UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
No instrument can replace _______ - CORRECT ANSWER - an experienced SLP
Technology is to complement - CORRECT ANSWER - our own experience and skills
What are the 4 characteristics of the scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER -
empirical, deterministic, predictive, parsimonious
What does empirical mean? - CORRECT ANSWER - based on data and direct experience
What does deterministic mean? - CORRECT ANSWER - obeys physical laws of cause
and effect, not random
What does predictive mean? - CORRECT ANSWER - If you do this, then this will
happen.
What does parsimonious mean? - CORRECT ANSWER - Give the simplest explanation
possible, boil it down to its essence.
The empirical approach is opposed to the _____ approach. - CORRECT ANSWER -
rational
How does the predicitve nature of science help us? - CORRECT ANSWER - we can
extrapolate information to apply to other situations that we may not have experienced yet