Pamantasan NG Lungsod NG Muntinlupa: Multiple Choice Questions

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
Brgy. Poblacion, Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
Leader: Krister Ann M. Jimenez

Members: Jezreel Roanne Tarroquin
Christopher Jacob
Multiple Choice Questions

1. The knowledge and implicit awareness that speakers of language possess and
utilize to communicate effectively in language is called:
a. lexical competence
b. phonological competence
c. communicative competence
d. sociolinguistic competence
2. The ability to recognize and produce the conventional words used by speakers
of a language is called:
a. lexical competence
b. phonological competence
c. discourse competence
d. sociolinguistic competence
3. Infants' ability to distinguish phonemic contrasts in other language besides their

native language
a. Diminishes
b. Increases in a linear pattern throughout life
c. Diminishes while they are learning their native language, and then the
ability returns to them
d. Increases until puberty and then planes off
4. Competence in producing individual phonemes depends upon:

a. Gaining content knowledge first
b. Development of the articulators
c. The number of languages the individual is exposed to at birth
d. How strong receptive phonological competence is
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5. Infants' vocal tracts closely resemble:

a. Adults' vocal tracts, just smaller versions
b. Their own parents' vocal tracts only
c. Non-human primates' vocal tracts
d. None of the above
6. Individuals with ____________ competence understand that Bob is the

recipient of Jim's actions in the sentence "Jim is hitting Bob.
a. Phonologica
b. Interactional
c. Morphology
d. Grammatical
7. The statement "comprehension precedes production" holds true for which

of these aspects of linguistic competence?
a. Phonological
b. Grammatical
c. Lexical
d. All of the above
8. In terms of lexical competence, what is usually the first word that infants
understand, at or around 4.5 months of age?
a. Doggie
b. Their own name
c. Daddy
d. Love
9. What is the unit of analysis for discourse competence?

a. speech event
b. mean length utterance (MLU)
c. phoneme
d. vocabulary word
10. Which is NOT a pragmatic aspect of communicative competence?

a. Functiona
b. Discourse
c. Cultural
d. Interactional
11. The variety of speech appropriate to a particular speech situation is
called:
a. speech discours
b. speech lexicon
c. speech conten
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d. speech register
12. In comparison to the United Sates, the accepted standard for eye contact
in Japan is:
a. more eye contact
b. less eye contact
c. only children to have less eye contact
d. only adults to have less eye contact
13. When an infant uses ritualized gestures, like pointing, it is most likely an
indicator of:
a. metacognitive skills
b. intentionality
c. pre-intentionality
d. ntersubjective awareness
14. For optimal caregiver responsiveness, parents should:

a. sit on the floor with their child
b. kneel on the floor so that there is still some amount of authority
c. lean away from their child so as to teach appropriate physical
proximity during communication
d. ay on the floor so that the child is higher than the parent
15. Burping and coughing by infant are examples of

a. Verbalization
b. canonical babbling
c. sounds of distress
d. reflexive sounds
16. When a child flaps his or her arms to comment on a bird in the sky, this is
an example of:
a. non-symbolic gesture of play
b. deictic gesture
c. symbolic gesture
d. referential gesture
17. On average, infants tend to utter their first "true" word at what age?
a. 6 month
b. 12 months
c. 18 month
d. 24 months
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18. Which of these mispronunciations for "doggie," if used consistently and

meaningfully, is an example of a phonetically consistent form?
a. Oo-na
b. Doggie
c. Doddie
d. Dottie
19. Calculation of the MLU is a very common way to evaluate children's

language skills. What does MLU stand for?
a. morpheme language unit
b. morpho-lexical unit
c. mean length of utterance
d. mean length utterance
20. Which statement is generally true of receptive and expressive lexicons at

18 months of age?
a. males have larger receptive and expressive lexicons
b. females have larger receptive and expressive lexicons
c. males have larger receptive lexicons, but smaller expressive lexicons
d. emales have larger receptive lexicons, but smaller expressive
lexicons
21. What is one area in which great improvement occurs during toddlerhood?
a. recognizing the sounds of one's native language
b. learning one's first 50 words
c. initiating and maintaining a conversation
d. writing effective persuasive essays
22. Whichof the following phonemes is most likely the last to be acquired?
a. /m/ as in mop
b. /o/ as in shop
c. /n/ as in not
d. /p/ as in pot
23. When a child says "tum" when trying to produce "thumb," this is an
example of a/an:
a. Underextension
b. Overextension
c. articulation disorder
d. phonological process
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24. What is one of the major developments in the preschool years related to
decontextualized language?
a. participation in organizing functions
b. conversational turn-taking
c. narrative skills
d. mastery of nearly all phonemes
25. Which of these is an example of content development during the school-

age years? understanding lexical ambiguity
a. Understanding lexical ambiguity
b. persuasive writing
c. complex syntax
d. functional flexibility
26. This describes children’s knowledge of the letters of the alphabet.

