CDT Patient Assessment & Clinical Evaluation 2

Question 1

Which phonological awareness skill is typically assessed first when evaluating a student suspected of dyslexia?

Accepted Answer

Rhyme recognition

Answer

Rhyme recognition is an early-developing phonological awareness skill assessed before more complex tasks like phoneme segmentation.

Question 2

A student scores at the 10th percentile on a rapid automatized naming (RAN) test. This result primarily indicates difficulty with:

Accepted Answer

Processing speed and retrieval fluency

Answer

RAN tasks measure processing speed and lexical retrieval fluency, both of which are core deficits associated with dyslexia.

Question 3

When administering the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2), which subtest measures the ability to delete individual phonemes from words?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme Elision

Answer

The Phoneme Elision subtest on the CTOPP-2 requires the student to say a word after removing a specified phoneme.

Question 4

A dyslexia evaluator notices a student reads real words significantly better than nonsense words. This pattern most strongly suggests:

Accepted Answer

Reliance on sight word memory rather than decoding

Answer

A real-word advantage over pseudoword reading indicates the student relies on memorized word forms rather than phonological decoding skills.

Question 5

Which standardized assessment is most appropriate for measuring a student's oral reading fluency with normative data?

Accepted Answer

Gray Oral Reading Tests (GORT-5)

Answer

The GORT-5 measures oral reading rate, accuracy, fluency, and comprehension with standardized normative scores.

(CDT) Certified Dyslexia Therapist Practice Test

(CDT) Certified Dyslexia Therapist Practice Test

CDT Patient Assessment & Clinical Evaluation 2