SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE Question and Answer
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• C. The influence of context on the speaker and the listener -✓✓A treatment plan for
an adult client with an acquired language disorder recommends focusing on pragmatic
communication. Goals established for this client would most appropriately emphasize
which of the following?
A. the rules for arranging sounds in words
B. the denotative meanings of words
C. the influence of context on the speaker and the listener
D. The rules that apply to the structure of sentences
E. the perceptual properties of speech sounds
• E. Duration of the preceding vowel -✓✓Which of the following is the most important
acoustic cue that distinguishes between an unreleased final /p/ and an unreleased final
/b/, as in "cap" vs. "cab"
A. Frequency of third formant
B. locus frequency of burst
C. Voice onset time
D. Vocal fundamental frequency
E. Duration of the preceding vowel
• C. Walked -✓✓When using Roger Brown's system for computing mean length of
utterance in a language sample, which of the following utterances would be scored as
having two morphemes?
A. Bought
B. Doggie
C. Walked
,D. Sticky
E. Choo-choo
• A. The epithelium and superficial lamina propria -✓✓Anatomical studies of the human
vocal folds and detailed observation of mucosal behavior during phonation has led to
the current "cover-body" characterization of the vocal fold.
Which of the following is included in the vocal fold cover
A. the epithelium and superficial lamina propria
B. The epithelium and deep lamina propria
C. The intermediate and deep layers of the lamina propria
D. The vocalis portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle
E. The lamina of the thyroid cartilage
• A. /b/ for /m/ -✓✓Which of the following substitutions is most likely to occur in
conjunction with hyponasality?
A. /b/ for /m/
B. /n/ for /d/
C. /ng/ for /k/
D. glottal stop for /t/
E. /m/ for /p/
• A. Provide stuttering intervention, but no articulation intervention for /r/ at the present
time -✓✓Parents bring their daughter of 4 years and 3 months for a speech and
language evaluation. The parents have expressed concern that their daughter does not
pronounce the /r/ sound correctly and has exhibited periods of stuttering for the last 18
months. During the evaluation, the SLP observes that the child exhibits sound-syllable
repetitions on 30 percent of her words.
What is the best action for the SLP to take?
A. Provide stuttering intervention, but no articulation intervention for /r/ at the present
time
B. Provide both articulation intervention for the /r/ and stuttering intervention
,C. Provide articulation intervention for the /r/ and ignore the stuttering
D. Provide articulation intervention for the /r/ first and later provide stuttering intervention
E. Provide no intervention at this time
• B. Acute Laryngitis -✓✓Voice therapy is least appropriate for clients with
A. Ventricular phonation
B. Acute laryngitis
C. Vocal nodules
D. Contact ulcers
E. Unilateral Adductor Paralysis
• B. Lower or decreased -✓✓An SLP is assessing the physiology of voice production in
a client. If the client has a hyperfunctional voice disorder, then during phonation the
client's average airflow rate is most likely to be
A. almost absent
B. lower or decreased
C. higher or increased
D. within normal limits
E. erratic and inconsistent
• D. Culture -✓✓When experiences, language, religion, and a shared history bring
people together over time, they develop shared traditions and customs, which are
referred to as
A. ethnicity
B. race
C. creolization
D. culture
E. pidginization
, • E. no noticable abnormalities -✓✓During a transient ischemic attack, Mr. Mahmood
has difficulty producing intelligible speech and retrieving words in conversation. One
week later, Mr. Mahmood's speech and language would typically be characterized by
A. mild dysarthria
B. Expressive aphasia
C. anomic aphasia
D. both aphasic and dysarthric errors
E. no noticeable abnormalities
• A. That the parents be invited to participate in the development of an individualized
education plan (IEP) -✓✓The Individuals with Disabilties Education Act mandates
which of the following for a fifth grade student who has been identified as eligible for
services?
A. that the parents be invited to participate in the development of an individualized
education plan (IEP)
B. That the parents be given at least three names as referral sources for treatment of
the disorder
C. That the parents be notified of the results of a multidisciplinary conference within ten
days of the time the conference was convened
D. that the child's name be placed on a waiting list for services and that the parents be
notified when space is available.
E. that the child and parents be given an explanation of the types of support services
that are available in the community and that they be informed about the possibility that
an IEP will be approved for the child
• D. Teach her picture representations for the intentions she expresses in other
modalities. -✓✓Ellie is a 4 year old girl with developmental delay of unknown origin.
She is ambulatory, and her receptive vocabulary, as assessed with a standardized
picture vocabulary test, is in the 3 year, 0 month range. Her family members report that
she uses six gestures and four words consistently. Ellie's expressive inventory appears
in the table below
Repetitive contact of hands at midline = more
Right hand flicked against left arm = finished
Flapping hands above head = yes
Hand to head = mine
2026 | Updated Practice Questions and
Solutions | A+ Verified
• C. The influence of context on the speaker and the listener -✓✓A treatment plan for
an adult client with an acquired language disorder recommends focusing on pragmatic
communication. Goals established for this client would most appropriately emphasize
which of the following?
A. the rules for arranging sounds in words
B. the denotative meanings of words
C. the influence of context on the speaker and the listener
D. The rules that apply to the structure of sentences
E. the perceptual properties of speech sounds
• E. Duration of the preceding vowel -✓✓Which of the following is the most important
acoustic cue that distinguishes between an unreleased final /p/ and an unreleased final
/b/, as in "cap" vs. "cab"
A. Frequency of third formant
B. locus frequency of burst
C. Voice onset time
D. Vocal fundamental frequency
E. Duration of the preceding vowel
• C. Walked -✓✓When using Roger Brown's system for computing mean length of
utterance in a language sample, which of the following utterances would be scored as
having two morphemes?
A. Bought
B. Doggie
C. Walked
,D. Sticky
E. Choo-choo
• A. The epithelium and superficial lamina propria -✓✓Anatomical studies of the human
vocal folds and detailed observation of mucosal behavior during phonation has led to
the current "cover-body" characterization of the vocal fold.
Which of the following is included in the vocal fold cover
A. the epithelium and superficial lamina propria
B. The epithelium and deep lamina propria
C. The intermediate and deep layers of the lamina propria
D. The vocalis portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle
E. The lamina of the thyroid cartilage
• A. /b/ for /m/ -✓✓Which of the following substitutions is most likely to occur in
conjunction with hyponasality?
A. /b/ for /m/
B. /n/ for /d/
C. /ng/ for /k/
D. glottal stop for /t/
E. /m/ for /p/
• A. Provide stuttering intervention, but no articulation intervention for /r/ at the present
time -✓✓Parents bring their daughter of 4 years and 3 months for a speech and
language evaluation. The parents have expressed concern that their daughter does not
pronounce the /r/ sound correctly and has exhibited periods of stuttering for the last 18
months. During the evaluation, the SLP observes that the child exhibits sound-syllable
repetitions on 30 percent of her words.
What is the best action for the SLP to take?
A. Provide stuttering intervention, but no articulation intervention for /r/ at the present
time
B. Provide both articulation intervention for the /r/ and stuttering intervention
,C. Provide articulation intervention for the /r/ and ignore the stuttering
D. Provide articulation intervention for the /r/ first and later provide stuttering intervention
E. Provide no intervention at this time
• B. Acute Laryngitis -✓✓Voice therapy is least appropriate for clients with
A. Ventricular phonation
B. Acute laryngitis
C. Vocal nodules
D. Contact ulcers
E. Unilateral Adductor Paralysis
• B. Lower or decreased -✓✓An SLP is assessing the physiology of voice production in
a client. If the client has a hyperfunctional voice disorder, then during phonation the
client's average airflow rate is most likely to be
A. almost absent
B. lower or decreased
C. higher or increased
D. within normal limits
E. erratic and inconsistent
• D. Culture -✓✓When experiences, language, religion, and a shared history bring
people together over time, they develop shared traditions and customs, which are
referred to as
A. ethnicity
B. race
C. creolization
D. culture
E. pidginization
, • E. no noticable abnormalities -✓✓During a transient ischemic attack, Mr. Mahmood
has difficulty producing intelligible speech and retrieving words in conversation. One
week later, Mr. Mahmood's speech and language would typically be characterized by
A. mild dysarthria
B. Expressive aphasia
C. anomic aphasia
D. both aphasic and dysarthric errors
E. no noticeable abnormalities
• A. That the parents be invited to participate in the development of an individualized
education plan (IEP) -✓✓The Individuals with Disabilties Education Act mandates
which of the following for a fifth grade student who has been identified as eligible for
services?
A. that the parents be invited to participate in the development of an individualized
education plan (IEP)
B. That the parents be given at least three names as referral sources for treatment of
the disorder
C. That the parents be notified of the results of a multidisciplinary conference within ten
days of the time the conference was convened
D. that the child's name be placed on a waiting list for services and that the parents be
notified when space is available.
E. that the child and parents be given an explanation of the types of support services
that are available in the community and that they be informed about the possibility that
an IEP will be approved for the child
• D. Teach her picture representations for the intentions she expresses in other
modalities. -✓✓Ellie is a 4 year old girl with developmental delay of unknown origin.
She is ambulatory, and her receptive vocabulary, as assessed with a standardized
picture vocabulary test, is in the 3 year, 0 month range. Her family members report that
she uses six gestures and four words consistently. Ellie's expressive inventory appears
in the table below
Repetitive contact of hands at midline = more
Right hand flicked against left arm = finished
Flapping hands above head = yes
Hand to head = mine
