SLP 3 PRAXIS PRACTICE EXAM 2026 (FORM
2) LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
According to empirical research with people who stutter, which TWO of the following are
true regarding the age of symptom onset for most cases?
A.It is usually earlier for girls than for boys.
B.It is similar for girls and boys.
C.It most often occurs in the range of 2 to 5 years old.
D.It most often occurs in the range of 6 to 9 years old - Options (A) and (C) are
correct. Research findings indicate that the age of onset for stuttering symptoms
is somewhat earlier for girls than for boys, and in most cases, symptom onset
occurs in the preschool years.
Which of the following should an SLP recommend to best help a patient who has
advanced to late stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type?
A.Group treatment to improve the patient's conversational intelligibility
B.Individual treatment to improve the patient's recall of salient vocabulary words
C.Individual treatment to improve the patient's comprehension during social discourse
D.Assistance from caregivers to improve the patient's communication skills - Option (D)
is correct. In the late stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type the most
appropriate intervention is to engage caregivers as facilitators of clients'
communication of wants and needs. Restorative treatment is not a goal at this
stage.
Six months ago, an SLP evaluated 4-year-old Molly's speech fluency during
conversation. At that time, she displayed physically relaxed repetitions of words and
phrases (occurring at a frequency of 2 per 100 words), and interjections such as "um"
(occurring at a frequency of 1 per 100 words). She did not display any sound
prolongations or facial grimaces; she did not produce any pitch rises or phonatory
breaks; and she did not appear to avoid any sounds or words. Results from several
formal tests suggested that her articulation and language development were within
normal limits. Molly reportedly began producing repetitions and interjections at age 24
months, and the frequency of these disfluency types reportedly has remained stable
since then. The SLP did not recommend speech-language intervention following the
previous evaluation; however, she did provide the parents with information about
fluency development, sympto - Option (B) is correct. Molly's fluency development
was within normal limits at the previous evaluation, and, based on the parents'
report, it also seemed to be within normal limits at age 2. Further, no other
concerns about Molly's communication development were mentioned in the
scenario. Thus, it appears that Molly has never stuttered and her communication
,skills have been and continue to be within normal limits. Therefore, it is
unnecessary to reevaluate her speech or enroll her in fluency therapy.
Which of the following assessment descriptions represents an s/z ratio that is indicative
of a vocal pathology?
A.1.0
B.1.1
C.1.3
D.1.5 - Option (D) is correct. An s/zs slash z ratio greater than 1.4 is indicative of
possible laryngeal pathology. An s/zs slash z ratio greater than 1 means the client
prolonged the /s/forward slash s forward slash phoneme longer than the
/z/forward slash z forward slash phoneme. In other words the client was able to
produce a longer sound when the vocal folds were not involved, and sound
prolongation was less when the vocal folds were involved.
The correct responses are, in order, receptive language, receptive language and
expressive language, receptive language and expressive language. The Peabody
Picture Vocabulary Test—Revised is used to assess receptive language skills.
However, the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals—Preschool and the
Preschool Language Scales can be used to asses both receptive and expressive
language skills. -
SLPs often have a responsibility to communicate with the parents of children with
severe disabilities. According to mourning theory, when are parents normally most
receptive to information and advice provided by professionals regarding their child?
A.When the parents are working through their feelings about the child's disabilities
B.When the parents fully realize the extent of the child's disabilities and the limitations of
treatment and education
C.When the parents have acquired greater confidence in their capacity to care for the
child and greater motivation to cope with the child's disabilities
D.When the parents are making decisions regarding future care and protection of the
child - Option (C) is correct. According to mourning theory, a grieving person is
most receptive to new information about the source of grief after having just
entered the recovery stage.
A 5-year-old patient presents to an SLP with severe apraxia of speech. The SLP has
been intensively working with the patient for two years, and the patient has not
demonstrated any progress in a month. The SLP recommends a speech-generating
device for the patient to use at home and at school, but the insurance company denied
the request. Which of the following actions best allows the SLP to advocate for the
patient to receive a device?
