CETP Exam Prep Questions with Correct
Answers 2026-2027
Primary motor innveration to the larynx and velum is provided by which cranial nerve? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Cranial nerve X (Vagus)
Fela is a third-grade student in a public school. She is a speaker of African American Vernacular
English (AAVE) who has difficulty with the Standard American English (SAE) dialect used in her
classroom. Her t eacher believes that Fela's language skills are affecting her academic performance
and has refer red her to the school's speech-
language pathologist. Which of the following is an appropriate rationale for providing language i
ntervention for Fela?
Select all that apply.
A. It will likely foster better communication with Fela's linguistically and culturally diverse peers.
B. It will likely improve Fela's code-
switching ability with her teacher and other adult speakers of SAE.
C. It may expand Fela's later academic and vocational opportunities.
D. It will likely lead Fela to adopt SAE as her primary dialect. - CORRECT ANSWER -A, B, C
This investigation was motivated by observations that when persons with dysarthria increase lo
udness, their speech improves. Some studies have indicated that this improvement may be relat
ed to an increase of prosodic variation. Studies have reported an increase of fundamental frequ
ency (F0) variation with increased loudness, but there has been no examination of the relation o
f loudness manipulation to specific prosodic variables that are known to aid a listener in parsing
out meaningful information. This study examined the relation of vocal loudness production to s
elected acousticBvariables known to inform listeners of phrase and sentence boundaries: specific
ally, F0 declination and final-word lengthening. Ten young, healthy women were audio-
recorded while they read aloud a paragraph at what each considered normal loudness, twice-
,normal loudness, and half-normal loudness. Results showed that there was a statistically -
CORRECT ANSWER -C. Vocal loudness
A client exhibits weakness, atrophy, and fasciculation's of the right side of the tongue and lower
face. The client also has right vocal-
fold weakness and nasal regurgitation of fluid when swallowing. These problems are the result o
f damage to which part of the nervous system?
A. Brain stem
B. Cerebellum
C. Left cerebral cortex
D. Right cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Brain stem
-
Weakness, atrophy, fasciculation's, and the other described symptoms are all consistent with lo
wer motor neurone locus and suspected cranial nerve abnormalities, which emerge directly fro
m the brainstem.
Hearing loss in infants who are born with a cleft palate is usually related to which of the followin
g?
A. The infant's ability to create positive pressure in the oral cavity
B. Malformation of the middle-ear ossicles associated with malformation of the palate
C. Eustachian tube dysfunction
D. Cochlear dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER -C. Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Eustachian tube dysfunction, a major factor contributing to middle-
ear disease and conductive hearing loss, is nearly universal in infants with cleft palate
Which of the following is the most important acoustic cue that distinguishes between an unrele
ased final /p/ and an unreleased final /b/, as in cap versus cab?
,A. Locus frequency of burst
B. Voice onset time
C. Vocal fundamental frequency
D. Duration of the preceding vowel - CORRECT ANSWER -D. Duration of the preceding vowel
- vowel duration influences a listener's perception of voicing
-
vowels that precede unreleased voiced stop consonants are as much as 1.5x as long as vowels t
hat precede voiceless stops
Language intervention for a child at the one-
word stage should be most strongly influenced by a consideration of the child's
A. motor skills
B. cognitive skills
C. syntactic skills
D. articulation skills - CORRECT ANSWER -B. cognitive skills
- the cognitive skills at the one-word stage will most strongly influence the child's speech-
language responses
A single exposure of several hours duration to continuous music with an overall level of 100 dB S
PL will most likely produce
A. tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in high frequencies
B. tinnitus and a distortion of speech perception
C. a temporary threshold shift in the low frequencies
D. a permanent threshold shift - CORRECT ANSWER -
A. tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in high frequencies
, After sustaining a CVA, Ms. Williams, age 75, was referred to an SLP for a speech and language e
valuation. While Ms. Williams was describing the cookie-
theft picture, the SLP observed that her grammatical structure appeared to be intact and her pr
osody was normal but that many of her sentences were meaningless, did not fit the context, an
d included nonsensical paraphasic errors. Additional testingBalso revealed that Ms. Williams exhi
bited poor repetition and naming skills, did not respond appropriately to many simple comman
ds, and had difficulty reading. Ms. Williams appeared happy and talked excessively. She did not
appear to be aware of her communication deficits. What is the most likely location of the lesion
?
A. Left posterior superior temporal gyrus
B. Left inferior frontal gyrus
C. Left superior frontal gyrus
D. Left inferior parietal gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Left posterior superior temporal gyrus
An SLP who is treating an adolescent who stutters designs a treatment plan that includes three f
luency management strategies: prolonged speech, cancellation, and pullout.
Which of the following is true about the use of these treatment strategies?
Select all that apply.
A. Use of prolonged speech is likely to reduce the frequency of part-
word repetitions and sound prolongations significantly.
B. Each of the three strategies entails deliberate regulation of speech motor movements.
C. The client will seek to apply cancellation whenever he feels anxious about the possibility of stu
ttering overtly.
