TExES American Sign Language (ASL) (184) Practice Test

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• What does ordinal numbers describe?
• Wiggle Question Mark is added to the end of a question to express surprise about something just told.
• Which item is one of the eight types of classifiers?
• Depth and Width Morphemes express what aspects?
• Which class of ASL verbs uses movement to indicate a change of location?
• The example 'two of us (you and I)' illustrates which concept?
• OSV word order is commonly associated with which concept in ASL?
• Which option describes the meaning of the phrase 'Over and over again'?
• What is the 'Rule of 9' used for in ASL numeral incorporation?
• Reciprocal verbs express what relationship between two entities?
• Which category includes examples like CALL-BY-PHONE and UPRIGHT-PERSON-WALK-TO?
• Which term refers to a group of words whose forms resemble each other and reflect their meaning?
• Which term describes culturally appropriate interaction and the norms of conversation in ASL discourse?
• Which term describes strategies for acquiring and applying knowledge, skills, and work habits through meaningful tasks?
• Instrumental Morphemes represent what in a sign?
• Which category describes verbs that do not convey the subject or object and have static location?
• Non-dominant hand is commonly referred to as the base hand. Which statement is true?
• In ASL, eye gaze functions to do which of the following in discourse?
• What does indexing/underlining in ASL refer to?
• Which pair is a classic example of a minimal pair in sign language?
• In the mnemonic, what does handshape A stand for?
• Lexicalization in ASL is best described as what process?
• Which classifier is used to represent holding an object like a cup or scissors?
• Which items are determiners in the material?
• ASL pronouns indexing are typically produced by which gesture?
• Transitive verbs are defined as having what?
• In the mnemonic for the 7 Basic Handshapes, what does the handshape B represent?
• Which term describes morphemes that modify a word's tense or aspect and would require the addition of another sign?
• How are reciprocal verbs produced in ASL?
• Which term describes the loss of L1 as L2 proficiency increases?
• Which of the following is an example of an inflecting (directional) verb?
• Which term describes a sign with no obvious basis?
• Discourse in language refers to which progression?
• Which option lists the five aspects of language?
• Phonological contrast refers to which of the following?
• Referential Meaning is best described as what?
• Which morpheme type attaches to the end of a word to indicate tense or number, as in -ing or -s?
• Hold reduction (deletion) is defined as which of the following?
• What are loan signs?
• Which term describes errors in L2 that become internalized and resistant to change?
• Which term is listed as a phonological process but not defined in the material?
• Which ASL verb type requires pointing or indexing to indicate who or what?
• Interlanguage refers to which concept?
• In Stokoe notation, what does TABULA (TAB) specify?
• Which activity is listed as part of ASL pragmatics under the arts domain?
• Closed lexical signs are associated with which type of signs?
• BE-AT is categorized as which type of ASL verb?
• What is the function of prepositions as described?
• Content signs include which parts of speech?
• Which classifier represents external shapes such as picture frames or clump of grass?
• In the Stokoe notation, what does Designator (DEZ) specify?
• Which of the following is NOT considered a non-manual marker in ASL?
• A sign that visually resembles its meaning is described as?
• Semantics studies which of the following?
• What does SVO stand for?
• Which fossilization type is associated with most typical errors in tense?
• Which term represents the irrational fear of fingerspelling?
• In Movement epenthesis, what do nouns do according to the parenthetical note?
• Numbers 13-15 share which palm orientation?
• What is the name of the scientific study of language?
• Which term denotes the irrational fear of fingerspelling?
• In ASL, what is the smallest unit of sign components, analogous to phonemes?
• How are approximate numbers or ages typically signed in ASL?
• Extent Morphemes are used to represent which of the following?
• In ASL, what does NMS stand for?
• Which type of ASL verb is described as inflecting or directional, indicating subject or object through movement?
• In ASL, which handshape is used to sign possessive pronouns?
• Which of the following is an example of a Locative Verb?
