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Advanced Review of Speech-Language Pathology
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A child says "red crayon." This is an example of which type of semantic relations?
A. Attribute + entity
B. Action + locative
C. Agent + action
D. Attribute + locative - (answer)A. attribute + entity
You have been asked to give a workshop to a group of parents of infants who
attend a developmental nursery. The parents are interested in what they can do
to communicate more successfully with their infants. Most of the infants are
between 1 and 10 months of age. Most of the parents do not have much money
of access to toys and objects, but you are told that they do spend plenty of time
with their babies. You are asked to speak about what specifically these parents
can do to successfully interact with their infants in daily routines, such as bathing,
dressing, and eating. You will tell these parents which of the following?
A. When your baby starts to cry, let him do so for 5-10 mins before you respond;
this will teach the baby independence and motivate him to express himself in
words later on (instead of crying)
B. Ideally, speak to the baby in utterances (child directed speech) that are higher
pitched and have greate - (answer)B.Ideally, speak to the baby in utterances (child
directed speech) that are higher pitched and have greater pitch fluctuations than
ordinary speech
A child using recurrence would say which of the following?
A. "Face dirty"
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B. "All gone juice"
C. "More cookie"
D. "Doll mine" - (answer)C. "More cookie"
An example of a sentence using an embedded form would be which of the
following?
A. The boy who got a haircut looks nice.
B. The girl ate a cookie, three crackers, and some fruit.
C. Mom and Dad are going to the store to buy groceries.
D. Because he was on time, they were happy with him. - (answer)A. The boy who
got a haircut looks nice.
A mother comes to you, concerned because her son Jake was born prematurely &
had to spend the first few months of his life in a neonatal intensive care unit. Now
Jake is 9 months old, & his mother wants to make sure that his language
development is "on target for his age." You go to Jake's home to observe him, &
you also ask his mother to give you a detailed description of his communication
patterns. As you evaluate Jake's language development, you need to remember
that one of the following does NOT occur between 8 & 10 months of age in the
typically developing child. Which one is it?
A. comprehension of "no"
B. using the phrase "all gone" to express emerging negation
C. using variegated babbling (e.g., "madamada")
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D. uncovering a hidden toy (beginning of object permanence) - (answer)B. using
the phrase "all gone" to express emerging negation
You are conducting an assessment with an incoming kindergartener, Jason E.,
who has difficulty with word endings. Specifically, he tends to omit endings like -
est (saying "sad" instead of "Saddest"), -ily (saying "angry" instead of "angrily"),
etc. He is having difficulty with which specific aspect of language?
A. Syntax
B. Pragmatics
C. Semantics
D. Morphology - (answer)D. Morphology
A 7-year-old girl, Ashton, is referred to you by her second-grade classroom
teacher. Her teacher says that Ashton "doesn't always get along with her peers"
and "doesnt know how to hold a decent conversation." You assess Ashton
personally and also observe her on the playground during recess and in the
cafeteria at lunchtime. You see that the teacher is right. Ashton has difficulty in
conversational exchanges with her peers, and they frequently ignore her. You
notice that when talking to you, she seems uncomfortable and doesn't say much,
even when you use a variety of interesting games and toys. In therapy, your first
priority with Ashton will be to
A. Teach her the appropriate use of compound and complex sentences in
appropriate contexts
B. Teach her the appropriate use of allomorphs when presented with pictures of
different people and activities
C. Increase her skills in quick incidental learning so that - (answer)D. Increase her
skills in discourse
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You observe a clinician working with a child who has a language impairment. They
are making cookies together and the clinician is saying things like "look, the dough
goes in the bowel; the spoon is beside the bowl. We will set the bowl on top of
the counter, and then make the cookies. We'll put them in the oven and take
them out when they are done." The clinician is working on developing the child's
skill in the area of understanding
A. Indirect requests
B. Locatives
C. Pragmatics
D. Gerunds - (answer)B. Locatives
A 5-year-old has been referred to you for a language assessment. There is a
concern about his expressive language skills, and you decide to gather a language
sample to access expressive morphology and syntax. At one point, when looking
at a book, the child points to a book character and says "Him no eat cookies." This
is an example of
A. Four words, five morphemes, personal pronoun + one negative + one verb +
one plural noun
B. Four words, six morphemes, modal + one negative + one verb + one auxiliary
C. Four words, four morphemes, personal pronoun + one couple + one negative +
one noun
D. Four words, five morphemes, negative + one personal pronoun + one copula -
(answer)A. Four words, five morphemes, personal pronoun + one negative + one
verb + one plural noun
Advanced Review of Speech-Language Pathology
Questions with verified answers. GET IT RIGHT
A child says "red crayon." This is an example of which type of semantic relations?
