CD 225 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is a communi-cation disorder?
Answer:
A disorder that may affect hearing, language, and/or speech and impairs the ability to send, receive,
process, and comprehend verbal, nonverbal, and graphic information
Question:
2. What is a speech dis-order?
Answer:
Atypical production of speech sounds, interruptions in the flow of speaking, or abnormal/absent voice
quality
Question:
3. What is a language disorder?
Answer:
An impairment in comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems.
Question:
4. What is a hearing dis-order?
Answer:
A disorder resulting from impaired sensitivity of the auditory (hearing) sys-tem
Question:
5. What does CAPD stand for and what is it
Answer:
Central Auditory Processing Disorder; a hearing disorder involving difficulty with auditory
processing
Question:
6. What is AAC?
Answer:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication systems used to compensate for impaired
communication and facilitate communication
Question:
7. What does a Speech-Language Pathologist do?
Answer:
Identifies, assesses, treats, and prevents expressive and receptive communi-cation disorders in
spoken, written, pictorial, and manual modalities; pro-vides swallowing services and works with
dialect modification
Question:
8. What education is re-quired to be an SLP?
, Answer:
A master's degree or doctoral degree with knowledge in communication de-velopment, anatomy and
physiology, phonetics, speech and hearing science, and disorders of speech, language, and
swallowing.
Question:
9. Where do Speech-Language Pathologists work?
Answer:
Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health, SLP offices, speech & hear-ing centers, schools,
student homes, administrative offices, and private prac-tice.
Question:
10. What does an audiol-ogist do?
Answer:
Identifies, assesses, manages, and prevents hearing and balance disorders; evaluates CAPD/APD;
selects, fits, and dispenses hearing aids and amplifica-tion devices.
Question:
11. What education is re-quired to be an audi-ologist?
Answer:
3-5 years of professional education after a bachelor's degree, earning an AuD, PhD, or EdD.
Question:
12. Where do audiolo-gists work?
Answer:
Educational settings, clinics and hospitals, government agencies, and indus-try.
Question:
13. What is evi-dence-based practice (EBP)?
Answer:
The integration of clinical expertise, external scientific evidence, and client/patient/caregiver
perspectives to provide high-quality services.
Question:
14. What is a technician?
Answer:
A person who administers clinical procedures using predefined protocols and does not develop,
recommend, or interpret clinical programs.
Question:
15. What defines a pro-fessional?
Answer:
Someone who develops, recommends, interprets, and implements clinical programs, participates in
interdisciplinary teams, and is a critical thinker.
Question:
16. What is the primary difference between a technician and a pro-fessional
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is a communi-cation disorder?
Answer:
A disorder that may affect hearing, language, and/or speech and impairs the ability to send, receive,
process, and comprehend verbal, nonverbal, and graphic information
Question:
2. What is a speech dis-order?
Answer:
Atypical production of speech sounds, interruptions in the flow of speaking, or abnormal/absent voice
quality
Question:
3. What is a language disorder?
Answer:
An impairment in comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems.
Question:
4. What is a hearing dis-order?
Answer:
A disorder resulting from impaired sensitivity of the auditory (hearing) sys-tem
Question:
5. What does CAPD stand for and what is it
Answer:
Central Auditory Processing Disorder; a hearing disorder involving difficulty with auditory
processing
Question:
6. What is AAC?
Answer:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication systems used to compensate for impaired
communication and facilitate communication
Question:
7. What does a Speech-Language Pathologist do?
Answer:
Identifies, assesses, treats, and prevents expressive and receptive communi-cation disorders in
spoken, written, pictorial, and manual modalities; pro-vides swallowing services and works with
dialect modification
Question:
8. What education is re-quired to be an SLP?
, Answer:
A master's degree or doctoral degree with knowledge in communication de-velopment, anatomy and
physiology, phonetics, speech and hearing science, and disorders of speech, language, and
swallowing.
Question:
9. Where do Speech-Language Pathologists work?
Answer:
Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health, SLP offices, speech & hear-ing centers, schools,
student homes, administrative offices, and private prac-tice.
Question:
10. What does an audiol-ogist do?
Answer:
Identifies, assesses, manages, and prevents hearing and balance disorders; evaluates CAPD/APD;
selects, fits, and dispenses hearing aids and amplifica-tion devices.
Question:
11. What education is re-quired to be an audi-ologist?
Answer:
3-5 years of professional education after a bachelor's degree, earning an AuD, PhD, or EdD.
Question:
12. Where do audiolo-gists work?
Answer:
Educational settings, clinics and hospitals, government agencies, and indus-try.
Question:
13. What is evi-dence-based practice (EBP)?
Answer:
The integration of clinical expertise, external scientific evidence, and client/patient/caregiver
perspectives to provide high-quality services.
Question:
14. What is a technician?
Answer:
A person who administers clinical procedures using predefined protocols and does not develop,
recommend, or interpret clinical programs.
Question:
15. What defines a pro-fessional?
Answer:
Someone who develops, recommends, interprets, and implements clinical programs, participates in
interdisciplinary teams, and is a critical thinker.
Question:
16. What is the primary difference between a technician and a pro-fessional
