MEDICAL SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE EXAM 2025 |
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS |
LATEST EXAM (JUST RELEASED)
Based on ta phonetic approach of operant conditioning, which treatment
activity can be used to expand an individual's underlying knowledge of
sound system and features?
a. Minimal pairs
b. Multiple oppositions
c. Phonetic placement
d. Maximal oppositions ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d.
Maximal oppositions
A child that exhibits consistent, few errors and has only one or two sounds
missing from his or her inventory would benefit from which treatment
approach?
a. Phonetic treatment approach
b. Phonemic treatment approach
c. Either
d. Neither ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. Phonetic treatment
approach
To innervate a muscle, the brain sends signals down via which motor
neurons?
a. Efferent neurons
b. Afferent neurons
c. Rostral neurons
d. Dendrites ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. Efferent neurons
(efferent= exit - down) -GET THE EFF OUT
,The cranial nerves are composed of 12 pairs of nerves and belong to the
__________ nervous system?
a. Central
b. Autonomic
c. Somatic
d. Peripheral ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Peripheral
Sally recently suffered a stroke. Her balance and coordination present as if
she is drunk. Based on these symptoms, which type of stroke did Sally
most likely have?
a. Brainstem stroke
b. Left MCA
c. Cerebellar stroke
d. None of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c.
Cerebellar stroke
Which type of fiber connect regions of the cerebral cortex within each
hemisphere?
a. Projection fibers
b. Association fibers
c. Commissural fibers
d. Seperation fibers
e. All of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Association
fibers
Which cranial nerve innervates (unilaterally) all intrinsic muscles of the
tongue and all but one extrinsic muscle?
,a. CN XI
b. CN IX
c. CN XII
d. CN V ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. CN XII
Hypoglossal
Cranial nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal) is a motor nerve, a sensory nerve, or
both?
a. Motor
b. Sensory
c. Neither
d. Both motor and sensory
e. It varies person to person ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d.
Both motor and sensory
Which cranial nerve controls movement of certain neck muscles and
innervates the Sternoclidomastoid muscle?
a. Vagus nerve
b. Accessory nerve
c. Facial nerve
d. Trigeminal nerve
e. A and B ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Accessory nerve
(XI)
Which cranial nerve is characterized as both motor and sensory and is
responsible for the sensation of food residuals in the larynx, pharynx,
and/or esophagus?
a. Accessory nerve
b. Vagus nerve
c. Flossopharyngeal nerve
, d. Facial nerve ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Vagus nerve
Which organ at the top of the neck is responsible for breathing, sound
production, and aspiration prevention?
a. Thyroid gland
b. Parathyroid gland
c. Larynx
d. Pharynx
e. None of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. Larynx
Which intrinsic muscle of the larynx is the only abductor muscle of the vocal
folds?
a. Lateral cricoarytenoid
b. Transverse arytenoid
c. Oblique arytenoid
d. Posterior cricoarytenoid
e. Non of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Posterior
cricoarytenoid
An influenza epidemic that began last month may cause a spike in new
cases. The occurrence of new cases of a disease in a population over a
specific period of time refers to _________.
a. Prevalence
b. Incidence
c. Both
d. Neither ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Incidence
Incidence is a measure of occurrence of new cases
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS |
LATEST EXAM (JUST RELEASED)
Based on ta phonetic approach of operant conditioning, which treatment
activity can be used to expand an individual's underlying knowledge of
sound system and features?
a. Minimal pairs
b. Multiple oppositions
c. Phonetic placement
d. Maximal oppositions ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d.
Maximal oppositions
A child that exhibits consistent, few errors and has only one or two sounds
missing from his or her inventory would benefit from which treatment
approach?
a. Phonetic treatment approach
b. Phonemic treatment approach
c. Either
d. Neither ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. Phonetic treatment
approach
To innervate a muscle, the brain sends signals down via which motor
neurons?
a. Efferent neurons
b. Afferent neurons
c. Rostral neurons
d. Dendrites ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. Efferent neurons
(efferent= exit - down) -GET THE EFF OUT
,The cranial nerves are composed of 12 pairs of nerves and belong to the
__________ nervous system?
a. Central
b. Autonomic
c. Somatic
d. Peripheral ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Peripheral
Sally recently suffered a stroke. Her balance and coordination present as if
she is drunk. Based on these symptoms, which type of stroke did Sally
most likely have?
a. Brainstem stroke
b. Left MCA
c. Cerebellar stroke
d. None of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c.
Cerebellar stroke
Which type of fiber connect regions of the cerebral cortex within each
hemisphere?
a. Projection fibers
b. Association fibers
c. Commissural fibers
d. Seperation fibers
e. All of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Association
fibers
Which cranial nerve innervates (unilaterally) all intrinsic muscles of the
tongue and all but one extrinsic muscle?
,a. CN XI
b. CN IX
c. CN XII
d. CN V ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. CN XII
Hypoglossal
Cranial nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal) is a motor nerve, a sensory nerve, or
both?
a. Motor
b. Sensory
c. Neither
d. Both motor and sensory
e. It varies person to person ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d.
Both motor and sensory
Which cranial nerve controls movement of certain neck muscles and
innervates the Sternoclidomastoid muscle?
a. Vagus nerve
b. Accessory nerve
c. Facial nerve
d. Trigeminal nerve
e. A and B ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Accessory nerve
(XI)
Which cranial nerve is characterized as both motor and sensory and is
responsible for the sensation of food residuals in the larynx, pharynx,
and/or esophagus?
a. Accessory nerve
b. Vagus nerve
c. Flossopharyngeal nerve
, d. Facial nerve ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Vagus nerve
Which organ at the top of the neck is responsible for breathing, sound
production, and aspiration prevention?
a. Thyroid gland
b. Parathyroid gland
c. Larynx
d. Pharynx
e. None of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------c. Larynx
Which intrinsic muscle of the larynx is the only abductor muscle of the vocal
folds?
a. Lateral cricoarytenoid
b. Transverse arytenoid
c. Oblique arytenoid
d. Posterior cricoarytenoid
e. Non of the above ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d. Posterior
cricoarytenoid
An influenza epidemic that began last month may cause a spike in new
cases. The occurrence of new cases of a disease in a population over a
specific period of time refers to _________.
a. Prevalence
b. Incidence
c. Both
d. Neither ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b. Incidence
Incidence is a measure of occurrence of new cases
