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ILTS 290 EXAM | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
A-3. Which of the following developmental milestones of
communication is most closely related to a typically developing
five-month-old infant?
A. following one-step directions (e.g., "Roll the ball.")
B. pointing to body parts when prompted (e.g., "Where's your
nose?")
C. saying one or two words (e.g., Mommy)
D. making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada) - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D.
making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada)
A-5. Which of the following emotions responses to accidentally
breaking a toy would be typical of a two-year-old child who is
developing along expected timelines?
A. refusing to continue playing for the rest of the day
B. crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
C. displaying fearfulness of the adult who provided the toy
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D. becoming withdrawn and unresponsive to attempts to engage
- ✔✔✔ correct answer > B. crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
A-6. Which of the following processes for learning across
domains best supports early elementary school students'
development?
A. teaching students explicit academic skills to work on for a
specified number of minutes a day
B. ensuring students are meeting expected developmental
milestones at the same rate
C. encouraging students to review new content learning
independently each day
D. engaging students in frequent unstructured play and
exploration - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. engaging students in frequent
unstructured play and exploration
(Research shows that children at this age learn best through play
activities that engage cognitive skills through a sense of
discovery and exploration.)
A-7. A young child is exposed to rich, meaningful conversations
and engages in many discussions with family members. This will
most likely support the child's development in which of the
following areas of literacy development?
A. phonemic awareness
B. reading fluency
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C. vocabulary knowledge
D. reading comprehension - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. vocabulary
knowledge
(Research demonstrates a positive correlation between oral
language development and vocabulary knowledge.)
A-8. A second-grade student recently arrived from another
country to the United States. The student demonstrates a speech
sound disorder when speaking their home language, which has a
different alphabetic system than English. As a result of these
factors, which of the following language milestones will be most
directly impacted when this student learns English?
A. accurately decoding written words
B. acquiring the meaning of social vocabulary
C. using appropriate greetings with teachers and peers
D. understanding one-and two-step directions - ✔✔✔ correct answer >
A. accurately decoding written words
A-9. Which of the following descriptions best characterizes a
student with a developmental delay?
A. A 15-year-old resists changes in the daily routine and refuses
to complete transitions
B. A 12-year-old struggles to retain the meaning of academic
vocabulary
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C. A 10-year-old develops physical symptoms associated with
fear and anxiety
D. A 5-year-old does not yet understand the concept of counting
or sorting objects by color. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. A 5-year-old
does not yet understand the concept of counting or sorting
objects by color. (Illinois defines developmental delay for the
purpose of school-based special education services as applying
to children between the ages of three and nine. The five-year-old
child may have a developmental delay in the area of cognition.)
A-10. A six-year-old student with mixed hearing loss often
struggles to hear some word endings. Which of the following
challenges related to language development may the student
face as a result?
A. misinterpreting the facial expressions and gestures of others
B. struggling to understand the concept of letter-sound
associations
C. misunderstanding and misusing verb tenses and plural word
forms
D. comprehending orally presented information with many details
- ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. misunderstanding and misusing verb
tenses and plural word forms
(If a student does not correctly hear the word endings -s and -
ed, this could result in the misuse of verb tenses and
pluralization.)
ILTS 290 EXAM | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
A-3. Which of the following developmental milestones of
communication is most closely related to a typically developing
five-month-old infant?
A. following one-step directions (e.g., "Roll the ball.")
B. pointing to body parts when prompted (e.g., "Where's your
nose?")
C. saying one or two words (e.g., Mommy)
D. making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada) - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D.
making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada)
A-5. Which of the following emotions responses to accidentally
breaking a toy would be typical of a two-year-old child who is
developing along expected timelines?
A. refusing to continue playing for the rest of the day
B. crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
C. displaying fearfulness of the adult who provided the toy
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D. becoming withdrawn and unresponsive to attempts to engage
- ✔✔✔ correct answer > B. crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
A-6. Which of the following processes for learning across
domains best supports early elementary school students'
development?
A. teaching students explicit academic skills to work on for a
specified number of minutes a day
B. ensuring students are meeting expected developmental
milestones at the same rate
C. encouraging students to review new content learning
independently each day
D. engaging students in frequent unstructured play and
exploration - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. engaging students in frequent
unstructured play and exploration
(Research shows that children at this age learn best through play
activities that engage cognitive skills through a sense of
discovery and exploration.)
A-7. A young child is exposed to rich, meaningful conversations
and engages in many discussions with family members. This will
most likely support the child's development in which of the
following areas of literacy development?
A. phonemic awareness
B. reading fluency
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C. vocabulary knowledge
D. reading comprehension - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. vocabulary
knowledge
(Research demonstrates a positive correlation between oral
language development and vocabulary knowledge.)
A-8. A second-grade student recently arrived from another
country to the United States. The student demonstrates a speech
sound disorder when speaking their home language, which has a
different alphabetic system than English. As a result of these
factors, which of the following language milestones will be most
directly impacted when this student learns English?
A. accurately decoding written words
B. acquiring the meaning of social vocabulary
C. using appropriate greetings with teachers and peers
D. understanding one-and two-step directions - ✔✔✔ correct answer >
A. accurately decoding written words
A-9. Which of the following descriptions best characterizes a
student with a developmental delay?
A. A 15-year-old resists changes in the daily routine and refuses
to complete transitions
B. A 12-year-old struggles to retain the meaning of academic
vocabulary
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C. A 10-year-old develops physical symptoms associated with
fear and anxiety
D. A 5-year-old does not yet understand the concept of counting
or sorting objects by color. - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. A 5-year-old
does not yet understand the concept of counting or sorting
objects by color. (Illinois defines developmental delay for the
purpose of school-based special education services as applying
to children between the ages of three and nine. The five-year-old
child may have a developmental delay in the area of cognition.)
A-10. A six-year-old student with mixed hearing loss often
struggles to hear some word endings. Which of the following
challenges related to language development may the student
face as a result?
A. misinterpreting the facial expressions and gestures of others
B. struggling to understand the concept of letter-sound
associations
C. misunderstanding and misusing verb tenses and plural word
forms
D. comprehending orally presented information with many details
- ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. misunderstanding and misusing verb
tenses and plural word forms
(If a student does not correctly hear the word endings -s and -
ed, this could result in the misuse of verb tenses and
pluralization.)
