CD 225 EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A heterogeneous group of deficits and/or immaturities in the comprehension and/or production of
spoken or written language is a ____________________________.
Answer:
A language impairment
Question:
2. What areas of language are affected by language impairment?
Answer:
listening, speech, reading and writing
Question:
3. What does typical language development look like? 3, 8, 12-15, 18 months & 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 years to
adolescence:
Answer:
3 months: responds vocally 8 months: gestures 12- 15 months: first words 18 months: combining words 2
years: adds bound morphemes 3 years: more adult-like 4 years: changes style to fit partner 5 years: 90% of
form learned 6 years: reading and writing develop Adolescence: conversations & narratives; multiple word
meanings and figurative language
Question:
4. Intentionality is what _____ and occurs in pre-language
Answer:
Reaching to be picked up
Question:
5. Protowords are _____ and occur in pre-language
Answer:
early form of an actual word that usually contains some of the sounds of the target word like dada
Question:
6. Representation vs. Symbolization as related to cognition
Answer:
form mental images or internal representations of objects vs using an external object to stand for
something EX: banana as phone
Question:
7. At what age should children begin combining words?
Answer:
18 months
, Question:
8. What does it mean for a caregiver to reformulate a child's utterance?
Answer:
Means repeating back what the child say with corrections to what they may have said wrong
Question:
9. What is a Lexicon?
Answer:
the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
Question:
10. Childs lexicon at 4
Answer:
1500 words
Question:
11. Childs lexicon at 3
Answer:
900
Question:
12. Childs lexicon at 2
Answer:
300 words
Question:
13. Fast mapping
Answer:
Inferring meaning from the context then using the word in a similar manner
Question:
14. What is MLU?
Answer:
Mean Length of Utterance
Question:
15. At what age do children begin producing utterances with a subject and a verb?
Answer:
Age 3, Preschool Language
Question:
16. Figurative Language
Answer:
School-Age and Adolescent Language
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A heterogeneous group of deficits and/or immaturities in the comprehension and/or production of
spoken or written language is a ____________________________.
Answer:
A language impairment
Question:
2. What areas of language are affected by language impairment?
Answer:
listening, speech, reading and writing
Question:
3. What does typical language development look like? 3, 8, 12-15, 18 months & 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 years to
adolescence:
Answer:
3 months: responds vocally 8 months: gestures 12- 15 months: first words 18 months: combining words 2
years: adds bound morphemes 3 years: more adult-like 4 years: changes style to fit partner 5 years: 90% of
form learned 6 years: reading and writing develop Adolescence: conversations & narratives; multiple word
meanings and figurative language
Question:
4. Intentionality is what _____ and occurs in pre-language
Answer:
Reaching to be picked up
Question:
5. Protowords are _____ and occur in pre-language
Answer:
early form of an actual word that usually contains some of the sounds of the target word like dada
Question:
6. Representation vs. Symbolization as related to cognition
Answer:
form mental images or internal representations of objects vs using an external object to stand for
something EX: banana as phone
Question:
7. At what age should children begin combining words?
Answer:
18 months
, Question:
8. What does it mean for a caregiver to reformulate a child's utterance?
Answer:
Means repeating back what the child say with corrections to what they may have said wrong
Question:
9. What is a Lexicon?
Answer:
the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
Question:
10. Childs lexicon at 4
Answer:
1500 words
Question:
11. Childs lexicon at 3
Answer:
900
Question:
12. Childs lexicon at 2
Answer:
300 words
Question:
13. Fast mapping
Answer:
Inferring meaning from the context then using the word in a similar manner
Question:
14. What is MLU?
Answer:
Mean Length of Utterance
Question:
15. At what age do children begin producing utterances with a subject and a verb?
Answer:
Age 3, Preschool Language
Question:
16. Figurative Language
Answer:
School-Age and Adolescent Language
