Praxis ETS SLP Solved Exam Questions and
Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
Which of the following is the major physical or organic factor
underlying impairment in the speech of persons with cleft
palate?
(A) Congenital hearing loss from otitis media
(B) Broad irregular maxillary arch
(C) Palatopharyngeal insufficiency
(D) Irregular vocal fold abduction - Correct Answers ✅(C) is
correct. Palatopharyngeal insufficiency or, more specifically,
velopharyngeal insufficiency is the major cause of the
hypernasal speech associated with cleft palate. (A), (B), and
(C) are incorrect because otitis media is not congenital; in
cleft palate, the maxillary arch is often collapsed and thus is
narrow; and irregular vocal fold abduction is not associated
with cleft palate.
An SLP determines the mean length of utterance (MLU) of a
language sample from a three-year-old child. Two weeks later,
the SLP reevaluates the same sample and again determines
the MLU. The extent to which the two scores are similar is
most directly a function of the
(A) validity of the scores
(B) reliability of the scores
(C) skewness of the score distribution
(D) speededness of the measure - Correct Answers ✅(B) is
correct. Reliability is the consistency with which a test
measures or the degree to which repeated measurement with
the same instrument of the same individual would tend to
produce the same result. Larger values indicate greater
,Praxis ETS SLP Solved Exam Questions and
Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
reliability; a reliability of 0.90 or greater is desirable for a test
to be used in making decisions about individuals.
An SLP is providing services to adults with neurogenic
disorders of communication. Of the following clients, which
will likely have the most favorable management prognosis?
(A) John, who has a brain injury resulting in a slight
concussion
(B) Jim, who has a traumatic brain injury resulting in paralysis
(C) Juan, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(D) Helen, who has Huntington's chorea - Correct Answers
✅(A) is correct. The disorder is most limited in scope among
those mentioned and, therefore, most likely to be amenable
to therapy or treatment. (B) is incorrect because the problem
described is diffused or dispersed throughout the head with
major impairments to the nerves. (C) and (D) are incorrect
because the disorders mentioned are progressive in nature.
An SLP has targeted the phonological process of "stopping on
initial fricatives" for remediation and is using the word
"shoes" to establish the new behavior. The SLP now wishes to
investigate whether the speaker can generalize the newly
learned pattern to untrained words. If it is assumed that
generalization will occur on words whose phonetic
characteristics are most like the trained word "shoes," which
of the following words should be selected?
(A) Shouting
(B) Fished
, Praxis ETS SLP Solved Exam Questions and
Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
(C) Ocean
(D) Shook - Correct Answers ✅(D) is correct.
Generalization probes are a principle feature of phonological
therapy. The answer choices require the clinician to pay
attention to the position of the fricative sound in a word and
also the word's syllable structure.
The Spanish-speaking parents of a nine-year- old bilingual
child report that their child communicates in Spanish with
complete utterances and has a good vocabulary in
comparison to other children in the neighborhood. Their
concern is that the child interrupts their conversations and
has not learned social rules that are important within the
family and community. Testing confirms similar problems in
English-speaking settings. The SLP would most likely
recommend that therapy focus on which of the following
language areas?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Semantics
(D) Pragmatics - Correct Answers ✅(D) is correct. The
parents have described adequate syntactic and semantic
knowledge by the child. Testing in English confirms similar
strengths. The area that has been identified as a weakness is
pragmatics and social rules for interaction.
Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
Which of the following is the major physical or organic factor
underlying impairment in the speech of persons with cleft
palate?
(A) Congenital hearing loss from otitis media
(B) Broad irregular maxillary arch
(C) Palatopharyngeal insufficiency
(D) Irregular vocal fold abduction - Correct Answers ✅(C) is
correct. Palatopharyngeal insufficiency or, more specifically,
velopharyngeal insufficiency is the major cause of the
hypernasal speech associated with cleft palate. (A), (B), and
(C) are incorrect because otitis media is not congenital; in
cleft palate, the maxillary arch is often collapsed and thus is
narrow; and irregular vocal fold abduction is not associated
with cleft palate.
An SLP determines the mean length of utterance (MLU) of a
language sample from a three-year-old child. Two weeks later,
the SLP reevaluates the same sample and again determines
the MLU. The extent to which the two scores are similar is
most directly a function of the
(A) validity of the scores
(B) reliability of the scores
(C) skewness of the score distribution
(D) speededness of the measure - Correct Answers ✅(B) is
correct. Reliability is the consistency with which a test
measures or the degree to which repeated measurement with
the same instrument of the same individual would tend to
produce the same result. Larger values indicate greater
,Praxis ETS SLP Solved Exam Questions and
Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
reliability; a reliability of 0.90 or greater is desirable for a test
to be used in making decisions about individuals.
An SLP is providing services to adults with neurogenic
disorders of communication. Of the following clients, which
will likely have the most favorable management prognosis?
(A) John, who has a brain injury resulting in a slight
concussion
(B) Jim, who has a traumatic brain injury resulting in paralysis
(C) Juan, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(D) Helen, who has Huntington's chorea - Correct Answers
✅(A) is correct. The disorder is most limited in scope among
those mentioned and, therefore, most likely to be amenable
to therapy or treatment. (B) is incorrect because the problem
described is diffused or dispersed throughout the head with
major impairments to the nerves. (C) and (D) are incorrect
because the disorders mentioned are progressive in nature.
An SLP has targeted the phonological process of "stopping on
initial fricatives" for remediation and is using the word
"shoes" to establish the new behavior. The SLP now wishes to
investigate whether the speaker can generalize the newly
learned pattern to untrained words. If it is assumed that
generalization will occur on words whose phonetic
characteristics are most like the trained word "shoes," which
of the following words should be selected?
(A) Shouting
(B) Fished
, Praxis ETS SLP Solved Exam Questions and
Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
(C) Ocean
(D) Shook - Correct Answers ✅(D) is correct.
Generalization probes are a principle feature of phonological
therapy. The answer choices require the clinician to pay
attention to the position of the fricative sound in a word and
also the word's syllable structure.
The Spanish-speaking parents of a nine-year- old bilingual
child report that their child communicates in Spanish with
complete utterances and has a good vocabulary in
comparison to other children in the neighborhood. Their
concern is that the child interrupts their conversations and
has not learned social rules that are important within the
family and community. Testing confirms similar problems in
English-speaking settings. The SLP would most likely
recommend that therapy focus on which of the following
language areas?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Semantics
(D) Pragmatics - Correct Answers ✅(D) is correct. The
parents have described adequate syntactic and semantic
knowledge by the child. Testing in English confirms similar
strengths. The area that has been identified as a weakness is
pragmatics and social rules for interaction.
