SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY PRAXIS EXAM WITH /| /| /| /| /| /|
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS /| /| /|
To enhance the child's intelligibility, you determine to implement minimal pairings
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
as part of your treatment plan during therapy. Which of the following is not a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
minimal pair? /|
a) Meat
b) duck - fortune /| /|
c) moon - dirt /| /|
d) pen - ten - ANSWER ✔✔c) moon - dirt
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Words that are highly similar and differ only by a single sound are referred to as
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
minimal pairings. /|
What is the total number of thoracic vertebrae?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
a) Seven
b) Twelve
c) Five
d) 3 - 4 - ANSWER ✔✔b) 12
/| /| /| /| /| /|
The thoracic spine is composed of 12 vertebrae, which are designated as T1 through
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
T12.
The preschool instructor refers a child to you. Jaden, who is four years and five
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
months old, has relocated from another state. Jaden was reportedly evaluated by a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
speech-language pathologist in his previous state, who advised that he receive /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
intervention prior to entering kindergarten. Jaden employs the phonological /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
processes of gliding, consonant-cluster reduction, halting, reduplication, and
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
final-consonant deletion, as indicated by the previous clinician's report. The /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
existence of these phonological processes is verified by your evaluation. To initiate
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
treatment, you would address /| /| /|
A) deletion of the concluding consonant /| /| /| /|
B) glider
C) reduction of consonant clusters /| /| /|
D) reduplication - ANSWER ✔✔D) reduplication /| /| /| /|
,Disfluencies are more likely to occur in clusters for certain individuals who lisp than
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
would be expected by chance. This phenomenon is referred to as the
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) the impact of consistency
/| /| /|
B) probability effect /|
C) adjacency effect /|
D) assurance effect - ANSWER ✔✔C) adjacency effect /| /| /| /| /| /|
The adjacency effect is the inclination for stutterings to occur in close proximity to
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
previously stuttered words that have been erased in subsequent readings of a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
passage. It is assumed that stuttering may be induced by signals that remind the
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
stutterer of previous instances of speech failure.
/| /| /| /| /| /|
A technique known as "visual cueing" is employed by an individual who decodes
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
speech by observing the speaker's expression and utilizing visual cues to
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
comprehend the speaker's message. /| /| /|
a) speech that is interrupted
/| /| /| /|
B) communication that is visually represented /| /| /| /|
C) comprehension of discourse /| /|
D) deaf speech - ANSWER ✔✔C) speech comprehension
/| /| /| /| /| /|
Speech reading, also known as lipreading, is the process of interpreting the visual cues
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
of a spoken message, including the movements of the lips, tongue, lower jaw, eyes,
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
eyebrows, and facial expressions and gestures of the speaker, in order to process all
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
available visible, situational, and auditory cues. /| /| /| /| /|
Despite the fact that Kyle, a 27-year-old male, has fully developed his laryngeal
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
muscles, his voice remains consistently too high. You are of the opinion that Kyle
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
possesses:
A) alterations in hormone levels. /| /| /|
B) conversational dysphonia. /|
C) spasmodic dysphonia. /|
D) falsetto mutation. - ANSWER ✔✔D) mutational tenor. /| /| /| /| /| /|
A voice disorder known as "puberphonia" or "mutational falsetto" is characterized by
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
abnormal pitch, pitch gaps, and single-pitched speech. It typically manifests in
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
adolescence and can persist until advanced age if left untreated. /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A toddler who employs the pattern of kek/tek in her speech indicates that she is
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
employing:
,A) velar assimilation /|
B) alveolar assimilation /|
C) coalescence
D) segmentation - ANSWER ✔✔A) velar assimilation /| /| /| /| /|
Velar Assimilation: the conversion of a non-velar sound to a velar sound as a result
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
of the presence of a neighboring velar sound
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
An audiogram that reflects Carhart's notch is frequently observed in individuals
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
with otosclerosis. What is Carhart's notch?
