SLPA Certification Exam questions
with 100% correct answers
accountability - correct answer ✔✔being legally responsible and answerable for actions and
inactions of self or others during the performance of a task by the SLPA
Aide/technician - correct answer ✔✔person who has completed on-the-job training,
workshops, and other related tasks and who works under the direct supervision of an ASHA-
certified SLP
- typically does not meet all requirements to become an SLPA
What is included in an assessment? - correct answer ✔✔culturally and linguistically appropriate
behavioral observation and standardized and/or criterion-referenced tools; use of
instrumentation; review of records, case history, and prior test results; and interview of the
individual and/or family to guide decision making
assessment, test, evaluation - correct answer ✔✔procedures implemented by the SLP for the
differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders
cultural responsiveness - correct answer ✔✔provides individuals with "a broader perspective
from which to view our behaviors as they relate to our actions with individuals across a variety
of cultures that are different from our own"
culturally responsive practices - correct answer ✔✔Care that takes the client's cultural
perspectives, beliefs, and values into consideration in all aspects of education and/or service
provision
, direct supervision - correct answer ✔✔in-view observation and guidance by an SLP
Examples of direct supervision - correct answer ✔✔observing a portion of the screening or
treatment procedures performed by the SLPA, coaching, modeling, "real-time"
telecommunication technology, or anything else where immediate feedback can be provided
- reviewing a recorded session does NOT count
When does an SLP have to be 100% present? - correct answer ✔✔all services being provided to
a medically fragile client
indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔monitoring or reviewing an SLPA's activities outside of
an observation and guidance during direct services provided to a student, patient, or client
examples of indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔demonstration, records review, review
and evaluation of audio or video recorded sessions, interactive conferences that may be
conducted by telecommunication (email, phone, etc.)
interpretation - correct answer ✔✔summarizing, integrating, and using of data for the purpose
of clinical decision making, which may only be done by SLPs
medically fragile - correct answer ✔✔an individual who is acutely ill and in an unstable health
condition
plan of care - correct answer ✔✔written service plan developed and monitored by the
supervising SLP to meet the needs of an individual student, patient, or client. Addresses the
needs for screening, observation, monitoring, assessment, treatment, and other services
with 100% correct answers
accountability - correct answer ✔✔being legally responsible and answerable for actions and
inactions of self or others during the performance of a task by the SLPA
Aide/technician - correct answer ✔✔person who has completed on-the-job training,
workshops, and other related tasks and who works under the direct supervision of an ASHA-
certified SLP
- typically does not meet all requirements to become an SLPA
What is included in an assessment? - correct answer ✔✔culturally and linguistically appropriate
behavioral observation and standardized and/or criterion-referenced tools; use of
instrumentation; review of records, case history, and prior test results; and interview of the
individual and/or family to guide decision making
assessment, test, evaluation - correct answer ✔✔procedures implemented by the SLP for the
differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders
cultural responsiveness - correct answer ✔✔provides individuals with "a broader perspective
from which to view our behaviors as they relate to our actions with individuals across a variety
of cultures that are different from our own"
culturally responsive practices - correct answer ✔✔Care that takes the client's cultural
perspectives, beliefs, and values into consideration in all aspects of education and/or service
provision
, direct supervision - correct answer ✔✔in-view observation and guidance by an SLP
Examples of direct supervision - correct answer ✔✔observing a portion of the screening or
treatment procedures performed by the SLPA, coaching, modeling, "real-time"
telecommunication technology, or anything else where immediate feedback can be provided
- reviewing a recorded session does NOT count
When does an SLP have to be 100% present? - correct answer ✔✔all services being provided to
a medically fragile client
indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔monitoring or reviewing an SLPA's activities outside of
an observation and guidance during direct services provided to a student, patient, or client
examples of indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔demonstration, records review, review
and evaluation of audio or video recorded sessions, interactive conferences that may be
conducted by telecommunication (email, phone, etc.)
interpretation - correct answer ✔✔summarizing, integrating, and using of data for the purpose
of clinical decision making, which may only be done by SLPs
medically fragile - correct answer ✔✔an individual who is acutely ill and in an unstable health
condition
plan of care - correct answer ✔✔written service plan developed and monitored by the
supervising SLP to meet the needs of an individual student, patient, or client. Addresses the
needs for screening, observation, monitoring, assessment, treatment, and other services
