SLP /
Praxis
/ /
Practice Test Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
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. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔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 //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔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 /
Praxis
/ /
Practice Test Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
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. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔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 //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔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 /
