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SLP Praxis Exam V1 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions) QUESTION A 70 year old female has dysphagia characterized by poor posterior oral containment of the bolus during the oral preparatory stage, causing aspiration before the swallow. Cognition and the pharyngeal stage of the swallow are intact. Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment approach for the client? A. providing a puree diet with thickened liquids B. Having the client flex her head forward (perform the chin-down posture) during oral preparation and transit stages of the swallow C. Having the client turn (rotate) her head to the right when swallowing D. Having the client eat more slowly to prevent aspiration E. Providing a diet that consists of thin liquids Answer: B. Having the client flex her head forward (perform the chin-down posture) during oral preparation and transit stages of the swallow QUESTION An 8 year old child with moderately severe hypernasality has persistent nasal regugitation following an adenoidectomy performed 6 months eariler. The child's speech is likely to show the greatest improvement A. as a result of pharyngeal flap surgery B. as a result of intensive speech intervention C. as a result of the natural regrowth of the adenoid tissue before puberty D. gradually and spontaneously, starting at age 9 E. gradually and spontaneously, starting after puberty Answer: A. As a result of pharyngeal flap surgery QUESTION A 61 year old woman has dysphagia, characterized by incomplete laryngeal closure during the swallow. Which of the following is the most significant risk to the patient? A. Aspiration before the swallow B. Aspiration during the swallow C. Residue in the valleculae D. Residue on top of the epiglottis E. Excessive weight loss Answer: B. Aspiration during the swallow QUESTION In addition to an SLP, which of the following constitutes a team likely to be most helpful in the acute stage rehabilitation of a child with a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury? A. An occupational therapist, a pediatric physiatrist, and a physical therapist B. A physical therapist, a psychologist, and a special education teacher C. An occupational therapist and a psychologist D. A special education teacher and a pediatrician E. A pediatrician and a geneticist Answer: A. An occupational therapist, a pediatric physiatrist, and a physical therapist QUESTION For which individual would an AAC intervention be least appropriate? A. a preschool child with a language learning disorder and highly unintelligible speech B. a teenager with a repaired cleft palate who continues to experience hypernasality C. A young adult with severe cerebral palsy precluding functional oral communication D. A 55 year old man who has had a laryngectomy E. A 76 year old woman with severe Broca's aphasia Answer: B. A teenager with a repaired cleft palate who continues to experience hypernasality QUESTION An 8 year old child with a repaired palatal cleft has received speech intervention for two years in order to reduce moderately severe hypernasality and nasal emission. Cognitive and linguistic skills are normal. All clinical data support a conclusion that abnormal speech characteristics are primarily the result of an inadequate velopharyngeal mechanism. There have been small improvements, but none in the past six to nine months. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action for the SLP to take with the child at this point? A. terminating speech intervention and reassessing at three month intervals the potential for benefiting from renewed speech intervention B. Instituting an additional three months of articulation intervention C. Instituting a program of blowing, sucking, and swallowing exercises for a six-month trial period D. Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of sur Answer: D. Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of surgical or prosthetic management QUESTION A typically-developing 10 month old child will exhibit which of the following skills? A. canonical babbling B. imitation of sequences of four syllables C. naming of objects D. an expressive vocabulary of four words E. a mean length of utterance of 1.5 Answer: A. Canonical babbling QUESTION Carrie a 9 year old child, has normal receptive language abilities and normal intelligence. She produces narratives in correct sequential order of events, but they are characterized by verbal mazes with no identification of major themes and contain few, if any, referents. Which of the following is the most appropriate intervention for her school SLP to implement A. An inclusion program focused on specific syntactic deficits B. An individual pull-out program to develop expressive reasoning and sequencing C. A collaborative program emphasizing skills in establishing presuppositions within units of discourse D. a focused stimulation approach for developing conjunctions and modals E. Behavior management to eliminate use of nonspecific language terms. Answer: C. A collaborative program emphasizing skills in establishing presuppositions within units of discourse QUESTION Determination of eligibility for speech-language pathology services through IDEA is a multistage process that is based on all of the following EXCEPT A. documenting the presence of disability B. documenting the presence of language or speech differences that result from cultural factors C. documenting that a presenting disability adversely effects educational performance D. demonstrating a need for specially designed instruction that will help the student progress in the general education curriculum E. demonstrating a need for specific supports that will help the student progress in the general education curriculum Answer: B. documenting the presence of language or speech differences that result from cultural factors QUESTION "Book read me." "Me TV see." The utterances above, spoken by a 3 year old monolingual English speaking child, indicate that the child most likely has a problem with which of the following? A. semantic redundancy B. syntactic relationships C. morphological relationships d. pragmatics e. phonological rules Answer: B. syntactic relationships QUESTION Of the following clients, which one would be the most appropriate candidate for enrollment in a program of intervention directed at reducing speech disfluencies?

