SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE (FORM 1) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Which of the following should be the primary focus of early language intervention for at-risk
infants?
A. Establishing object permanence through play activities
B. Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning
C. Creating readiness activities in the context of play
D. Enhancing social communication through play activities - ANS B. Training primary
caregivers to facilitate language learning
*Early language stimulation in at-risk infants is best provided by primary caregivers who have
been trained in practices that promote learning.
The figure above shows the oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal structures involved in swallowing.
Which of the following best describes the transit of the bolus at the moment depicted in the
figure?
(Look at bolus image)
A. The bolus is traveling through the esophagus.
B. The bolus is being propelled from the oral cavity by the tongue and has entered the pharynx.
C. The bolus has passively exited the oral cavity without propulsion by the tongue.
D. Laryngeal penetration of some of the bolus is evident. - ANS B. The bolus is being
propelled from the oral cavity by the tongue and has entered the pharynx.
*The tongue is in contact with the entire anterior and most of the mid to posterior hard palate.
Furthermore, the bolus head has passed the epiglottis and is descending into the hypopharynx
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,Primary motor innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by which cranial nerve?
A. V
B. VII
C. IX
D. X - ANS D. X- Vagus Nerve
*Primary innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by cranial nerve X, the vagus nerve.
The other answer choices identify cranial nerves that are not primarily involved in motor
innervation to the larynx and velum
Fela is a third-grade student in a public school. She is a speaker of African American Vernacular
English (AAVE) who has difficulty with the Standard American English (SAE) dialect used in her
classroom. Her teacher believes that Fela's language skills are affecting her academic
performance and has referred her to the school's speech-language pathologist. Which of the
following is an appropriate rationale for providing language intervention for Fela?
A. It will likely foster better communication with Fela's linguistically and culturally diverse peers.
B. It will likely improve Fela's code-switching ability with her teacher and other adult speakers of
SAE.
C. It may expand Fela's later academic and vocational opportunities.
D. It will likely lead Fela to adopt SAE as her primary dialect. - ANS Options (A), (B), and (C)
are correct.
*The intervention will foster better communication because Fela and her peers will have a
common dialect. Also, the intervention will provide Fela with the ability to switch easily
between dialects using SAE structures. Furthermore, being able to switch codes will enable Fela
to participate in more educational and vocational opportunities.
Federal laws regarding freedom of access to information stipulate that client records kept or
written by health care professionals can be
A. reviewed only by other health-care professionals
B. reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the client provides written permission to
share with others
C. reviewed by anyone who submits a formal written request
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,D. released only by subpoena - ANS B. reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the
client provides written permission to share with others
*Clients have the right to review their own records.
To justify providing individual treatment for a 2½ year old with apraxia of speech, which of the
following would be LEAST important for the SLP to include in the evaluation report?
A. A description of the child's typical interaction with peers
B. Relevant prognostic data
C. Information about apraxia of speech
D. A description of the language development of the child's older siblings - ANS D. A
description of the language development of the child's older siblings
*A description of the child's older siblings' language development does not provide the
objective, documented evidence required to justify provision of treatment for a child of an age
at which some unintelligibility would be typical.
The speech reception threshold (SRT) is a basic component of an evaluation of hearing function.
Which of the following statements about the SRT is most accurate?
A. It is measured in decibels and corresponds to the intensity level at which spondaic words can
be recognized approximately 50% of the time.
B. It makes use of test materials that are limited to monosyllabic words.
C. It provides information on how well speech is understood at conversational levels.
D. It is useful in validating acoustic intermittence measures - ANS A. It is measured in decibels
and corresponds to the intensity level at which spondaic words can be recognized
approximately 50% of the time.
A clinician who employs active listening is doing which of the following?
A. Responding to both the content and the affect of the client's remarks
B. Listening very carefully and taking extensive notes
C. Conducting a clinician-directed interview
D. Directing the client to specific answers to questions - ANS A. Responding to both the
content and the affect of the client's remarks
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, *A clinician who employs active listening responds to both the content (the denotative
message) and the affect (the emotional content) of a client's remarks.
