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FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS (Questions 1–200)
1. The Simple View of Reading states that Reading Comprehension is the product of which
two components?
A) Phonemic awareness and vocabulary
B) Decoding and linguistic comprehension
C) Fluency and background knowledge
D) Phonics and morphology
Answer: B
The Simple View of Reading formula is RC = D × LC. If either decoding or linguistic
comprehension is zero, reading comprehension is zero.
2. According to Scarborough's Reading Rope, skilled reading involves the intertwining of
which two major strands?
A) Phonemic awareness and phonics
B) Word recognition and language comprehension
C) Fluency and vocabulary
D) Decoding and spelling
Answer: B
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,Scarborough's Reading Rope illustrates skilled reading as the intertwining of word recognition
(phonological awareness, decoding, sight recognition) and language comprehension (background
knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, literacy knowledge).
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the six domains of language?
A) Phonology
B) Orthography
C) Syntax
D) Graphology
Answer: D
The six domains of language are phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics, morphology, and
pragmatics.
4. The study of the characteristics of speech sounds in language is called:
A) Phonetics
B) Orthography
C) Morphology
D) Semantics
Answer: A
Phonetics is the study of the characteristics of speech sounds in language. Phonology focuses on
how sounds function within a particular language system.
5. Phonological awareness refers to:
A) Knowledge of letter names and sounds
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,B) The ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of sentences and words
C) Understanding the meaning of words
D) The ability to read fluently with expression
Answer: B
Phonological awareness is a broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of
spoken language, such as words, syllables, onset-rime, and individual phonemes.
6. Phonemic awareness involves awareness of:
A) Printed letters and their sounds
B) Phonemes in spoken words
C) Word meanings
D) Sentence structure
Answer: B
Phonemic awareness is the most specific phonological awareness skill, involving the ability to
identify, segment, blend, change, and omit individual phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.
7. Print awareness includes understanding all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Print proceeds from top to bottom on a page
B) Print proceeds from left to right on a page
C) Print is easier than cursive handwriting
D) Print is an expression of written language
Answer: C
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, Print awareness is the understanding of the function of print and how it is organized on a page,
including directionality (top to bottom, left to right). It does not involve comparing print to
cursive handwriting.
8. A child who writes from top to bottom and left to right possesses:
A) Phonemic awareness
B) Print awareness
C) Reading fluency
D) Vocabulary knowledge
Answer: B
Directionality is a component of print awareness. Children who understand the conventions of
print demonstrate this skill.
9. An example of print awareness in a young child is:
A) The child can sing the alphabet song
B) The child points to a McDonald's billboard and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
C) The child can identify all letter names
D) The child can write their name
Answer: B
Recognizing environmental print (like a familiar logo or sign) is a demonstration of print
awareness. Singing the alphabet is not print awareness.
10. The term "phoneme" refers to:
A) A printed letter
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FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS (Questions 1–200)
1. The Simple View of Reading states that Reading Comprehension is the product of which
two components?
A) Phonemic awareness and vocabulary
B) Decoding and linguistic comprehension
C) Fluency and background knowledge
D) Phonics and morphology
Answer: B
The Simple View of Reading formula is RC = D × LC. If either decoding or linguistic
comprehension is zero, reading comprehension is zero.
2. According to Scarborough's Reading Rope, skilled reading involves the intertwining of
which two major strands?
A) Phonemic awareness and phonics
B) Word recognition and language comprehension
C) Fluency and vocabulary
D) Decoding and spelling
Answer: B
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,Scarborough's Reading Rope illustrates skilled reading as the intertwining of word recognition
(phonological awareness, decoding, sight recognition) and language comprehension (background
knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, literacy knowledge).
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the six domains of language?
A) Phonology
B) Orthography
C) Syntax
D) Graphology
Answer: D
The six domains of language are phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics, morphology, and
pragmatics.
4. The study of the characteristics of speech sounds in language is called:
A) Phonetics
B) Orthography
C) Morphology
D) Semantics
Answer: A
Phonetics is the study of the characteristics of speech sounds in language. Phonology focuses on
how sounds function within a particular language system.
5. Phonological awareness refers to:
A) Knowledge of letter names and sounds
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,B) The ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of sentences and words
C) Understanding the meaning of words
D) The ability to read fluently with expression
Answer: B
Phonological awareness is a broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of
spoken language, such as words, syllables, onset-rime, and individual phonemes.
6. Phonemic awareness involves awareness of:
A) Printed letters and their sounds
B) Phonemes in spoken words
C) Word meanings
D) Sentence structure
Answer: B
Phonemic awareness is the most specific phonological awareness skill, involving the ability to
identify, segment, blend, change, and omit individual phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.
7. Print awareness includes understanding all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Print proceeds from top to bottom on a page
B) Print proceeds from left to right on a page
C) Print is easier than cursive handwriting
D) Print is an expression of written language
Answer: C
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, Print awareness is the understanding of the function of print and how it is organized on a page,
including directionality (top to bottom, left to right). It does not involve comparing print to
cursive handwriting.
8. A child who writes from top to bottom and left to right possesses:
A) Phonemic awareness
B) Print awareness
C) Reading fluency
D) Vocabulary knowledge
Answer: B
Directionality is a component of print awareness. Children who understand the conventions of
print demonstrate this skill.
9. An example of print awareness in a young child is:
A) The child can sing the alphabet song
B) The child points to a McDonald's billboard and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
C) The child can identify all letter names
D) The child can write their name
Answer: B
Recognizing environmental print (like a familiar logo or sign) is a demonstration of print
awareness. Singing the alphabet is not print awareness.
10. The term "phoneme" refers to:
A) A printed letter
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