CSAD 126 TEST 1 FOCUS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Why is it important to study speech sound disorders? If people have difficulty in these areas, how
does this difficulty potentially impact their lives? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Speech spunds are the
building blocks of the larger language skill.
Affected areas can be morphological, syntactical, semantical, and pragmatic. Children with SSD often
exhibit academic difficulties, so assessment and treatment is important.
2. How prevalent are SSDs? What is the need for SLPs who treat SSDs in the schools? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅10-20% of children exhibit SSD, 80% of whom will require intervention
3.6% of children have persistent SSD
SSD is almost half the typical caseload
Define phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A family of sounds taht are percieved to belong to the same
catergory
Describe narrow/phonetic transcription - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅IPA
Brackets
Sounds as they are actually produced
Use of diacritic markers (extra marks)
Desribe broad/phonemic transcription - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅IPA
Variations in actual phoneme are not depicted
, Virgules
No use of diacritics
Define diacritic marker - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exra marks used in narrow transcription
What does manner refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stops, Fricatives, Affricates, Nasals, Glides, Liquids
What does voice refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Voiced or voiceless
What does place refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bilabial, Labiodental, Linguadental, Linguaalveolar,
Linguapalatal, Linguavelar, Glottal
5. What are the descriptors for vowels and why are these descriptors important? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅
6. Give 2 phonemes as examples of each category: fricatives, affricates, nasals, glides, liquids (e.g., 2
fricatives are /f/ and /s/). - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fricatives-/f/ and /s/
Affricates- /tʃ/ and /dʒ/
Nasals- /m/ and /n/
Glides- /w/ and /j/
Liquids- /r/ and /l/
7. By 5-7 years of age, what sounds should be mastered by typically-developing children? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅/j, ʃ, tʃ, l, s, r, v, z, θ, ð/
8. Define the term morphophonemics. Give 2 examples of morphophonemic rules in English. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Rules regarding how sounds are combined to form morphemes
/s/ at the end of "cats"
1. Why is it important to study speech sound disorders? If people have difficulty in these areas, how
does this difficulty potentially impact their lives? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Speech spunds are the
building blocks of the larger language skill.
Affected areas can be morphological, syntactical, semantical, and pragmatic. Children with SSD often
exhibit academic difficulties, so assessment and treatment is important.
2. How prevalent are SSDs? What is the need for SLPs who treat SSDs in the schools? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅10-20% of children exhibit SSD, 80% of whom will require intervention
3.6% of children have persistent SSD
SSD is almost half the typical caseload
Define phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A family of sounds taht are percieved to belong to the same
catergory
Describe narrow/phonetic transcription - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅IPA
Brackets
Sounds as they are actually produced
Use of diacritic markers (extra marks)
Desribe broad/phonemic transcription - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅IPA
Variations in actual phoneme are not depicted
, Virgules
No use of diacritics
Define diacritic marker - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exra marks used in narrow transcription
What does manner refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stops, Fricatives, Affricates, Nasals, Glides, Liquids
What does voice refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Voiced or voiceless
What does place refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bilabial, Labiodental, Linguadental, Linguaalveolar,
Linguapalatal, Linguavelar, Glottal
5. What are the descriptors for vowels and why are these descriptors important? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅
6. Give 2 phonemes as examples of each category: fricatives, affricates, nasals, glides, liquids (e.g., 2
fricatives are /f/ and /s/). - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fricatives-/f/ and /s/
Affricates- /tʃ/ and /dʒ/
Nasals- /m/ and /n/
Glides- /w/ and /j/
Liquids- /r/ and /l/
7. By 5-7 years of age, what sounds should be mastered by typically-developing children? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅/j, ʃ, tʃ, l, s, r, v, z, θ, ð/
8. Define the term morphophonemics. Give 2 examples of morphophonemic rules in English. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Rules regarding how sounds are combined to form morphemes
/s/ at the end of "cats"