A. Attribute + entity
B. Action + locative
C. Agent + action
D. Attribute + locative - (answer)A. attribute + entity
You have been asked to give a workshop to a group of parents of infants who
attend a developmental nursery. The parents are interested in what they can do
to communicate more successfully with their infants. Most of the infants are
between 1 and 10 months of age. Most of the parents do not have much money
of access to toys and objects, but you are told that they do spend plenty of time
with their babies. You are asked to speak about what specifically these parents
can do to successfully interact with their infants in daily routines, such as bathing,
dressing, and eating. You will tell these parents which of the following?
A. When your baby starts to cry, let him do so for 5-10 mins before you respond;
this will teach the baby independence and motivate him to express himself in
words later on (instead of crying)
B. Ideally, speak to the baby in utterances (child directed speech) that are higher
pitched and have greate - (answer)B.Ideally, speak to the baby in utterances (child
directed speech) that are higher pitched and have greater pitch fluctuations than
ordinary speech
A child using recurrence would say which of the following?
A. "Face dirty"
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B. "All gone juice"
C. "More cookie"
D. "Doll mine" - (answer)C. "More cookie"
An example of a sentence using an embedded form would be which of the
following?
A. The boy who got a haircut looks nice.
B. The girl ate a cookie, three crackers, and some fruit.
C. Mom and Dad are going to the store to buy groceries.
D. Because he was on time, they were happy with him. - (answer)A. The boy who
got a haircut looks nice.
A mother comes to you, concerned because her son Jake was born prematurely &
had to spend the first few months of his life in a neonatal intensive care unit. Now
Jake is 9 months old, & his mother wants to make sure that his language
development is "on target for his age." You go to Jake's home to observe him, &
you also ask his mother to give you a detailed description of his communication
patterns. As you evaluate Jake's language development, you need to remember
that one of the following does NOT occur between 8 & 10 months of age in the
typically developing child. Which one is it?
A. comprehension of "no"
B. using the phrase "all gone" to express emerging negation
C. using variegated babbling (e.g., "madamada")
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D. uncovering a hidden toy (beginning of object permanence) - (answer)B. using
the phrase "all gone" to express emerging negation
You are conducting an assessment with an incoming kindergartener, Jason E.,
who has difficulty with word endings. Specifically, he tends to omit endings like -
est (saying "sad" instead of "Saddest"), -ily (saying "angry" instead of "angrily"),
etc. He is having difficulty with which specific aspect of language?
A. Syntax
B. Pragmatics
C. Semantics
D. Morphology - (answer)D. Morphology
A 7-year-old girl, Ashton, is referred to you by her second-grade classroom
teacher. Her teacher says that Ashton "doesn't always get along with her peers"
and "doesnt know how to hold a decent conversation." You assess Ashton
personally and also observe her on the playground during recess and in the
cafeteria at lunchtime. You see that the teacher is right. Ashton has difficulty in
conversational exchanges with her peers, and they frequently ignore her. You
notice that when talking to you, she seems uncomfortable and doesn't say much,
even when you use a variety of interesting games and toys. In therapy, your first
priority with Ashton will be to
A. Teach her the appropriate use of compound and complex sentences in
appropriate contexts
B. Teach her the appropriate use of allomorphs when presented with pictures of
different people and activities
C. Increase her skills in quick incidental learning so that - (answer)D. Increase her
skills in discourse
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You observe a clinician working with a child who has a language impairment. They
are making cookies together and the clinician is saying things like "look, the dough
goes in the bowel; the spoon is beside the bowl. We will set the bowl on top of
the counter, and then make the cookies. We'll put them in the oven and take
them out when they are done." The clinician is working on developing the child's
skill in the area of understanding
A. Indirect requests
B. Locatives
C. Pragmatics
D. Gerunds - (answer)B. Locatives
A 5-year-old has been referred to you for a language assessment. There is a
concern about his expressive language skills, and you decide to gather a language
sample to access expressive morphology and syntax. At one point, when looking
at a book, the child points to a book character and says "Him no eat cookies." This
is an example of
A. Four words, five morphemes, personal pronoun + one negative + one verb +
one plural noun
B. Four words, six morphemes, modal + one negative + one verb + one auxiliary
C. Four words, four morphemes, personal pronoun + one couple + one negative +
one noun
D. Four words, five morphemes, negative + one personal pronoun + one copula -
(answer)A. Four words, five morphemes, personal pronoun + one negative + one
verb + one plural noun
