ILTS 290 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TEST 2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED
●● Which of the following utterances made by a six-year-old is most
closely associated with a speech impairment?
A: "I goed swimming yesterday." (I went swimming yesterday
B: "Yoot a de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
C: "I saw a wabbit." (I saw a rabbit.)
D: "My mommy loves fishes." (My mommy loves fish.).
Answer: B: "Yoot at de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
●● 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).
Answer: D: making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada)
,●● A high school student with moderate autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) may likely require additional support in which of the following
areas of social-emotional development?
A: responding in an expected way to the facial expressions of others
B: expressing positive emotional reactions to situations
C: engaging in high-interest tasks for extended periods of time
D: separating from family members at the beginning of the school day.
Answer: A: responding in an expected way to the facial expressions of
others
●● Which of the following emotional 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
D: becoming withdrawn and unresponsive to attempts to engage.
Answer: B: crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
●● 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.
Answer: D: engaging students in frequent unstructured play and
exploration
●● 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
C: vocabulary knowledge
D: reading comprehension.
Answer: C: vocabulary knowledge
●● A second-grade student recently arrived from another country to the
US. The students demonstrates a speech sound disorder when speaking
their home languages, which had a different alphabetic system than
English. As a results of these factors, which of the following language
, milestones will be most directly impacted when the 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.
Answer: A: accurately decoding written words
●● 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
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.
Answer: D: A 5-year-old does not yet understand the concept of
counting or sorting objects by color
TEST 2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED
●● Which of the following utterances made by a six-year-old is most
closely associated with a speech impairment?
A: "I goed swimming yesterday." (I went swimming yesterday
B: "Yoot a de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
C: "I saw a wabbit." (I saw a rabbit.)
D: "My mommy loves fishes." (My mommy loves fish.).
Answer: B: "Yoot at de bue tain." (Look at the blue train.)
●● 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).
Answer: D: making babbling sounds (e.g., dadada)
,●● A high school student with moderate autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) may likely require additional support in which of the following
areas of social-emotional development?
A: responding in an expected way to the facial expressions of others
B: expressing positive emotional reactions to situations
C: engaging in high-interest tasks for extended periods of time
D: separating from family members at the beginning of the school day.
Answer: A: responding in an expected way to the facial expressions of
others
●● Which of the following emotional 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
D: becoming withdrawn and unresponsive to attempts to engage.
Answer: B: crying and asking for the toy to be fixed
●● 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.
Answer: D: engaging students in frequent unstructured play and
exploration
●● 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
C: vocabulary knowledge
D: reading comprehension.
Answer: C: vocabulary knowledge
●● A second-grade student recently arrived from another country to the
US. The students demonstrates a speech sound disorder when speaking
their home languages, which had a different alphabetic system than
English. As a results of these factors, which of the following language
, milestones will be most directly impacted when the 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.
Answer: A: accurately decoding written words
●● 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
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.
Answer: D: A 5-year-old does not yet understand the concept of
counting or sorting objects by color