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SLPl Praxisl Examl V1l (Latestl 2025/l 2026l
Update)l Questionsl &l Answers|l Gradel A|l
100%l Correctl (Verifiedl Solutions)

Q:l Al 70l yearl oldl femalel hasl dysphagial characterizedl byl poorl posteriorl orall
containmentl ofl thel bolusl duringl thel orall preparatoryl stage,l causingl aspirationl beforel thel
swallow.l Cognitionl andl thel pharyngeall stagel ofl thel swallowl arel intact.l Whichl ofl thel
followingl isl thel mostl appropriatel treatmentl approachl forl thel client?
A.l providingl al pureel dietl withl thickenedl liquids
B.l Havingl thel clientl flexl herl headl forwardl (performl thel chin-downl posture)l duringl orall
preparationl andl transitl stagesl ofl thel swallow
l
C.l Havingl thel clientl turnl (rotate)l herl headl tol thel rightl whenl swallowing
D.l Havingl thel clientl eatl morel slowlyl tol preventl aspiration
E.l Providingl al dietl thatl consistsl ofl thinl liquids

Answer:
B.l Havingl thel clientl flexl herl headl forwardl (performl thel chin-downl posture)l duringl orall
preparationl andl transitl stagesl ofl thel swallow



Q:l Anl 8l yearl oldl childl withl moderatelyl severel hypernasalityl hasl persistentl nasall
regugitationl followingl anl adenoidectomyl performedl 6l monthsl eariler.l Thel child'sl speechl
isl likelyl tol showl thel greatestl improvement
A.l asl al resultl ofl pharyngeall flapl surgery
B.l asl al resultl ofl intensivel speechl intervention
C.l asl al resultl ofl thel naturall regrowthl ofl thel adenoidl tissuel beforel puberty
D.l graduallyl andl spontaneously,l startingl atl agel 9
E.l graduallyl andl spontaneously,l startingl afterl puberty

Answer:
A.l Asl al resultl ofl pharyngeall flapl surgery

,Q:l Al 61l yearl oldl womanl hasl dysphagia,l characterizedl byl incompletel laryngeall
closurel duringl thel swallow.l Whichl ofl thel followingl isl thel mostl significantl riskl tol thel
patient?
A.l Aspirationl beforel thel swallow
B.l Aspirationl duringl thel swallow
C.l Residuel inl thel valleculae
D.l Residuel onl topl ofl thel epiglottisl
E.l Excessivel weightl loss

Answer:
B.l Aspirationl duringl thel swallow



Q:l Inl additionl tol anl SLP,l whichl ofl thel followingl constitutesl al teaml likelyl tol bel
mostl helpfull inl thel acutel stagel rehabilitationl ofl al childl withl al moderate-to-severel
traumaticl brainl injury?
A.l Anl occupationall therapist,l al pediatricl physiatrist,l andl al physicall therapist
B.l Al physicall therapist,l al psychologist,l andl al speciall educationl teacher
C.l Anl occupationall therapistl andl al psychologist
D.l Al speciall educationl teacherl andl al pediatricianl
E.l Al pediatricianl andl al geneticist

Answer:
A.l Anl occupationall therapist,l al pediatricl physiatrist,l andl al physicall therapist



Q:l Forl whichl individuall wouldl anl AACl interventionl bel leastl appropriate?
A.l al preschooll childl withl al languagel learningl disorderl andl highlyl unintelligiblel speech
B.l al teenagerl withl al repairedl cleftl palatel whol continuesl tol experiencel hypernasality
C.l Al youngl adultl withl severel cerebrall palsyl precludingl functionall orall communication
D.l Al 55l yearl oldl manl whol hasl hadl al laryngectomy
E.l Al 76l yearl oldl womanl withl severel Broca'sl aphasia

Answer:
B.l Al teenagerl withl al repairedl cleftl palatel whol continuesl tol experiencel hypernasality



Q:l Anl 8l yearl oldl childl withl al repairedl palatall cleftl hasl receivedl speechl interventionl
forl twol yearsl inl orderl tol reducel moderatelyl severel hypernasalityl andl nasall emission.l
Cognitivel andl linguisticl skillsl arel normal.l Alll clinicall datal supportl al conclusionl thatl

