SLP PRAXIS II PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
ACTUAL EXAM 100% .
You are evaluating a 5-year-old boy whose mother has a history of alcohol
abuse while she was carrying her son. In your assessment, you would look for
specific speech and language problems; in addition, you would look for which of
the following positive or negative signs?
A. Normal motor and intellectual development, normal play activities, and
normal facial and skull features
B. Language problems, but no speech problems, coupled with good eye
contact and generally compliant behavior
C. Lack of gestures, good eye contact, and lack of attachment to new
people
,D. Low birth weight and length, behavior problems, and possible
swallowing difficulties - ANS✔✔---D. Low birth weight and length,
behavior problems, and possible swallowing difficulties
An opera singer complains that she is unable to maintain adequate breath
support to produce her optimal voice. You want to measure the singer's lung
volume to check for adequate breath support for optimal voice. You will need to
measure ___________, which is the volume of air that the singer can exhale
after a maximal inhalation. - ANS✔✔---vital capacity
A patient comes to you complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness. After
talking with the patient, you discover that he often experiences heartburn and
indigestion. You consult with the on-call physician who mentions that this
patients gastric contents are spontaneously emptying into his esophagus. The
physician diagnoses that the problem is... - ANS✔✔---GERD
When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an unrepaired cleft palate, what
determines the timing of speech intervention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Misarticulations
C. Nasal Emission
,D. Surgical procedures - ANS✔✔---D. Surgical procedures.
A patient complains of aching pains, tingling sensations and coldness. The
SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy and hoarse. Other
symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred speech that sounds monotone.
The clinician notices bradykinesia, rigidity, tremors and impaired postural
reflexes. What is the likely diagnosis?
A. Apraxia
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Vascular dementia
D. Huntington's disease. - ANS✔✔---A. Parkinson's disease.
You are assessing a 60-year-old woman for a possible diagnosis of aphasia.
You are interested in finding out the specific type of aphasia. You notice she has
an inability to whistle, cough, or wink on command. This condition alone might
suggest which type of aphasia that the woman has? - ANS✔✔---
buccofacial apraxia
You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high school education,
significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled blood pressure. Your
diagnosis is global aphasia. During your counseling at the end of assessment,
, his wife asks "What is the prognosis for improvement in communication skills?"
What would be an appropriate answer?
A. prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication,
provided he receives 3 months of therapy
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the
end of which I will have a better idea
C. Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any improvement
gained in therapy
D. Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy -
ANS✔✔---B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial
therapy, at the end of which I will have a better idea
You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to
you to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and
"breathy" and gets more severe during recess and lunch. The child does not
display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the speech-language
pathologist, what should you initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?
A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
ACTUAL EXAM 100% .
You are evaluating a 5-year-old boy whose mother has a history of alcohol
abuse while she was carrying her son. In your assessment, you would look for
specific speech and language problems; in addition, you would look for which of
the following positive or negative signs?
A. Normal motor and intellectual development, normal play activities, and
normal facial and skull features
B. Language problems, but no speech problems, coupled with good eye
contact and generally compliant behavior
C. Lack of gestures, good eye contact, and lack of attachment to new
people
,D. Low birth weight and length, behavior problems, and possible
swallowing difficulties - ANS✔✔---D. Low birth weight and length,
behavior problems, and possible swallowing difficulties
An opera singer complains that she is unable to maintain adequate breath
support to produce her optimal voice. You want to measure the singer's lung
volume to check for adequate breath support for optimal voice. You will need to
measure ___________, which is the volume of air that the singer can exhale
after a maximal inhalation. - ANS✔✔---vital capacity
A patient comes to you complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness. After
talking with the patient, you discover that he often experiences heartburn and
indigestion. You consult with the on-call physician who mentions that this
patients gastric contents are spontaneously emptying into his esophagus. The
physician diagnoses that the problem is... - ANS✔✔---GERD
When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an unrepaired cleft palate, what
determines the timing of speech intervention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Misarticulations
C. Nasal Emission
,D. Surgical procedures - ANS✔✔---D. Surgical procedures.
A patient complains of aching pains, tingling sensations and coldness. The
SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy and hoarse. Other
symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred speech that sounds monotone.
The clinician notices bradykinesia, rigidity, tremors and impaired postural
reflexes. What is the likely diagnosis?
A. Apraxia
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Vascular dementia
D. Huntington's disease. - ANS✔✔---A. Parkinson's disease.
You are assessing a 60-year-old woman for a possible diagnosis of aphasia.
You are interested in finding out the specific type of aphasia. You notice she has
an inability to whistle, cough, or wink on command. This condition alone might
suggest which type of aphasia that the woman has? - ANS✔✔---
buccofacial apraxia
You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high school education,
significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled blood pressure. Your
diagnosis is global aphasia. During your counseling at the end of assessment,
, his wife asks "What is the prognosis for improvement in communication skills?"
What would be an appropriate answer?
A. prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication,
provided he receives 3 months of therapy
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the
end of which I will have a better idea
C. Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any improvement
gained in therapy
D. Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy -
ANS✔✔---B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial
therapy, at the end of which I will have a better idea
You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to
you to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and
"breathy" and gets more severe during recess and lunch. The child does not
display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the speech-language
pathologist, what should you initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?
A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
