ALTA Exam Questions and Answers
dyslexia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-adequate iiintelligence, iiyet iitrouble iiwith iireading, iiwriting,
iiand iispelling
stephosymbolia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-twisted iisymbols
phonetics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iispeech iisounds iiin iispoken iilanguage
phonological iiawareness ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(umbrella iiterm) iithe iiability iito iifocus iion
iiunits iiof iisound iiin iispoken iilanguage iiat iithe iisentence, iiword, iisyllable iiand iiphoneme
iilevels
phonemic iiawareness ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(can iibe iidone iiin iithe iidark) iiawareness iiof
iispeech iisounds iior iiphonemes iiin iispoken iiwords
phonics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(cannot iibe iidone iiin iithe iidark) iiinstruction iithat iiconnects
iisounds iiand iiletters; iisound iito iisymbol
synthetic/intensive iiphonics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-part iito iiwhole
analytic iiphonics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-whole iito iipart
alphabetic iiprinciple ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iiunderstanding iithat iispoken iisounds iiare
iirepresented iiin iiprint iiby iiwritten iiletters ii(phonics=sound iito iisymbol)
echolalia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-repetition iiof iispeech iiby iia iichild iilearning iito iitalk
ii(babbling)
consonant ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-blocked/voiced iior iiunvoiced iisounds; iia iiclass iiof
iispeech iisounds iiwith iiair iiflow iithat iiis iiconstricted iior iiobstructed
vowel ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-open iiand iivoiced iisounds; iia iiclass iiof iiopen iispeech
iisounds iiproduced iiby iithe iipassage iiof iiair iithrough iian iiopen iivocal iitract
grapheme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iiletter iior iiletter iicluster iithat iirepresents iia iisingle
iispeech iisound
decoding ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-word iirecognition iiin iiwhich iithe iiphonetic iicode iiis
iibroken iidown iito iidetermine iia iiword
,blending ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-fusing iiindividual iisounds, iisyllables iior iiwords iiinto
iimeaningful iiunits
reading ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-symbol iito iisound/grapheme iito iiphoneme
morpheme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-smallest iimeaningful iiunit iiof iilanguage: iia iisuffix,
iiprefix, iiroot iior iistem iisuch iias iiawe, iidis, iiin, iiinter, iior iiword iipart iisuch iias iicat, iiman,
iietc.
stem: iiawe ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-terror iior iidread
morphology ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iiword iiformation iipatterns, iimeaningful
iiunits iithat iimake iiwords
phonology, iimorphology, iisyntax ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-form iiof iilanguage
fluency ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-reading iiwith iirapidity iiand iiautomaticity
prosody ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iirhythmic iiflow iiof iioral iireading
pragmatics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-set iiof iirules iithat iidictate iicommunicative iibehavior
iiand iisocial iiuse iiof iilanguage
syntax ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-sentence iistructure, iigrammar
semantics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-content iiof iilanguage, iiused iito iiexpress iiknowledge iiof
iithe iiworld iiaround iius
phoneme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-smallest iiunit iiof iisound iiin iia iisyllable
spelling ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-sound iito iisymbol ii/ iiphoneme iito iigrapheme, iiconnect
iigrapheme iito iiphoneme ii(encoding)
orthography ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-correct iispelling iiof iisounds ii& iisymbols iiin iiwritten
iilanguage
orthographic iimemory ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(orthographic iimapping) iithe iimemory iiof
iiletter iipatterns iiand iiword iispellings; iiability iito iiquickly iiprocess iiand iiread iia iiword
metalinguistics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-awareness iiof iilanguage iias iian iientity
guided iidiscovery ii(Socratic iimethod) ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iimethod iiof iileading
iistudents iito iinew iilearning iithrough iiquestioning
Heuristic ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-means iito iidiscovery iiby iidemonstration
, fricative ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiproduced iiby iiforcing iiair iithrough iia iinarrow
iiopening iibetween iithe iiteeth iior iilips; iiex: ii(f), ii(sh), ii(z)
nasal iisound ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiproduced iiby iiforcing iiair iiout iithrough iithe
iinose; iiex: ii(n), ii(m)
continuant iisound ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiprolonged iiin iiits iiproduction ii/ iim ii/ ii/ iis
ii/ ii/ iif ii/
stop iiconsonant iisound ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiobstructed; iithey iimust iibe
iiclipped iioff ii/ iib ii/ ii/ iid ii/
aspiration ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-puff iiof iiair
When iiwas iithe iialphabet iiderived? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1500 iiB.C.; iiGreeks iitook iithe
iialphabet ii(22 iisound iisymbols) iiand iiadded iivowel iisounds
What iiinvasion iihad iia iigreat iiaffect iion iithe iiEnglish iilanguage iiin ii1066 iiA.D.? ii- iiCorrect
iiAnswers ii-Norman iiinvasion iiby iiWilliam iithe iiConquerer: iibrought iiupper iiclass iiwords
iilike iifurniture, iipainter, iitailor, iibeef, iipork, iinutton. iiIt iialso iibrought iithe iiletters iiw iiand iiu,
iithe iidot iifor iii iiand iithe iitail iifor iij. iiThe iialphabet iiwas iinow iicomplete iiwith ii26 iiletters.