a. letter knowledge
b. alphabet knowledge
c. literacy knowledge
d. phonemic knowledge
27. Discourse developmentlies along a continuum, with ____________

language on one end
a. oral, literate
b. oral, written
c. decontextualized, contextualized
d. receptive, expressive
28. Phonics instruction teaches:

a. the relationship between letters and sounds in written form
b. the understanding that speech is made up of individual sounds
c. the awareness that print carries meaning
d. none of the above
29. Phonics instruction has an impact on a child's:

a. reading ability
b. writing ability
c. both reading and writing ability
d. neither reading nor writing ability
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30. Teaching students that the letters ph represent the /f/ sound is an
example of what type of instruction?
a. whole language
b. vocabulary
c. phonics
d. all of the above
31. Which of the following is a true statement?

a. phonics involves looking at the sounds letters make in spoken words
b. phonics involves looking at the relationship between letters and
sounds in written form
c. phonics involves looking at how print works
d. phonics involves looking at the difference between consonants and
vowels
32. Phonics instruction is most effective when it begins in:

a. preschool or pre-kindergarten
b. kindergarten or first grade
c. second or third grade
33. Which of the following is an approach used for phonics instruction?

a. children learning the letters or letter combinations that represent
sounds
b. children using word parts or families to identify unknown words
c. children learning to segment words into sounds and writing letters for
these sounds
d. all of the above
34. Effective phonics instruction may improve:
a. Fluency
b. word recognition
c. spelling
d. all of the above
35. Phonics instruction:

a. is an entire reading program
b. is one component of a reading program
c. should be introduced in grades two and three
36. The best way to teach letter-sound relationships is to:
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a. use an "I do", "We do", "You do" teaching method

b. provide ample practice to all students
c. continue to practice one set of skills until all students achieve mastery
d. all of the above
37. Phonics instruction is effective for which of the following groups of

children?
a. learners of the English language
b. children from low socioeconomic level households
c. children who are struggling with comprehension
d. all beginning readers
38. He wants to get a better ______ and earn more money.

a. Employ
b. Job
c. Work
d. Employment
39. Managers set objectives, and decide __________ their organization can
achieve them.
a. What
b. How
c. Which
d. Because
40. Obviously, objectives occasionally _________ be modified or changed.

a. have to
b. must to
c. shouldn’t
d. ought
41. A defect can be caused ____________ negligence by one of the members of a

team.
a. By
b. To
c. At
d. In
42. I ___________ the piano since the age of five.
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a. Played
b. am playing
c. play
d. have played
43. The unions now represent less ________ 10% of the French work force.
a. Of
b. In
c. Than
d. Then
44. _________ some employers oppose the very existence of unions, many
theorists stress the necessity of unions.
a. Because
b. Due to
c. However
d. Although
45. Managers who are ambitious are _________ -oriented managers.

a. Socially
b. Success
c. Well
d. Non
46. Warning! No unauthorised personnel _________ this point.

a. About
b. From
c. Beyond
d. On
47. You won’t be allowed into the club ________ you wear a suit and tie.
a. if
b. unless
c. whether
d. apart
48. As long as _______ have needs that need to be represented they’ll need trade
unions.
a. Employees
b. Employers
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c. Managers
d. Partners
49. Market leaders usually want to ________heir market share even further, or at
least to protect their current market share.
a. Decrease
b. Dominate
c. Increase
d. Establish
50. We haven’t had ________ news from our agent.

a. Some
b. Any
c. No
d. none
Answer Keys
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. B
23. D
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24. C
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. A
29. C
30. C
31. B
32. B
33. D
34. D
35. B
36. D
37. D
38. B
39. B
40. A
41. A
42. D
43. C
44. D
45. B
46. C
47. B
48. A
49. C
50. B
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa

Brgy. Poblacion, Lungsod ng Muntinlupa

Leader: Krister Ann M. Jimenez

Multiple Choice Questions

3. Infants' ability to distinguish phonemic contrasts in other language besides their

b. Increases in a linear pattern throughout life

4. Competence in producing individual phonemes depends upon:

5. Infants' vocal tracts closely resemble:

6. Individuals with ____________ competence understand that Bob is the

7. The statement "comprehension precedes production" holds true for which

9. What is the unit of analysis for discourse competence?

10. Which is NOT a pragmatic aspect of communicative competence?

14. For optimal caregiver responsiveness, parents should:

15. Burping and coughing by infant are examples of

18. Which of these mispronunciations for "doggie," if used consistently and

19. Calculation of the MLU is a very common way to evaluate children's

20. Which statement is generally true of receptive and expressive lexicons at

25. Which of these is an example of content development during the school-

26. This describes children’s knowledge of the letters of the alphabet.

27. Discourse developmentlies along a continuum, with ____________

28. Phonics instruction teaches:

29. Phonics instruction has an impact on a child's:

31. Which of the following is a true statement?

32. Phonics instruction is most effective when it begins in:

33. Which of the following is an approach used for phonics instruction?

35. Phonics instruction:

36. The best way to teach letter-sound relationships is to:

a. use an "I do", "We do", "You do" teaching method

37. Phonics instruction is effective for which of the following groups of

38. He wants to get a better ______ and earn more money.

40. Obviously, objectives occasionally _________ be modified or changed.

41. A defect can be caused ____________ negligence by one of the members of a

42. I ___________ the piano since the age of five.

45. Managers who are ambitious are _________ -oriented managers.

46. Warning! No unauthorised personnel _________ this point.

50. We haven’t had ________ news from our agent.

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