BIOL 204 LECTURE EXAM 2 ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ An opera singer complains that she is unable to maintain adequate
breath support to produce her optimal voice. You want to measure the
singer's lung volume to check for adequate breath support for optimal
voice. You will need to measure ___________, which is the volume of
air that the singer can exhale after a maximal inhalation. Answer: vital
capacity
⫸ You are assessing a 60-year-old woman for a possible diagnosis of
aphasia. You are interested in finding out the specific type of aphasia.
You notice she has an inability to whistle, cough, or wink on command.
This condition alone might suggest which type of aphasia that the
woman has? Answer: buccofacial apraxia
⫸ A patient comes to you complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness.
After talking with the patient, you discover that he often experiences
heartburn and indigestion. You consult with the on-call physician who
mentions that this patients gastric contents are spontaneously emptying
into his esophagus. The physician diagnoses that the problem is...
Answer: GERD
,⫸ When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an unrepaired cleft
palate, what determines the timing of speech intervention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Misarticulations
C. Nasal Emission
D. Surgical procedures Answer: D. Surgical procedures.
⫸ A patient complains of aching pains, tingling sensations and
coldness. The SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy
and hoarse. Other symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred
speech that sounds monotone. The clinician notices bradykinesia,
rigidity, tremors and impaired postural reflexes. What is the likely
diagnosis?
A. Apraxia
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Vascular dementia
D. Huntington's disease. Answer: A. Parkinson's disease.
,⫸ You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high school
education, significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled
blood pressure. Your diagnosis is global aphasia. During your
counseling at the end of assessment, his wife asks "What is the
prognosis for improvement in communication skills?" What would be an
appropriate answer?
A. prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication,
provided he receives 3 months of therapy
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the
end of which I will have a better idea
C. Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any improvement
gained in therapy
D. Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy Answer:
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the
end of which I will have a better idea
⫸ You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom
teacher comes to you to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds
consistently "hoarse" and "breathy" and gets more severe during recess
and lunch. The child does not display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or
pain. As the speech-language pathologist, what should you initially
suggest based on the child's symptoms?
, A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
C. The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.
D. The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the voice.
Answer: B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
⫸ A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and craniofacial team
wishes to develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin
quantifying (however subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears
in the speech of the children seen by the team each month. He will pass
on this information to the plastic surgeon and other team members to
assist them in making surgical decisions for each child. The speech-
language pathologist devises the following scale:
1 -- almost no hypernasality
2 -- slight hypernasality
3 -- moderate hypernasality
4 -- great amount of hypernasality
What is this type of scale called?
A. Logarithmic scale
B. Ordinal scale
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ An opera singer complains that she is unable to maintain adequate
breath support to produce her optimal voice. You want to measure the
singer's lung volume to check for adequate breath support for optimal
voice. You will need to measure ___________, which is the volume of
air that the singer can exhale after a maximal inhalation. Answer: vital
capacity
⫸ You are assessing a 60-year-old woman for a possible diagnosis of
aphasia. You are interested in finding out the specific type of aphasia.
You notice she has an inability to whistle, cough, or wink on command.
This condition alone might suggest which type of aphasia that the
woman has? Answer: buccofacial apraxia
⫸ A patient comes to you complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness.
After talking with the patient, you discover that he often experiences
heartburn and indigestion. You consult with the on-call physician who
mentions that this patients gastric contents are spontaneously emptying
into his esophagus. The physician diagnoses that the problem is...
Answer: GERD
,⫸ When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an unrepaired cleft
palate, what determines the timing of speech intervention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Misarticulations
C. Nasal Emission
D. Surgical procedures Answer: D. Surgical procedures.
⫸ A patient complains of aching pains, tingling sensations and
coldness. The SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy
and hoarse. Other symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred
speech that sounds monotone. The clinician notices bradykinesia,
rigidity, tremors and impaired postural reflexes. What is the likely
diagnosis?
A. Apraxia
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Vascular dementia
D. Huntington's disease. Answer: A. Parkinson's disease.
,⫸ You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high school
education, significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled
blood pressure. Your diagnosis is global aphasia. During your
counseling at the end of assessment, his wife asks "What is the
prognosis for improvement in communication skills?" What would be an
appropriate answer?
A. prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication,
provided he receives 3 months of therapy
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the
end of which I will have a better idea
C. Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any improvement
gained in therapy
D. Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy Answer:
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the
end of which I will have a better idea
⫸ You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom
teacher comes to you to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds
consistently "hoarse" and "breathy" and gets more severe during recess
and lunch. The child does not display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or
pain. As the speech-language pathologist, what should you initially
suggest based on the child's symptoms?
, A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
C. The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.
D. The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the voice.
Answer: B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
⫸ A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and craniofacial team
wishes to develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin
quantifying (however subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears
in the speech of the children seen by the team each month. He will pass
on this information to the plastic surgeon and other team members to
assist them in making surgical decisions for each child. The speech-
language pathologist devises the following scale:
1 -- almost no hypernasality
2 -- slight hypernasality
3 -- moderate hypernasality
4 -- great amount of hypernasality
What is this type of scale called?
A. Logarithmic scale
B. Ordinal scale