• Which verb is listed as not conveying the subject or object and has static location?
• Which term refers to the study of sentence structure or word order in ASL?
• Derivational morphemes are described as:
• The signs 2, 3, 4, and 5 represent which type of pronouns?
• Which pair illustrates the symmetry condition in sign language?
• In Stokoe notation, what does Signation (SIG) specify?
• A compound in this linguistic context is formed by what?
• Fingerspelling is used for which purposes?
• Besides ownership, what may possessive pronouns refer to?
• In ASL terminology, the non-dominant hand is described as what?
• What are the five building blocks of ASL phonology?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a pragmatic contextual factor in language?
• Which term refers to words within a language that distinguish the relationship between the subject and the verb?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a language property?
• Which statement accurately defines a compound?
• Which statement best describes ASL modals as presented?
• Which term means two sentences that have the same meaning?
• Which pair demonstrates the dominance condition in sign language?
• Which three parameters comprise the Stokoe system used to analyze ASL signs?
• Which of the following is a conjunction listed in ASL examples in the material?
• Metacognition is defined as what?
• The reflexive (emphatic) ASL pronouns use which handshape?
• Which term identifies the actual spoken ability of a speaker measured when conversing, including syntax and phonetic errors?
• The symmetry and dominance conditions were founded by which researcher?
• Inflectional English is associated with which feature?
• Which option correctly identifies a type of classifier?
• What describes linguistic assimilation in second-language learning?
• ASL demonstrative pronouns are signed with which sign?
• Which term describes the process of changing places or reversing direction?
• Metalinguistic skills refer to which ability?
• In formal settings such as speeches or religious ceremonies, which pronoun category is used to confer more respect?
• Which classifier describes layers or thickness, as in pipes or snow?
• Depicting Verbs convey which of the following?
• Which option is NOT one of the eight changes for lexicalized fingerspelling?
• What is the primary function of emotive markers in ASL?
• Which term describes a word whose sound imitates the sound of the object or activity?
• Functional signs include which categories?
• Which term describes signs borrowed from other countries?
• Which fossilization is characterized by inappropriate language use?
• Which fossilization concerns use of language forms that do not express the intended meaning?
• Whole Entity Morphemes are used to refer to what?
• According to the material, what is the definition of auxiliary verbs in English?
• Which classifier type is used to refer to an object as a whole?
• Who is credited with founding the 7 Basic Handshapes?
• What is defined as 'a' or 'the'?
• Which methods can express number meaning in ASL?
• Which term describes a stage in second language development where further progress becomes increasingly difficult?
• In linguistic temporal aspect, which term best describes 'Over time'?
• Which term matches meaning 'Happened that'?
• Which lexical category is defined as the action and its objects of the sentence?
• Yes/No questions in sign language are typically formed by...
• Which pronoun category includes the idea of 'That’s the one' when indexed to a location?
• Inflectional morphemes are described as:
• Which meaning concerns how signs carry meaning within a social group?
• What describes verbs or objects?
• In sign language phonology, what elements are emphasized compared to spoken language?
• What are the components of the Level of the Linguistic System in ASL?
• Inflectional ASL is associated with which non-manual feature?
• Pragmatics in language considers context such as time, place, and what other factor?
• Non-Manual Markers are composed of which elements?
• The duration of time described by specific movements and non-manual signals in sign language refers to which term?
• Which term refers to a task for students to perform, with a rubric by which their performance will be evaluated?
• BE-AT is formed with which movement?
• Which handshape is used with the number for sign 20-29 (except 22)?
• Negation in signing is typically expressed by which cues?
• Which fossilization type is primarily concerned with the social use of language in context?
• What is the purpose of eye leveling in ASL communication?
• What does Lexicon refer to in linguistics?
• What term describes facial movements used to convey meaning besides hand signs?
• Which term means two sentences that have the same meaning?
• Locative verbs convey meaning by indicating what?
