SPEECH PATHOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

SPEECH PATHOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

◉ stuttering
Answer: prolongation, partial-word repetition, blocks


◉ what cranial nerves are used in swallowing
Answer: c5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12


◉ Compassionate care
Answer: The humane quality of understanding suffering in others
and wanting to do something about it.


◉ empathy
Answer: The ability to imaging another persons experience


◉ compassion
Answer: •involves demonstrating characteristics such as empathy,
sensitivity, kindness and warmth
•Flows from empathy

,◉ there are 5 sections of the tongue. Label them in order of anterior
to posterior:
blade
root
front
back
tip
Answer: Tip, blade, front, back, root


◉ alveolar ridge
Answer: Bony ridge in maxilla, above/behind upper teeth


◉ Is the pharynx superior or inferior to the larynx?
Answer: The pharynx is superior (above) the larynx


◉ Air passing over the vocal cords vibrated making voice = _______
Answer: Phonation


◉ mandible
Answer: Lower jaw

, ◉ passive articulators
Answer: unable to move.
Maxilla, hard palette


◉ Velum
Answer: Soft palette


◉ Moving articulators
Answer: Lips, tongue, mandible (lower jaw), velum


◉ Phonetics
Answer: •The linguistic science of ALL speech sounds the vocal tract
can make, irrespective of the language.
•The sum of all speech sounds in every language in the world
• About 100 sounds


◉ How many sounds can you make? (including all languages)
Answer: 100


◉ Phonology
Answer: •The linguistic science of the speech sounds within
languages