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SLP Praxis Exam Practice Questions
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The duration of swallowing apnea is longest in -Correct Answer ✔healthy elderly adults
Other frequently occurring deficit areas in CAS include -Correct Answer ✔language,
metalinguistic/phonemic awareness and syllable shapes
The most useful tasks for differential diagnosis of dysarthria in a motor speech
evaluation are -Correct Answer ✔assessment of conversational speech and alternating
motion rates (AMRs)
What can you tell a patient with Parkinson disease about the likely benefits of
neurosurgical procedures, such as pallidotomy or thalamotomy, on her speech
production? -Correct Answer ✔there will probably be significant postoperative
improvements in ratings of general motor function and disease severity but not in
speech production
You are working in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic, where you monitor
patients every 3 months. Of the following situations, which would you expect? -Correct
Answer ✔individuals with spinal onset require motor speech intervention later than
those with bulbar onset
What condition is the most likely to result in a mixed flaccid-spastic dysarthria? -Correct
Answer ✔TBI
Increased vocal effort is considered to be a holistic intervention strategy because -
Correct Answer ✔it affects multiple physiological systems
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What "internal evidence" (internal to patient and/or clinician) makes it difficult to
recommend rate-control strategies? -Correct Answer ✔individuals dislike speaking
slowly
You are screening a patient in acute care. You note that all speaking attempts are
unintelligible, the patient does not initiate language, and comprehension appears poor.
Your first priority is -Correct Answer ✔establish consistent "yes"/"no" responses
Your client presents with 98% speech intelligibility, adequate subglottal pressure, nasal
emission on plosives, no gag reflex, normal voice quality, and appropriate loudness. He
wants to return to his radio broadcasting job. Most appropriate intervention? -Correct
Answer ✔fitting for a palatal lift prosthesis
Pacing boards can reduce speech naturalness because -Correct Answer ✔their use leads
to placement of pauses in linguistically-inappropriate locations.
If basic perception in a sensory modality is intact, then failure to recognize familiar
stimuli in that modality is known as -Correct Answer ✔agnosia
Jonathan only calls Angel a "dog;" he does not use the word "dog" to refer to his
neighbors Rottweiler or his grandma's poodle. We can say that Jonathan is
demonstrating the patten of -Correct Answer ✔underextension
the parents might say, "You are making the car go fast," or " That pig is pink." The
parents are using the technique of -Correct Answer ✔parallel talk
what do standardized tests not do? -Correct Answer ✔assess language behaviors
properly
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You are assessing the expressive language skills of a 4-year-old with delayed language.
One of the things he says is "My birthday party was fun - we ate cake and cookies!" This
would count as -Correct Answer ✔10 words, 11 morphemes
Using Brown's morphemes as a reference, which utterance below represents two
morphemes? -Correct Answer ✔Daddy's
Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA -Correct Answer ✔is a
federal grant program that assists states in operating a comprehensive statewide
program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, ages
birth through 2 years.
a child says: "let's play house. You be the mommy, and I'll be the daddy, and we'll make
dinner. Then the grandma will put the baby to bed." The typically developing child is
suggesting that they engage in which type of play? -Correct Answer ✔collaborative play
Danny points to the sky and says excitedly, "Plane sky!" His mother responds, "Yes, I see
that big silver plane flying up in the blue sky! Wow!" She has just used the technique of -
Correct Answer ✔extension
in targeting word retrieval skills, an SLP is working on the area of -Correct Answer
✔semantic skills
the teacher says, "Before you put on your jacket to go outside, be sure to get your
snack." Jeannette puts her jacket on first and then ties to get her snack. Jeannette is
showing difficulty with -Correct Answer ✔order of mention
SLP Praxis
SLP Praxis Exam Practice Questions
with Correct Detailed Answers Top
Graded 2025
The duration of swallowing apnea is longest in -Correct Answer ✔healthy elderly adults
Other frequently occurring deficit areas in CAS include -Correct Answer ✔language,
metalinguistic/phonemic awareness and syllable shapes
The most useful tasks for differential diagnosis of dysarthria in a motor speech
evaluation are -Correct Answer ✔assessment of conversational speech and alternating
motion rates (AMRs)
What can you tell a patient with Parkinson disease about the likely benefits of
neurosurgical procedures, such as pallidotomy or thalamotomy, on her speech
production? -Correct Answer ✔there will probably be significant postoperative
improvements in ratings of general motor function and disease severity but not in
speech production
You are working in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic, where you monitor
patients every 3 months. Of the following situations, which would you expect? -Correct
Answer ✔individuals with spinal onset require motor speech intervention later than
those with bulbar onset
What condition is the most likely to result in a mixed flaccid-spastic dysarthria? -Correct
Answer ✔TBI
Increased vocal effort is considered to be a holistic intervention strategy because -
Correct Answer ✔it affects multiple physiological systems
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What "internal evidence" (internal to patient and/or clinician) makes it difficult to
recommend rate-control strategies? -Correct Answer ✔individuals dislike speaking
slowly
You are screening a patient in acute care. You note that all speaking attempts are
unintelligible, the patient does not initiate language, and comprehension appears poor.
Your first priority is -Correct Answer ✔establish consistent "yes"/"no" responses
Your client presents with 98% speech intelligibility, adequate subglottal pressure, nasal
emission on plosives, no gag reflex, normal voice quality, and appropriate loudness. He
wants to return to his radio broadcasting job. Most appropriate intervention? -Correct
Answer ✔fitting for a palatal lift prosthesis
Pacing boards can reduce speech naturalness because -Correct Answer ✔their use leads
to placement of pauses in linguistically-inappropriate locations.
If basic perception in a sensory modality is intact, then failure to recognize familiar
stimuli in that modality is known as -Correct Answer ✔agnosia
Jonathan only calls Angel a "dog;" he does not use the word "dog" to refer to his
neighbors Rottweiler or his grandma's poodle. We can say that Jonathan is
demonstrating the patten of -Correct Answer ✔underextension
the parents might say, "You are making the car go fast," or " That pig is pink." The
parents are using the technique of -Correct Answer ✔parallel talk
what do standardized tests not do? -Correct Answer ✔assess language behaviors
properly
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You are assessing the expressive language skills of a 4-year-old with delayed language.
One of the things he says is "My birthday party was fun - we ate cake and cookies!" This
would count as -Correct Answer ✔10 words, 11 morphemes
Using Brown's morphemes as a reference, which utterance below represents two
morphemes? -Correct Answer ✔Daddy's
Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA -Correct Answer ✔is a
federal grant program that assists states in operating a comprehensive statewide
program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, ages
birth through 2 years.
a child says: "let's play house. You be the mommy, and I'll be the daddy, and we'll make
dinner. Then the grandma will put the baby to bed." The typically developing child is
suggesting that they engage in which type of play? -Correct Answer ✔collaborative play
Danny points to the sky and says excitedly, "Plane sky!" His mother responds, "Yes, I see
that big silver plane flying up in the blue sky! Wow!" She has just used the technique of -
Correct Answer ✔extension
in targeting word retrieval skills, an SLP is working on the area of -Correct Answer
✔semantic skills
the teacher says, "Before you put on your jacket to go outside, be sure to get your
snack." Jeannette puts her jacket on first and then ties to get her snack. Jeannette is
showing difficulty with -Correct Answer ✔order of mention
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