SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Researchers often use cross-sectional studies to study children's development in various areas. What is a difficulty with cross-sectional studies? 1. The same subjects are studied over time, and this is expensive, time consuming, and difficult because subjects might drop out of the study. 2. The investigator is examining data already on file to answer questions about children in various age groups, and that data might not be reliable. 3. Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature. 4. The total age span of children to be studied is divided into several overlapping age spans, and it is difficult to follow subjects from the lower to the upper end of each age span. CORRECT ANSWERS Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature. Based on client observation, how can a clinician determine whether a client has normal disfluencies or abnormal dysfluencies? 1. Any presence of secondary behaviors 2. The presence of any prolongations 3. A pitch decrease during the moment of stuttering 4. Consistent rhythm and tone of a client's voice CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Any presence of secondary behaviors Valentina, a 5-year-old Puerto Rican girl, was just added to your caseload. She was diagnosed with autism when she was 3 years old. Valentina shows resistance and aggressive behaviors, along with inattention. She also has many deficits in expressive and receptive language, as well as articulation problems. Since Valentina is a new client to the facility, you are looking to establish initial communication skills, such as words and phrases, grammatical morphemes, and articulation of speech sounds. You also wish to treat her using discrete trial methods in which target skills are taught with massed trials, as well as the use of modeling, prompting, and shaping throughout therapy. Which type of teaching would you be using when treating Valentina? 1. Direct teaching 2. Activity-based teaching 3. Incidental teaching 4. Naturalistic teaching CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Direct teaching Which of the following statements is false? 1. Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe is critical to comprehending spoken language. 2. Wernicke's area is connected to Broca's area in the frontal lobe through the arcuate fasciculus. 3. The occipital lobe contains the primary visual cortex.