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SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY STR-RELATED
ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION COMPLETE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
An SLP has targeted the phonological process of
"stopping of initial fricatives" for remediation and is using
the word "shoes" to establish the new behavior. The SLP
now wishes to investigate whether the speaker can
generalize the newly learned pattern to untrained words. If
it is assumed that generalization will occur on words
whose phonetic characteristics are most like the trained
word "shoes," which of the following words should be
selected?
(A) Shouting
(B) Fished
(C) Ocean
(D) Shook - Answer-The correct answer is (D).
Generalization probes are a principle feature of
phonological therapy. The answer choices require the
clinician to pay attention to the position of the fricative
sound in a word and also the word's syllable structure. (A),
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(B), and (C) are incorrect because both the fricative sound
and syllable structure are incorrect.
The Spanish-speaking parents of a nine-year- old bilingual
child report that their child communicates in Spanish with
complete utterances and has a good vocabulary in
comparison to other children in the neighborhood. Their
concern is that the child interrupts their conversations and
has not learned social rules that are important within the
family and community. Testing confirms similar problems in
English-speaking settings. The SLP would most likely
recommend that therapy focus on which of the following
language areas?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Semantics
(D) Pragmatics - Answer-The correct answer is (D). The
parents have described adequate syntactic and semantic
knowledge by the child. Testing in English confirms similar
strengths. The area that has been identified as a
weakness is pragmatics and social rules for interaction.
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A 60-year-old man has Parkinson's disease and is in the
early stage of dementia. It would be appropriate to
address which of the following goals first in therapy?
(A) To educate the family or caregivers
(B) To decrease jargon
(C) To decrease circumlocution
(D) To improve motor skills - Answer-The correct answer is
(A). When dementia is associated with Parkinson's
disease, it is usually irreversible. Therefore, the family or
caregivers must understand the nature of the linguistic and
intellectual problems, and learn how to maximize the
abilities of the client. The sooner the family or caregivers
are made aware of the condition of the client, the better
the intervention is likely to be. (B), (C), and (D) are
incorrect because although all are appropriate goals, they
would not be the first goal in therapy.
Which of the following is the major physical or organic
factor underlying impairment in the speech of persons with
cleft palate?
(A) Congenital hearing loss from otitis media
(B) Broad irregular maxillary arch
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY STR-RELATED
ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION COMPLETE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
An SLP has targeted the phonological process of
"stopping of initial fricatives" for remediation and is using
the word "shoes" to establish the new behavior. The SLP
now wishes to investigate whether the speaker can
generalize the newly learned pattern to untrained words. If
it is assumed that generalization will occur on words
whose phonetic characteristics are most like the trained
word "shoes," which of the following words should be
selected?
(A) Shouting
(B) Fished
(C) Ocean
(D) Shook - Answer-The correct answer is (D).
Generalization probes are a principle feature of
phonological therapy. The answer choices require the
clinician to pay attention to the position of the fricative
sound in a word and also the word's syllable structure. (A),
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(B), and (C) are incorrect because both the fricative sound
and syllable structure are incorrect.
The Spanish-speaking parents of a nine-year- old bilingual
child report that their child communicates in Spanish with
complete utterances and has a good vocabulary in
comparison to other children in the neighborhood. Their
concern is that the child interrupts their conversations and
has not learned social rules that are important within the
family and community. Testing confirms similar problems in
English-speaking settings. The SLP would most likely
recommend that therapy focus on which of the following
language areas?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Semantics
(D) Pragmatics - Answer-The correct answer is (D). The
parents have described adequate syntactic and semantic
knowledge by the child. Testing in English confirms similar
strengths. The area that has been identified as a
weakness is pragmatics and social rules for interaction.
, 3|Page
A 60-year-old man has Parkinson's disease and is in the
early stage of dementia. It would be appropriate to
address which of the following goals first in therapy?
(A) To educate the family or caregivers
(B) To decrease jargon
(C) To decrease circumlocution
(D) To improve motor skills - Answer-The correct answer is
(A). When dementia is associated with Parkinson's
disease, it is usually irreversible. Therefore, the family or
caregivers must understand the nature of the linguistic and
intellectual problems, and learn how to maximize the
abilities of the client. The sooner the family or caregivers
are made aware of the condition of the client, the better
the intervention is likely to be. (B), (C), and (D) are
incorrect because although all are appropriate goals, they
would not be the first goal in therapy.
Which of the following is the major physical or organic
factor underlying impairment in the speech of persons with
cleft palate?
(A) Congenital hearing loss from otitis media
(B) Broad irregular maxillary arch
