ALTA (Actual) Exam Verified 2025
§504 refers to a section of— - The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
affricate - a consonant sound that consists of a slowly released stop followed by a
fricative /ch//j/
allophone - a variation of a speech sound and not a separate phoneme
analytic - a whole that is broken into constituent parts
Anglo-Saxon - affixing base words
Anglo-Saxon - ch, sh, th, wh
Anglo-Saxon - common everyday words
Anglo-Saxon - compound words
Anglo-Saxon - gn, kn, wr
Anglo-Saxon - VV
angular gyrus - area of brain for visual-verbal associations
blocked - steady position of the tongue, teeth, or lips during the entire production of a
sound
clipped - sounds that are stop sounds, obstructed at the place of articulation and not
prolonged in their production
coarticulation - the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech sounds
cognates - phonemes that have the same visual display, mouth position, and place of
articulation. One is voiced one is not.
continuant - sounds that are continuant in their production
corrective feedback - immediate teacher response to student performance that is
sensitive to the student's level of skill
criterion-referenced test - measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired in a domain
, curriculum referenced test - measures knowledge that has been taught
derivational suffixes - added to a base word or root and creates a new word that is
different from the base word in terms of part of speech or function
diagnostic measure - provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses
diphthong - two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend together with
a slide or shift during production
dysarthria - speech problems caused by musculature weaknesses
dyspraxia - speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption
exaggerated pronunciation - overpronunciation of a word to aid memory
experimental research - research in which subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups
explicit instruction - direct, purposeful instruction
fluency - reading with rapidity and automaticity
formal assessment - standardized assessment that must be administered and scored
according to prescribed procedures
formative data - provide information about knowledge to be applied to short-term goals
fricative - a sound produced by forcing air through a narrow opening between the teeth
and lips to make a hissing sound /f//z/
glide - flowing and vowel-like /w//y/
Greek - ch /k/
Greek - combining forms
Greek - medial y
Greek - ph/f/
Greek - rh, pt, pn, ps (initial)
§504 refers to a section of— - The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
affricate - a consonant sound that consists of a slowly released stop followed by a
fricative /ch//j/
allophone - a variation of a speech sound and not a separate phoneme
analytic - a whole that is broken into constituent parts
Anglo-Saxon - affixing base words
Anglo-Saxon - ch, sh, th, wh
Anglo-Saxon - common everyday words
Anglo-Saxon - compound words
Anglo-Saxon - gn, kn, wr
Anglo-Saxon - VV
angular gyrus - area of brain for visual-verbal associations
blocked - steady position of the tongue, teeth, or lips during the entire production of a
sound
clipped - sounds that are stop sounds, obstructed at the place of articulation and not
prolonged in their production
coarticulation - the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech sounds
cognates - phonemes that have the same visual display, mouth position, and place of
articulation. One is voiced one is not.
continuant - sounds that are continuant in their production
corrective feedback - immediate teacher response to student performance that is
sensitive to the student's level of skill
criterion-referenced test - measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired in a domain
, curriculum referenced test - measures knowledge that has been taught
derivational suffixes - added to a base word or root and creates a new word that is
different from the base word in terms of part of speech or function
diagnostic measure - provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses
diphthong - two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend together with
a slide or shift during production
dysarthria - speech problems caused by musculature weaknesses
dyspraxia - speech problems caused by sensorimotor disruption
exaggerated pronunciation - overpronunciation of a word to aid memory
experimental research - research in which subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups
explicit instruction - direct, purposeful instruction
fluency - reading with rapidity and automaticity
formal assessment - standardized assessment that must be administered and scored
according to prescribed procedures
formative data - provide information about knowledge to be applied to short-term goals
fricative - a sound produced by forcing air through a narrow opening between the teeth
and lips to make a hissing sound /f//z/
glide - flowing and vowel-like /w//y/
Greek - ch /k/
Greek - combining forms
Greek - medial y
Greek - ph/f/
Greek - rh, pt, pn, ps (initial)
