CETP EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM PREP Q&A WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ nativist. Answer: Chomksy (Language Acquisition Device)
◉ Cognitive. Answer: Piaget, relies on cognitive process
◉ Information Processing. Answer: organization, working memory,
attention, auditory discrim
◉ Social Interactionism. Answer: Vygotsky, scaffolding
◉ MLU. Answer: # of morphemes/# of utterances
◉ TTR. Answer: # of different words / # of total words
◉ normal TTR. Answer: 1:2 or 0.5
◉ functional assessment. Answer: in natural environment, language
sample in home
,◉ play assessment. Answer: solitary, parallel, associative,
collaborative
◉ criterion reference assessment. Answer: standard or goal selected
by clinician, not against norms, good for students who don't fit
norms, may have own stimulus materials
◉ dynamic assessment. Answer: test-teach-re test, Mediated
Learning Experience
◉ expansion. Answer: making it grammatically correct "doggy bark"
--> "yes the doggy is barking"
◉ extension. Answer: SLP comments and adds new info "play ball" --
> "yes you're playing with a big, red ball that bounces"
◉ focus stimulation. Answer: SLP repeatedly models target structure
to get child to use it "look at the pigs, I see two pigs. Over here are
some boys, they are drinking from cups" (plural -s)
◉ millieu teaching. Answer: functional communication in natural
interactions, waits for child to initiate, prompts verbal response, may
use traditional model "say___" if the child does not respond, hand
over object as reward
,◉ recasting. Answer: changing sentence into new form (question,
passive)
◉ cooing. Answer: 0-2 months
◉ vocal play, raspberries, squeals, giggles. Answer: 4-6 months
◉ when does some marginal babbling start? "baba". Answer: 4-6
months
◉ when does canonical (reduplicated) babbling begin?. Answer: 6-8
months
◉ When does variegated babbling occur?. Answer: 8-12 months,
around 9 months
◉ when will babies raise arm up for "come up". Answer: 4-6 months
◉ when do babies look at family members being named?. Answer: 4-
6 months
◉ when will baby respond to name?. Answer: 4-6 months
, ◉ when do babies understand "no". Answer: 7-9 months
◉ when do they imitate intonation patterns of adult?. Answer: 9
months
◉ how many words do babies understand between 10-12 months?.
Answer: 10 words
◉ when do babies gesture and vocalize for wants and needs.
Answer: 10-12 months
◉ how many words should babies be using by 18 months?. Answer:
50 words
◉ how many words should children be using by 24 months. Answer:
200-300
◉ how many words should children be using by 30 months. Answer:
200-600 (avg 425)
◉ how many words should children be using by 36 months. Answer:
900-1000
EXAM PREP Q&A WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ nativist. Answer: Chomksy (Language Acquisition Device)
◉ Cognitive. Answer: Piaget, relies on cognitive process
◉ Information Processing. Answer: organization, working memory,
attention, auditory discrim
◉ Social Interactionism. Answer: Vygotsky, scaffolding
◉ MLU. Answer: # of morphemes/# of utterances
◉ TTR. Answer: # of different words / # of total words
◉ normal TTR. Answer: 1:2 or 0.5
◉ functional assessment. Answer: in natural environment, language
sample in home
,◉ play assessment. Answer: solitary, parallel, associative,
collaborative
◉ criterion reference assessment. Answer: standard or goal selected
by clinician, not against norms, good for students who don't fit
norms, may have own stimulus materials
◉ dynamic assessment. Answer: test-teach-re test, Mediated
Learning Experience
◉ expansion. Answer: making it grammatically correct "doggy bark"
--> "yes the doggy is barking"
◉ extension. Answer: SLP comments and adds new info "play ball" --
> "yes you're playing with a big, red ball that bounces"
◉ focus stimulation. Answer: SLP repeatedly models target structure
to get child to use it "look at the pigs, I see two pigs. Over here are
some boys, they are drinking from cups" (plural -s)
◉ millieu teaching. Answer: functional communication in natural
interactions, waits for child to initiate, prompts verbal response, may
use traditional model "say___" if the child does not respond, hand
over object as reward
,◉ recasting. Answer: changing sentence into new form (question,
passive)
◉ cooing. Answer: 0-2 months
◉ vocal play, raspberries, squeals, giggles. Answer: 4-6 months
◉ when does some marginal babbling start? "baba". Answer: 4-6
months
◉ when does canonical (reduplicated) babbling begin?. Answer: 6-8
months
◉ When does variegated babbling occur?. Answer: 8-12 months,
around 9 months
◉ when will babies raise arm up for "come up". Answer: 4-6 months
◉ when do babies look at family members being named?. Answer: 4-
6 months
◉ when will baby respond to name?. Answer: 4-6 months
, ◉ when do babies understand "no". Answer: 7-9 months
◉ when do they imitate intonation patterns of adult?. Answer: 9
months
◉ how many words do babies understand between 10-12 months?.
Answer: 10 words
◉ when do babies gesture and vocalize for wants and needs.
Answer: 10-12 months
◉ how many words should babies be using by 18 months?. Answer:
50 words
◉ how many words should children be using by 24 months. Answer:
200-300
◉ how many words should children be using by 30 months. Answer:
200-600 (avg 425)
◉ how many words should children be using by 36 months. Answer:
900-1000
