ALTA Competency Exam Questions and Answers

ALTA Competency Exam Questions and
Answers

affix ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-prefix iior iisuffix iiadded iito iia iibase iiword. iiex. iiunhelpful

active iilearning ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-learning iiin iiwhich iithe iilearner iimentally iisearches
iifor iiconnections iibetween iinew iiand iialready iiknown iiinformation


allophone ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iivariation iiof iia iispeech iisound ii(/t/ iiin iitop, iistop, iispits,
iiswift)


analytic ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-pertaining iito iiinstruction iior iia iiprocess iithat iiseparates
iiWHOLE iiinto iiits iiPARTS. iiAnalytic iiphonics iiseparates iia iiwhole iiword iiinto iiits iiparts
iiso iistudents iican iideduce iithe iiphonics iirelationships iiof iithe iiseparate iiorthographic
iipatterns


angular iigyrus ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-an iiarea iiof iithe iibrain iifor iivisual-verbal
iiassociations


anomaly ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-irregularity; iideviation iifrom iithe iicommon iinotion iiof
iifitness iior iiorder


ARD ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-advanced iireading iideck; iishows iionly iithe iiletter

auditory iidiscrimination ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Necessary iito ii"break iithe iicode" iifor
iireading. iiIt iiinvolves iibeing iiable iito iiperceive iithe iidifferences iibetween iispeech iisounds
iiand iito iisequence iithese iisounds iiinto iimeaningful iiwords.


base iiword ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iisimplest iiform iiof iian iiEnglish iiword; iia iiword
iiwithout iiaffixes, iisuch iias iispell


benchmark iimeasures ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-progress iimeasurement iiadministered iiat
iithe iiend iiof iieach iischedule, iiwhen iistudents iihave iihad iienough iipractice


breve ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iidiacritical iimarking iithat iiindicates iia iishort iivowel iisound

, Broca's iiarea ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-posterior iiportion iiof iithe iifrontal iilobe iithat iiis iiin
iicharge iiof iiphonological iiprocessing iiand iisemantics iiof iilanguage. iiThis iiare iiin iithe
iifront iileft iiof iithe iibrain iiis iiresponsible iifor iiEXPRESSIVE iilanguage ii- iiarticulating
iispoken iiwords iiand iianalyzing iiwords


Broca's iiaphasia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-person iicannot iiget iithe iiwords iiout iibut
iiunderstands


cedilla ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iidiacritical iimark ii(,) iiplaced iibelow iithe iiletter iic iito
iiindicate iithat iiit iiis iipronounced iias iian iis


chameleon iiprefix ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iiprefix iiwhose iifinal iiconsonant iichanges
iibased iion iithe iiinitial iiletter iiof iithe iiroot ii(in- iichanges iito iiir- iibefore iiregular, iiirregular);
iidone iifor iieuphony


circumflex ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iidiacritical iimark ii(^) iiplaced iiabove iia iivowel iiin iia
iicombination iito iiindicate iiaccented iisyllable


coarticulation ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-adjacent iisounds iioften iiare iispoken iiin iisuch iia iiway
iithat iione iiphoneme iiseems iito iioverlap, iiis iichanged iiby, iiand/or iimodifies iianother.
iiCoarticulation iiis iithe iiway iithe iibrain iiorganizes iisequences iiof iivowels iiand
iiconsonants, iiinterweaving iithe iiindividual iimovements iinecessary iifor iieach iiinto iione
iismooth iiwhole. iiIn iifact, iithe iiprocess iiapplies iito iiall iibody iimovement, iinot iijust iispeech,
iiand iiis iipart iiof iihow iihomo iisapiens iiwork.


combination ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-two iiletters iiin iia iisingle iisyllable iiwhen iione iimakes
iian iiunexpected iisound iior iistand iiin iian iiunexpected iisequence: iiar, iier, iiir, iior, iiur, iiqu,
iiwh


co-morbidity ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-More iithan iione iideficiency iisuch iias iidysgraphia/
iidisorder iiof iireading iicomprehension; iiphonological iiprocessing iispeed/ iiwritten
iiexpression.


consonant ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iiclass iiof iispeech iisounds iiwith iiairflow iithat iiis
iiconstricted iior iiobstructed


decoding ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-reading; iiblending iiletters iito iiread

derivative ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iiword iimade iifrom iianother iiby iiadding iia iisuffix iior
iiprefix


diacritical iimarkings ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iidictionary iimark iiindicating iipronunciation

dieresis ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-A iitechnical iiname iiof iitwo iidots iiplaced iiover iithe iiletter iia
iito iiindicate iiit's iishort iio iipronunciation iior iion iithe iia iibefore iir.