CALT ALTA EXAMINATION TEST BANK
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
●● Phoneme
Answer: Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.
●● Morphology
Answer: The linguistic knowledge that would best enable a student to
understand the word anthropomorphic.
●● Teaching Pragmatics
Answer: Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively
impact a student's understanding of implied meaning in written
language.
●● Three Speech Sounds Group
Answer: A group of words that contain three speech sounds, such as
night through sawed.
●● Developmental Dyslexia Research
Answer: Current research has led to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may
have taken place during fetal development.
,●● Social Development Delays in Dyslexia
Answer: An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social
development as demonstrated by a lack of good judgment, inability to
stick with a game, and erratic emotional behavior.
●● Poor Visual Learner
Answer: A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion
rather than from the printed page.
●● Multisensory Strategies
Answer: Most students will learn and retain information better if
instruction is given through multisensory strategies (VALT).
●● Dyslexia Misconception
Answer: Research supports that dyslexia is a disorder that can be
remediated through corrective vision.
●● Informal Assessment
Answer: The type of assessment a teacher should give to a student
making A's and B's but is a slow reader due to reading difficulties.
●● Criterion-Referenced Test
,Answer: The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is an
academic achievement test that is criterion-referenced.
●● Grade Equivalent Scores
Answer: Grade equivalent scores are not a dependable representation of
progress.
●● Individual Education Plan (IEP)
Answer: An IEP for a student identified with a learning disability does
not include a prescription for a specific intervention.
●● Informal Screening
Answer: A brief assessment that identifies students who may need
additional testing or alternative instruction.
●● Conner's Rating Scales
Answer: Used to measure Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
●● Entitlement to Benefits
Answer: A person with an impairment that significantly limits one or
more of life's major functions is entitled to benefits under both Section
504 and IDEA.
●● Reading Disability Indicator
, Answer: According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), a
deficit in phonology represents the strongest indication of a reading
disability.
●● Hearing Notification Period
Answer: A member shall be advised of the specifics of the complaint no
less than 15 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
●● IMSLEC & ALTA Therapist Responsibilities
Answer: An IMSLEC & ALTA therapist shall neither give nor receive a
commission rebate or any other form of remuneration for the referral of
students for therapy.
●● Student Placement Recommendation
Answer: If a private student has reached all benchmarks, you should
give parents documentation of the services he has received and discuss
gradual transition into the classroom.
●● IMSLEC & ALTA Codes of Ethics
Answer: As an MSL teacher/therapist, you should provide reasonable
expectations of student outcomes to students & parents.
●● Code of Ethics
Answer: Fees for services to clients will be set by training courses.
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
●● Phoneme
Answer: Smallest Unit of sound in a spoken word.
●● Morphology
Answer: The linguistic knowledge that would best enable a student to
understand the word anthropomorphic.
●● Teaching Pragmatics
Answer: Teaching pragmatics through oral language may positively
impact a student's understanding of implied meaning in written
language.
●● Three Speech Sounds Group
Answer: A group of words that contain three speech sounds, such as
night through sawed.
●● Developmental Dyslexia Research
Answer: Current research has led to the conclusion that a 'glitch' may
have taken place during fetal development.
,●● Social Development Delays in Dyslexia
Answer: An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social
development as demonstrated by a lack of good judgment, inability to
stick with a game, and erratic emotional behavior.
●● Poor Visual Learner
Answer: A student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion
rather than from the printed page.
●● Multisensory Strategies
Answer: Most students will learn and retain information better if
instruction is given through multisensory strategies (VALT).
●● Dyslexia Misconception
Answer: Research supports that dyslexia is a disorder that can be
remediated through corrective vision.
●● Informal Assessment
Answer: The type of assessment a teacher should give to a student
making A's and B's but is a slow reader due to reading difficulties.
●● Criterion-Referenced Test
,Answer: The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is an
academic achievement test that is criterion-referenced.
●● Grade Equivalent Scores
Answer: Grade equivalent scores are not a dependable representation of
progress.
●● Individual Education Plan (IEP)
Answer: An IEP for a student identified with a learning disability does
not include a prescription for a specific intervention.
●● Informal Screening
Answer: A brief assessment that identifies students who may need
additional testing or alternative instruction.
●● Conner's Rating Scales
Answer: Used to measure Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
●● Entitlement to Benefits
Answer: A person with an impairment that significantly limits one or
more of life's major functions is entitled to benefits under both Section
504 and IDEA.
●● Reading Disability Indicator
, Answer: According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), a
deficit in phonology represents the strongest indication of a reading
disability.
●● Hearing Notification Period
Answer: A member shall be advised of the specifics of the complaint no
less than 15 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
●● IMSLEC & ALTA Therapist Responsibilities
Answer: An IMSLEC & ALTA therapist shall neither give nor receive a
commission rebate or any other form of remuneration for the referral of
students for therapy.
●● Student Placement Recommendation
Answer: If a private student has reached all benchmarks, you should
give parents documentation of the services he has received and discuss
gradual transition into the classroom.
●● IMSLEC & ALTA Codes of Ethics
Answer: As an MSL teacher/therapist, you should provide reasonable
expectations of student outcomes to students & parents.
●● Code of Ethics
Answer: Fees for services to clients will be set by training courses.
