MOCA UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔IDENTIFY & MANIPULATE
PHONEMES (single speech sounds)
A complex type of phonological awareness
Phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔IDENTIFYING & MANIPULATING
UNITS OF ORAL LANGUAGE (words, syllables, onsets/rimes)
***The broader skill (than phonemic awareness) because "phonological" is a longer word
than "phonemic"
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔IDENTIFY ORAL WORDS IN PRINT
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔WRITE ORAL WORDS WITH LETTERS
Students should be taught decoding and encoding together because... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔They are reciprocal processes that mutually reinforce each other as they rely
on knowledge of orthographic forms (written symbol, letters)
Systematic spelling instruction promotes students' skill development in... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Both reading and spelling (reinforce students' proficiency in decoding words
during reading)
Structural analysis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔BREAK DOWN THE STRUCTURE OF
THE WORDS (into morphemes: smallest meaningful grammatical unit of language)
Used as a strategy for identifying multisyllabic words
Scientific based reading research (SBRR) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Uses the scientific
method and rigorous data analysis to establish the value of reading programs for students
,Syllable - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a unit of phonological structure that is smaller than a
word; in English, contains a single vocalic unit at center (simple vowel sound, diphthong, or
syllabic consonant)
Diphthong - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2 VOWELS, 1 SOUND, 1 SYLLABLE
(oy, ow, ai)
Reading fluency - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔READ EXPRESSIVELY, ACCURATELY, AT
AN APPROPRIATE RATE
in SBRR-based instruction, appropriate reading practice for students who achieved automatic
decoding skills is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In-class silent reading of a variety of text
types with student accountability for timely completion and comprehension
The largest contributing factor to vocabulary growth in older elementary students (3rd
grade+) is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Regular independent reading of a wide variety of
texts
Convergent research - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Research integrating knowledge, methods,
and expertise from different disciplines
CONVERGE: JOINING RESEARCH
Knowledge of common text structures promotes students' reading comprehension primarily
by... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Enhancing their ability to recognize relationships between
ideas in a text
Text structures - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔conventional sets of organized features or
patterns for ordering ideas in a text
What is an effect strategy for a teacher to use to model how readers can use self-monitoring
to check comprehension during transitional moments and how rereading can repair
comprehension? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A think-aloud
, Authors who depict fictional characters' experiences during real historical events -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Yoshiko Uchido, Christopher Curtis, Elizabeth Speare
Trickster tale - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔literary genre distinguished by the personalities of
its characters; tricksters commonly have inflated self-confidence and prey on creatures they
believe are weaker/dumber then pray often outwits trickster by taking advantage of inflated
self-confidence
A significant difference between drama and fiction is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Drama
commonly features a plot that advances almost solely through dialogue and action while
fiction usually relies on a wider variety of literary techniques
DRAMA= PLAY, FICTION= BOOK
An effective strategy to recognize bias in a written sources it to... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Identify adjectives that indicate the author's positive or negative attitude
Reliability of information refers to... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The accuracy, currency,
and completeness of the source
What types of websites are generally reliable sources of information? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Websites sponsored by government agencies and educational institutes
because they are accountable to the public
Bias exists in an informational non-persuasive text when... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔writer presents a narrow, partial view of information influenced by their opinion or
attitude towards the subject without acknowledging this limited perspective
Summarizing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔effective and appropriate to communicate the
main point
Paraphrasing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Useful for replacing specialized or technical
language difficult for readers to comprehend
Direct quotation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔effect way to preserve the language and tone of
original source
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔IDENTIFY & MANIPULATE
PHONEMES (single speech sounds)
A complex type of phonological awareness
Phonological awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔IDENTIFYING & MANIPULATING
UNITS OF ORAL LANGUAGE (words, syllables, onsets/rimes)
***The broader skill (than phonemic awareness) because "phonological" is a longer word
than "phonemic"
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔IDENTIFY ORAL WORDS IN PRINT
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔WRITE ORAL WORDS WITH LETTERS
Students should be taught decoding and encoding together because... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔They are reciprocal processes that mutually reinforce each other as they rely
on knowledge of orthographic forms (written symbol, letters)
Systematic spelling instruction promotes students' skill development in... - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Both reading and spelling (reinforce students' proficiency in decoding words
during reading)
Structural analysis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔BREAK DOWN THE STRUCTURE OF
THE WORDS (into morphemes: smallest meaningful grammatical unit of language)
Used as a strategy for identifying multisyllabic words
Scientific based reading research (SBRR) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Uses the scientific
method and rigorous data analysis to establish the value of reading programs for students
,Syllable - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a unit of phonological structure that is smaller than a
word; in English, contains a single vocalic unit at center (simple vowel sound, diphthong, or
syllabic consonant)
Diphthong - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2 VOWELS, 1 SOUND, 1 SYLLABLE
(oy, ow, ai)
Reading fluency - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔READ EXPRESSIVELY, ACCURATELY, AT
AN APPROPRIATE RATE
in SBRR-based instruction, appropriate reading practice for students who achieved automatic
decoding skills is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In-class silent reading of a variety of text
types with student accountability for timely completion and comprehension
The largest contributing factor to vocabulary growth in older elementary students (3rd
grade+) is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Regular independent reading of a wide variety of
texts
Convergent research - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Research integrating knowledge, methods,
and expertise from different disciplines
CONVERGE: JOINING RESEARCH
Knowledge of common text structures promotes students' reading comprehension primarily
by... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Enhancing their ability to recognize relationships between
ideas in a text
Text structures - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔conventional sets of organized features or
patterns for ordering ideas in a text
What is an effect strategy for a teacher to use to model how readers can use self-monitoring
to check comprehension during transitional moments and how rereading can repair
comprehension? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A think-aloud
, Authors who depict fictional characters' experiences during real historical events -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Yoshiko Uchido, Christopher Curtis, Elizabeth Speare
Trickster tale - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔literary genre distinguished by the personalities of
its characters; tricksters commonly have inflated self-confidence and prey on creatures they
believe are weaker/dumber then pray often outwits trickster by taking advantage of inflated
self-confidence
A significant difference between drama and fiction is... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Drama
commonly features a plot that advances almost solely through dialogue and action while
fiction usually relies on a wider variety of literary techniques
DRAMA= PLAY, FICTION= BOOK
An effective strategy to recognize bias in a written sources it to... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Identify adjectives that indicate the author's positive or negative attitude
Reliability of information refers to... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The accuracy, currency,
and completeness of the source
What types of websites are generally reliable sources of information? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Websites sponsored by government agencies and educational institutes
because they are accountable to the public
Bias exists in an informational non-persuasive text when... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔writer presents a narrow, partial view of information influenced by their opinion or
attitude towards the subject without acknowledging this limited perspective
Summarizing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔effective and appropriate to communicate the
main point
Paraphrasing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Useful for replacing specialized or technical
language difficult for readers to comprehend
Direct quotation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔effect way to preserve the language and tone of
original source
