ASLP 3030 LATEST 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Functional residual capacity - ✔✔volume of air remaining in the lungs and airways at
the end-expiratory level
✔✔ERV+RV= Functional Residual Capacity - ✔✔Formula for Functional Residual
Capacity
✔✔total lung capacity - ✔✔total amount of air the lungs can hold
✔✔TV+IRV+ERV+RV=total lung capacity - ✔✔Formula for total lung capacity
✔✔inspiratory capacity - ✔✔maximum volume of air that can be inspired from end-
expiratory level
✔✔TV+IRV= Inspiratory Capacity - ✔✔Formula for Inspiratory capacity
✔✔residual volume - ✔✔what is known as dead air
✔✔quiet breathing, speech breathing - ✔✔Two types of breathing
✔✔quiet breathing - ✔✔what is considered breathing for life
✔✔-Location of air intake
-ratio of time for inhalation/exhalation
-muscle activity for exhalation
-volume of air inhaled per cycle
- chest wall shape - ✔✔What are the five major changes when switching between quiet
and speech breathing
✔✔40, 60 - ✔✔for quiet breathing, inhalation is ____% of the cycle, exhalation is
_____% of the cycle
✔✔2 - ✔✔for quiet breathing, exhalation is approximately _____ seconds
✔✔speech breathing - ✔✔which type of speech is more voluntary
✔✔10% - ✔✔percent of Vital Capacity for Life Breathing
✔✔life - ✔✔When the abdomen is displaced outward relative to the ribcage, _______
breathing is occurring
, ✔✔F speech breathing utilizes more muscles across the body - ✔✔T/F quiet breathing
utilizes more muscles across the body
✔✔10,90 - ✔✔during speech breathing, inhalation is ____% of the cycle, and exhalation
is ____% of the cycle
✔✔20-25 - ✔✔during speech breathing, exhalation is about _______ seconds
✔✔20% - ✔✔percent of Vital Capacity for Speech Breathing
✔✔35% - ✔✔percent of Vital Capacity for Child Speech Breathing
✔✔speech - ✔✔When the abdomen is displaced inward relative to rib cage, ________
breathing is occuring
✔✔F smaller lungs and thoracic cavities mean SMALLER vital capacities - ✔✔T/F
smaller lungs and thoracic cavities mean larger vital capacities
✔✔higher - ✔✔Children use __________ percentage of lung capacity for speech
(higher/lower/
✔✔more, less - ✔✔Children use _______ effort and are ________ efficient at producing
speech
✔✔60-70 - ✔✔Respiratory differences begin. around ages...
✔✔older adults - ✔✔who inhales more deeply to higher lung volumes
✔✔older adults - ✔✔who uses more air per syllable
✔✔more, less - ✔✔older adults inhale _________ often and are _____ efficient
✔✔spirometer - ✔✔a medical device that measures how much air a person can breathe
in and out, and how long it takes to exhale completely after inhaling deeply
✔✔dyspnea - ✔✔subjectively perceived as discomfort in breathing
✔✔stridor - ✔✔audible sound that occurs during inspiration and/or expiration
✔✔Parkinson's disease - ✔✔often characterized by softer speech, faster rates
✔✔increasing, voiceless, vowels - ✔✔targets for parkinson's include _________
respiratory effort, sustaining _____ sounds, sustaining _______, and using breath
efficiently
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Functional residual capacity - ✔✔volume of air remaining in the lungs and airways at
the end-expiratory level
✔✔ERV+RV= Functional Residual Capacity - ✔✔Formula for Functional Residual
Capacity
✔✔total lung capacity - ✔✔total amount of air the lungs can hold
✔✔TV+IRV+ERV+RV=total lung capacity - ✔✔Formula for total lung capacity
✔✔inspiratory capacity - ✔✔maximum volume of air that can be inspired from end-
expiratory level
✔✔TV+IRV= Inspiratory Capacity - ✔✔Formula for Inspiratory capacity
✔✔residual volume - ✔✔what is known as dead air
✔✔quiet breathing, speech breathing - ✔✔Two types of breathing
✔✔quiet breathing - ✔✔what is considered breathing for life
✔✔-Location of air intake
-ratio of time for inhalation/exhalation
-muscle activity for exhalation
-volume of air inhaled per cycle
- chest wall shape - ✔✔What are the five major changes when switching between quiet
and speech breathing
✔✔40, 60 - ✔✔for quiet breathing, inhalation is ____% of the cycle, exhalation is
_____% of the cycle
✔✔2 - ✔✔for quiet breathing, exhalation is approximately _____ seconds
✔✔speech breathing - ✔✔which type of speech is more voluntary
✔✔10% - ✔✔percent of Vital Capacity for Life Breathing
✔✔life - ✔✔When the abdomen is displaced outward relative to the ribcage, _______
breathing is occurring
, ✔✔F speech breathing utilizes more muscles across the body - ✔✔T/F quiet breathing
utilizes more muscles across the body
✔✔10,90 - ✔✔during speech breathing, inhalation is ____% of the cycle, and exhalation
is ____% of the cycle
✔✔20-25 - ✔✔during speech breathing, exhalation is about _______ seconds
✔✔20% - ✔✔percent of Vital Capacity for Speech Breathing
✔✔35% - ✔✔percent of Vital Capacity for Child Speech Breathing
✔✔speech - ✔✔When the abdomen is displaced inward relative to rib cage, ________
breathing is occuring
✔✔F smaller lungs and thoracic cavities mean SMALLER vital capacities - ✔✔T/F
smaller lungs and thoracic cavities mean larger vital capacities
✔✔higher - ✔✔Children use __________ percentage of lung capacity for speech
(higher/lower/
✔✔more, less - ✔✔Children use _______ effort and are ________ efficient at producing
speech
✔✔60-70 - ✔✔Respiratory differences begin. around ages...
✔✔older adults - ✔✔who inhales more deeply to higher lung volumes
✔✔older adults - ✔✔who uses more air per syllable
✔✔more, less - ✔✔older adults inhale _________ often and are _____ efficient
✔✔spirometer - ✔✔a medical device that measures how much air a person can breathe
in and out, and how long it takes to exhale completely after inhaling deeply
✔✔dyspnea - ✔✔subjectively perceived as discomfort in breathing
✔✔stridor - ✔✔audible sound that occurs during inspiration and/or expiration
✔✔Parkinson's disease - ✔✔often characterized by softer speech, faster rates
✔✔increasing, voiceless, vowels - ✔✔targets for parkinson's include _________
respiratory effort, sustaining _____ sounds, sustaining _______, and using breath
efficiently
