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LETRS UNIT 2 FINAL ASSESSMENT | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED |
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Assessing phonological skills is almost never appropriate after a child has completed
first grade.
true
false
-ANSWER-- False
Phonemic awareness is difficult to measure directly as an isolated skill.
true
false
-ANSWER-- True
What features separate the PAST from other phonological skills assessments? Select
all that apply.
a. It can be successfully administered to preschool-age children.
b. Automaticity is a factor in determining a student's score.
c. It is much briefer and more convenient to administer than other phonological
awareness assessments.
d. The assessor gives corrective feedback if the student responds incorrectly. -
ANSWER-- b. Automaticity is a factor in determining a student's score.
d. The assessor gives corrective feedback if the student responds incorrectly.
Which kinds of tasks are the primary focus of phonological skills assessment in grades
K-1?
a. counting and blending syllables
b. identification of onset sounds, alliteration, and rhyme
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c. phoneme segmentation and blending
d. phoneme deletion, substitution, and reversal
-ANSWER-- c. phoneme segmentation and blending
Kelsey is in grade 2. Previously a strong reader, she has now fallen behind. She reads
grade-level texts haltingly, struggling to recognize words with blends. Which
phonological task would she likely struggle with? Select all that apply.
a. "Say rainbow. Now say rainbow but don't say rain.'"
b. "Say crate. Now say crate but don't say /k/."
c. "Say sun. Now say sun but instead of /s/, say /f/."
d. "Say bask. Now say bask but don't say /s/." -ANSWER-- b. "Say crate. Now say crate
but don't say /k/."
d. "Say bask. Now say bask but don't say /s/."
phonological processing system -ANSWER-- -Front of brain
-processes the sounds of speech
phonological processing -ANSWER-- ability to discriminate and remember sounds
within words
-speech perception / production
-phonological working memory
-rapid automatic naming
-phonological and phonemic awareness
phonological awareness -ANSWER-- in addition to phonemic awareness, includes the
ability to identify, count, and manipulate the parts of words, including syllables, onsets
and rimes, and phonemes.
phoneme -ANSWER-- in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
Phonemic Awareness -ANSWER-- The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
-do not involve print
Phonology -ANSWER-- the study of speech sounds in language
Phonetics -ANSWER-- study of speech sounds
coarticulation -ANSWER-- when phonemes are spoken together to produce syllables or
words
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phonological working memory -ANSWER-- Is a component of phonological processing
that is important in reading comprehension, spelling, written expression, and retention.
-the process of listening to language and extracting meaning
rapid automatic naming -ANSWER-- the ability to quickly name a series of printed,
repeating numbers, letters, objects, and/or colors
Phonemic awareness instruction for young learners is most beneficial when linked with
phonics instruction.
true
false -ANSWER-- True
The inventory of phonemes used in Spanish is nearly identical to that used in English.
true
false -ANSWER-- False
A third-grade teacher wants to determine whether any of her students are at risk for
reading failure. She should use a screening measure that assesses which of the
following?
a. their ability to segment phonemes
b. their ability to manipulate phonemes
c. their ability to represent phonemes with letters (as shown in spelling samples)
d. their ability to perform advanced phonemic awareness tasks -ANSWER-- d. their
ability to perform advanced phonemic awareness tasks
How much phonological awareness training should be done with students for maximum
effectiveness?
a. at least 45 minutes a day
b. once a week, for about 30 minutes
c. a few minutes a day, several days per week
d. about 30 minutes each day -ANSWER-- c. a few minutes a day, several days per
week
Which of the following changes typically take place once a child has grasped the
alphabetic principle? Select all that apply.
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a. Spelling becomes more phonetically accurate.
b. The student can easily delete, substitute, or otherwise manipulate phonemes in
words.
c. Attempts to decode text focus more on blending sounds.
d. Recognition improves for high-frequency words that are phonetically irregular.
ANSWER-- a. Spelling becomes more phonetically accurate. c. Attempts to decode
text focus more on blending sounds.
In many instances, two different consonant phonemes in English are formed the same
way in the mouth, but one is voiced and the other is unvoiced.
true
false -ANSWER-- True
Adults often miscount the number of phonemes in a word because they tend to recall
how a word looks in print and count the letters, not the sounds.
true
false -ANSWER-- True
Which of the following sounds is an affricate, meaning it combines features of fricatives
and stops?
/k/
/ng/
/ch/
/zh/ -ANSWER-- /ch/
Which of the following pairs are consonant sounds that students frequently confuse?
Select all that apply.
a. /t/ and /d/
b. /f/ and /p/
c. /m/ and /n/
d. /z/ and /l/ -ANSWER-- a. /t/ and /d/
c. /m/ and /n/
Which of the following misspellings is phonetically accurate and does not indicate
phonemic confusion? Select all that apply.
