Speech Pathology Praxis Questions
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Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for vocal fold movement?
A. CN V (Trigeminal)
B. CN VII (Facial)
✔✔ C. CN X (Vagus)
D. CN XII (Hypoglossal)
What is the most appropriate treatment focus for a patient with apraxia of speech?
A. Increasing breath support
✔✔ B. Motor planning and sequencing
C. Reducing vocal nodules
D. Increasing oropharyngeal strength
Which phonological process involves replacing a front sound with a back sound, like saying
"gog" for "dog"?
A. Stopping
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,B. Fronting
✔✔ C. Backing
D. Gliding
What is the first step in conducting a speech-language evaluation for a preschool child?
A. Referral to audiology
✔✔ B. Case history and parent interview
C. Articulation testing
D. Oral-motor exam
Which type of dysarthria is most commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease?
✔✔ A. Hypokinetic
B. Spastic
C. Ataxic
D. Flaccid
Which of the following is a hallmark feature of Broca’s aphasia?
A. Fluent, meaningless speech
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,✔✔ B. Nonfluent speech with intact comprehension
C. Poor auditory comprehension and fluent output
D. Impaired reading with fluent speech
Which swallowing phase involves the actual movement of the bolus through the esophagus?
A. Oral prep phase
B. Oral transit phase
C. Pharyngeal phase
✔✔ D. Esophageal phase
What is the term for difficulty in using language appropriately in social situations?
A. Morphological disorder
✔✔ B. Pragmatic disorder
C. Articulation disorder
D. Receptive language disorder
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to identify phonological awareness
skills?
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, ✔✔ A. CTOPP (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing)
B. GFTA (Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation)
C. CELF-Preschool
D. PPVT (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test)
Which fluency-enhancing technique involves stretching the initial sound of a word?
A. Cancellation
✔✔ B. Easy onset
C. Prolonged speech
D. Pull-out
What is the primary feature of cluttering?
A. Repetition of initial consonants
B. Word-finding difficulty
✔✔ C. Rapid, irregular speech rate
D. Prolonged pauses
Which of the following is considered a language-based learning disability?
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and Answers Latest Version Already
Passed
Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for vocal fold movement?
A. CN V (Trigeminal)
B. CN VII (Facial)
✔✔ C. CN X (Vagus)
D. CN XII (Hypoglossal)
What is the most appropriate treatment focus for a patient with apraxia of speech?
A. Increasing breath support
✔✔ B. Motor planning and sequencing
C. Reducing vocal nodules
D. Increasing oropharyngeal strength
Which phonological process involves replacing a front sound with a back sound, like saying
"gog" for "dog"?
A. Stopping
1
,B. Fronting
✔✔ C. Backing
D. Gliding
What is the first step in conducting a speech-language evaluation for a preschool child?
A. Referral to audiology
✔✔ B. Case history and parent interview
C. Articulation testing
D. Oral-motor exam
Which type of dysarthria is most commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease?
✔✔ A. Hypokinetic
B. Spastic
C. Ataxic
D. Flaccid
Which of the following is a hallmark feature of Broca’s aphasia?
A. Fluent, meaningless speech
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,✔✔ B. Nonfluent speech with intact comprehension
C. Poor auditory comprehension and fluent output
D. Impaired reading with fluent speech
Which swallowing phase involves the actual movement of the bolus through the esophagus?
A. Oral prep phase
B. Oral transit phase
C. Pharyngeal phase
✔✔ D. Esophageal phase
What is the term for difficulty in using language appropriately in social situations?
A. Morphological disorder
✔✔ B. Pragmatic disorder
C. Articulation disorder
D. Receptive language disorder
Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to identify phonological awareness
skills?
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, ✔✔ A. CTOPP (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing)
B. GFTA (Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation)
C. CELF-Preschool
D. PPVT (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test)
Which fluency-enhancing technique involves stretching the initial sound of a word?
A. Cancellation
✔✔ B. Easy onset
C. Prolonged speech
D. Pull-out
What is the primary feature of cluttering?
A. Repetition of initial consonants
B. Word-finding difficulty
✔✔ C. Rapid, irregular speech rate
D. Prolonged pauses
Which of the following is considered a language-based learning disability?
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