A.Teaching the parent SLP terminology to use when talking to the insurance company
B.Writing a letter to the insurance company to refute the basis for the denial
,C.Asking the parent to buy the device without approval and apply for reimbursement
D.Sending a letter to the school's special education teacher asking the teacher to
contact the insurance company on the SLP's behalf - Option (B) is correct. Writing a
letter to the insurance company is within the scope of practice for an SLP to
ensure coverage for speech-language therapy.
Which of the following best represents an interprofessional treatment model?
A.The SLP designs an intervention plan to be implemented by an SLP assistant.
B.The SLP and general education teacher plan weekly language activities that they
deliver jointly to the classroom.
C.The SLP conducts the evaluation and the team designs the treatment program.
D.Two district SLPs design language screening tools for the Response to Intervention
(RTIR T I) team. - B
Which of the following conditions is singularly caused by a genetic abnormality?
A.Cleft lip and palate
B.Specific language impairment
C.Prader-Willi syndrome
D.Cerebral palsy - Option (C) is correct. Prader-Willi syndrome is directly linked to
missing genes on chromosome 15
An 82-year-old female patient is admitted to a skilled nursing facility following an acute
hospital stay. Her diagnoses include urinary tract infection, frequent falls with
subsequent hip fracture, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). No
surgery was required for the hip fracture. Before admission to the hospital, she was
living independently and able to complete all activities of daily living (ADLs) and
instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) on her own. She is referred to the facility
SLP for cognitive screening because she has difficulty carrying over new information,
confusion regarding weight-bearing status, and difficulty processing directions. The SLP
administers the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and the patient scores 17/30. The
patient's main deficits are in the areas of short-term memory, executive functioning, and
planning.
After the patient is appropriately treated both medically and - Option (A) is correct.
The patient's goal is to return to prior level of function (PLOFP L O F). The patient
was able to live independently before her admission, so spaced retrieval
techniques will help her to return to her previous level of memory ability or at
least teach her compensatory strategies to assist with her memory loss, since
she does not yet have a diagnosis of dementia.
Option (B) is correct. When treating a patient for a cognitive impairment not caused by a
stroke, SLPs should use a diagnosis of other symbolic dysfunction.
, Option (B) is correct. A neurologist can evaluate and diagnose for dementia and
other neurodegenerative diseases that this patient may have. It is accepted
practice that SLPs will refer to neurology when a dementia diagnosis is
suspected, as dementia is a neurological disorder.
A 3-year-old child was seen at the speech-and-language clinic for a speech assessment
to address teacher and parent concerns about speech intelligibility. During the initial
interview and observation, the SLP noted that the child exhibited inconsistent errors of
vowel and consonant production during repetitive speech tasks, inappropriate prosody,
and prolongations of speech sounds. The SLP chooses an assessment to determine
the presence of childhood apraxia of speech (CASC A S).
Which of the following procedures is most appropriate for this type of assessment?
A.Analyzing place, manner, and voicing of all consonant sounds at the word level
B.Evaluating fluency of speech during structured and unstructured conversational
activities
C.Testing stimulability of later-developing speech sounds in multiple phonetic contexts
D.Determining speech production in a variety of syllables-to-sentence combinations -
Option (D) is correct. A hallmark of childhood apraxia of speech is inconsistent
consonant and vowel productions in repeated production of words or syllables.
One appropriate way to identify areas of need based on these productions is to
look at speech production in a progression of tasks from simple to complex
A speech and language assessment was conducted on a 6-year-old child. Results
indicated normal receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skills. The child used
stopping, fronting, deaffrication, and final consonant deletion. The SLP will likely find
which of the following to be the most useful in planning for the child's treatment
program?
A.Mean length of utterance
B.Diadochokinetic rate
C.Stimulability information
D.Literacy information - Option (C) is correct. Stimulability information is a core
feature of a comprehensive assessment for speech sound disorders and shows
the level of readiness for therapy.
A 59-year-old male patient with laryngeal cancer presents to an SLP before a
laryngectomy. The SLP completes the evaluation and takes time to counsel the patient
regarding what to expect during and after the procedure.
Which of the following reasons best identifies the importance of a patient meeting with
an SLP prior to surgery?
