SLP PRAXIS STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025-26 NEW REVIEW SOLUTION

SLP PRAXIS STUDY GUIDEQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025-26 NEW REVIEW SOLUTION The SLP observes the following: - Inconsistent articulatory errors, trial-and-error groping, and increased difficulty with volitional speech tasks compared to automatic ones. - Weak, imprecise articulation with slurred speech and reduced breath support, but consistent error patterns. - Patterns of speech sound errors such as fronting and final consonant deletion, with no history of neurological damage. - Difficulty producing specific speech sounds (e.g., /r/, /s/), with errors limited to a few phonemes and stable across contexts. Which of the following classifications best matches the order? A. Apraxia of speech, dysarthria, phonological disorder, articulation disorder B. Dysarthria, apraxia of speech, articulation disorder, phonological disorder C. Apraxia of speech, articulation disorder, phonological disorder, dysarthria D. Phonological disorder, dysarthria, apraxia of speech, articulation disorder - Correct Answer-A. Apraxia of speech, dysarthria, phonological disorder, articulation disorder A patient presents with a breathy voice and difficulty with pitch modulation following thyroid surgery. Laryngeal examination reveals unilateral vocal fold paralysis in the paramedian position. Which of the following cranial nerve branches is most likely responsible for the breathy vocal quality, and which is most likely responsible for the impaired pitch control, respectively? A. SLN; RLN B. RLN; SLN C. SLN; SLN D. RLN; RLN E. Hypoglossal nerve; SLN - Correct Answer-B. RLN; SLN Rationale: - Breathy voice = likely RLN damage, which innervates all intrinsic laryngeal muscles except cricothyroid and is responsible for vocal fold adduction/abduction. - Pitch modulation issues = likely SLN damage, which innervates the cricothyroid muscle, key for pitch control. A 65-year-old patient presents with halting, effortful speech following a left hemisphere stroke. The speech-language pathologist notes that the patient omits function words and grammatical markers, producing utterances such as "want... coffee" and "go... store... now." This type of expressive language pattern is best described as: A. Agrammatic speech characteristic of Wernicke's aphasia B. Circumlocutory speech characteristic of transcortical sensory aphasia C. Telegraphic speech characteristic of Broca's aphasia D. Press of speech characteristic of global aphasia E. Paraphasic speech characteristic of conduction aphasia - Correct Answer-C. Telegraphic speech characteristic of Broca's aphasia Rationale: - Telegraphic speech involves the omission of function words (e.g., "is," "the") and is common in Broca's aphasia, a nonfluent aphasia. - The patient produces mainly content words with reduced grammatical structure. During phonation, vocal folds are set into motion through a combination of subglottal pressure and aerodynamic forces. One of these forces—the Bernoulli Continues....