WIAT Phonological Processing Skills 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student blends the sounds /f/ /r/ /ɒ/ /g/ and says 'frog'. This is an example of:
- Phoneme segmentation
- Phoneme blending (Correct answer)
- Phoneme deletion
- Phoneme categorization
Correct answer: Phoneme blending
Phoneme blending involves combining separately presented phonemes to form a recognizable word.
Question 2: Which of the following words has the most phonemes?
- through
- strength (Correct answer)
- enough
- cheese
Correct answer: strength
'Strength' contains six phonemes: /s/ /t/ /r/ /ɛ/ /ŋ/ /θ/, more than the other options.
Question 3: Difficulty with phoneme awareness is MOST strongly associated with problems in:
- Mathematical reasoning
- Decoding printed words (Correct answer)
- Oral vocabulary development
- Listening comprehension
Correct answer: Decoding printed words
Research consistently shows that phoneme awareness is the strongest predictor of early decoding and word reading skill.
Question 4: A student is asked to identify the odd word out among 'sun', 'sock', 'fun', and 'sit'. The correct answer is:
- sun
- sock
- fun (Correct answer)
- sit
Correct answer: fun
'Fun' begins with /f/, while 'sun', 'sock', and 'sit' all begin with /s/, making 'fun' the phonologically odd word.
Question 5: The WIAT Phonological Processing composite is designed primarily to identify students who may have:
- Expressive language delays
- Dyslexia or phonological-based reading disabilities (Correct answer)
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Mathematical learning disabilities
Correct answer: Dyslexia or phonological-based reading disabilities
The phonological processing composite targets the core phonological deficits underlying dyslexia and phonological-based reading disabilities.
Question 6: Which word pair is a rhyme?
- bread / bead
- light / lick
- cake / lake
- time / lime (Correct answer)
Correct answer: time / lime
'Time' (/taɪm/) and 'lime' (/laɪm/) share the rime unit /aɪm/, making them a rhyming pair.
Question 7: When a student substitutes /w/ for /r/ (e.g., 'wabbit' for 'rabbit'), this is called:
- Fronting
- Gliding (Correct answer)
- Stopping
- Vocalization
Correct answer: Gliding
Gliding is the phonological process where a liquid consonant (/r/ or /l/) is replaced by a glide (/w/ or /j/).
WIAT Phonological Processing Skills 4
A student blends the sounds /f/ /r/ /ɒ/ /g/ and says 'frog'.
This is an example of: