SPEECH PATHOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ stuttering
Answer: prolongation, partial-word repetition, blocks
◉ what cranial nerves are used in swallowing
Answer: c5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
◉ Compassionate care
Answer: The humane quality of understanding suffering in others
and wanting to do something about it.
◉ empathy
Answer: The ability to imaging another persons experience
◉ compassion
Answer: •involves demonstrating characteristics such as empathy,
sensitivity, kindness and warmth
•Flows from empathy
,◉ there are 5 sections of the tongue. Label them in order of anterior
to posterior:
blade
root
front
back
tip
Answer: Tip, blade, front, back, root
◉ alveolar ridge
Answer: Bony ridge in maxilla, above/behind upper teeth
◉ Is the pharynx superior or inferior to the larynx?
Answer: The pharynx is superior (above) the larynx
◉ Air passing over the vocal cords vibrated making voice = _______
Answer: Phonation
◉ mandible
Answer: Lower jaw
, ◉ passive articulators
Answer: unable to move.
Maxilla, hard palette
◉ Velum
Answer: Soft palette
◉ Moving articulators
Answer: Lips, tongue, mandible (lower jaw), velum
◉ Phonetics
Answer: •The linguistic science of ALL speech sounds the vocal tract
can make, irrespective of the language.
•The sum of all speech sounds in every language in the world
• About 100 sounds
◉ How many sounds can you make? (including all languages)
Answer: 100
◉ Phonology
Answer: •The linguistic science of the speech sounds within
languages
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ stuttering
Answer: prolongation, partial-word repetition, blocks
◉ what cranial nerves are used in swallowing
Answer: c5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
◉ Compassionate care
Answer: The humane quality of understanding suffering in others
and wanting to do something about it.
◉ empathy
Answer: The ability to imaging another persons experience
◉ compassion
Answer: •involves demonstrating characteristics such as empathy,
sensitivity, kindness and warmth
•Flows from empathy
,◉ there are 5 sections of the tongue. Label them in order of anterior
to posterior:
blade
root
front
back
tip
Answer: Tip, blade, front, back, root
◉ alveolar ridge
Answer: Bony ridge in maxilla, above/behind upper teeth
◉ Is the pharynx superior or inferior to the larynx?
Answer: The pharynx is superior (above) the larynx
◉ Air passing over the vocal cords vibrated making voice = _______
Answer: Phonation
◉ mandible
Answer: Lower jaw
, ◉ passive articulators
Answer: unable to move.
Maxilla, hard palette
◉ Velum
Answer: Soft palette
◉ Moving articulators
Answer: Lips, tongue, mandible (lower jaw), velum
◉ Phonetics
Answer: •The linguistic science of ALL speech sounds the vocal tract
can make, irrespective of the language.
•The sum of all speech sounds in every language in the world
• About 100 sounds
◉ How many sounds can you make? (including all languages)
Answer: 100
◉ Phonology
Answer: •The linguistic science of the speech sounds within
languages