A.Exploring alternatives to surgical intervention
B.Being educated regarding artificial forms of speech
C.Completing therapeutic exercises before the procedure
2) LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
According to empirical research with people who stutter, which TWO of the following are
true regarding the age of symptom onset for most cases?
A.It is usually earlier for girls than for boys.
B.It is similar for girls and boys.
C.It most often occurs in the range of 2 to 5 years old.
D.It most often occurs in the range of 6 to 9 years old - Options (A) and (C) are
correct. Research findings indicate that the age of onset for stuttering symptoms
is somewhat earlier for girls than for boys, and in most cases, symptom onset
occurs in the preschool years.
Which of the following should an SLP recommend to best help a patient who has
advanced to late stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type?
A.Group treatment to improve the patient's conversational intelligibility
B.Individual treatment to improve the patient's recall of salient vocabulary words
C.Individual treatment to improve the patient's comprehension during social discourse
D.Assistance from caregivers to improve the patient's communication skills - Option (D)
is correct. In the late stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type the most
appropriate intervention is to engage caregivers as facilitators of clients'
communication of wants and needs. Restorative treatment is not a goal at this
stage.
Six months ago, an SLP evaluated 4-year-old Molly's speech fluency during
conversation. At that time, she displayed physically relaxed repetitions of words and
phrases (occurring at a frequency of 2 per 100 words), and interjections such as "um"
(occurring at a frequency of 1 per 100 words). She did not display any sound
prolongations or facial grimaces; she did not produce any pitch rises or phonatory
breaks; and she did not appear to avoid any sounds or words. Results from several
formal tests suggested that her articulation and language development were within
normal limits. Molly reportedly began producing repetitions and interjections at age 24
months, and the frequency of these disfluency types reportedly has remained stable
since then. The SLP did not recommend speech-language intervention following the
previous evaluation; however, she did provide the parents with information about
fluency development, sympto - Option (B) is correct. Molly's fluency development
was within normal limits at the previous evaluation, and, based on the parents'
report, it also seemed to be within normal limits at age 2. Further, no other
concerns about Molly's communication development were mentioned in the
scenario. Thus, it appears that Molly has never stuttered and her communication
,skills have been and continue to be within normal limits. Therefore, it is
unnecessary to reevaluate her speech or enroll her in fluency therapy.
Which of the following assessment descriptions represents an s/z ratio that is indicative
of a vocal pathology?
A.1.0
B.1.1
C.1.3
D.1.5 - Option (D) is correct. An s/zs slash z ratio greater than 1.4 is indicative of
possible laryngeal pathology. An s/zs slash z ratio greater than 1 means the client
prolonged the /s/forward slash s forward slash phoneme longer than the
/z/forward slash z forward slash phoneme. In other words the client was able to
produce a longer sound when the vocal folds were not involved, and sound
prolongation was less when the vocal folds were involved.
The correct responses are, in order, receptive language, receptive language and
expressive language, receptive language and expressive language. The Peabody
Picture Vocabulary Test—Revised is used to assess receptive language skills.
However, the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals—Preschool and the
Preschool Language Scales can be used to asses both receptive and expressive
language skills. -
SLPs often have a responsibility to communicate with the parents of children with
severe disabilities. According to mourning theory, when are parents normally most
receptive to information and advice provided by professionals regarding their child?
A.When the parents are working through their feelings about the child's disabilities
B.When the parents fully realize the extent of the child's disabilities and the limitations of
treatment and education
C.When the parents have acquired greater confidence in their capacity to care for the
child and greater motivation to cope with the child's disabilities
D.When the parents are making decisions regarding future care and protection of the
child - Option (C) is correct. According to mourning theory, a grieving person is
most receptive to new information about the source of grief after having just
entered the recovery stage.
A 5-year-old patient presents to an SLP with severe apraxia of speech. The SLP has
been intensively working with the patient for two years, and the patient has not
demonstrated any progress in a month. The SLP recommends a speech-generating
device for the patient to use at home and at school, but the insurance company denied
the request. Which of the following actions best allows the SLP to advocate for the
patient to receive a device?
