ETS PRACTICE TEST 2025 QUESTIONS
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Term
An SLP has a consultation with a self-referred adult who has a
fluency disorder. The client had been enrolled in treatment programs
with the clinician three times before and had reached from 75 to 90
percent fluency before dropping out of treatment for various
reasons. Thirty percent of the client's syllables are spoken disfluently.
The client also exhibits signs of depression and anxiety. Which of the
following is the most appropriate action for the SLP to take?
A.Encouraging the client to re-enroll for remedial services
B.Encouraging the client to take responsibility for maintaining fluency
by using techniques learned in the previous treatment sessions
,C.Recommending that the client schedule a neurological evaluation
D.Referring the client for psychological counseling
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Correct Answer: A
Option (A) is correct. The Spanish language does not have /f/ in its phonemic
inventory, and native speakers of Spanish typically substitute the affricate /t∫/
when producing English words with that phoneme. A native speaker of Spanish
would most likely have made the substitution before acquiring an anomic
aphasia.
Correct Answer: A
Option (A) is correct. Weakness, atrophy, fasciculations, and the other described
symptoms are all consistent with a lower motor neuron locus and suspected
cranial nerve abnormalities (primarily CN X and XII). These cranial nerves emerge
directly from the brain stem and help mediate the transfer of messages from the
brain to the brain stem and to the structures of the head and neck.
Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. This child is using compensatory glottal stops, mid-dorsum
palatal stops, and pharyngeal fricatives for standard American English stops
and fricatives. She has had surgical management to correct velopharyngeal
incompetence. She now needs to learn to produce the stops and fricatives for
which she is making compensations. Therefore, articulation treatment is
appropriate
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. Psychological counseling is most appropriate for a
client who appears interested in improving speech but has not
remained motivated long enough to complete the several treatment
programs
started. The client also does not exhibit maintenance of benefits from prior
, treatment. Thus, psychological counseling should precede any further
remedial efforts.
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Term
Which of the following best describes the rationale for using
standardized, norm-referenced instruments to assess speech-
language functioning?
A.They enable the clinician to generate weekly statements about a
client's treatment progress.
B.They provide the clinician with the information that is necessary to
generate a specific and comprehensive treatment plan.
C.They enable the clinician to understand and make informed
statements about how a client's performance compares with the
performance of other people.
D.They provide the clinician with reliable information about how
well a client is likely to respond to treatment.
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Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. The use of standardized normative instruments
enables a clinician to compare a client's language and speech function
with the average normal function for a person in the client's age range.
, Correct Answer: B
Option (B) is correct. Early language stimulation in at-risk infants is best provided
by primary caregivers who have been trained in practices that promote learning.
Correct Answer: A
Option (A) is correct. When the goal is to reinforce a behavior that has already
been acquired, a random ratio of tokens to correct responses creates an
intermittent reinforcement schedule and is the most effective. Such a
reinforcement schedule decreases the client's dependence on the token reward.
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. Research shows that vowel duration influences a
listener's perception of voicing. Vowels that precede unreleased voiced stop
consonants are as much as 1.5 times as long as vowels that precede voiceless
stops.
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WITH ACTUAL SOLUTIONS!!
1 of 145
Term
An SLP has a consultation with a self-referred adult who has a
fluency disorder. The client had been enrolled in treatment programs
with the clinician three times before and had reached from 75 to 90
percent fluency before dropping out of treatment for various
reasons. Thirty percent of the client's syllables are spoken disfluently.
The client also exhibits signs of depression and anxiety. Which of the
following is the most appropriate action for the SLP to take?
A.Encouraging the client to re-enroll for remedial services
B.Encouraging the client to take responsibility for maintaining fluency
by using techniques learned in the previous treatment sessions
,C.Recommending that the client schedule a neurological evaluation
D.Referring the client for psychological counseling
Give this one a try later!
Correct Answer: A
Option (A) is correct. The Spanish language does not have /f/ in its phonemic
inventory, and native speakers of Spanish typically substitute the affricate /t∫/
when producing English words with that phoneme. A native speaker of Spanish
would most likely have made the substitution before acquiring an anomic
aphasia.
Correct Answer: A
Option (A) is correct. Weakness, atrophy, fasciculations, and the other described
symptoms are all consistent with a lower motor neuron locus and suspected
cranial nerve abnormalities (primarily CN X and XII). These cranial nerves emerge
directly from the brain stem and help mediate the transfer of messages from the
brain to the brain stem and to the structures of the head and neck.
Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. This child is using compensatory glottal stops, mid-dorsum
palatal stops, and pharyngeal fricatives for standard American English stops
and fricatives. She has had surgical management to correct velopharyngeal
incompetence. She now needs to learn to produce the stops and fricatives for
which she is making compensations. Therefore, articulation treatment is
appropriate
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. Psychological counseling is most appropriate for a
client who appears interested in improving speech but has not
remained motivated long enough to complete the several treatment
programs
started. The client also does not exhibit maintenance of benefits from prior
, treatment. Thus, psychological counseling should precede any further
remedial efforts.
Don't know?
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Term
Which of the following best describes the rationale for using
standardized, norm-referenced instruments to assess speech-
language functioning?
A.They enable the clinician to generate weekly statements about a
client's treatment progress.
B.They provide the clinician with the information that is necessary to
generate a specific and comprehensive treatment plan.
C.They enable the clinician to understand and make informed
statements about how a client's performance compares with the
performance of other people.
D.They provide the clinician with reliable information about how
well a client is likely to respond to treatment.
Give this one a try later!
Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. The use of standardized normative instruments
enables a clinician to compare a client's language and speech function
with the average normal function for a person in the client's age range.
, Correct Answer: B
Option (B) is correct. Early language stimulation in at-risk infants is best provided
by primary caregivers who have been trained in practices that promote learning.
Correct Answer: A
Option (A) is correct. When the goal is to reinforce a behavior that has already
been acquired, a random ratio of tokens to correct responses creates an
intermittent reinforcement schedule and is the most effective. Such a
reinforcement schedule decreases the client's dependence on the token reward.
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. Research shows that vowel duration influences a
listener's perception of voicing. Vowels that precede unreleased voiced stop
consonants are as much as 1.5 times as long as vowels that precede voiceless
stops.
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