• Which affixes are listed as tense markers?
• Which term is synonymous with vocabulary of a language?
• Which statement about lexicalized fingerspelling changes is true?
• Which morpheme type is illustrated by prefixes such as pre-, anti-, sub-?
• Which type describes persistent errors in pronunciation?
• Which term refers to the process of adding a movement between two signs?
• What is interlanguage?
• Which linguistic category includes pronouns such as he, she, it, they, and them?
• What best describes free morphemes?
• Which negation technique is NOT listed in the material?
• What is morphology the study of?
• What describes nouns?
• In the mnemonic, what does handshape C stand for?
• Which term describes an English word that represents a sign, not a transliteration?
• Which description matches conjunctions as given in the material?
• Which domain studies word formation?
• Which basic word order is represented by SVO (Subject, Verb, Object)?
• Locative verbs add meaning by indicating a location on the body. Which example illustrates this?
• Which type describes misuse of inflectional morphemes and articles?
• For cardinal numbers 6-9, the palm orientation faces which direction?
• A declarative sentence in ASL can express which types of statements?
• Which word is listed as a modal verb in the material?
• In the mnemonic, what does handshape O stand for?
• What is interference in bilingual signing?
• What is a minimal pair in sign language?
• Which term describes the process of reaching a point where further fluency development in a second language becomes increasingly difficult?
• For rhetorical questions, the raised eyebrows non-manual signal is produced only with which sign?
• Which aspect of Depicting Verbs conveys the shape or extent of a surface or the arrangement of entities using two hands of the same handshape?
• Which statement best defines bound morphemes?
• Topicalization in ASL is associated with which word order?
• What is the term for representing the message in one language into another language?
• English Phonology focuses on which aspect?
• In ASL, what is the signing order for fractions when numerator and denominator are single digits?
• Open Lexical signs are associated with which type of signs?
• In sign language, the smallest units of signs are described as being based on what?
• Metathesis is defined as which of the following?
• What does decoding refer to in the material?
• What term refers to the strong hand that carries the movement in ASL?
• In the mnemonic, what does handshape S stand for?
• Rhetorical questions are asked without expectation of response; what else is true?
• Head conducting in ASL refers to what practice?
• Oscillating signs are exemplified by which set of signs?
• Which type of ASL verb encodes information about singular and plural objects and can be directed in space?
• Which category of ASL pronouns shows ownership and can refer to both the owner and what is owned?
• Which set of items are ASL modals listed in the material?
• Predicates in sign language grammar are used to add what aspect of the statement?
• Weak-hand deletion refers to which of the following?
• On-Surface Morphemes are used to represent which concept?
• Which of the following is NOT a listed classifier type?
• Which term denotes the underlying knowledge of a language, as opposed to actual performance in real communication?
• The dominance condition involves two-handed signs with different handshapes and what about the passive hand?
• Which term refers to morphemes that modify tense or aspect and would require additional signs?
• Affective Meaning describes signs used to add or change what aspect?
• In the material, FROM and WITH are given as examples of which category in ASL?
• WH questions use what non-manual signal?
• Transitive verbs require a direct object. Which option describes this correctly?
• Perimeter-Shape Morphemes convey which type of information?
• How are multiples of 11 formed in ASL?
• How are numbers 16-19 formed in ASL?
• Which category best describes person, place, thing, or idea as the subject of the sentence?
• Which term is defined as an affixed sign used to indicate certain semantic/grammatical categories?
• Which description best defines lexicalized fingerspelling?
• Honorific pronouns in ASL are signed with which handshape?
• Which field studies the structure of words and their meaningful units?
• Which term represents the ability to speak, read, write, and understand another language?
• What does eye linking involve in ASL instruction?
• Which item is listed as an ASL pragmatics activity involving rhythm and beat?
• Which verb is NOT listed as an inflecting (directional) verb example?
• For cardinal numbers 1-5, what is the orientation of the palm?