Intro to Communication Disorders Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update
2025/2026
neurogenic disorders - Answers usually brain based disorders where SLP's often work with
clients with these disorders in a health care setting; typically an acquired disorder
cerebrovascular accident - Answers stroke; injury to blood vessels in the brain
Parkinson's disease - Answers progressive loss of nerve cell function in the brain that controls
muscle movement
dysarthria - Answers impairment of motor control for speech caused by weakness, paralysis,
slowness, or incoordination of the muscles responsible for production of speech sounds
apraxia - Answers an inability to voluntarily perform skilled motor movements that are a result
of muscle weakness
aphasia - Answers a collection of clinically diverse disorders that affect the production and
comprehension of language, and the ability to read, write, or calculate
fluent aphasia (Wernicke's aphasia) - Answers speech is present but contains little meaning
fluent aphasia (anomia) - Answers may have difficulty naming certain words, grammatically
correct but empty speech and language comprehension is not affected
confluent aphasia (brocas) - Answers may struggle to say words and form sentences, omitting
small words, often become easily frustrated by their speaking
confluent aphasia (mixed or global) - Answers may be completely nonverbal, use facial
expressions and gestures to communicate, may understand some words
respiration - Answers the action of breathing; driving support of voice production
phonation - Answers the production of speech sounds; larynx is the organ
framework of the larynx - Answers cricoid cartilage, thyroid cartilage, epiglottis, 2 arytenoid
cartilages, 2 corniculate cartilages, 2 cuneiform cartilages
hyoid bone - Answers only bone and highest point of the larynx
phono traumatic behaviors - Answers defined as the behaviors that contribute to laryngeal injury;
inflammation or other forms of damage; yelling, screaming, throat clearing
classification of voice disorders - Answers organic, functional, and psychogenic
organic voice disorders - Answers physiological in nature and result from alterations in
respiratory, laryngeal, or vocal tract mechanisms; includes structural and neurogenic
2025/2026
neurogenic disorders - Answers usually brain based disorders where SLP's often work with
clients with these disorders in a health care setting; typically an acquired disorder
cerebrovascular accident - Answers stroke; injury to blood vessels in the brain
Parkinson's disease - Answers progressive loss of nerve cell function in the brain that controls
muscle movement
dysarthria - Answers impairment of motor control for speech caused by weakness, paralysis,
slowness, or incoordination of the muscles responsible for production of speech sounds
apraxia - Answers an inability to voluntarily perform skilled motor movements that are a result
of muscle weakness
aphasia - Answers a collection of clinically diverse disorders that affect the production and
comprehension of language, and the ability to read, write, or calculate
fluent aphasia (Wernicke's aphasia) - Answers speech is present but contains little meaning
fluent aphasia (anomia) - Answers may have difficulty naming certain words, grammatically
correct but empty speech and language comprehension is not affected
confluent aphasia (brocas) - Answers may struggle to say words and form sentences, omitting
small words, often become easily frustrated by their speaking
confluent aphasia (mixed or global) - Answers may be completely nonverbal, use facial
expressions and gestures to communicate, may understand some words
respiration - Answers the action of breathing; driving support of voice production
phonation - Answers the production of speech sounds; larynx is the organ
framework of the larynx - Answers cricoid cartilage, thyroid cartilage, epiglottis, 2 arytenoid
cartilages, 2 corniculate cartilages, 2 cuneiform cartilages
hyoid bone - Answers only bone and highest point of the larynx
phono traumatic behaviors - Answers defined as the behaviors that contribute to laryngeal injury;
inflammation or other forms of damage; yelling, screaming, throat clearing
classification of voice disorders - Answers organic, functional, and psychogenic
organic voice disorders - Answers physiological in nature and result from alterations in
respiratory, laryngeal, or vocal tract mechanisms; includes structural and neurogenic