This investigation was motivated by observations that when persons with dysarthria increase
loudness, their speech improves. Some studies have indicated that this improvement may be
related to an increase of prosodic variation. Studies have reported an increase of fundamental
frequency (F0) variation with increased loudness, but there has been no examination of the
relation of loudness manipulation to specific prosodic variables that are known to aid a listener
in parsing out meaningful information. This study examined the relation of vocal loudness
production to selected acoustic variables known to inform listeners of phrase and sentence
boundaries: specifically, F0 declination and final-word lengthening. Ten young, healthy women
were audio-recorded while they read aloud a paragraph at what each considered normal
loudness, twice-normal loudness, and half-normal loudness. Results showed that there was a
statistically - ANS C. Vocal loudness
*The researchers manipulated vocal loudness to determine its effect on prosodic F0 and
durational variables.
B. The prosody of persons with dysarthria may not show similar loudness effects.
*At the end of the abstract, the researchers Hughes suggest a relationship between increased
vocal loudness and "improvement in communicative effectiveness" in some persons with
dysarthria. This relationship is not directly supported by their study, as individuals with
dysarthria were not tested.
C. A within-subjects design
*The researchers use the same group of subjects who recite a paragraph under three
conditions: at normal, twice-normal, and half-normal loudness. This is an example of a within-
subjects design, in which the dependent variables (in this case, prosodic F0 and durational
variables) are measured repeatedly in the same subjects under different task conditions (in this
case, vocal loudness).
A 55-year-old woman, recently hospitalized for probable cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is
referred for evaluation of stuttering speech. The initial conversation with the client indicates
that speech is characterized by frequent initial-phoneme repetitions and prolongations as well
as associated mildly effortful eye blinking. Which of the following pieces of information is crucial
to accurate speech diagnosis and decisions regarding management of the speech problem?
A. The site and extent of the lesion associated with the suspected CVA
B. Whether the client has any associated dysphagia or dysphonia
C. Whether the dysfluencies began before or after the suspected CVA
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Which of the following should be the primary focus of early language intervention for at-risk
infants?
A. Establishing object permanence through play activities
B. Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning
C. Creating readiness activities in the context of play
D. Enhancing social communication through play activities - ANS B. Training primary
caregivers to facilitate language learning
*Early language stimulation in at-risk infants is best provided by primary caregivers who have
been trained in practices that promote learning.
The figure above shows the oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal structures involved in swallowing.
Which of the following best describes the transit of the bolus at the moment depicted in the
figure?
(Look at bolus image)
A. The bolus is traveling through the esophagus.
B. The bolus is being propelled from the oral cavity by the tongue and has entered the pharynx.
C. The bolus has passively exited the oral cavity without propulsion by the tongue.
D. Laryngeal penetration of some of the bolus is evident. - ANS B. The bolus is being
propelled from the oral cavity by the tongue and has entered the pharynx.
*The tongue is in contact with the entire anterior and most of the mid to posterior hard palate.
Furthermore, the bolus head has passed the epiglottis and is descending into the hypopharynx
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,Primary motor innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by which cranial nerve?
A. V
B. VII
C. IX
D. X - ANS D. X- Vagus Nerve
*Primary innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by cranial nerve X, the vagus nerve.
The other answer choices identify cranial nerves that are not primarily involved in motor
innervation to the larynx and velum
Fela is a third-grade student in a public school. She is a speaker of African American Vernacular
English (AAVE) who has difficulty with the Standard American English (SAE) dialect used in her
classroom. Her teacher believes that Fela's language skills are affecting her academic
performance and has referred her to the school's speech-language pathologist. Which of the
following is an appropriate rationale for providing language intervention for Fela?
A. It will likely foster better communication with Fela's linguistically and culturally diverse peers.
B. It will likely improve Fela's code-switching ability with her teacher and other adult speakers of
SAE.
C. It may expand Fela's later academic and vocational opportunities.
D. It will likely lead Fela to adopt SAE as her primary dialect. - ANS Options (A), (B), and (C)
are correct.
