WIAT - Wechsler Individual Achievement Oral Language Composite Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which two subtests are combined to form the Oral Language Composite score on the WIAT-4?

Accepted Answer

Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression

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Phonemic Proficiency and Oral Reading Fluency

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Receptive Vocabulary and Expressive Vocabulary

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Word Reading and Pseudoword Decoding

Question 2

An examiner administers the WIAT-4 to a 9-year-old student. The student performs well on the Receptive Vocabulary and Oral Discourse Comprehension tasks but struggles significantly with Expressive Vocabulary and Sentence Repetition. This pattern of scores would most likely result in a low score on which composite?

Accepted Answer

Oral Language

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Basic Reading

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Written Expression

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Mathematics

Question 3

The Listening Comprehension subtest, a key component of the Oral Language Composite, measures which of the following skills?

Accepted Answer

The ability to understand spoken words, sentences, and passages.

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The ability to name objects in a category fluently.

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The ability to repeat sentences verbatim.

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The ability to manipulate sounds within words.

Question 4

Which task is part of the Oral Expression subtest within the Oral Language Composite?

Accepted Answer

Naming as many animals as possible in 60 seconds.

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Selecting a picture that matches a spoken word.

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Answering comprehension questions about a story read aloud.

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Identifying the initial sound in a spoken word.

Question 5

A comprehensive evaluation of a student's oral language abilities using the WIAT-4 Oral Language Composite would provide information about their:

Accepted Answer

Receptive and expressive language skills.

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Reading fluency and decoding skills.

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Spelling and sentence writing abilities.

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Mathematical problem-solving and numerical operations.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a component task within the subtests that form the Oral Language Composite?

Accepted Answer

Oral Reading Fluency

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Receptive Vocabulary

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Sentence Repetition

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Oral Word Fluency