North Carolina SLP-Assistant Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the 5 Objectives of Intervention? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Client should
show improvement not just in a clinical setting; Progress should be generalized to real-world
environments.
2. Should be automatic
3. Should be self-monitored
4. Should make optimum progress in minimum amount of time
5. Intervention should be sensitive to personal and cultural characteristics.
Treatment Protocol - CORRECT ANSWER Written guideline that specifies therapy
frequency, duration, and type of service. Also has goals, skilled interventions, antecedents,
cues/prompts, and consequences used during the session.
As an SLPA, why is it important to be culturally competent? - CORRECT
ANSWER As an SLPA, you are able to treat the client to the best of your ability, while
being sensitive to any cultural differences that you may have to adapt to in order to treat the
client properly.
Modeling - CORRECT ANSWER showing the child exactly what to do
Verbal model - CORRECT ANSWER tell child exactly what to do
tactile model - CORRECT ANSWER use touch to help the child
verbal prompt - CORRECT ANSWER starting to say what child is supposed to say
verbal cue - CORRECT ANSWER telling the child what to do. Ex., "find the ball"
,visual cue - CORRECT ANSWER using visual supports to cue. Ex., pictures, mirror
gestural cue - CORRECT ANSWER use gestures to help the child. Ex., pointing
Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER Acquired oral motor speech disorder affecting an
individual's ability to translate conscious speech pairs into motor plans, which results in
limited difficult speech ability.
SOAP Notes Acronym: - CORRECT ANSWER subjective- concerns of family
members or individual
objective- specific clinical findings, test results, summary of data collected during session
assessment- compares clients performance across sessions
plan- states course of action to be followed
baseline data - CORRECT ANSWER data before intervention starts
extension vs. expansion - CORRECT ANSWER extension- add more info to childs
utterances
expansion- keep childs word order the same, expand to make utterances more grammatically
correct
non-linguistic cues - CORRECT ANSWER gestures, body language, facial
expressions, physical distance
compensatory strategies for disfluent speech - CORRECT ANSWER 1.Sliding or
pullouts
2. Relaxing the stutter
3. Catching the stutter
4. Intentional stuttering
5. Easy stuttering/fluent stuttering
, 6. Bouncing
7. Cancellation
8. Preparatory set
9. Light contact
10. Slower speech rates
11. Relaxed breath patterns
12. Slow/stretched speech
13. Easy onset
14. Pausing and chunking
Articulation disorder - CORRECT ANSWER difficulty in production of individual
speech sounds
language disorder - CORRECT ANSWER difficulty in comprehension, speaking,
writing
fluency disorder - CORRECT ANSWER bumpy speech characterized by non-smooth
and interrupted speech
When you return a patient/client to his hospital room/classroom, a waiting family member
begins to question you about details of therapy, you should... - CORRECT
ANSWER refer family member to the supervising SLP
CVC - CORRECT ANSWER consonant vowel consonant (closed)
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER Meaning of words and sentences
when client reaches stated level of performance of goal... - CORRECT
ANSWER communicate with supervising SLP
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the 5 Objectives of Intervention? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Client should
show improvement not just in a clinical setting; Progress should be generalized to real-world
environments.
2. Should be automatic
3. Should be self-monitored
4. Should make optimum progress in minimum amount of time
5. Intervention should be sensitive to personal and cultural characteristics.
Treatment Protocol - CORRECT ANSWER Written guideline that specifies therapy
frequency, duration, and type of service. Also has goals, skilled interventions, antecedents,
cues/prompts, and consequences used during the session.
As an SLPA, why is it important to be culturally competent? - CORRECT
ANSWER As an SLPA, you are able to treat the client to the best of your ability, while
being sensitive to any cultural differences that you may have to adapt to in order to treat the
client properly.
Modeling - CORRECT ANSWER showing the child exactly what to do
Verbal model - CORRECT ANSWER tell child exactly what to do
tactile model - CORRECT ANSWER use touch to help the child
verbal prompt - CORRECT ANSWER starting to say what child is supposed to say
verbal cue - CORRECT ANSWER telling the child what to do. Ex., "find the ball"
,visual cue - CORRECT ANSWER using visual supports to cue. Ex., pictures, mirror
gestural cue - CORRECT ANSWER use gestures to help the child. Ex., pointing
Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER Acquired oral motor speech disorder affecting an
individual's ability to translate conscious speech pairs into motor plans, which results in
limited difficult speech ability.
SOAP Notes Acronym: - CORRECT ANSWER subjective- concerns of family
members or individual
objective- specific clinical findings, test results, summary of data collected during session
assessment- compares clients performance across sessions
plan- states course of action to be followed
baseline data - CORRECT ANSWER data before intervention starts
extension vs. expansion - CORRECT ANSWER extension- add more info to childs
utterances
expansion- keep childs word order the same, expand to make utterances more grammatically
correct
non-linguistic cues - CORRECT ANSWER gestures, body language, facial
expressions, physical distance
compensatory strategies for disfluent speech - CORRECT ANSWER 1.Sliding or
pullouts
2. Relaxing the stutter
3. Catching the stutter
4. Intentional stuttering
5. Easy stuttering/fluent stuttering
, 6. Bouncing
7. Cancellation
8. Preparatory set
9. Light contact
10. Slower speech rates
11. Relaxed breath patterns
12. Slow/stretched speech
13. Easy onset
14. Pausing and chunking
Articulation disorder - CORRECT ANSWER difficulty in production of individual
speech sounds
language disorder - CORRECT ANSWER difficulty in comprehension, speaking,
writing
fluency disorder - CORRECT ANSWER bumpy speech characterized by non-smooth
and interrupted speech
When you return a patient/client to his hospital room/classroom, a waiting family member
begins to question you about details of therapy, you should... - CORRECT
ANSWER refer family member to the supervising SLP
CVC - CORRECT ANSWER consonant vowel consonant (closed)
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER Meaning of words and sentences
when client reaches stated level of performance of goal... - CORRECT
ANSWER communicate with supervising SLP