D. The client will seekBto apply pullout during the course of part-
word repetition or sound prolongation. - CORRECT ANSWER -A, B, D
Answers 2026-2027
Primary motor innveration to the larynx and velum is provided by which cranial nerve? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Cranial nerve X (Vagus)
Fela is a third-grade student in a public school. She is a speaker of African American Vernacular
English (AAVE) who has difficulty with the Standard American English (SAE) dialect used in her
classroom. Her t eacher believes that Fela's language skills are affecting her academic performance
and has refer red her to the school's speech-
language pathologist. Which of the following is an appropriate rationale for providing language i
ntervention for Fela?
Select all that apply.
A. It will likely foster better communication with Fela's linguistically and culturally diverse peers.
B. It will likely improve Fela's code-
switching ability with her teacher and other adult speakers of SAE.
C. It may expand Fela's later academic and vocational opportunities.
D. It will likely lead Fela to adopt SAE as her primary dialect. - CORRECT ANSWER -A, B, C
This investigation was motivated by observations that when persons with dysarthria increase lo
udness, their speech improves. Some studies have indicated that this improvement may be relat
ed to an increase of prosodic variation. Studies have reported an increase of fundamental frequ
ency (F0) variation with increased loudness, but there has been no examination of the relation o
f loudness manipulation to specific prosodic variables that are known to aid a listener in parsing
out meaningful information. This study examined the relation of vocal loudness production to s
elected acousticBvariables known to inform listeners of phrase and sentence boundaries: specific
ally, F0 declination and final-word lengthening. Ten young, healthy women were audio-
recorded while they read aloud a paragraph at what each considered normal loudness, twice-
,normal loudness, and half-normal loudness. Results showed that there was a statistically -
CORRECT ANSWER -C. Vocal loudness
A client exhibits weakness, atrophy, and fasciculation's of the right side of the tongue and lower
face. The client also has right vocal-
fold weakness and nasal regurgitation of fluid when swallowing. These problems are the result o
f damage to which part of the nervous system?
A. Brain stem
B. Cerebellum
C. Left cerebral cortex
D. Right cerebral cortex - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Brain stem
-
Weakness, atrophy, fasciculation's, and the other described symptoms are all consistent with lo
wer motor neurone locus and suspected cranial nerve abnormalities, which emerge directly fro
m the brainstem.
Hearing loss in infants who are born with a cleft palate is usually related to which of the followin
g?
A. The infant's ability to create positive pressure in the oral cavity
B. Malformation of the middle-ear ossicles associated with malformation of the palate
C. Eustachian tube dysfunction
D. Cochlear dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER -C. Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Eustachian tube dysfunction, a major factor contributing to middle-
ear disease and conductive hearing loss, is nearly universal in infants with cleft palate
Which of the following is the most important acoustic cue that distinguishes between an unrele
ased final /p/ and an unreleased final /b/, as in cap versus cab?
,A. Locus frequency of burst
B. Voice onset time
C. Vocal fundamental frequency
D. Duration of the preceding vowel - CORRECT ANSWER -D. Duration of the preceding vowel
- vowel duration influences a listener's perception of voicing
-
vowels that precede unreleased voiced stop consonants are as much as 1.5x as long as vowels t
hat precede voiceless stops
Language intervention for a child at the one-
word stage should be most strongly influenced by a consideration of the child's
A. motor skills
B. cognitive skills
C. syntactic skills
D. articulation skills - CORRECT ANSWER -B. cognitive skills
- the cognitive skills at the one-word stage will most strongly influence the child's speech-
language responses
A single exposure of several hours duration to continuous music with an overall level of 100 dB S
PL will most likely produce
A. tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in high frequencies
B. tinnitus and a distortion of speech perception
C. a temporary threshold shift in the low frequencies
D. a permanent threshold shift - CORRECT ANSWER -
A. tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in high frequencies
, After sustaining a CVA, Ms. Williams, age 75, was referred to an SLP for a speech and language e
valuation. While Ms. Williams was describing the cookie-
theft picture, the SLP observed that her grammatical structure appeared to be intact and her pr
osody was normal but that many of her sentences were meaningless, did not fit the context, an
d included nonsensical paraphasic errors. Additional testingBalso revealed that Ms. Williams exhi
bited poor repetition and naming skills, did not respond appropriately to many simple comman
ds, and had difficulty reading. Ms. Williams appeared happy and talked excessively. She did not
appear to be aware of her communication deficits. What is the most likely location of the lesion
?
A. Left posterior superior temporal gyrus
B. Left inferior frontal gyrus
C. Left superior frontal gyrus
D. Left inferior parietal gyrus - CORRECT ANSWER -A. Left posterior superior temporal gyrus
An SLP who is treating an adolescent who stutters designs a treatment plan that includes three f
luency management strategies: prolonged speech, cancellation, and pullout.
Which of the following is true about the use of these treatment strategies?
Select all that apply.
A. Use of prolonged speech is likely to reduce the frequency of part-
word repetitions and sound prolongations significantly.
B. Each of the three strategies entails deliberate regulation of speech motor movements.
C. The client will seek to apply cancellation whenever he feels anxious about the possibility of stu
ttering overtly.
D. The client will seekBto apply pullout during the course of part-
word repetition or sound prolongation. - CORRECT ANSWER -A, B, D