/| /| /| /| /|
A) bone-conduction testing has demonstrated specific hearing losses at both 2,000 /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
and 4,000 Hz. /| /|
B) a particular type of sensorineural hearing loss that is distinguished by a "dip" at
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
1,000 Hz /|
C) a specific hearing loss at 2,000 Hz, as demonstrated by bone-conduction testing
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
D) a specific hearing loss at 4,000 Hz, as demonstrated by both air- and
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
bone-conduction testing - ANSWER ✔✔C) a specific hearing loss at 2,000 Hz, as /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
demonstrated by bone-conduction testing /| /| /|
Otosclerosis is a term that is derived from the Greek words oto, which means "of the /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
ear," and sclerosis, which means "abnormal hardening of body tissue." The
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
condition is caused by aberrant bone remodeling in the middle ear.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
should be addressed prior to articulation errors when treating /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
a patient with tongue thrust and articulation errors, according to certain clinicians.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) Nasal regurgitation /|
B) Velum insertion /|
C) Segmentation of sounds /| /|
D) Tongue position and lip closure - ANSWER ✔✔D) Tongue position and lip closure
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Tongue displacement is addressed through speech therapy and myofunctional
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
therapy. The objective of myofunctional therapy is to establish a standard oral
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
resting position in which the tongue tip rests against the ridge behind the upper front
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
teeth, and the lips and teeth are closed.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Which of the following is an example of an entity + locative?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) the chair in question /| /| /|
, B) an increased amount of fluid
/| /| /| /|
C) land on the bed /| /| /|
D) juice in a glass - ANSWER ✔✔D) juice in a glass
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Entity: a thing that possesses a unique and autonomous existence.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Locative is a grammatical case that denotes a specific location.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Which muscle indirectly affects respiration by controlling the cranium and elongating
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
the neck?
/|
A) Sternocleidomastoid
B) Trapezius
C) Scalenes
D) Levator scapulae - ANSWER ✔✔B) Trapezius /| /| /| /| /|
Netzna, a six-year-old with a speech sound disorder, requires intervention to improve
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
her articulation and phonological awareness skills. Micah, the clinician,
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
collaborates with her on the subsequent assignments: "Netzna, I am going to utter a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
series of sounds. Could you please identify the word that these sounds represent?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
R-o-s-t." Micah has recently addressed Netzna's abilities in the following domain:
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) Alliteration
B) Syllabication
C) Blending of phonemes /| /|
D) Phonic identification - ANSWER ✔✔C) Phoneme merging /| /| /| /| /| /|
Phoneme blending is the capacity to perceive the individual sounds in a word, combine
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
them, and pronounce the resulting word.
/| /| /| /| /|
What is the function of the Medulla Oblongata in the brainstem?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) Controlling blood pressure and heart rate /| /| /| /| /|
B) Regulating the sense of scent /| /| /| /|
C) Ensuring equilibrium and coordination /| /| /|
D) The processing of visual information - ANSWER ✔✔A) The regulation of
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
blood pressure and heart rate
/| /| /| /|
The brainstem and spinal cord are connected by the medulla oblongata, which
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
contains numerous critical functional centers. It is composed of the
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
cardiovascular-respiratory regulation system, descending motor tracts, ascending /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
sensory tracts, and the origin of cranial nerves IX, X, XI, and XII.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS /| /| /|
To enhance the child's intelligibility, you determine to implement minimal pairings
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
as part of your treatment plan during therapy. Which of the following is not a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
minimal pair? /|
a) Meat
b) duck - fortune /| /|
c) moon - dirt /| /|
d) pen - ten - ANSWER ✔✔c) moon - dirt
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Words that are highly similar and differ only by a single sound are referred to as
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
minimal pairings. /|
What is the total number of thoracic vertebrae?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
a) Seven
b) Twelve
c) Five
d) 3 - 4 - ANSWER ✔✔b) 12
/| /| /| /| /| /|
The thoracic spine is composed of 12 vertebrae, which are designated as T1 through
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
T12.
The preschool instructor refers a child to you. Jaden, who is four years and five
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
months old, has relocated from another state. Jaden was reportedly evaluated by a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
speech-language pathologist in his previous state, who advised that he receive /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
intervention prior to entering kindergarten. Jaden employs the phonological /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
processes of gliding, consonant-cluster reduction, halting, reduplication, and
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
final-consonant deletion, as indicated by the previous clinician's report. The /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
existence of these phonological processes is verified by your evaluation. To initiate
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
treatment, you would address /| /| /|
A) deletion of the concluding consonant /| /| /| /|
B) glider
C) reduction of consonant clusters /| /| /|
D) reduplication - ANSWER ✔✔D) reduplication /| /| /| /|
,Disfluencies are more likely to occur in clusters for certain individuals who lisp than
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
would be expected by chance. This phenomenon is referred to as the
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) the impact of consistency
/| /| /|
B) probability effect /|
C) adjacency effect /|
D) assurance effect - ANSWER ✔✔C) adjacency effect /| /| /| /| /| /|
The adjacency effect is the inclination for stutterings to occur in close proximity to
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
previously stuttered words that have been erased in subsequent readings of a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
passage. It is assumed that stuttering may be induced by signals that remind the
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
stutterer of previous instances of speech failure.
