between spoken and written language? - Correct Answer- Print is
used to represent the words we speak.
Which is an example of print awareness? - Correct Answer- Print is read from left to right.
Phonemic awareness is: - Correct Answer- A strong predictor of future reading success, a sub
skill of phonological awareness, and a foundational reading skill.
,There are __________________ sounds in the English language: - Correct Answer- More
than 40.
Phoneme blending is: - Correct Answer- Harder than onset and rime.
The onset sound(s) is the: - Correct Answer- Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _____________ language." - Correct
Answer- Spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes? - Correct Answer- 2
Phonological awareness is: - Correct Answer- A person's ability to hear sound structures of
speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print-free skill set.
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual words? - Correct
Answer- By placing the letters between slashes /b/.
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges? - Correct Answer- 3
Which is an example of phoneme segmentation? - Correct Answer- A child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onset and rimes in words is called
______________: - Correct Answer- Phonological awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual sounds in words is called: -
Correct Answer- Phonemic awareness
How many speech sounds are there in the English language? - Correct Answer- Between 42-
44
An example of phonemic awareness is: - Correct Answer- A child categorizing pictures that
begin with the same sound.
, Phonemic awareness activities include: - Correct Answer- Blending sounds together to make
a word, identifying words that begin with the same letter, and breaking a word into individual
sounds.
Phonological awareness activities include ________________: - Correct Answer- Syllable
blending
Digraphs such as "sh" make ________________ sound(s). - Correct Answer- 1
When teaching phonological awareness, teachers should: - Correct Answer- Use multisensory
activities, teach each skill to mastery, and start with the simplest skills and build to harder
skills.
Phonemic awareness is one part of _________________, which also includes activities on
phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more: - Correct Answer- Phonological awareness
Phonics instruction: - Correct Answer- Should be taught because it teaches a system for
remembering how to read words.
The alphabetic principle is understanding: - Correct Answer- The relationship between letters
and spoken words.
The written letter A is a: - Correct Answer- Grapheme
Phonics programs are effective when they: - Correct Answer- Include a carefully selected set
of letter-sound relationships organized into a logical sequence, include a set of precise
directions for teaching these relationships, and include lots of opportunities for children to
apply learning to reading and writing.
Phonics instruction is most effective when it is taught: - Correct Answer- In primary grades.
Which is an example of systematic phonic instruction? - Correct Answer- Teaching a set of
letter-sound relationships in a clearly defined sequence.
