ETS Praxis Practice Questions and Answers

*Which of the following should be the primary focus of early language intervention for at-risk infants?* A. Establishing object permanence through play activities. B. Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning. C. Creating readiness activities in context of play. D. Enhancing social communication through play activities. - *B. Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning.* (Early language stimulation in at-risk infants is best provided by primary caregivers who have been trained in practices that promote learning.) *Primary motor innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by which cranial nerve?* A. V B. VII C. IX D. X - *D. X* (Primary innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by the vagus nerve.) *Fela is a 3rd grade student in public school. She is a speaker of AAVE who has difficulty with the SAE dialect used in her class. Her teacher believes that her language skills are affecting her academic performance and has referred her to the school's SLP. Which of the following is an appropriate rationale for providing language intervention for her?* (Select all that apply.) A. It will likely foster better communication with Fela's linguistically and culturally diverse peers. B. It will likely improve Fela's code-switching ability with her teacher and other adult speakers of SAE. C. It may expand Fela's later academic and vocational opportunities. D. It will likely lead Fela to adopt SAE as her primary dialect. - *A, B, C* *Federal laws regarding freedom of access to information stipulate that client records kept or written by health care professionals can be...* A. reviewed only by other health-care professionals. B. reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the client provides written permission to share with others. C. reviewed by anyone who submits a formal written request. D. released only by subpoena. - *B. reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the client provides written permission to share with others.* *To justify providing individual treatment for a 2.5 year old with apraxia of speech, which of the following would be LEAST important for the SLP to include in the evaluation report?* A. A description of the child's typical interaction with peers. B. Relevant prognostic data. C. Information about apraxia of speech. D. A description of the language development of the child's older siblings. - *D. A description of the language development of the child's older siblings.* (This would not provide the objective, documented evidence required to justify provision of treatment for a child of an age at which some intelligibility would be typical.)