/| /| /| /| /| /|
A technique known as "visual cueing" is employed by an individual who decodes
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
speech by observing the speaker's expression and utilizing visual cues to
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
comprehend the speaker's message. /| /| /|
a) speech that is interrupted
/| /| /| /|
B) communication that is visually represented /| /| /| /|
C) comprehension of discourse /| /|
D) deaf speech - ANSWER ✔✔C) speech comprehension
/| /| /| /| /| /|
Speech reading, also known as lipreading, is the process of interpreting the visual cues
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
of a spoken message, including the movements of the lips, tongue, lower jaw, eyes,
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
eyebrows, and facial expressions and gestures of the speaker, in order to process all
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
available visible, situational, and auditory cues. /| /| /| /| /|
Despite the fact that Kyle, a 27-year-old male, has fully developed his laryngeal
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
muscles, his voice remains consistently too high. You are of the opinion that Kyle
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
possesses:
A) alterations in hormone levels. /| /| /|
B) conversational dysphonia. /|
C) spasmodic dysphonia. /|
D) falsetto mutation. - ANSWER ✔✔D) mutational tenor. /| /| /| /| /| /|
A voice disorder known as "puberphonia" or "mutational falsetto" is characterized by
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
abnormal pitch, pitch gaps, and single-pitched speech. It typically manifests in
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
adolescence and can persist until advanced age if left untreated. /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A toddler who employs the pattern of kek/tek in her speech indicates that she is
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
employing:
,A) velar assimilation /|
B) alveolar assimilation /|
C) coalescence
D) segmentation - ANSWER ✔✔A) velar assimilation /| /| /| /| /|
Velar Assimilation: the conversion of a non-velar sound to a velar sound as a result
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
of the presence of a neighboring velar sound
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
An audiogram that reflects Carhart's notch is frequently observed in individuals
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
with otosclerosis. What is Carhart's notch?
/| /| /| /| /|
A) bone-conduction testing has demonstrated specific hearing losses at both 2,000 /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
and 4,000 Hz. /| /|
B) a particular type of sensorineural hearing loss that is distinguished by a "dip" at
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
1,000 Hz /|
C) a specific hearing loss at 2,000 Hz, as demonstrated by bone-conduction testing
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
D) a specific hearing loss at 4,000 Hz, as demonstrated by both air- and
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
bone-conduction testing - ANSWER ✔✔C) a specific hearing loss at 2,000 Hz, as /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
demonstrated by bone-conduction testing /| /| /|
Otosclerosis is a term that is derived from the Greek words oto, which means "of the /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
ear," and sclerosis, which means "abnormal hardening of body tissue." The
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
condition is caused by aberrant bone remodeling in the middle ear.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
should be addressed prior to articulation errors when treating /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
a patient with tongue thrust and articulation errors, according to certain clinicians.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) Nasal regurgitation /|
B) Velum insertion /|
C) Segmentation of sounds /| /|
D) Tongue position and lip closure - ANSWER ✔✔D) Tongue position and lip closure
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Tongue displacement is addressed through speech therapy and myofunctional
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
therapy. The objective of myofunctional therapy is to establish a standard oral
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
resting position in which the tongue tip rests against the ridge behind the upper front
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
teeth, and the lips and teeth are closed.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Which of the following is an example of an entity + locative?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) the chair in question /| /| /|
, B) an increased amount of fluid
/| /| /| /|
C) land on the bed /| /| /|
D) juice in a glass - ANSWER ✔✔D) juice in a glass
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Entity: a thing that possesses a unique and autonomous existence.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Locative is a grammatical case that denotes a specific location.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
Which muscle indirectly affects respiration by controlling the cranium and elongating
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
the neck?
/|
A) Sternocleidomastoid
B) Trapezius
C) Scalenes
D) Levator scapulae - ANSWER ✔✔B) Trapezius /| /| /| /| /|
Netzna, a six-year-old with a speech sound disorder, requires intervention to improve
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
her articulation and phonological awareness skills. Micah, the clinician,
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
collaborates with her on the subsequent assignments: "Netzna, I am going to utter a
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
series of sounds. Could you please identify the word that these sounds represent?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
R-o-s-t." Micah has recently addressed Netzna's abilities in the following domain:
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) Alliteration
B) Syllabication
C) Blending of phonemes /| /|
D) Phonic identification - ANSWER ✔✔C) Phoneme merging /| /| /| /| /| /|
Phoneme blending is the capacity to perceive the individual sounds in a word, combine
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
them, and pronounce the resulting word.
/| /| /| /| /|
What is the function of the Medulla Oblongata in the brainstem?
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
A) Controlling blood pressure and heart rate /| /| /| /| /|
B) Regulating the sense of scent /| /| /| /|
C) Ensuring equilibrium and coordination /| /| /|
D) The processing of visual information - ANSWER ✔✔A) The regulation of
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
blood pressure and heart rate
/| /| /| /|
The brainstem and spinal cord are connected by the medulla oblongata, which
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
contains numerous critical functional centers. It is composed of the
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
cardiovascular-respiratory regulation system, descending motor tracts, ascending /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
sensory tracts, and the origin of cranial nerves IX, X, XI, and XII.
/| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
