ALTA National Registration Exam Questions
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Example of Greek words of origin - Answer✔rhythm, chorus, thermometer, psychology,
rhododendron, sympathy
orthography - Answer✔letter pattern in written words; spelling system
NICHD - Answer✔National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
encoding - Answer✔spelling/writing
decoding - Answer✔reading
Semantics - Answer✔content of language
Analytic - Answer✔whole to part; reading
Synthetic - Answer✔part to whole; spelling
homophones - Answer✔words that sound the same but are spelled differently
synonyms - Answer✔words that have the same meaning
antonyms - Answer✔words with opposite meaning
Homophones, Synonyms and Antonyms are all examples of ? - Answer✔Semantics
What prefixes mean the same thing? - Answer✔contra-, anti-
Syllable division is an example of what type of learning? - Answer✔BOTH Analytic and Synthetic
A Teacher is using the overhead to teach, make diagrams and have students come up and fill in
some of the answers. This is an example of? - Answer✔Discovery Learning
A child can read words easily in a list, but reads word by word in text. What form of
remediation is needed? - Answer✔Phrasing
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When was Chall's research done? - Answer✔1983
permit/permit - Answer✔the Accent changes the part of speech and meaning
To diagnose dyslexia you would need to perform ? - Answer✔a series of formal and informal
tests
A student having difficulty with semantics would struggle with? - Answer✔metaphors, similies
and idioms
"lexia" comes from? - Answer✔Greek
What determines the amount to charge for tutoring? - Answer✔socioeconomics
Morpheme - Answer✔smallest unit of meaning
Phoneme - Answer✔smallest unit of sound in a syllable
What word is NOT r-controlled? - Answer✔berry
What word doesn't have a use for the silent e? - Answer✔awe
Science and Mathematic words come from? - Answer✔Greek
504 is an extension of? - Answer✔The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
What does ASAP stand for? - Answer✔Accent, number of Syllables, Adjacent letters, Position in
the word
dyslexia is a disorder that is________-based - Answer✔language
Developmental Dyslexia is? - Answer✔a glitch in the brain during fetal development that one is
born with
IDEA and 504 both mandate a ________ & _________ _________ Education - Answer✔F.A.P.E.
(Free and Appropriate Public Education)
Pragmatics is ? - Answer✔the practical application of language; conversation
Soft C rule - Answer✔c sounds like s before e, i and y
Most recent pioneer in Phonemic Awareness? Wrote "Spelling: Development, Disability, and
Instruction" - Answer✔Louisa C. Moats
The accent usually falls on what syllable in the English language? - Answer✔first
What type of memory does Rapid Naming require? - Answer✔long-term memory
What type of memory does Phonological Memory require? - Answer✔short-term memory
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