A.Teaching the parent SLP terminology to use when talking to the insurance company
B.Writing a letter to the insurance company to refute the basis for the denial
,C.Asking the parent to buy the device without approval and apply for reimbursement
D.Sending a letter to the school's special education teacher asking the teacher to
contact the insurance company on the SLP's behalf - Option (B) is correct. Writing a
letter to the insurance company is within the scope of practice for an SLP to
ensure coverage for speech-language therapy.
Which of the following best represents an interprofessional treatment model?
A.The SLP designs an intervention plan to be implemented by an SLP assistant.
B.The SLP and general education teacher plan weekly language activities that they
deliver jointly to the classroom.
C.The SLP conducts the evaluation and the team designs the treatment program.
D.Two district SLPs design language screening tools for the Response to Intervention
(RTIR T I) team. - B
Which of the following conditions is singularly caused by a genetic abnormality?
A.Cleft lip and palate
B.Specific language impairment
C.Prader-Willi syndrome
D.Cerebral palsy - Option (C) is correct. Prader-Willi syndrome is directly linked to
missing genes on chromosome 15
An 82-year-old female patient is admitted to a skilled nursing facility following an acute
hospital stay. Her diagnoses include urinary tract infection, frequent falls with
subsequent hip fracture, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). No
surgery was required for the hip fracture. Before admission to the hospital, she was
living independently and able to complete all activities of daily living (ADLs) and
instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) on her own. She is referred to the facility
SLP for cognitive screening because she has difficulty carrying over new information,
confusion regarding weight-bearing status, and difficulty processing directions. The SLP
administers the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and the patient scores 17/30. The
patient's main deficits are in the areas of short-term memory, executive functioning, and
planning.
After the patient is appropriately treated both medically and - Option (A) is correct.
The patient's goal is to return to prior level of function (PLOFP L O F). The patient
was able to live independently before her admission, so spaced retrieval
techniques will help her to return to her previous level of memory ability or at
least teach her compensatory strategies to assist with her memory loss, since
she does not yet have a diagnosis of dementia.
Option (B) is correct. When treating a patient for a cognitive impairment not caused by a
stroke, SLPs should use a diagnosis of other symbolic dysfunction.
, Option (B) is correct. A neurologist can evaluate and diagnose for dementia and
other neurodegenerative diseases that this patient may have. It is accepted
practice that SLPs will refer to neurology when a dementia diagnosis is
suspected, as dementia is a neurological disorder.
A 3-year-old child was seen at the speech-and-language clinic for a speech assessment
to address teacher and parent concerns about speech intelligibility. During the initial
interview and observation, the SLP noted that the child exhibited inconsistent errors of
vowel and consonant production during repetitive speech tasks, inappropriate prosody,
and prolongations of speech sounds. The SLP chooses an assessment to determine
the presence of childhood apraxia of speech (CASC A S).
Which of the following procedures is most appropriate for this type of assessment?
A.Analyzing place, manner, and voicing of all consonant sounds at the word level
B.Evaluating fluency of speech during structured and unstructured conversational
activities
C.Testing stimulability of later-developing speech sounds in multiple phonetic contexts
D.Determining speech production in a variety of syllables-to-sentence combinations -
Option (D) is correct. A hallmark of childhood apraxia of speech is inconsistent
consonant and vowel productions in repeated production of words or syllables.
One appropriate way to identify areas of need based on these productions is to
look at speech production in a progression of tasks from simple to complex
A speech and language assessment was conducted on a 6-year-old child. Results
indicated normal receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skills. The child used
stopping, fronting, deaffrication, and final consonant deletion. The SLP will likely find
which of the following to be the most useful in planning for the child's treatment
program?
A.Mean length of utterance
B.Diadochokinetic rate
C.Stimulability information
D.Literacy information - Option (C) is correct. Stimulability information is a core
feature of a comprehensive assessment for speech sound disorders and shows
the level of readiness for therapy.
A 59-year-old male patient with laryngeal cancer presents to an SLP before a
laryngectomy. The SLP completes the evaluation and takes time to counsel the patient
regarding what to expect during and after the procedure.
Which of the following reasons best identifies the importance of a patient meeting with
an SLP prior to surgery?
A.Exploring alternatives to surgical intervention
B.Being educated regarding artificial forms of speech
C.Completing therapeutic exercises before the procedure
