SHS 465 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS, UPDATED 2026, FULL
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Q: Receptive language includes reading and understanding language?
ANSWER: True. ✔✔
The Difference: Receptive language is the ability to process and
comprehend incoming information (listening and reading). Expressive
language is the output, or how we convey our thoughts (speaking and
writing).
Q: "Oh, my dog barking" = ? MLU ANSWER: 5. ✔✔
The Breakdown: Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) is calculated by
counting the morphemes (meaningful units):
1. Oh (1)
2. my (1)
3. dog (1)
4. bark (1)
5. -ing (1) — The progressive suffix counts as its own morpheme.
Q: At what age would you expect a child to master the sounds /ch/ and /sh/?
ANSWER: 6. ✔✔
Speech Milestones: While many children begin producing these sounds
around age 4 or 5, mastery (consistent, accurate use in all positions of
words) is typically expected by age 6.
Peer Note: Sounds like /r/, /l/, and /th/ are often the last to be mastered, sometimes
taking until age 7 or 8.
, Q: What type of phonological analysis looks at words the child uses?
ANSWER: Language Sample. ✔✔
How it works: A clinician records a child speaking naturally during play
and then analyzes the "sample" to see which sounds and word structures the
child is capable of using in real-world conversation.
Q: A "word spurt" typically occurs when a child has how many words?
ANSWER: 50. ✔✔
The "Naming Explosion": Research shows that once a child reaches a
vocabulary of about 50 words (usually around 18 months), they experience
a "word spurt" where they begin learning new words at a significantly faster
rate—sometimes double the previous speed.
Q: Given the sentence "The dog barked," which morpheme is functional?
ANSWER: -ed. ✔✔
Functional vs. Lexical: * Lexical morphemes carry the main meaning
(e.g., dog, bark).
o Functional morphemes (also called grammatical morphemes) handle
the "work" of the sentence, such as tense, number, or connection (e.g.,
-ed for past tense, the as an article).
Q: According to Brown, a morpheme is acquired when it's used with what %
accuracy? ANSWER: 90%. ✔✔
Brown’s Stages: Roger Brown established that a grammatical morpheme is
considered "mastered" or "acquired" when a child uses it correctly in 90%
of obligatory contexts (meaning every time the sentence requires it, the
child uses it correctly 9 out of 10 times).
Overgeneralizations are the result of over applying a rule. -ANSWER✔✔True
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Q: Receptive language includes reading and understanding language?
ANSWER: True. ✔✔
The Difference: Receptive language is the ability to process and
comprehend incoming information (listening and reading). Expressive
language is the output, or how we convey our thoughts (speaking and
writing).
Q: "Oh, my dog barking" = ? MLU ANSWER: 5. ✔✔
The Breakdown: Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) is calculated by
counting the morphemes (meaningful units):
1. Oh (1)
2. my (1)
3. dog (1)
4. bark (1)
5. -ing (1) — The progressive suffix counts as its own morpheme.
Q: At what age would you expect a child to master the sounds /ch/ and /sh/?
ANSWER: 6. ✔✔
Speech Milestones: While many children begin producing these sounds
around age 4 or 5, mastery (consistent, accurate use in all positions of
words) is typically expected by age 6.
Peer Note: Sounds like /r/, /l/, and /th/ are often the last to be mastered, sometimes
taking until age 7 or 8.
, Q: What type of phonological analysis looks at words the child uses?
ANSWER: Language Sample. ✔✔
How it works: A clinician records a child speaking naturally during play
and then analyzes the "sample" to see which sounds and word structures the
child is capable of using in real-world conversation.
Q: A "word spurt" typically occurs when a child has how many words?
ANSWER: 50. ✔✔
The "Naming Explosion": Research shows that once a child reaches a
vocabulary of about 50 words (usually around 18 months), they experience
a "word spurt" where they begin learning new words at a significantly faster
rate—sometimes double the previous speed.
Q: Given the sentence "The dog barked," which morpheme is functional?
ANSWER: -ed. ✔✔
Functional vs. Lexical: * Lexical morphemes carry the main meaning
(e.g., dog, bark).
o Functional morphemes (also called grammatical morphemes) handle
the "work" of the sentence, such as tense, number, or connection (e.g.,
-ed for past tense, the as an article).
Q: According to Brown, a morpheme is acquired when it's used with what %
accuracy? ANSWER: 90%. ✔✔
Brown’s Stages: Roger Brown established that a grammatical morpheme is
considered "mastered" or "acquired" when a child uses it correctly in 90%
of obligatory contexts (meaning every time the sentence requires it, the
child uses it correctly 9 out of 10 times).
Overgeneralizations are the result of over applying a rule. -ANSWER✔✔True
