SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED SOLUTIONS
Researchers often use cross-sectional studies to study children's development in various
areas. What is a difficulty with cross-sectional studies?
1. The same subjects are studied over time, and this is expensive, time consuming, and
difficult because subjects might drop out of the study.
2. The investigator is examining data already on file to answer questions about children in
various age groups, and that data might not be reliable.
3. Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize
about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature.
4. The total age span of children to be studied is divided into several overlapping age spans,
and it is difficult to follow subjects from the lower to the upper end of each age span.
Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize
about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature.
Based on client observation, how can a clinician determine whether a client has normal
disfluencies or abnormal dysfluencies?
1. Any presence of secondary behaviors
2. The presence of any prolongations
3. A pitch decrease during the moment of stuttering
4. Consistent rhythm and tone of a client's voice
1. Any presence of secondary behaviors
Valentina, a 5-year-old Puerto Rican girl, was just added to your caseload. She was
diagnosed with autism when she was 3 years old. Valentina shows resistance and
aggressive behaviors, along with inattention. She also has many deficits in expressive and
receptive language, as well as articulation problems. Since Valentina is a new client to the
,facility, you are looking to establish initial communication skills, such as words and
phrases, grammatical morphemes, and articulation of speech sounds. You also wish to
treat her using discrete trial methods in which target skills are taught with massed trials, as
well as the use of modeling, prompting, and shaping throughout therapy. Which type of
teaching would you be using when treating Valentina?
1. Direct teaching
2. Activity-based teaching
3. Incidental teaching
4. Naturalistic teaching
1. Direct teaching
In general, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) symbols and techniques
may be divided into which of the following two categories?
Aided
Unaided
Rated
Independent
Aided
Unaided
You have been asked to give an in-service to a group of students who wish to eventually
specialize in service delivery to children with cleft palates and their families. The students
want to know detailed information about in utero development of the hard and soft palates
(among other things). You can accurately tell them that in utero the hard palate fuses
between which developmental ages?
1-2 weeks
4-6 weeks
8-9 weeks
,10-12 weeks
8-9 weeks
In administering indirect therapy to reduce stuttering, parents are encouraged to
give a signal to stop and then ask the child to start talking again.
give a signal to stop, ask the child to describe the problem, and then let the child continue
to talk.
ask the child to keep quiet for 20 seconds before resuming speech.
reduce their own rate of speech.
While the cause of Parkinson's disease remains unknown, it is associated with a
progressive decline in the concentration of which neurotransmitter in the brain?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
Epinephrine
Dopamine
You are treating a 76-year-old woman with dementia. The patient presents with confusion.
The patient's daughter informs you that she would like you to provide suggestions that may
improve the quality of her mother's life. You suggest a therapy that would include
orientation information. This would include providing the patient with information about
time, person, and place. You mention to the daughter that this may improve an
understanding and awareness of the environment. You also suggest that this information
should be provided to the patient at fixed times throughout the day; however, you inform
, the daughter that there is no guarantee that this technique will work. This treatment
method is an example of
reality orientation (RO).
fast mapping therapy (FMT).
simuated presence therapy (SPT).
cognitive stimulation therapy (CST).
reality orientation (RO)
When we assess English Learners (ELs) in the public schools for the presence of a
communication disorder, we need to remember that federal law specifically mandates
which of the following treatment guidelines?
Only children with severe disabilities are entitled to a free and appropriate public
education.
Testing and evaluation materials must be provided and administered in the language or
other mode of communication in which the child is most proficient.
All students must be tested in English.
The services of an interpreter must always be used, even if the student's dominant
language is English.
Testing and evaluation materials must be provided and administered in the language or
other mode of communication in which the child is most proficient.
With regard to human communication, which of the following viewpoints engages in the
study of social interaction among individuals and influence on the behaviors of others?
Behavioral
Analytical
Theoretical
Researchers often use cross-sectional studies to study children's development in various
areas. What is a difficulty with cross-sectional studies?
1. The same subjects are studied over time, and this is expensive, time consuming, and
difficult because subjects might drop out of the study.
2. The investigator is examining data already on file to answer questions about children in
various age groups, and that data might not be reliable.
3. Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize
about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature.
4. The total age span of children to be studied is divided into several overlapping age spans,
and it is difficult to follow subjects from the lower to the upper end of each age span.
Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize
about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature.
Based on client observation, how can a clinician determine whether a client has normal
disfluencies or abnormal dysfluencies?
1. Any presence of secondary behaviors
2. The presence of any prolongations
3. A pitch decrease during the moment of stuttering
4. Consistent rhythm and tone of a client's voice
1. Any presence of secondary behaviors
Valentina, a 5-year-old Puerto Rican girl, was just added to your caseload. She was
diagnosed with autism when she was 3 years old. Valentina shows resistance and
aggressive behaviors, along with inattention. She also has many deficits in expressive and
receptive language, as well as articulation problems. Since Valentina is a new client to the
,facility, you are looking to establish initial communication skills, such as words and
phrases, grammatical morphemes, and articulation of speech sounds. You also wish to
treat her using discrete trial methods in which target skills are taught with massed trials, as
well as the use of modeling, prompting, and shaping throughout therapy. Which type of
teaching would you be using when treating Valentina?
1. Direct teaching
2. Activity-based teaching
3. Incidental teaching
4. Naturalistic teaching
1. Direct teaching
In general, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) symbols and techniques
may be divided into which of the following two categories?
Aided
Unaided
Rated
Independent
Aided
Unaided
You have been asked to give an in-service to a group of students who wish to eventually
specialize in service delivery to children with cleft palates and their families. The students
want to know detailed information about in utero development of the hard and soft palates
(among other things). You can accurately tell them that in utero the hard palate fuses
between which developmental ages?
1-2 weeks
4-6 weeks
8-9 weeks
,10-12 weeks
8-9 weeks
In administering indirect therapy to reduce stuttering, parents are encouraged to
give a signal to stop and then ask the child to start talking again.
give a signal to stop, ask the child to describe the problem, and then let the child continue
to talk.
ask the child to keep quiet for 20 seconds before resuming speech.
reduce their own rate of speech.
While the cause of Parkinson's disease remains unknown, it is associated with a
progressive decline in the concentration of which neurotransmitter in the brain?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
Epinephrine
Dopamine
You are treating a 76-year-old woman with dementia. The patient presents with confusion.
The patient's daughter informs you that she would like you to provide suggestions that may
improve the quality of her mother's life. You suggest a therapy that would include
orientation information. This would include providing the patient with information about
time, person, and place. You mention to the daughter that this may improve an
understanding and awareness of the environment. You also suggest that this information
should be provided to the patient at fixed times throughout the day; however, you inform
, the daughter that there is no guarantee that this technique will work. This treatment
method is an example of
reality orientation (RO).
fast mapping therapy (FMT).
simuated presence therapy (SPT).
cognitive stimulation therapy (CST).
reality orientation (RO)
When we assess English Learners (ELs) in the public schools for the presence of a
communication disorder, we need to remember that federal law specifically mandates
which of the following treatment guidelines?
Only children with severe disabilities are entitled to a free and appropriate public
education.
Testing and evaluation materials must be provided and administered in the language or
other mode of communication in which the child is most proficient.
All students must be tested in English.
The services of an interpreter must always be used, even if the student's dominant
language is English.
Testing and evaluation materials must be provided and administered in the language or
other mode of communication in which the child is most proficient.
With regard to human communication, which of the following viewpoints engages in the
study of social interaction among individuals and influence on the behaviors of others?
Behavioral
Analytical
Theoretical
