Entry Exam Category: Graduate & Professional Program Admission Exams
Course: Praxis
Exam: Praxis Reading Language Arts 5002 Practice Test
Practice Question
Which of the following best explains how fluency can improve reading comprehension?
Answer Choices
- A: Fluency encourages readers to focus on accuracy rather than speed.
- B: Fluency means readers can effectively process ideas in a linear order.
- C: Fluency allows readers to recognize words and understand them at the same time.
- D: Fluency helps readers concentrate on decoding words rather than understanding concepts.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Fluency enables automatic word recognition, freeing cognitive resources for comprehension. Accuracy (A) is part of fluency but not the focus, linear processing (B) is vague, and decoding focus (D) hinders comprehension, making C correct.