What iiis iiconsidered iithe iimodern iiEnglish iiera? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1500 iiA.D. iito
iipresent: iithis iibrought iithe iiKing iiJames iiversion iiof iithe iiBible iiand iiwords iilike iidoth,
iithee, iithou
Old iiEnglish ii449 iiA.D. iito ii1066 iiA.D. ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-This iiis iithe iiperiod iiwith iithe
iiAngles, iiSaxons, iiJutes; iithe iilanguage iiof iithe iiAnglo-Saxons iibecame iithe iifoundation
iiof iiEnglish
Middle iiEnglish ii1066 iiA.D. iito ii1500 iiA.D. ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-This iiperiod iibegan iiwith
iithe iiinvasion iiof iithe iiNorman-French; iithe iiFrench iilanguage iihelped iithe iiEnglish
iilanguage iigrow
Modern iiEnglish ii1500 iiA.D. iito iipresent ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-This iiperiod iiwas
iiinfluenced iiby iithe iiGreek iilanguage
Rapid iiletter iinaming iiis iithe iikey iito.... ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-automatic iiword iirecognition
Decoding iiand iiencoding iirefer iito... ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-applying iithe iiskills iiof iianalytic
iiand iisynthetic iilearning
Recognition iiof iithe iivisual iisymbol, iisymbol/sound iicorrespondence, iiand iiblending
iisounds iiinto iia iiword iiare iiall iipart iiof.... ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-decoding
dyslexia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-adequate iiintelligence, iiyet iitrouble iiwith iireading, iiwriting,
iiand iispelling
stephosymbolia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-twisted iisymbols
phonetics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iispeech iisounds iiin iispoken iilanguage
phonological iiawareness ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(umbrella iiterm) iithe iiability iito iifocus iion
iiunits iiof iisound iiin iispoken iilanguage iiat iithe iisentence, iiword, iisyllable iiand iiphoneme
iilevels
phonemic iiawareness ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(can iibe iidone iiin iithe iidark) iiawareness iiof
iispeech iisounds iior iiphonemes iiin iispoken iiwords
phonics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(cannot iibe iidone iiin iithe iidark) iiinstruction iithat iiconnects
iisounds iiand iiletters; iisound iito iisymbol
synthetic/intensive iiphonics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-part iito iiwhole
analytic iiphonics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-whole iito iipart
alphabetic iiprinciple ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iiunderstanding iithat iispoken iisounds iiare
iirepresented iiin iiprint iiby iiwritten iiletters ii(phonics=sound iito iisymbol)
echolalia ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-repetition iiof iispeech iiby iia iichild iilearning iito iitalk
ii(babbling)
consonant ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-blocked/voiced iior iiunvoiced iisounds; iia iiclass iiof
iispeech iisounds iiwith iiair iiflow iithat iiis iiconstricted iior iiobstructed
vowel ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-open iiand iivoiced iisounds; iia iiclass iiof iiopen iispeech
iisounds iiproduced iiby iithe iipassage iiof iiair iithrough iian iiopen iivocal iitract
grapheme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iiletter iior iiletter iicluster iithat iirepresents iia iisingle
iispeech iisound
decoding ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-word iirecognition iiin iiwhich iithe iiphonetic iicode iiis
iibroken iidown iito iidetermine iia iiword
,blending ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-fusing iiindividual iisounds, iisyllables iior iiwords iiinto
iimeaningful iiunits
reading ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-symbol iito iisound/grapheme iito iiphoneme
morpheme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-smallest iimeaningful iiunit iiof iilanguage: iia iisuffix,
iiprefix, iiroot iior iistem iisuch iias iiawe, iidis, iiin, iiinter, iior iiword iipart iisuch iias iicat, iiman,
iietc.
