Medical SLP - Praxis Practice Questions and Answers Fully Solved
c. 10 months
intentional and purposeful switch from perlocutionary to illocutionary - Answers At about what age do
infants begin to send intentional and purposeful messages via babbling and gesturing?
a. 3 months
b. 6 months
c. 10 months
d. 2 years old
b. Reduplicated babbling
CVCV syllable chains - Answers Tommy is 7 months old and recently began babbling. He produces chains
such as "mama" and "dada". What type of babbling is Tommy demonstrating?
a. Variegated babbling
b. Reduplicated babbling
c. Cooing
d. None of the above
c. 24 months - Answers At about what age do typically developing children have about 200-300 words in
their expressive vocabulary?
a. 12 months
b. 18 months
c. 24 months
d. 3 years old
F. B and D
,cry for basic needs and quiet/smile in response to sound - Answers By 3 months old, typically developing
infants may consistently do which of the following:
a. Follow 1-step directions
b. Cry for basic needs
c. Look when name is called
d. Quiet in response to noise
e. B and C
f. B and D
c. 2 1/2 years old
2 - 3 years old - Answers Jen understands simple opposites and questions. Her mother reports that Jen is
constantly asking "why?" Based upon typical development, what age is Jen closest to?
a. 8 months old
b. 12 months old
c. 2 1/2 years old
d. 4 years old
d. No speech therapy indicated
Because age related changes, not dysphagia - Answers A 78 year old female is reporting loss of taste.
Findings from her videofluoroscopy reveal age-related changes. Which of the following treatment would
you recommend?
a. Modified diet
b. Oral motor exercises
,c. Pharyngeal strength exercises
d. No speech therapy indicated
b. Daddy's jumping up and down
Daddy's - Answers Contractible auxiliary is a later developing morpheme. which of the following
sentences contains an example of contractible auxiliary?
a. Daddy's jumping up and down
b. It's hot in the summer
c. Are you going?
d. None of the above
d. 15 morphemes - Answers Identify the number of morphemes in the following sentence: "It was
undeniable that she was the happiest girl in her class"
a. 16
b. 17
c. 14
d. 15
e. none of the above
a. Phonology
phonemes alone do not have meaning - Answers The smallest unit of language that can change meaning
of words but does not have meaning on its own is known as:
a. Morphology
b. Syntax
c. Phonology
, d. Semantics
e. None of the above
a. A and C
phonology, morphology, and syntax are all part of language form - Answers Language is often classified
into three components: form, content, and use. Which of the following is an example of language form?
a. Syntax
b. Pragmatics
c. Morphology
d. A and C
e. All of the above
b. Nativist/Generative view
Chomsky - Answers Which language theory is supported by the following evidence: deaf babies babble,
grammar rules are not directly taught, and children follow a sequence of developmental milestones
a. Cognitive theory
b. Nativist/Generative view
c. Constructionist/Interactionist view
d. Behavioral theory
d. A and C
present progressive -ing acquired by 27-30 months, stage II - Answers Which of the following
grammatical morphemes are acquired first in typically developing children?
a. Present progressive -ing
c. 10 months
intentional and purposeful switch from perlocutionary to illocutionary - Answers At about what age do
infants begin to send intentional and purposeful messages via babbling and gesturing?
a. 3 months
b. 6 months
c. 10 months
d. 2 years old
b. Reduplicated babbling
CVCV syllable chains - Answers Tommy is 7 months old and recently began babbling. He produces chains
such as "mama" and "dada". What type of babbling is Tommy demonstrating?
a. Variegated babbling
b. Reduplicated babbling
c. Cooing
d. None of the above
c. 24 months - Answers At about what age do typically developing children have about 200-300 words in
their expressive vocabulary?
a. 12 months
b. 18 months
c. 24 months
d. 3 years old
F. B and D
,cry for basic needs and quiet/smile in response to sound - Answers By 3 months old, typically developing
infants may consistently do which of the following:
a. Follow 1-step directions
b. Cry for basic needs
c. Look when name is called
d. Quiet in response to noise
e. B and C
f. B and D
c. 2 1/2 years old
2 - 3 years old - Answers Jen understands simple opposites and questions. Her mother reports that Jen is
constantly asking "why?" Based upon typical development, what age is Jen closest to?
a. 8 months old
b. 12 months old
c. 2 1/2 years old
d. 4 years old
d. No speech therapy indicated
Because age related changes, not dysphagia - Answers A 78 year old female is reporting loss of taste.
Findings from her videofluoroscopy reveal age-related changes. Which of the following treatment would
you recommend?
a. Modified diet
b. Oral motor exercises
,c. Pharyngeal strength exercises
d. No speech therapy indicated
b. Daddy's jumping up and down
Daddy's - Answers Contractible auxiliary is a later developing morpheme. which of the following
sentences contains an example of contractible auxiliary?
a. Daddy's jumping up and down
b. It's hot in the summer
c. Are you going?
d. None of the above
d. 15 morphemes - Answers Identify the number of morphemes in the following sentence: "It was
undeniable that she was the happiest girl in her class"
a. 16
b. 17
c. 14
d. 15
e. none of the above
a. Phonology
phonemes alone do not have meaning - Answers The smallest unit of language that can change meaning
of words but does not have meaning on its own is known as:
a. Morphology
b. Syntax
c. Phonology
, d. Semantics
e. None of the above
a. A and C
phonology, morphology, and syntax are all part of language form - Answers Language is often classified
into three components: form, content, and use. Which of the following is an example of language form?
a. Syntax
b. Pragmatics
c. Morphology
d. A and C
e. All of the above
b. Nativist/Generative view
Chomsky - Answers Which language theory is supported by the following evidence: deaf babies babble,
grammar rules are not directly taught, and children follow a sequence of developmental milestones
a. Cognitive theory
b. Nativist/Generative view
c. Constructionist/Interactionist view
d. Behavioral theory
d. A and C
present progressive -ing acquired by 27-30 months, stage II - Answers Which of the following
grammatical morphemes are acquired first in typically developing children?
a. Present progressive -ing
