Praxis /
ETS
/ /
SLP Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Which //of //the //following //is //the //major //physical //or //organic //factor //underlying //impairment //in
//the //speech //of //persons //with //cleft //palate?
(A) //Congenital //hearing //loss //from //otitis //media //
(B) //Broad //irregular //maxillary //arch
(C) //Palatopharyngeal //insufficiency
(D) /
/Irregular /
/vocal /
/fold /
/abduction //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔(C) /
/is /
/correct. /
/Palatopharyngeal /
/insufficiency //or, //more //specifically, //velopharyngeal //insufficiency //is //the //major //cause //of //the
//hypernasal /
/speech /
/associated /
/with /
/cleft /
/palate. /
/(A), /
/(B), /
/and /
/(C) /
/are /
/incorrect /
,/because /
/otitis /
/media /
/is /
/not /
/congenital; /
/in /
/cleft /
/palate, /
/the /
/maxillary /
/arch /
/is /
/often /
/collapsed /
/and /
/thus //is //narrow; //and //irregular //vocal //fold //abduction //is //not //associated //with //cleft //palate.
An /
/SLP /
/determines //the //mean //length //of //utterance //(MLU) //of //a //language //sample //from //a //three-
year-
old /
/child. //Two //weeks //later, //the //SLP //reevaluates //the //same //sample //and //again //determines //the
//MLU. /
/The //extent //to //which //the //two //scores //are //similar //is //most //directly //a //function //of //the
(A) //validity //of //the //scores
(B) //reliability //of //the //scores
(C) //skewness //of //the //score //distribution
(D) /
/speededness /
/of /
/the /
/measure //- /
/CORRECT /
,/ANSWERS(S)✔✔(B) /
/is /
/correct. /
/Reliability /
/is /
/the /
/consistency /
/with /
/which //
a/
/test /
/measures /
/or /
/the /
/degree /
/to /
/which /
/repeated /
/measurement /
/with /
/the /
/same /
/instrument /
/of /
/the /
/same /
/individual /
/would /
/tend /
/to /
/produce /
/the /
/same /
/result. /
/Larger /
/values /
/indicate /
/greater /
, /reliability; //
a/
/reliability /
/of /
/0.90 /
/or //greater //is //desirable //for //a //test //to //be //used //in //making //decisions //about //individuals.
An /
/SLP /
/is /
/providing /
/services /
/to /
/adults /
/with /
/neurogenic /
/disorders /
/of /
/communication. /
/Of /
/the //following //clients, //which //will //likely //have //the //most //favorable //management //prognosis?
(A) //John, //who //has //a //brain //injury //resulting //in //a //slight //concussion
(B) //Jim, //who //has //a //traumatic //brain //injury //resulting //in //paralysis
(C) //Juan, //who //has //amyotrophic //lateral //sclerosis
(D) /
/Helen, /
/who /
/has /
/Huntington's /
/chorea //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔(A) /
/is /
/correct. /
/The /
ETS
/ /
SLP Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Which //of //the //following //is //the //major //physical //or //organic //factor //underlying //impairment //in
//the //speech //of //persons //with //cleft //palate?
(A) //Congenital //hearing //loss //from //otitis //media //
(B) //Broad //irregular //maxillary //arch
(C) //Palatopharyngeal //insufficiency
(D) /
/Irregular /
/vocal /
/fold /
/abduction //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔(C) /
/is /
/correct. /
/Palatopharyngeal /
/insufficiency //or, //more //specifically, //velopharyngeal //insufficiency //is //the //major //cause //of //the
//hypernasal /
/speech /
/associated /
/with /
/cleft /
/palate. /
/(A), /
/(B), /
/and /
/(C) /
/are /
/incorrect /
,/because /
/otitis /
/media /
/is /
/not /
/congenital; /
/in /
/cleft /
/palate, /
/the /
/maxillary /
/arch /
/is /
/often /
/collapsed /
/and /
/thus //is //narrow; //and //irregular //vocal //fold //abduction //is //not //associated //with //cleft //palate.
An /
/SLP /
/determines //the //mean //length //of //utterance //(MLU) //of //a //language //sample //from //a //three-
year-
old /
/child. //Two //weeks //later, //the //SLP //reevaluates //the //same //sample //and //again //determines //the
//MLU. /
/The //extent //to //which //the //two //scores //are //similar //is //most //directly //a //function //of //the
(A) //validity //of //the //scores
(B) //reliability //of //the //scores
(C) //skewness //of //the //score //distribution
(D) /
/speededness /
/of /
/the /
/measure //- /
/CORRECT /
,/ANSWERS(S)✔✔(B) /
/is /
/correct. /
/Reliability /
/is /
/the /
/consistency /
/with /
/which //
a/
/test /
/measures /
/or /
/the /
/degree /
/to /
/which /
/repeated /
/measurement /
/with /
/the /
/same /
/instrument /
/of /
/the /
/same /
/individual /
/would /
/tend /
/to /
/produce /
/the /
/same /
/result. /
/Larger /
/values /
/indicate /
/greater /
, /reliability; //
a/
/reliability /
/of /
/0.90 /
/or //greater //is //desirable //for //a //test //to //be //used //in //making //decisions //about //individuals.
An /
/SLP /
/is /
/providing /
/services /
/to /
/adults /
/with /
/neurogenic /
/disorders /
/of /
/communication. /
/Of /
/the //following //clients, //which //will //likely //have //the //most //favorable //management //prognosis?
(A) //John, //who //has //a //brain //injury //resulting //in //a //slight //concussion
(B) //Jim, //who //has //a //traumatic //brain //injury //resulting //in //paralysis
(C) //Juan, //who //has //amyotrophic //lateral //sclerosis
(D) /
/Helen, /
/who /
/has /
/Huntington's /
/chorea //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔(A) /
/is /
/correct. /
/The /
