WGU D169 PA EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 2024-

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WGU D169 PA EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 2024-

2025 COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS

WGU D169 PA EXAM A

QUESTION: *Title III addresses English learners (ELs), including what other status of students?

• migrant children and youth
• homeless children and youth
• students with disabilities
• students with physical handicaps - ANSWER-A) migrant children and youth

QUESTION: What is one function of the Home Language Survey for English language (EL) students?

• Determines the potential need for a language assistance program
• Determines immigration, legal, and refugee status
• Determines student cognitive abilities and weaknesses
• Determines the potential need for special education program services - ANSWER-A)

Determines the potential need for a language assistance program

QUESTION: An EL student was placed in a special education program. It was determined later that this student was incorrectly placed in the program. What may be the reason for this?

• The student was identified as having a learning disorder before being assessed as a second

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• The student was tested by an administrator who was not knowledgeable about the student's

background.

• The student was able to read English but not able to speak it.
• The student was placed in the wrong type of EL program. - ANSWER-A) The student was

identified as having a learning disorder before being assessed as a second language learner.

QUESTION: *What is a characteristic of students who are learning a second language?

• Students who speak the second language fluently are fluent writers.
• Students who are silent in class do not understand the content.
• Students who practice the second language in academic settings learn academic language

faster.

• Students who practice the second language in social settings learn academic language faster.
• ANSWER-C) Students who practice the second language in academic settings learn academic

language faster.

QUESTION: *Which student is exhibiting a talent?

• A student practices every day and is the best musician in the school.
• A student scores well on tests but does not study before the test.
• A student generates many unique ideas when asked questions.
• A student switches thinking from one subject to another. - ANSWER-A) A student practices

every day and is the best musician in the school.

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3 QUESTION: *A teacher has a word wall with terms posted and asks students to write sentences using two words from the wall. Which strategy is the teacher using in the classroom?

• Activating background knowledge
• Regularly assessing and monitoring
• using simple language
• reinforcing language - ANSWER-D) reinforcing language

QUESTION: *Students want to convey the meaning of a vocabulary word with a hands-on demonstration. Which demonstration is the best example of that?

• Acting with pantomime in a group
• Drawing a picture on a whiteboard
• Reading aloud from a textbook
• Giving an oral presentation - ANSWER-A) Acting with pantomime in a group

A special education team has determined that a student with a learning disability learns best in a regular classroom for most of the day and in a special education classroom for two hours a day. Which component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is being addressed?

A) FAPE

B) LRE

• Appropriate evaluation
• Procedural safeguards - ANSWER-LRE
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4 QUESTION: *What is true about the nature of decisions regarding Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals?

• Decisions can change to reflect the student's progress relative to English learner (EL)

program goals.

• Decisions cannot change to reflect the student's progress relative to English learner (EL)

program goals.

• Decisions are made solely by a parent of the student with disabilities.
• Decisions are made solely by educational experts without parental input. - ANSWER-A)

Decisions can change to reflect the student's progress relative to English learner (EL) program goals.

QUESTION: Who must give input in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) placement process?

• parents
• students
• admin
• psychologists - ANSWER-Parents

QUESTION: A student performs well on mathematics tasks but often struggles with reading assignments. Which inference can be made?

• The student may have a learning disability.
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