MEDICAL SLP PRAXIS 2025 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED SOLUTIONS
(ALL ACCURATE)
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
c. 10 months
intentional and purposeful switch from perlocutionary to illocutionary
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
b. Reduplicated babbling
CVCV syllable chains
,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
c. 24 months
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
F. B and D
cry for basic needs and quiet/smile in response to sound
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
c. 2 1/2 years old
2 - 3 years old
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
d. No speech therapy indicated
Because age related changes, not dysphagia
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
, b. Daddy's jumping up and down
Daddy's
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
d. 15 morphemes
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. Phonology
phonemes alone do not have meaning
(ALL ACCURATE)
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
c. 10 months
intentional and purposeful switch from perlocutionary to illocutionary
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
b. Reduplicated babbling
CVCV syllable chains
,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
c. 24 months
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
F. B and D
cry for basic needs and quiet/smile in response to sound
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
c. 2 1/2 years old
2 - 3 years old
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
d. No speech therapy indicated
Because age related changes, not dysphagia
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
, b. Daddy's jumping up and down
Daddy's
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
d. 15 morphemes
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. Phonology
phonemes alone do not have meaning
