CALT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● Alphabetic Principle
Answer: an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words.
●● Analytic Phonics
Answer: In this approach, instruction begins with the identification of a
familiar word. The teacher then introduces a particular sound/spelling
relationship within that familiar word
●● Synthetic Phonics
Answer: In this systematic and explicit approach, students learn to
transform letters and letter combinations into sounds and then the sounds
together to form recognizable words. Teach individual parts and build to
whole
●● auditory discrimination
Answer: The ability to hear differences in sounds
●● auditory span
,Answer: the number of words, numbers, or sounds a student can hold in
his working memory. Can limit dictation or note taking.
●● blend
Answer: two or more sounds that are frequently grouped together- each
sound can be separated into its individual components
●● cedilla
Answer: a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it
is pronounced as an s
●● circumflex
Answer: the code marked placed over vowels to indicate an unusual
pronunciation
●● compensatory approach
Answer: one does not attempt to remediate the problem but instead
recommends modifications within the learning environment which
allows the student to be successful
●● Cloze Procedure
Answer: The use of semantic and syntactic clues to aid in completing
sentences."Fill in the blank"
, ●● Coding
Answer: putting code marks on words- encourages kinesthetic
involvement and discourages guessing
●● combination
Answer: a pattern of letters which occurs frequently together. They form
an unexpected sound (vr's, qu, wh)
●● comorbid
Answer: two or more disorders in the same individual
●● consonant
Answer: sounds that are blocked or partially blocked by the tongue teeth
and lips
●● Decoding
Answer: using the sound/symbol system and structural analysis to
unlock unfamiliar words (synthetic)
●● derivative
Answer: adding a prefix or a suffix to a base word
●● diacritical markings
AND CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● Alphabetic Principle
Answer: an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words.
●● Analytic Phonics
Answer: In this approach, instruction begins with the identification of a
familiar word. The teacher then introduces a particular sound/spelling
relationship within that familiar word
●● Synthetic Phonics
Answer: In this systematic and explicit approach, students learn to
transform letters and letter combinations into sounds and then the sounds
together to form recognizable words. Teach individual parts and build to
whole
●● auditory discrimination
Answer: The ability to hear differences in sounds
●● auditory span
,Answer: the number of words, numbers, or sounds a student can hold in
his working memory. Can limit dictation or note taking.
●● blend
Answer: two or more sounds that are frequently grouped together- each
sound can be separated into its individual components
●● cedilla
Answer: a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it
is pronounced as an s
●● circumflex
Answer: the code marked placed over vowels to indicate an unusual
pronunciation
●● compensatory approach
Answer: one does not attempt to remediate the problem but instead
recommends modifications within the learning environment which
allows the student to be successful
●● Cloze Procedure
Answer: The use of semantic and syntactic clues to aid in completing
sentences."Fill in the blank"
, ●● Coding
Answer: putting code marks on words- encourages kinesthetic
involvement and discourages guessing
●● combination
Answer: a pattern of letters which occurs frequently together. They form
an unexpected sound (vr's, qu, wh)
●● comorbid
Answer: two or more disorders in the same individual
●● consonant
Answer: sounds that are blocked or partially blocked by the tongue teeth
and lips
●● Decoding
Answer: using the sound/symbol system and structural analysis to
unlock unfamiliar words (synthetic)
●● derivative
Answer: adding a prefix or a suffix to a base word
●● diacritical markings
