CALT Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers
What is the origin and meaning of "ang" - Correct AnswersLatin; bend
What does the Conner's Report help diagnose? - Correct AnswersADD
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? - Correct
AnswersMorphemes
Define prosody - Correct AnswersFlow of speech
Define euphony - Correct Answerssound/pleasing sound
Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? -
Correct Answersword attack
What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? - Correct
AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the affixing of base words? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of combining words? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of compound words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the affixing of roots? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Sadly has how phonemes? - Correct Answers5
Sadly has how many syllables? - Correct Answers2
What is the base word of sadly? - Correct AnswersSad
What is the suffix of sadly? - Correct Answers-ly
,How many morphemes does sadly have? - Correct Answers2
What is sadly's word origin? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of vowel pairs? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of chameleon prefixes? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the consonant cluster ch pronounced (k)? - Correct
AnswersGreek
What is the origin of Medial Y? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of the consonant pairs gn, kn, & wr? - Correct AnswersAnglo-
Saxon
What is the origin of roots that end in ct and pt? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of initial consonant clusters rh, pt, pn, & ps? - Correct
AnswersGreek
What is the origin of common, everyday words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the letter c, s, & t pronounced (sh)? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, & wh? - Correct
AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Who coined the term congenital word blindness? - Correct AnswersJames
Hinshelwood
What are the three languages that have most influenced the English Language? -
Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon/Old English, Latin, & Greek
What is the term for not being able to recall names? - Correct Answersdysnomia
,What is the term for letter representation of a sound- written unit? - Correct
Answersgrapheme
What is the term for the difficulty in remembering words? - Correct
Answersdysphasia
What is the term for one who can read well but is severely unable to
comprehend? - Correct Answershyperlexia
What is the term for analytic instruction that presents the whole and teaches how
this can be broken down into component parts like unblending in spelling? (whole
to part) - Correct Answersanalytic phonics
What is significant about 1066 AD? - Correct AnswersThe Normand invasion of
England
Who saw patients unable to read, spell, or write, but could determine no physical
cause? (1920's) - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel T. Orton
Who recognized that treatment was educational and prescribed specialized
multisensory teaching techniques and in the 30's worked closely w/a # of
educators including Anna Gillingham? - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel T. Orton
What is the term for the writing system of language?
(correct, spelling, usage) - Correct AnswersOrthography
What is the term for the whole to part phonics approach, key sight words,
relevant phonic generalizations, symbol/sound correspondences, top-down
method? - Correct Answersanalytic phonics (deductive phonics)
What is the term for a vowel and the rest of the consonants in a syllable? ex:
cat=at - Correct AnswersRime
What is the term for the vocabulary of a language? - Correct AnswersLexical
What is the term for two or more letters whose sounds flow smoothly together? -
Correct AnswersBlend
, What is the term for two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds
blend together with a slide or shift during productivity? - Correct
AnswersDiphthong
What is the term for two adjacent letters in the same syllable that represent one
sound? - Correct AnswersDigraph
What is the term for combined sounds represented by letters to pronounce a
word? - Correct AnswersBlends
What is the term that applies to a letter which may represent more than one
sound or to a sound which may be spelled in more than one way? (k, c//ck, k) -
Correct AnswersEquivocal
What is the term for the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in
print by written letters? - Correct AnswersAlphabetic Principle
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable? - Correct
AnswersPhoneme
What is the term for the simplest form of an English word to which affixes may be
added? - Correct AnswersBase Word
What is the term for the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken
language? - Correct AnswersPhonology
What is the term for the rhythmic flow of oral reading? - Correct AnswersProsody
What is the term for the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech
sounds? Ex: hugged->hissed - Correct AnswersCoarticulation
What is the term for the mental activity of receiving, understanding, weighing,
ordering, remembering, and examining sounds, especially speech sounds? -
Correct AnswersAuditory Processing
What is the origin and meaning of "ang" - Correct AnswersLatin; bend
What does the Conner's Report help diagnose? - Correct AnswersADD
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? - Correct
AnswersMorphemes
Define prosody - Correct AnswersFlow of speech
Define euphony - Correct Answerssound/pleasing sound
Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? -
Correct Answersword attack
What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? - Correct
AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the affixing of base words? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of combining words? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of compound words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the affixing of roots? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Sadly has how phonemes? - Correct Answers5
Sadly has how many syllables? - Correct Answers2
What is the base word of sadly? - Correct AnswersSad
What is the suffix of sadly? - Correct Answers-ly
,How many morphemes does sadly have? - Correct Answers2
What is sadly's word origin? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of vowel pairs? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of chameleon prefixes? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the consonant cluster ch pronounced (k)? - Correct
AnswersGreek
What is the origin of Medial Y? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of the consonant pairs gn, kn, & wr? - Correct AnswersAnglo-
Saxon
What is the origin of roots that end in ct and pt? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of initial consonant clusters rh, pt, pn, & ps? - Correct
AnswersGreek
What is the origin of common, everyday words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the letter c, s, & t pronounced (sh)? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, & wh? - Correct
AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Who coined the term congenital word blindness? - Correct AnswersJames
Hinshelwood
What are the three languages that have most influenced the English Language? -
Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon/Old English, Latin, & Greek
What is the term for not being able to recall names? - Correct Answersdysnomia
,What is the term for letter representation of a sound- written unit? - Correct
Answersgrapheme
What is the term for the difficulty in remembering words? - Correct
Answersdysphasia
What is the term for one who can read well but is severely unable to
comprehend? - Correct Answershyperlexia
What is the term for analytic instruction that presents the whole and teaches how
this can be broken down into component parts like unblending in spelling? (whole
to part) - Correct Answersanalytic phonics
What is significant about 1066 AD? - Correct AnswersThe Normand invasion of
England
Who saw patients unable to read, spell, or write, but could determine no physical
cause? (1920's) - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel T. Orton
Who recognized that treatment was educational and prescribed specialized
multisensory teaching techniques and in the 30's worked closely w/a # of
educators including Anna Gillingham? - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel T. Orton
What is the term for the writing system of language?
(correct, spelling, usage) - Correct AnswersOrthography
What is the term for the whole to part phonics approach, key sight words,
relevant phonic generalizations, symbol/sound correspondences, top-down
method? - Correct Answersanalytic phonics (deductive phonics)
What is the term for a vowel and the rest of the consonants in a syllable? ex:
cat=at - Correct AnswersRime
What is the term for the vocabulary of a language? - Correct AnswersLexical
What is the term for two or more letters whose sounds flow smoothly together? -
Correct AnswersBlend
, What is the term for two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds
blend together with a slide or shift during productivity? - Correct
AnswersDiphthong
What is the term for two adjacent letters in the same syllable that represent one
sound? - Correct AnswersDigraph
What is the term for combined sounds represented by letters to pronounce a
word? - Correct AnswersBlends
What is the term that applies to a letter which may represent more than one
sound or to a sound which may be spelled in more than one way? (k, c//ck, k) -
Correct AnswersEquivocal
What is the term for the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in
print by written letters? - Correct AnswersAlphabetic Principle
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable? - Correct
AnswersPhoneme
What is the term for the simplest form of an English word to which affixes may be
added? - Correct AnswersBase Word
What is the term for the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken
language? - Correct AnswersPhonology
What is the term for the rhythmic flow of oral reading? - Correct AnswersProsody
What is the term for the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech
sounds? Ex: hugged->hissed - Correct AnswersCoarticulation
What is the term for the mental activity of receiving, understanding, weighing,
ordering, remembering, and examining sounds, especially speech sounds? -
Correct AnswersAuditory Processing
