ETS SLP Praxis (Form 1-
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3) Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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As /
/part /
/of //
a/
/routine /
/preschool /
/screening, /
/an /
/SLPS //
L //P //tests //a //4 //year //old //whose //speech //is //characterized //by //sound //omissions, //hypernasality,
//nasal /
/emission, /
/and /
/weak /
/consonants. //Which //of //the //following //would //be //most //appropriately //evaluated //initially?
A.Oral-motor //behavior
B.Velopharyngeal //function
C.Laryngeal //function
D.Phonological /
/awareness //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option //(B) //is //correct. //The //characteristics //described //are //consistent //with //a
//resonance //disorder, //hence //velopharyngeal //function //would //be //evaluated //initially.
Which /
/of //the //following //is //the //minimal //contrast //approach //most //appropriately //used //to //treat?
,A.Phonological //disorders
B.Dysphagia
C.Dysarthria
D.Global /
/aphasia //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option /
/(A) /
/is /
/correct. //Minimal //contrast //approach //was //one //of //the //first //approaches //designed //to //adhere
//to //phonological //principles //of //intervention.
Alicia //is //a //fourth-
grade /
/student /
/with //
a/
/language /
/impairment /
/that /
/interferes //with //her //academic //performance //and //social //communication. //On //a //standardized
//test /
/of /
/expressive /
/language /
/ability, /
/she /
/received /
/an /
/overall /
/score /
/of /
/97.5, //placing //her //in //the //65thsixty //fifth //percentile. //Alicia's //test //result //indicates //that //she
,A.performed /
/as //well //as //or //better //than //65% //of //the //individuals //on //whom //the //norms //were //developed
B.responded //correctly //to //65% //of //the //150 //items //included //in //the //expressive-language //test
C.performed /
/as //well //as //or //better //than //65% //of //the //other //fourth //graders //who //took //the //same //test
D.responded /
/correctly //to //97.5% //of //the //test //items, //as //did //65% //of //the //other //children //taking //the //test //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option //(A) //is //correct. //Percentile //rank //is //the //percentage //of //the
//scores /
/within /
/the //norm //range //that //are //equal //to //or //lower //than //the //score //gained //by //the //student.
Which /
/THREE /
/of //the //following //variables //are //considered //risk //factors //for //late //language //emergence?
A.Male //gender
B.Access //to //print //material
C.Low //socioeconomic //status
D.Moderately //low //birth //weight
E.Exposure /
/to /
/rich /
/and /
/varied /
/vocabulary //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Options /
/(A), /
/(C), /
/and /
/(D) /
/are /
, /correct. /
/Being /
/of //male //gender //is //a //risk //factor //cited //by //both //ASHAA //S //H //A //and //researchers //for //late-
talking /
/toddlers. /
/Having //
a/
/low /
/SESS //
E //
S/
/is /
/considered //
a/
/risk //factor //by //ASHAA //S //H //A //and //researchers //for //late //talking. //Finally //low //birth //weight //is
//a //risk //factor //as //well.
During //a //trip //to //the //grocery //store, //a //three-year-
old //boy //with //delayed //language //points //to //an //apple //on //the //floor //and //says //to //his //mother,
//"Apple." //The //boy's //mother //says, //"Yes, //that's //a //big, //shiny //apple."
Based /
/on /
/the /
/mother's /
/response, //which //of //the //following //language //stimulation //techniques //is //she //using?
A.Imitation
B.Parallel //talk
C.Think //aloud
D.Expansion //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option /
/(D) /
// // // //
3) Exam Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // //
As /
/part /
/of //
a/
/routine /
/preschool /
/screening, /
/an /
/SLPS //
L //P //tests //a //4 //year //old //whose //speech //is //characterized //by //sound //omissions, //hypernasality,
//nasal /
/emission, /
/and /
/weak /
/consonants. //Which //of //the //following //would //be //most //appropriately //evaluated //initially?
A.Oral-motor //behavior
B.Velopharyngeal //function
C.Laryngeal //function
D.Phonological /
/awareness //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option //(B) //is //correct. //The //characteristics //described //are //consistent //with //a
//resonance //disorder, //hence //velopharyngeal //function //would //be //evaluated //initially.
Which /
/of //the //following //is //the //minimal //contrast //approach //most //appropriately //used //to //treat?
,A.Phonological //disorders
B.Dysphagia
C.Dysarthria
D.Global /
/aphasia //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option /
/(A) /
/is /
/correct. //Minimal //contrast //approach //was //one //of //the //first //approaches //designed //to //adhere
//to //phonological //principles //of //intervention.
Alicia //is //a //fourth-
grade /
/student /
/with //
a/
/language /
/impairment /
/that /
/interferes //with //her //academic //performance //and //social //communication. //On //a //standardized
//test /
/of /
/expressive /
/language /
/ability, /
/she /
/received /
/an /
/overall /
/score /
/of /
/97.5, //placing //her //in //the //65thsixty //fifth //percentile. //Alicia's //test //result //indicates //that //she
,A.performed /
/as //well //as //or //better //than //65% //of //the //individuals //on //whom //the //norms //were //developed
B.responded //correctly //to //65% //of //the //150 //items //included //in //the //expressive-language //test
C.performed /
/as //well //as //or //better //than //65% //of //the //other //fourth //graders //who //took //the //same //test
D.responded /
/correctly //to //97.5% //of //the //test //items, //as //did //65% //of //the //other //children //taking //the //test //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option //(A) //is //correct. //Percentile //rank //is //the //percentage //of //the
//scores /
/within /
/the //norm //range //that //are //equal //to //or //lower //than //the //score //gained //by //the //student.
Which /
/THREE /
/of //the //following //variables //are //considered //risk //factors //for //late //language //emergence?
A.Male //gender
B.Access //to //print //material
C.Low //socioeconomic //status
D.Moderately //low //birth //weight
E.Exposure /
/to /
/rich /
/and /
/varied /
/vocabulary //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Options /
/(A), /
/(C), /
/and /
/(D) /
/are /
, /correct. /
/Being /
/of //male //gender //is //a //risk //factor //cited //by //both //ASHAA //S //H //A //and //researchers //for //late-
talking /
/toddlers. /
/Having //
a/
/low /
/SESS //
E //
S/
/is /
/considered //
a/
/risk //factor //by //ASHAA //S //H //A //and //researchers //for //late //talking. //Finally //low //birth //weight //is
//a //risk //factor //as //well.
During //a //trip //to //the //grocery //store, //a //three-year-
old //boy //with //delayed //language //points //to //an //apple //on //the //floor //and //says //to //his //mother,
//"Apple." //The //boy's //mother //says, //"Yes, //that's //a //big, //shiny //apple."
Based /
/on /
/the /
/mother's /
/response, //which //of //the //following //language //stimulation //techniques //is //she //using?
A.Imitation
B.Parallel //talk
C.Think //aloud
D.Expansion //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Option /
/(D) /