stem: iiawe ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-terror iior iidread
morphology ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iiword iiformation iipatterns, iimeaningful
iiunits iithat iimake iiwords
phonology, iimorphology, iisyntax ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-form iiof iilanguage
fluency ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-reading iiwith iirapidity iiand iiautomaticity
prosody ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-the iirhythmic iiflow iiof iioral iireading
pragmatics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-set iiof iirules iithat iidictate iicommunicative iibehavior
iiand iisocial iiuse iiof iilanguage
syntax ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-sentence iistructure, iigrammar
semantics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-content iiof iilanguage, iiused iito iiexpress iiknowledge iiof
iithe iiworld iiaround iius
phoneme ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-smallest iiunit iiof iisound iiin iia iisyllable
spelling ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-sound iito iisymbol ii/ iiphoneme iito iigrapheme, iiconnect
iigrapheme iito iiphoneme ii(encoding)
orthography ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-correct iispelling iiof iisounds ii& iisymbols iiin iiwritten
iilanguage
orthographic iimemory ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-(orthographic iimapping) iithe iimemory iiof
iiletter iipatterns iiand iiword iispellings; iiability iito iiquickly iiprocess iiand iiread iia iiword
metalinguistics ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-awareness iiof iilanguage iias iian iientity
guided iidiscovery ii(Socratic iimethod) ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iimethod iiof iileading
iistudents iito iinew iilearning iithrough iiquestioning
Heuristic ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-means iito iidiscovery iiby iidemonstration
, fricative ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiproduced iiby iiforcing iiair iithrough iia iinarrow
iiopening iibetween iithe iiteeth iior iilips; iiex: ii(f), ii(sh), ii(z)
nasal iisound ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiproduced iiby iiforcing iiair iiout iithrough iithe
iinose; iiex: ii(n), ii(m)
continuant iisound ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiprolonged iiin iiits iiproduction ii/ iim ii/ ii/ iis
ii/ ii/ iif ii/
stop iiconsonant iisound ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-a iisound iiobstructed; iithey iimust iibe
iiclipped iioff ii/ iib ii/ ii/ iid ii/
aspiration ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-puff iiof iiair
When iiwas iithe iialphabet iiderived? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1500 iiB.C.; iiGreeks iitook iithe
iialphabet ii(22 iisound iisymbols) iiand iiadded iivowel iisounds
What iiinvasion iihad iia iigreat iiaffect iion iithe iiEnglish iilanguage iiin ii1066 iiA.D.? ii- iiCorrect
iiAnswers ii-Norman iiinvasion iiby iiWilliam iithe iiConquerer: iibrought iiupper iiclass iiwords
iilike iifurniture, iipainter, iitailor, iibeef, iipork, iinutton. iiIt iialso iibrought iithe iiletters iiw iiand iiu,
iithe iidot iifor iii iiand iithe iitail iifor iij. iiThe iialphabet iiwas iinow iicomplete iiwith ii26 iiletters.
What iiis iiconsidered iithe iimodern iiEnglish iiera? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-1500 iiA.D. iito
iipresent: iithis iibrought iithe iiKing iiJames iiversion iiof iithe iiBible iiand iiwords iilike iidoth,
iithee, iithou
Old iiEnglish ii449 iiA.D. iito ii1066 iiA.D. ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-This iiis iithe iiperiod iiwith iithe
iiAngles, iiSaxons, iiJutes; iithe iilanguage iiof iithe iiAnglo-Saxons iibecame iithe iifoundation
iiof iiEnglish
Middle iiEnglish ii1066 iiA.D. iito ii1500 iiA.D. ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-This iiperiod iibegan iiwith
iithe iiinvasion iiof iithe iiNorman-French; iithe iiFrench iilanguage iihelped iithe iiEnglish
iilanguage iigrow
Modern iiEnglish ii1500 iiA.D. iito iipresent ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-This iiperiod iiwas
iiinfluenced iiby iithe iiGreek iilanguage
Rapid iiletter iinaming iiis iithe iikey iito.... ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-automatic iiword iirecognition
Decoding iiand iiencoding iirefer iito... ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-applying iithe iiskills iiof iianalytic
iiand iisynthetic iilearning
Recognition iiof iithe iivisual iisymbol, iisymbol/sound iicorrespondence, iiand iiblending
iisounds iiinto iia iiword iiare iiall iipart iiof.... ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-decoding
