SLP PRAXIS EXAM 2026 FINAL ASSESSMENT
PAPER SPEECH PATHOLOGY CLINICAL SKILLS
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
◉ Phonetics. Answer: Description and classification of speech
sounds
◉ Phonology. Answer: Patterns of phonemes that occur in a
language
◉ Phonotactics. Answer: Description of allowed combinations of
phonemes in a particular language
◉ Phonological Disorder. Answer: A language-based disorder in
which a person has difficulty organizing speech sounds in a system
of contrasts, resulting in error patterns
◉ Phonations. Answer: Age 0:0 - 0:1
Reflexive, vocalizations, produced with a relatively closed mouth,
dominate
,◉ Cooing. Answer: Age 0:2 - 0:3
Velar and uvular consonant and back vowel-like sounds are
produced; primitive syllables may be perceived but there is no
timing element
◉ Expansion. Answer: Age 0:4-0:6
Vocal play is predominant with a wide variety of productions,
including squeals, yells, and vowels. Some CV are produced, but tend
to be slow and irregular in timing and are not canonical. Infants
show increasing control over vocal mechanisms.
◉ Reduplicated Babbling. Answer: Age 0:7-0:9
The beginning of canonical babbling, VC syllables are produced with
a true consonant and fully resonant vowel. The same VC is repeated
multiple times. Sounds produced are primary stops, nasals, and
glides, with place of articulation being primarily bilabial and
alveolar. Vowels are typically lax.
◉ Variegated Babbling. Answer: Age 0:10-1:0
CV syllables are produced with various consonants and vowels,
variegated syllables are produced with adult-like prosody.
◉ 4 Basic Speech Processes. Answer: Respiration
Phonation
, Articulation
Resonance
◉ Respiration. Answer: The energy source for speech production,
composed of the lungs, bronchi, trachea, larynx, air passages of the
pharynx, nose, and sometimes mouth, rib cage, diaphragm
◉ Phonation. Answer: The sound source for all speech sounds,
except for voiceless consonants, produced by the vocal folds of the
larynx
◉ Articulation. Answer: The shaping source for speech sounds,
produced by moveable and immovable articulators within the vocal
tract
◉ Resonance. Answer: The amplification source of speech
production, produced by modifying the voiced breath stream and/or
damping certain freq. components of the speech sounds
◉ 3 Resonating Cavities. Answer: Pharynx
Oral cavity
Nasal cavity
◉ Sounds acquired between age 1.5 - 3YR. Answer: P, M, H, N, W
PAPER SPEECH PATHOLOGY CLINICAL SKILLS
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED A+
◉ Phonetics. Answer: Description and classification of speech
sounds
◉ Phonology. Answer: Patterns of phonemes that occur in a
language
◉ Phonotactics. Answer: Description of allowed combinations of
phonemes in a particular language
◉ Phonological Disorder. Answer: A language-based disorder in
which a person has difficulty organizing speech sounds in a system
of contrasts, resulting in error patterns
◉ Phonations. Answer: Age 0:0 - 0:1
Reflexive, vocalizations, produced with a relatively closed mouth,
dominate
,◉ Cooing. Answer: Age 0:2 - 0:3
Velar and uvular consonant and back vowel-like sounds are
produced; primitive syllables may be perceived but there is no
timing element
◉ Expansion. Answer: Age 0:4-0:6
Vocal play is predominant with a wide variety of productions,
including squeals, yells, and vowels. Some CV are produced, but tend
to be slow and irregular in timing and are not canonical. Infants
show increasing control over vocal mechanisms.
◉ Reduplicated Babbling. Answer: Age 0:7-0:9
The beginning of canonical babbling, VC syllables are produced with
a true consonant and fully resonant vowel. The same VC is repeated
multiple times. Sounds produced are primary stops, nasals, and
glides, with place of articulation being primarily bilabial and
alveolar. Vowels are typically lax.
◉ Variegated Babbling. Answer: Age 0:10-1:0
CV syllables are produced with various consonants and vowels,
variegated syllables are produced with adult-like prosody.
◉ 4 Basic Speech Processes. Answer: Respiration
Phonation
, Articulation
Resonance
◉ Respiration. Answer: The energy source for speech production,
composed of the lungs, bronchi, trachea, larynx, air passages of the
pharynx, nose, and sometimes mouth, rib cage, diaphragm
◉ Phonation. Answer: The sound source for all speech sounds,
except for voiceless consonants, produced by the vocal folds of the
larynx
◉ Articulation. Answer: The shaping source for speech sounds,
produced by moveable and immovable articulators within the vocal
tract
◉ Resonance. Answer: The amplification source of speech
production, produced by modifying the voiced breath stream and/or
damping certain freq. components of the speech sounds
◉ 3 Resonating Cavities. Answer: Pharynx
Oral cavity
Nasal cavity
◉ Sounds acquired between age 1.5 - 3YR. Answer: P, M, H, N, W
