Audiology Praxis Practice Test ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Caloric test is designed to stimulate which of the following structures? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The lateral semicircular canal
An individual who continues to react to new stimuli with responses that are carried over from
previous tasks exhibits... - CORRECT ANSWER - Perseveration
What is a complete and accurate list of the signals required by federal regulations for monitoring
audiometry in industry? - CORRECT ANSWER - 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 6000
Hz
An audiologist wishes to assess the progress of an adult client who is participating in
speechreading training. What can best be used to measure the client's ability to use visual cues
for sentence perception, given a minimum of auditory input? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Central Institute for the Deaf Everyday Speech Sentences
The "redundancy" of language refers to the fact that... - CORRECT ANSWER - language
is structured so as to provide several cues to each piece of information
Individuals with normal hearing sensitivity in one ear and a severe hearing loss in the other ear
generally have difficulty with each of the following except... - CORRECT ANSWER -
understanding speech in quiet listening situations
For live-voice presentations of the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI), a 4-year-
old child with severe bilateral hearing loss obtains a score of 32 percent on the right ear and 40
percent on the left ear. On the basis of these findings, the audiologist should logically conclude
that... - CORRECT ANSWER - scores may reflect, in part, a delay in the child's language
development
Which of the following would be more likely to ensure that the proper ratio of clients to
clinicians in an audiology clinic - CORRECT ANSWER - Accumulating data regarding
,numbers of clients, complexity of clients' service needs, and contact hours over an extended
period of time
The observation of a prolonged interval between waves I and V would be consistent with which
of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER - Retrocochlear pathology, such as an acoustic
neuroma
A common strategy for selecting hearing-aid gain involves the "half-gain" rule. This rule
specifies hat gain should be equal to one half of the... - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing
loss in dB HL
What is the conductive component if the AC is 50 dB and the BC is 30 dB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 20 dB
If the AC thresholds are: 25, 35, 50, 65, 65, and 70 dB, what is the estimated SRT? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 50 dB
What is an accurate statement concerning measures of speech reading ability? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The most realistic measures of speechreading are administered in a combined
visual-auditory mode
In the adult rehabilitation process, part of the strategy includes listening training, which means
that the adult is trained to... - CORRECT ANSWER - be alert, attentive, and set to receive
communication
A six-month-old infant has recently been identified as having a severe bilateral sensorineural
hearing impairment of unknown etiology. The parents should be referred for what as a matter of
routine? - CORRECT ANSWER - Genetic evaluation
Hearing conservation programs for children often include screening with pure tones and acoustic
immittance measures, whereas programs for adults will likely use only pure tones for screening.
What justifies this difference? - CORRECT ANSWER - There is a significantly higher
incidence of middle-ear pathology among children than among adults
, What is true of the occlusion effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - It can affect the
measurement of the bone-conduction threshold at low frequencies
Narrow bands of noise available on diagnostic audiometers for the masking of pure tones are
usually 1/3 octave in width because bands of that width... - CORRECT ANSWER -
encompass the width of a critical band
It is important to consider the conceptional age of an infant, rather than the chronological age
when interpreting what? - CORRECT ANSWER - ABR Wave V latencies
For a fixed setting of the hearing-level dial of a pure-tone audiometer, which of the following is
true of the actual sound pressure level (SPL) output of the audiometer earphone? - CORRECT
ANSWER - It is lowest at midfrequencies
In the early stages of Menieres disease, when there is an increase in the amount of endolymph in
the inner ear, there is also a characteristic sensorineural hearing loss that primarily affects what?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 250-2000 Hz
In the sound field, an audiologist measures 30 dB SPL at a distance of 10 meters from the
sources. Assuming no change in sound source or field conditions, at 20 meters from the sound,
the dB SPL will be... - CORRECT ANSWER - 24 dB
Children who experience recurrent otitis media with effusion early in life are generally
considered... - CORRECT ANSWER - at risk for academic difficulties
What earmold modification will not enhance the high-frequency response of a hearing aid, as
measured in the ear canal? - CORRECT ANSWER - A bore with a stepped-down diameter
What is the reason investigators have given for limiting a hearing aid's SSPL-90 to a lower level
when it is worn by a child than when it is worn by an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
volume of the external auditory meatus in children is less than that represented by a 2-cc coupler,
and consequently the SPL at the eardrum is greater