*The intervention will foster better communication because Fela and her peers will have a
common dialect. Also, the intervention will provide Fela with the ability to switch easily
between dialects using SAE structures. Furthermore, being able to switch codes will enable Fela
to participate in more educational and vocational opportunities.
Federal laws regarding freedom of access to information stipulate that client records kept or
written by health care professionals can be
A. reviewed only by other health-care professionals
B. reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the client provides written permission to
share with others
C. reviewed by anyone who submits a formal written request
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,D. released only by subpoena - ANS B. reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the
client provides written permission to share with others
*Clients have the right to review their own records.
To justify providing individual treatment for a 2½ year old with apraxia of speech, which of the
following would be LEAST important for the SLP to include in the evaluation report?
A. A description of the child's typical interaction with peers
B. Relevant prognostic data
C. Information about apraxia of speech
D. A description of the language development of the child's older siblings - ANS D. A
description of the language development of the child's older siblings
*A description of the child's older siblings' language development does not provide the
objective, documented evidence required to justify provision of treatment for a child of an age
at which some unintelligibility would be typical.
The speech reception threshold (SRT) is a basic component of an evaluation of hearing function.
Which of the following statements about the SRT is most accurate?
A. It is measured in decibels and corresponds to the intensity level at which spondaic words can
be recognized approximately 50% of the time.
B. It makes use of test materials that are limited to monosyllabic words.
C. It provides information on how well speech is understood at conversational levels.
D. It is useful in validating acoustic intermittence measures - ANS A. It is measured in decibels
and corresponds to the intensity level at which spondaic words can be recognized
approximately 50% of the time.
A clinician who employs active listening is doing which of the following?
A. Responding to both the content and the affect of the client's remarks
B. Listening very carefully and taking extensive notes
C. Conducting a clinician-directed interview
D. Directing the client to specific answers to questions - ANS A. Responding to both the
content and the affect of the client's remarks
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, *A clinician who employs active listening responds to both the content (the denotative
message) and the affect (the emotional content) of a client's remarks.
This investigation was motivated by observations that when persons with dysarthria increase
loudness, their speech improves. Some studies have indicated that this improvement may be
related to an increase of prosodic variation. Studies have reported an increase of fundamental
frequency (F0) variation with increased loudness, but there has been no examination of the
relation of loudness manipulation to specific prosodic variables that are known to aid a listener
in parsing out meaningful information. This study examined the relation of vocal loudness
production to selected acoustic variables known to inform listeners of phrase and sentence
boundaries: specifically, F0 declination and final-word lengthening. Ten young, healthy women
were audio-recorded while they read aloud a paragraph at what each considered normal
loudness, twice-normal loudness, and half-normal loudness. Results showed that there was a
statistically - ANS C. Vocal loudness
*The researchers manipulated vocal loudness to determine its effect on prosodic F0 and
durational variables.
B. The prosody of persons with dysarthria may not show similar loudness effects.
*At the end of the abstract, the researchers Hughes suggest a relationship between increased
vocal loudness and "improvement in communicative effectiveness" in some persons with
dysarthria. This relationship is not directly supported by their study, as individuals with
dysarthria were not tested.
C. A within-subjects design
*The researchers use the same group of subjects who recite a paragraph under three
conditions: at normal, twice-normal, and half-normal loudness. This is an example of a within-
subjects design, in which the dependent variables (in this case, prosodic F0 and durational
variables) are measured repeatedly in the same subjects under different task conditions (in this
case, vocal loudness).
A 55-year-old woman, recently hospitalized for probable cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is
referred for evaluation of stuttering speech. The initial conversation with the client indicates
that speech is characterized by frequent initial-phoneme repetitions and prolongations as well
as associated mildly effortful eye blinking. Which of the following pieces of information is crucial
to accurate speech diagnosis and decisions regarding management of the speech problem?
A. The site and extent of the lesion associated with the suspected CVA
B. Whether the client has any associated dysphagia or dysphonia
C. Whether the dysfluencies began before or after the suspected CVA
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