AAC FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What does AAC stand for?
Answer:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Question:
2. According to ASHA, what term refers to a group of individuals for whom speech is
temporarily or permanently inadequate to meet all of his or her communication
needs and whose inability to speak is not due primarily to a hearing impairment?
Answer:
non-speaking
Question:
3. non-speaking
Answer:
Sam is a 7 year old with cerebral palsy. He vocalizes to gain attention and laugh,
and uses an aided AAC system as his primary mode of communication. The term
that best describes Sam's communication is:
Question:
4. unaided
Answer:
Vocalizations/speech, gestures, facial expressions, and manual signs are all
examples of ______________ communication.
, Question:
5. A picture board/topic display, speech generating device, or written words are all
examples of __________ communication.
Answer:
aided
Question:
6. emerging communicator
Answer:
Annie has a severe seizure disorder and motor impairment. She has no means of
symbolic communication but will reach for items in the environment, show
expression through facial/body language, and responds positively when others
engage her. What kind of communicator is she?
Question:
7. context dependent communicator
Answer:
Ted has cerebral palsy, uses aided and unaided strategies including vocalizations,
invented gestures, topic communication boards, and a digitally recorded
communication device that others program for him. He relies heavily on prompts
from highly familiar communication partners to communicate. What kind of
communicator is he?
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What does AAC stand for?
Answer:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Question:
2. According to ASHA, what term refers to a group of individuals for whom speech is
temporarily or permanently inadequate to meet all of his or her communication
needs and whose inability to speak is not due primarily to a hearing impairment?
Answer:
non-speaking
Question:
3. non-speaking
Answer:
Sam is a 7 year old with cerebral palsy. He vocalizes to gain attention and laugh,
and uses an aided AAC system as his primary mode of communication. The term
that best describes Sam's communication is:
Question:
4. unaided
Answer:
Vocalizations/speech, gestures, facial expressions, and manual signs are all
examples of ______________ communication.
, Question:
5. A picture board/topic display, speech generating device, or written words are all
examples of __________ communication.
Answer:
aided
Question:
6. emerging communicator
Answer:
Annie has a severe seizure disorder and motor impairment. She has no means of
symbolic communication but will reach for items in the environment, show
expression through facial/body language, and responds positively when others
engage her. What kind of communicator is she?
Question:
7. context dependent communicator
Answer:
Ted has cerebral palsy, uses aided and unaided strategies including vocalizations,
invented gestures, topic communication boards, and a digitally recorded
communication device that others program for him. He relies heavily on prompts
from highly familiar communication partners to communicate. What kind of
communicator is he?
