CSD 315 Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CSD 315 Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Narrow transcription should be used for all phonological assessments

T/F - CORRECT ANSWER False



Formal speech screenings are typically developed by a clinician with no specific criteria for passing or
failing

T/F - CORRECT ANSWER False



When assessing the phonological systems of young infants and toddlers, clinicians should: -
CORRECT ANSWER Conduct independent phonological analysis



Speech screenings that do not have a set pass/fail criteria and are typically developed by the clinician
are called: - CORRECT ANSWER Informal speech screenings



Most children receive a speech/language screening at the start of formal schooling - CORRECT
ANSWER True



A speech sound analysis that compares what the child is producing to the adult form of the phoneme
is called: - CORRECT ANSWER Relational analysis



It is okay for a phonological assessment to be difficult to score and administer, as long as the pictures
are attractive - CORRECT ANSWER False



If a parent reports that a child is able to hear normally, a hearing screening is not necessary -
CORRECT ANSWER False



An audiological screening can be completed in two ways: - CORRECT ANSWER Pure tone
screening and impedance screening



A phonological context that improves the production of a phoneme is called facilitative - CORRECT
ANSWER True

,Contextual testing allows clinicians to examine any phonological or morphological environments in
which the child might have to produce the target phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER True



During an oral mechanism exam, it is important to assess the _____ and _____ of all articulators -
CORRECT ANSWER Structure and function



The most accurate way to capture a child's phoneme productions during testing is: - CORRECT
ANSWER Narrow transcription



Contextual testing allows clinicians to examine how ________ affects phoneme production. -
CORRECT ANSWER Coarticulation



By the age of 24 months, children should have approximately ____ words and be able to
_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER 50-100 words

Combine two words into phrases



The authors of our textbook are also the authors of a standardized phonological assessment. Their
assessment includes: a word inventory, a consonant inventory, and a phonological process inventory -
CORRECT ANSWER True



Computer-assisted phonological analysis programs are time-consuming and not helpful - CORRECT
ANSWER False



Teachers and peers have been shown to show different expectations/ feelings towards individuals with
speech sound disorders. - CORRECT ANSWER True



A dialectical difference is... - CORRECT ANSWER a phonological difference and not usually
appropriate for therapy



Phonemes that are frequently occurring within the language will NOT affect intelligibility. -
CORRECT ANSWER False

,If a child says "da" for "dog", that is an example of final consonant deletion. - CORRECT ANSWER
True



If a child has multiple sounds in error, clinicians should examine the speech sample for patterns. -
CORRECT ANSWER True



never provide services to a child who is stimulable for an errored phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER
False



Individuals with only a dialectal variation should never be considered for phonological therapy, unless
the individual elects to pursue accent modification - CORRECT ANSWER True



In an individual feels handicapped vocationally or socially by an SSD, he/she should: - CORRECT
ANSWER Seek out speech therapy



______ refers to the degree or significance of a phonological impairment - CORRECT ANSWER
Severity



A child produces the word "swing" like "sawing". This is an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER
Epenthesis



A child produces the word "ski" like "key". This is an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER
Cluster reduction



A child's ability to be understood in conversational speech is referred to as: - CORRECT ANSWER
Intelligibility



Working on earlier developing speech sounds will result in system wide phonological change -
CORRECT ANSWER False



Computer assisted phonological analysis can be described as: - CORRECT ANSWER Time-
saving, but not a replacement for clinical judgement

, If an 8-year-old child is misarticulating the /s, r/ phonemes, clinicians should choose to... - CORRECT
ANSWER Target both



A child between the ages of 2.5 and 3 years who is unintelligible is typically recommended for
services. - CORRECT ANSWER True



Children over 9-year-old with speech sound errors are said to have persistent errors. - CORRECT
ANSWER True



If a child is able to correctly produce a sound in certain contexts, but not others, this indicates that the
sound is: - CORRECT ANSWER Inconsistent



A common organizational sequence for therapy is (in the correct order) - CORRECT ANSWER
Antecedent event, response, consequent event



For children with multiple phonological error patterns, the preferred goal attack strategy is: -
CORRECT ANSWER Cyclical



System-wide change is said to occur best when clinicians target the following kinds of sounds: -
CORRECT ANSWER Nonstimulable and later developing



Johnny used to exhibit the phonological pattern of stopping for all fricatives and affricates. Johnny's
SLP has been working on /s/ treatment. Johnny now produces /s/ for all fricatives. This is an example
of: - CORRECT ANSWER Across-feature generalization



Across-situational generalization should be facilitated after, but as soon as: - CORRECT ANSWER
The client can produce the sound at the word level



Generalization probes should include all words targeted in treatment - CORRECT ANSWER
False



Generalization is proof that important changes are happening in treatment - CORRECT ANSWER
True