,abnormall speechl characteristicsl arel primarilyl thel resultl ofl anl inadequatel velopharyngeall
mechanism.l Therel havel beenl smalll improvements,l butl nonel inl thel pastl sixl tol ninel
months.l Whichl ofl thel followingl isl thel mostl appropriatel coursel ofl actionl forl thel SLPl
tol takel withl thel childl atl thisl point?
A.l terminatingl speechl interventionl andl reassessingl atl threel monthl intervalsl thel potentiall
forl benefitingl froml renewedl speechl intervention
B.l Institutingl anl additionall threel monthsl ofl articulationl intervention
C.l Institutingl al programl ofl blowing,l sucking,l andl swallowingl exercisesl forl al six-monthl
triall period
D.l Referringl thel childl tol al cleftl palatel teaml forl considerationl ofl sur

Answer:
D.l Referringl thel childl tol al cleftl palatel teaml forl considerationl ofl surgicall orl prostheticl
management



Q:l Al typically-developingl 10l monthl oldl childl willl exhibitl whichl ofl thel followingl
skills?
A.l canonicall babbling
B.l imitationl ofl sequencesl ofl fourl syllables
C.l namingl ofl objects
D.l anl expressivel vocabularyl ofl fourl words
E.l al meanl lengthl ofl utterancel ofl 1.5

Answer:
A.l Canonicall babbling



Q:l Carriel al 9l yearl oldl child,l hasl normall receptivel languagel abilitiesl andl normall
intelligence.l Shel producesl narrativesl inl correctl sequentiall orderl ofl events,l butl theyl arel
characterizedl byl verball mazesl withl nol identificationl ofl majorl themesl andl containl few,l
ifl any,l referents.l Whichl ofl thel followingl isl thel mostl appropriatel interventionl forl herl
schooll SLPl tol implement
A.l Anl inclusionl programl focusedl onl specificl syntacticl deficits
B.l Anl individuall pull-outl programl tol developl expressivel reasoningl andl sequencing
C.l Al collaborativel programl emphasizingl skillsl inl establishingl presuppositionsl withinl
unitsl ofl discourse
D.l al focusedl stimulationl approachl forl developingl conjunctionsl andl modals
E.l Behaviorl managementl tol eliminatel usel ofl nonspecificl languagel terms.

Answer:

, C.l Al collaborativel programl emphasizingl skillsl inl establishingl presuppositionsl withinl
unitsl ofl discourse



Q:l Determinationl ofl eligibilityl forl speech-languagel pathologyl servicesl throughl IDEAl
isl al multistagel processl thatl isl basedl onl alll ofl thel followingl EXCEPT
A.l documentingl thel presencel ofl disability
B.l documentingl thel presencel ofl languagel orl speechl differencesl thatl resultl froml culturall
factors
C.l documentingl thatl al presentingl disabilityl adverselyl effectsl educationall performance
D.l demonstratingl al needl forl speciallyl designedl instructionl thatl willl helpl thel studentl
progressl inl thel generall educationl curriculum
E.l demonstratingl al needl forl specificl supportsl thatl willl helpl thel studentl progressl inl thel
generall educationl curriculum

Answer:
B.l documentingl thel presencel ofl languagel orl speechl differencesl thatl resultl froml culturall
factors



Q:l "Bookl readl me."
"Mel TVl see."
Thel utterancesl above,l spokenl byl al 3l yearl oldl monolinguall Englishl speakingl child,l
indicatel thatl thel childl mostl likelyl hasl al probleml withl whichl ofl thel following?
A.l semanticl redundancy
B.l syntacticl relationships
C.l morphologicall relationships
d.l pragmatics
e.l phonologicall rules

Answer:
B.l syntacticl relationships



Q:l Ofl thel followingl clients,l whichl onel wouldl bel thel mostl appropriatel candidatel forl
enrollmentl inl al programl ofl interventionl directedl atl reducingl speechl disfluencies?
A.l al 4l yearl oldl childl withl whole-wordl andl part-wordl repetitions,l prolongations,l audiblel
inhalation,l andl faciall grimacingl thatl havel beenl presentl forl thel pastl fourl months
B.l al 2l 1/2l yearl oldl childl withl recentl onsetl ofl singlel repetitionsl ofl pronounsl andl initiall
wordsl ofl phrases

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