Uconn SLHS-1150 Kim Winters final
exam study guide (exam one
questions and answers) 2025/2026
bilateral cleft lip and palate, and cleft palate - correct answer ✔✔children with what type of
cleft typically have issues with hyper nasality and nasal emission?
more likely - correct answer ✔✔individuals with communication impairments are
____________ to experience preventable adverse events than individuals without
communication impairments
language sampling - correct answer ✔✔Eric is an SLP who is conducting a language evaluation
with 4 year old, Kevin. Eric engages Kevin in conversation by playing with various toys and asking
him questions. afterwards, Eric determines that Kevin has a 2.5 mean length go utterance with
errors in syntax. What language evaluation task best describes what Eric did?
- correct answer ✔✔which area of the brain would contain Wernicke's area?
parallel talk - correct answer ✔✔Bobbys mother has been trained by the SLP to talk about what
bobby does in order to model language. when bobby is playing with blocks, building a castle, his
mother says, 'you 're building a big castle. Uh-oh, it fell down'. this is an example of Bobbys
mother using what therapy technique?
12 months - correct answer ✔✔in a typically-developing child, use of 'mama', 'dada'.
comprehension of the word, 'no', and speaking of their first word typically occurs around what
age?
, true - correct answer ✔✔are all of the following statements true or false stuttering; boys are
more likely than girls to develop a fluency disorder, girls tend to have an earlier age of onset for
stuttering than boys, occurs in all languages around the world.
fluency shaping treatment - correct answer ✔✔jack has been trained y his SLP to use the
following techniques to improve his fluency skills when speaking: continuous phonation,
reducing his rate of speech and using easy onsets when speaking. these are all examples of
what kind of fluency treatment approach?
neurologist - correct answer ✔✔which profession would not be considered as part of a cleft lip
and palate management team?
- correct answer ✔✔Kevin was involved in a car accident and has traumatic brain injury. he now
has difficulties controlling his anger, often swearing at inappropriate times and places; making
good decisions for daily problems, and organizing himself for completion of school activities.
based on this information, Kevin most likely had damage to which area of his brain?
repetition and block - correct answer ✔✔Julie has a fluency disorder. please describe the type
of dysfluent error(s) demonstrated in the following statement: 'its-its-its-its-its.....(silent pause)
time to go home now'.
8 - correct answer ✔✔how many morphemes are in the following message?: Big doggies
walking faster mommy.
tea/key - correct answer ✔✔Mary is an SLP who is working with a child client who has a
phonological processing disorder. she would like to implement a minimal pairs/minimal
opposition treatment approach. which set of words would be considered an appropriate
minimal pair?
false - correct answer ✔✔true or false the majority of children will continue to present with a
communication disorder following cleft repairs, thus speech treatment is frequently necessary.
exam study guide (exam one
questions and answers) 2025/2026
bilateral cleft lip and palate, and cleft palate - correct answer ✔✔children with what type of
cleft typically have issues with hyper nasality and nasal emission?
more likely - correct answer ✔✔individuals with communication impairments are
____________ to experience preventable adverse events than individuals without
communication impairments
language sampling - correct answer ✔✔Eric is an SLP who is conducting a language evaluation
with 4 year old, Kevin. Eric engages Kevin in conversation by playing with various toys and asking
him questions. afterwards, Eric determines that Kevin has a 2.5 mean length go utterance with
errors in syntax. What language evaluation task best describes what Eric did?
- correct answer ✔✔which area of the brain would contain Wernicke's area?
parallel talk - correct answer ✔✔Bobbys mother has been trained by the SLP to talk about what
bobby does in order to model language. when bobby is playing with blocks, building a castle, his
mother says, 'you 're building a big castle. Uh-oh, it fell down'. this is an example of Bobbys
mother using what therapy technique?
12 months - correct answer ✔✔in a typically-developing child, use of 'mama', 'dada'.
comprehension of the word, 'no', and speaking of their first word typically occurs around what
age?
, true - correct answer ✔✔are all of the following statements true or false stuttering; boys are
more likely than girls to develop a fluency disorder, girls tend to have an earlier age of onset for
stuttering than boys, occurs in all languages around the world.
fluency shaping treatment - correct answer ✔✔jack has been trained y his SLP to use the
following techniques to improve his fluency skills when speaking: continuous phonation,
reducing his rate of speech and using easy onsets when speaking. these are all examples of
what kind of fluency treatment approach?
neurologist - correct answer ✔✔which profession would not be considered as part of a cleft lip
and palate management team?
- correct answer ✔✔Kevin was involved in a car accident and has traumatic brain injury. he now
has difficulties controlling his anger, often swearing at inappropriate times and places; making
good decisions for daily problems, and organizing himself for completion of school activities.
based on this information, Kevin most likely had damage to which area of his brain?
repetition and block - correct answer ✔✔Julie has a fluency disorder. please describe the type
of dysfluent error(s) demonstrated in the following statement: 'its-its-its-its-its.....(silent pause)
time to go home now'.
8 - correct answer ✔✔how many morphemes are in the following message?: Big doggies
walking faster mommy.
tea/key - correct answer ✔✔Mary is an SLP who is working with a child client who has a
phonological processing disorder. she would like to implement a minimal pairs/minimal
opposition treatment approach. which set of words would be considered an appropriate
minimal pair?
false - correct answer ✔✔true or false the majority of children will continue to present with a
communication disorder following cleft repairs, thus speech treatment is frequently necessary.