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Caloric test is designed to stimulate which of the following structures? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The lateral semicircular canal
An individual who continues to react to new stimuli with responses that are carried over from
previous tasks exhibits... - CORRECT ANSWER - Perseveration
What is a complete and accurate list of the signals required by federal regulations for monitoring
audiometry in industry? - CORRECT ANSWER - 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 6000
Hz
An audiologist wishes to assess the progress of an adult client who is participating in
speechreading training. What can best be used to measure the client's ability to use visual cues
for sentence perception, given a minimum of auditory input? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Central Institute for the Deaf Everyday Speech Sentences
The "redundancy" of language refers to the fact that... - CORRECT ANSWER - language
is structured so as to provide several cues to each piece of information
Individuals with normal hearing sensitivity in one ear and a severe hearing loss in the other ear
generally have difficulty with each of the following except... - CORRECT ANSWER -
understanding speech in quiet listening situations
For live-voice presentations of the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification (WIPI), a 4-year-
old child with severe bilateral hearing loss obtains a score of 32 percent on the right ear and 40
percent on the left ear. On the basis of these findings, the audiologist should logically conclude
that... - CORRECT ANSWER - scores may reflect, in part, a delay in the child's language
development
Which of the following would be more likely to ensure that the proper ratio of clients to
clinicians in an audiology clinic - CORRECT ANSWER - Accumulating data regarding
,numbers of clients, complexity of clients' service needs, and contact hours over an extended
period of time
The observation of a prolonged interval between waves I and V would be consistent with which
of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER - Retrocochlear pathology, such as an acoustic
neuroma
A common strategy for selecting hearing-aid gain involves the "half-gain" rule. This rule
specifies hat gain should be equal to one half of the... - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing
loss in dB HL
What is the conductive component if the AC is 50 dB and the BC is 30 dB? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 20 dB
If the AC thresholds are: 25, 35, 50, 65, 65, and 70 dB, what is the estimated SRT? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 50 dB
What is an accurate statement concerning measures of speech reading ability? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The most realistic measures of speechreading are administered in a combined
visual-auditory mode
In the adult rehabilitation process, part of the strategy includes listening training, which means
that the adult is trained to... - CORRECT ANSWER - be alert, attentive, and set to receive
communication
A six-month-old infant has recently been identified as having a severe bilateral sensorineural
hearing impairment of unknown etiology. The parents should be referred for what as a matter of
routine? - CORRECT ANSWER - Genetic evaluation
Hearing conservation programs for children often include screening with pure tones and acoustic
immittance measures, whereas programs for adults will likely use only pure tones for screening.
What justifies this difference? - CORRECT ANSWER - There is a significantly higher
incidence of middle-ear pathology among children than among adults
, What is true of the occlusion effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - It can affect the
measurement of the bone-conduction threshold at low frequencies
Narrow bands of noise available on diagnostic audiometers for the masking of pure tones are
usually 1/3 octave in width because bands of that width... - CORRECT ANSWER -
encompass the width of a critical band
It is important to consider the conceptional age of an infant, rather than the chronological age
when interpreting what? - CORRECT ANSWER - ABR Wave V latencies
For a fixed setting of the hearing-level dial of a pure-tone audiometer, which of the following is
true of the actual sound pressure level (SPL) output of the audiometer earphone? - CORRECT
ANSWER - It is lowest at midfrequencies
In the early stages of Menieres disease, when there is an increase in the amount of endolymph in
the inner ear, there is also a characteristic sensorineural hearing loss that primarily affects what?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 250-2000 Hz
In the sound field, an audiologist measures 30 dB SPL at a distance of 10 meters from the
sources. Assuming no change in sound source or field conditions, at 20 meters from the sound,
the dB SPL will be... - CORRECT ANSWER - 24 dB
Children who experience recurrent otitis media with effusion early in life are generally
considered... - CORRECT ANSWER - at risk for academic difficulties
What earmold modification will not enhance the high-frequency response of a hearing aid, as
measured in the ear canal? - CORRECT ANSWER - A bore with a stepped-down diameter
What is the reason investigators have given for limiting a hearing aid's SSPL-90 to a lower level
when it is worn by a child than when it is worn by an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
volume of the external auditory meatus in children is less than that represented by a 2-cc coupler,
and consequently the SPL at the eardrum is greater
