COMD 4450 EXAM 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Authentic Assessment - correct answer --realistic learning
demand
-assessments occur in natural setting; classroom/ real-life settings
-speech samples taken from natural environment
-time consuming
Portfolio Assessment - correct answer --based on specific
educational needs; observe the "whole" child
-one or more subject area; rely on multidisciplinary team
-holistic eval
-team effort as treatment goals and strategies evolve
Processing dependent measures - correct answer --identify valid
measures that are not affected by the client's prior
knowledge/experience
-memory tasks, stimuli tasks, perceptual tasks
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-differentiates children with language disorders from those with
normal language while reducing bias
-quick and easy
Criterion-referenced test - correct answer --uses non-
standardized assessment tools and interpret data in terms of
whether the measured skills meet certain mastery criterion
Client-specific assessment - correct answer --developed for one
client
-takes into consideration what needs to be assessed and how
-use 15-20 exemplars
Differential diagnosis - correct answer --learning disabilities: when
a child tries hard and is still struggling with a specific set of skills
over time. Intelligence or motivation is not affected
-DD is necessary to determine the difference between and among
other disorders, syndromes, and factors that can interfere with the
acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, and math
abilities
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Improving standardized tests for children from different cultural
backgrounds - correct answer --check that translation is correct
-include minorities in sample
-develop local norms
-remove biases
-parallel forms
-change scoring for dialectical variations
-use alternative assessment approaches
Morphological development - correct answer --preschool/ early
school years
-start to use grammatical morphemes and MLU increases with
age
-children typically acquire a more general rule, then modify with
more applications
Prognosis - correct answer -predicts the likely or expected
development of a disease
-if signs and symptoms will improve or worsen
How to treat phonological disorders: minimal pairs - correct
answer --paired sounds