SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE Question and
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• What is the most important acoustic cue that distinguishes between an
unreleased final /p/ and an unreleased final /b/, as in "cap" vs. "cab"?
a) frequency of third formant
b) locus of frequency of burst
c) voice onset time
d) vocal fundamental frequency
e) duration of the preceding vowel -✓✓e) duration of the preceding
vowel
• Anatomical studies of the human vocal folds and detailed observation
of mucosal beaver during phonation has led to the current "cover-body"
characterization of the vocal fold. What is included in the vocal-fold
cover?
a) epithelium and superficial lamina propria
b) epithelium and deep lamina propria
c) intermediate and deep layers of the lamina propria
d) lamina of the thyroid cartilage -✓✓a) epithelium and superficial
lamina propria
• Parents bring their daughter of 4 years and 3 months for a speech and
language eval. The parents have expressed concern that their daughter
does not pronounce the /r/ sound correctly and has exhibited periods of
,stuttering for the last 18 months. During the eval, the SLP observes the
child has sound-syllable reps on 30% of her words. What should be the
course of action?
a) provide stuttering intervention, but no artic intervention for /r/ right
now
b) provide both artic intervention for the /r/ and stuttering intervention
c) provide artic intervention for /r/ and ignore stuttering
d) provide artic intervention for the /r/ first and later provide stuttering
e) provide no intervention -✓✓A) provide stuttering intervention, but no
artic intervention for /r/ at the present time.
• Voice therapy is the LEAST appropriate for clients with..
a) ventricular phonation
b) acute laryngitis
c) vocule nodules
d) contact ulcers
e) unilateral adductor paralysis -✓✓b) acute laryngitis
• An SLP is assessing the physiology of voice production in a client. If
the client has a hyper functional voice disorder, then during phonation
the client's average airflow rate is most likely to be
a) almost absent
b) lower or decreased
c) higher or increased
d) within normal limits
,e) erratic and inconsisten -✓✓b) lower or decreased
• When experiences, language, religion, and a shared history bring
people together over time, they develop shared traditions and customs
with are referred to as
a) ethnicity
b) race
c) creolization
d) culture
e) pidginization -✓✓d) culture
• During a transient ischemic attack, Mr. Mahamood has difficulty
producing intelligible speech and retrieving words in conversation. one
week later, Mr. Mahmood's speech and language would typically be
characterized by...
a) mild dysarthria
b) expressive aphasia
c) anomic aphasia
d) both aphasic and dysarthric errors
e) no noticeable abnormalities -✓✓e) no noticeable abnormalities
• Which of the following need a medical evaluation before therapy?
a) 2-year-old child who has overall developmental delays, abnormal
muscle tone, and S-L delays
, b) 4-year-old child who presents with phoneme-specific nasal emissions
with no visible evidence of clefting condition
c) 6-year-old with an artic disorder who appears to have a restricted
lingual frenulum
d) 40-year-old man who presents with severe hoarseness and recurrent
laryngitis
e) 78-year-old woman who complains of occasional difficulties
retrieving the names of her friends -✓✓d) 40-year-old man who
presents with severe hoarseness and recurrent laryngitis
• A child with a phonological disorder typically produces "sack" as
[kak]. During an intervention session, the child produces [tak] and is
rewarded for it by the SLP. The situation described illustrates a
therapeutic strategy that is...
a) based on behavior modification principles and distributed practice
b) based on sound behavioral principles since it involves application of
random reinforcement schedule
c) based on the theory of negative practice, which permits occasional
reinforcement of incorrect responses to prevent discouragement
d) based on the gradualness principle, since the SLP reinforces a
response that involves stopping on the initial consonant, a successive
approximation of the target
e) a misapplication of variable reinforcement, since the SLP erroneously
reinforced a production lacking the essential feature of stridency -✓✓d)
based on the gradualness principle, since the SLP reinforces a response
that involves stopping on the initial consonant, a successive
approximation of the target
Answer 2026 | Premium Practice Test
Workbook | A+ Verified
• What is the most important acoustic cue that distinguishes between an
unreleased final /p/ and an unreleased final /b/, as in "cap" vs. "cab"?
