SLP ETS Practice Test FORM 2 2025
Questions and Answers
Which of the following formants typically characterizes a high vowel?
A.High-frequency second formant (F2)
B.High-frequency first formant (F1)
C.Low-frequency first formant (F1)
D.Low-frequency second formant (F2) - ANSWER✔✔-C
A 65-year-old patient is transferred from another facility with a diagnosis of aphasia. The patient's
symptoms, however, appear more consistent with apraxia. Which of the following tasks for the
patient is most appropriate when assessing verbal apraxia of speech?
A.Repeating words of increasing length
B.Recalling three common items
C.Performing voluntary oral movements
D.Following two-step commands - ANSWER✔✔-A
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,Oropharyngeal dysphagia in a child with Down syndrome is most likely caused by which of the
following factors?
A.Hypotonia
B.Digestive problems
C.Pneumonia
D.Aversive feeding behaviors - ANSWER✔✔-A
Which of the following recommendations to a parent of an infant with cleft lip and palate should an
SLP make to best optimize feeding for adequate nutrition and appropriate growth?
A.Providing a bottle rather than breast-feeding the infant
B.Positioning the infant in a supine position during feeding times
C.Allowing the infant to take as much time as needed to feed
D.Using a bottle with a modified nipple during feedings - ANSWER✔✔-D
The head lift exercise published by Shaker et al. (2002) was designed to produce which of the
following changes in swallow biomechanics?
A.Increase in laryngeal closure duration
B.Strengthening of the base of the tongue
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,C.Increase in diameter and duration of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES) opening
D.Prolonged relaxation of the cricopharyngeal portion of the inferior constrictor muscle -
ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following sounds are typically mastered by the time a child turns 3?
A./k/ and /g/
B./p/ and /b/
C./l/ and /s/
D./ch/ and /sh/ - ANSWER✔✔-B
When assessing the ability of a student with cerebral palsy to access an augmentative and alternative
communication device, which of the following physical factors must be evaluated first?
A.Upper extremity range of motion
B.Lower extremity strength
C.Trunk stability and control
D.Fine motor dexterity - ANSWER✔✔-C
A school-based SLP wants to discharge a fifth-grade student. The student has mastered all his goals
except /r/ in conversational speech. The SLP worked with the student for the entire school year,
and the student is able to use /r/ accurately 75 percent of the time. However, the goal is to reach 90
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, percent accuracy. Because the student worked on the skill all year and still has not met the
established goal, the SLP feels the student performs at his highest possible level. The SLP does not
think it is in the student's best interest to continue pulling the student out of class to address the
goal. The parents are upset and are questioning the SLP's decision.
Which of the following statements from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA) Code of Ethics can be used to back up the SLP's decision?
A.Individuals who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence shall evaluate the effectiveness of
services pro - ANSWER✔✔-A
Place the phonemes below in the order of typical acquisition.
/p/ /θ/ /k/ /ʒ/ - ANSWER✔✔-/p/
/k/
/θ/
/ʒ/
An 81-year-old female presents to a rehabilitation hospital following a severe L MCA stroke. The
patient has poststroke right-sided weakness, right neglect, and suspected nonfluent aphasia.
Receptive language appears to be mildly impacted. The patient has a complex medical history,
including TBI following a car accident two years ago, obesity, diabetes, seizure disorder, congestive
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Questions and Answers
Which of the following formants typically characterizes a high vowel?
A.High-frequency second formant (F2)
B.High-frequency first formant (F1)
C.Low-frequency first formant (F1)
D.Low-frequency second formant (F2) - ANSWER✔✔-C
A 65-year-old patient is transferred from another facility with a diagnosis of aphasia. The patient's
symptoms, however, appear more consistent with apraxia. Which of the following tasks for the
patient is most appropriate when assessing verbal apraxia of speech?
A.Repeating words of increasing length
B.Recalling three common items
C.Performing voluntary oral movements
D.Following two-step commands - ANSWER✔✔-A
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,Oropharyngeal dysphagia in a child with Down syndrome is most likely caused by which of the
following factors?
A.Hypotonia
B.Digestive problems
C.Pneumonia
D.Aversive feeding behaviors - ANSWER✔✔-A
Which of the following recommendations to a parent of an infant with cleft lip and palate should an
SLP make to best optimize feeding for adequate nutrition and appropriate growth?
A.Providing a bottle rather than breast-feeding the infant
B.Positioning the infant in a supine position during feeding times
C.Allowing the infant to take as much time as needed to feed
D.Using a bottle with a modified nipple during feedings - ANSWER✔✔-D
The head lift exercise published by Shaker et al. (2002) was designed to produce which of the
following changes in swallow biomechanics?
A.Increase in laryngeal closure duration
B.Strengthening of the base of the tongue
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,C.Increase in diameter and duration of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES) opening
D.Prolonged relaxation of the cricopharyngeal portion of the inferior constrictor muscle -
ANSWER✔✔-C
Which of the following sounds are typically mastered by the time a child turns 3?
A./k/ and /g/
B./p/ and /b/
C./l/ and /s/
D./ch/ and /sh/ - ANSWER✔✔-B
When assessing the ability of a student with cerebral palsy to access an augmentative and alternative
communication device, which of the following physical factors must be evaluated first?
A.Upper extremity range of motion
B.Lower extremity strength
C.Trunk stability and control
D.Fine motor dexterity - ANSWER✔✔-C
A school-based SLP wants to discharge a fifth-grade student. The student has mastered all his goals
except /r/ in conversational speech. The SLP worked with the student for the entire school year,
and the student is able to use /r/ accurately 75 percent of the time. However, the goal is to reach 90
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, percent accuracy. Because the student worked on the skill all year and still has not met the
established goal, the SLP feels the student performs at his highest possible level. The SLP does not
think it is in the student's best interest to continue pulling the student out of class to address the
goal. The parents are upset and are questioning the SLP's decision.
Which of the following statements from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA) Code of Ethics can be used to back up the SLP's decision?
A.Individuals who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence shall evaluate the effectiveness of
services pro - ANSWER✔✔-A
Place the phonemes below in the order of typical acquisition.
/p/ /θ/ /k/ /ʒ/ - ANSWER✔✔-/p/
/k/
/θ/
/ʒ/
An 81-year-old female presents to a rehabilitation hospital following a severe L MCA stroke. The
patient has poststroke right-sided weakness, right neglect, and suspected nonfluent aphasia.
Receptive language appears to be mildly impacted. The patient has a complex medical history,
including TBI following a car accident two years ago, obesity, diabetes, seizure disorder, congestive
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