Arkansas Foundations of Reading Exam Phonics and Word Recognition 3

Question 1

Which of the following best describes orthographic mapping?

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The mental process by which phonemes are connected to graphemes, enabling words to be stored in long-term memory

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Drawing a map of the spelling of a word

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A chart showing common phonics patterns

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Sorting words by vowel sound in a word study activity

Question 2

What is the correct definition of a morpheme?

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The smallest meaningful unit in a language

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The smallest unit of sound in a language

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A group of letters sharing a spelling pattern

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A syllable that can stand alone as a word

Question 3

Which word contains a consonant blend?

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Train

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Think

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Shirt

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Which

Question 4

A teacher assesses a student's word recognition using a graded word list in isolation. This assessment primarily measures:

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Decoding accuracy without context support

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Reading fluency and prosody

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Reading comprehension at the sentence level

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Phonological awareness at the onset-rime level

Question 5

The word 'unhelpful' contains how many morphemes?

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3

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2

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4

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5

Question 6

According to the Simple View of Reading, reading comprehension is the product of:

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Decoding and linguistic comprehension

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Phonemic awareness and vocabulary

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Fluency and background knowledge

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Sight word recognition and inference skills