a) frequency of third formant
b) locus of frequency of burst
c) voice onset time
d) vocal fundamental frequency
e) duration of the preceding vowel -✓✓e) duration of the preceding
vowel
• Anatomical studies of the human vocal folds and detailed observation
of mucosal beaver during phonation has led to the current "cover-body"
characterization of the vocal fold. What is included in the vocal-fold
cover?
a) epithelium and superficial lamina propria
b) epithelium and deep lamina propria
c) intermediate and deep layers of the lamina propria
d) lamina of the thyroid cartilage -✓✓a) epithelium and superficial
lamina propria
• Parents bring their daughter of 4 years and 3 months for a speech and
language eval. The parents have expressed concern that their daughter
does not pronounce the /r/ sound correctly and has exhibited periods of
,stuttering for the last 18 months. During the eval, the SLP observes the
child has sound-syllable reps on 30% of her words. What should be the
course of action?
a) provide stuttering intervention, but no artic intervention for /r/ right
now
b) provide both artic intervention for the /r/ and stuttering intervention
c) provide artic intervention for /r/ and ignore stuttering
d) provide artic intervention for the /r/ first and later provide stuttering
e) provide no intervention -✓✓A) provide stuttering intervention, but no
artic intervention for /r/ at the present time.
• Voice therapy is the LEAST appropriate for clients with..
a) ventricular phonation
b) acute laryngitis
c) vocule nodules
d) contact ulcers
e) unilateral adductor paralysis -✓✓b) acute laryngitis
• An SLP is assessing the physiology of voice production in a client. If
the client has a hyper functional voice disorder, then during phonation
the client's average airflow rate is most likely to be
a) almost absent
b) lower or decreased
c) higher or increased
d) within normal limits
,e) erratic and inconsisten -✓✓b) lower or decreased
• When experiences, language, religion, and a shared history bring
people together over time, they develop shared traditions and customs
with are referred to as
a) ethnicity
b) race
c) creolization
d) culture
e) pidginization -✓✓d) culture
• During a transient ischemic attack, Mr. Mahamood has difficulty
producing intelligible speech and retrieving words in conversation. one
week later, Mr. Mahmood's speech and language would typically be
characterized by...
a) mild dysarthria
b) expressive aphasia
c) anomic aphasia
d) both aphasic and dysarthric errors
e) no noticeable abnormalities -✓✓e) no noticeable abnormalities
• Which of the following need a medical evaluation before therapy?
a) 2-year-old child who has overall developmental delays, abnormal
muscle tone, and S-L delays
, b) 4-year-old child who presents with phoneme-specific nasal emissions
with no visible evidence of clefting condition
c) 6-year-old with an artic disorder who appears to have a restricted
lingual frenulum
d) 40-year-old man who presents with severe hoarseness and recurrent
laryngitis
e) 78-year-old woman who complains of occasional difficulties
retrieving the names of her friends -✓✓d) 40-year-old man who
presents with severe hoarseness and recurrent laryngitis
• A child with a phonological disorder typically produces "sack" as
[kak]. During an intervention session, the child produces [tak] and is
rewarded for it by the SLP. The situation described illustrates a
therapeutic strategy that is...
a) based on behavior modification principles and distributed practice
b) based on sound behavioral principles since it involves application of
random reinforcement schedule
c) based on the theory of negative practice, which permits occasional
reinforcement of incorrect responses to prevent discouragement
d) based on the gradualness principle, since the SLP reinforces a
response that involves stopping on the initial consonant, a successive
approximation of the target
e) a misapplication of variable reinforcement, since the SLP erroneously
reinforced a production lacking the essential feature of stridency -✓✓d)
based on the gradualness principle, since the SLP reinforces a response
that involves stopping on the initial consonant, a successive
approximation of the target