LETRS UNIT 2 FINAL ASSESSMENT | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED |
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Assessing phonological skills is almost never appropriate after a child has completed
first grade.
true
false
-ANSWER-- False
Phonemic awareness is difficult to measure directly as an isolated skill.
true
false
-ANSWER-- True
What features separate the PAST from other phonological skills assessments? Select
all that apply.
a. It can be successfully administered to preschool-age children.
b. Automaticity is a factor in determining a student's score.
c. It is much briefer and more convenient to administer than other phonological
awareness assessments.
d. The assessor gives corrective feedback if the student responds incorrectly. -
ANSWER-- b. Automaticity is a factor in determining a student's score.
d. The assessor gives corrective feedback if the student responds incorrectly.
Which kinds of tasks are the primary focus of phonological skills assessment in grades
K-1?
a. counting and blending syllables
b. identification of onset sounds, alliteration, and rhyme
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c. phoneme segmentation and blending
d. phoneme deletion, substitution, and reversal
-ANSWER-- c. phoneme segmentation and blending
Kelsey is in grade 2. Previously a strong reader, she has now fallen behind. She reads
grade-level texts haltingly, struggling to recognize words with blends. Which
phonological task would she likely struggle with? Select all that apply.
a. "Say rainbow. Now say rainbow but don't say rain.'"
b. "Say crate. Now say crate but don't say /k/."
c. "Say sun. Now say sun but instead of /s/, say /f/."
d. "Say bask. Now say bask but don't say /s/." -ANSWER-- b. "Say crate. Now say crate
but don't say /k/."
d. "Say bask. Now say bask but don't say /s/."
phonological processing system -ANSWER-- -Front of brain
-processes the sounds of speech
phonological processing -ANSWER-- ability to discriminate and remember sounds
within words
-speech perception / production
-phonological working memory
-rapid automatic naming
-phonological and phonemic awareness
phonological awareness -ANSWER-- in addition to phonemic awareness, includes the
ability to identify, count, and manipulate the parts of words, including syllables, onsets
and rimes, and phonemes.
phoneme -ANSWER-- in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
Phonemic Awareness -ANSWER-- The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
-do not involve print
Phonology -ANSWER-- the study of speech sounds in language
Phonetics -ANSWER-- study of speech sounds
coarticulation -ANSWER-- when phonemes are spoken together to produce syllables or
words
, lOMoAR cPSD| 49179094
phonological working memory -ANSWER-- Is a component of phonological processing
that is important in reading comprehension, spelling, written expression, and retention.
-the process of listening to language and extracting meaning
rapid automatic naming -ANSWER-- the ability to quickly name a series of printed,
repeating numbers, letters, objects, and/or colors
Phonemic awareness instruction for young learners is most beneficial when linked with
phonics instruction.
true
false -ANSWER-- True
The inventory of phonemes used in Spanish is nearly identical to that used in English.
true
false -ANSWER-- False
A third-grade teacher wants to determine whether any of her students are at risk for
reading failure. She should use a screening measure that assesses which of the
following?
a. their ability to segment phonemes
b. their ability to manipulate phonemes
c. their ability to represent phonemes with letters (as shown in spelling samples)
d. their ability to perform advanced phonemic awareness tasks -ANSWER-- d. their
ability to perform advanced phonemic awareness tasks
How much phonological awareness training should be done with students for maximum
effectiveness?
a. at least 45 minutes a day
b. once a week, for about 30 minutes
c. a few minutes a day, several days per week
d. about 30 minutes each day -ANSWER-- c. a few minutes a day, several days per
week
Which of the following changes typically take place once a child has grasped the
alphabetic principle? Select all that apply.
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a. Spelling becomes more phonetically accurate.
b. The student can easily delete, substitute, or otherwise manipulate phonemes in
words.
c. Attempts to decode text focus more on blending sounds.
d. Recognition improves for high-frequency words that are phonetically irregular.
ANSWER-- a. Spelling becomes more phonetically accurate. c. Attempts to decode
text focus more on blending sounds.
In many instances, two different consonant phonemes in English are formed the same
way in the mouth, but one is voiced and the other is unvoiced.
true
false -ANSWER-- True
Adults often miscount the number of phonemes in a word because they tend to recall
how a word looks in print and count the letters, not the sounds.
true
false -ANSWER-- True
Which of the following sounds is an affricate, meaning it combines features of fricatives
and stops?
/k/
/ng/
/ch/
/zh/ -ANSWER-- /ch/
Which of the following pairs are consonant sounds that students frequently confuse?
Select all that apply.
a. /t/ and /d/
b. /f/ and /p/
c. /m/ and /n/
d. /z/ and /l/ -ANSWER-- a. /t/ and /d/
c. /m/ and /n/
Which of the following misspellings is phonetically accurate and does not indicate
phonemic confusion? Select all that apply.
