CSD Exam #2 – study guide and practice exam preparation material
What is assessment? - correct answer ✔✔the systematic process of gathering information
about an individuals background, history, skills, knowledge, perceptions, and feelings.
What is screening? - correct answer ✔✔Test or task that provides a quick check of an
individual's performance in a particular area, Identifies those who require a more
comprehensive assessment
What are the four purposes of assessment? - correct answer ✔✔-To identify skills that a person
has, and those the person does not have in a particular area of communication
-To guide the design of intervention for enhancing a person's skills in a particular area of
communication
-To monitor a person communicative growth and performance over time
-To qualify a person for special services
What are the components of assessment protocol? - correct answer ✔✔formal testing,
instrumentation, chart review, and interviews
What is chart review? (assessment protocol) - correct answer ✔✔Systematic examination of
documents prepared by various professionals, and Records of individuals development,
educational, and medical history
What is the purpose for interviews? (assessment protocol) - correct answer ✔✔-Collected
information from individuals, families, caregivers, etc
-Aid in understanding the nature, history, and extent of the problem
Norm-referenced assessments: - correct answer ✔✔-Allows SLPs to compare performance of
one person a normative samples
, -Normative Sample
-A group of individuals who were given the test to identify standards of performance at specific
age levels
-Needs to be standardized
-The test must be given in a uniform and scripted manner so that it is given in exactly the same
way to everyone who takes it
Criterion-referenced assessments: - correct answer ✔✔-Determines an individual's level of
achievement or skill in a particular area of communication
-The task must have clear standard of performance
Dynamic assessments: - correct answer ✔✔-Analyzes how much and what types of support or
assistance are needed to bring an individual's communicative performance to a higher level
-Learning Potential
What's the difference between a raw score and a standard score? - correct answer ✔✔Raw
score: a tally of errors during an assessment
Standard score: index that identifies how a person's test performance compares with that of
his/ her normative peers
What is a standard deviation and a percentile rank, and what do those have to do with a Norm-
Referenced assessment? - correct answer ✔✔A spread of scores, you compare normative
examples of patients test scores
What is a differential diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔Process of systematically differentiating a
disorder from other possible alternatives to arrive at the most accurate diagnosis
What is assessment? - correct answer ✔✔the systematic process of gathering information
about an individuals background, history, skills, knowledge, perceptions, and feelings.
What is screening? - correct answer ✔✔Test or task that provides a quick check of an
individual's performance in a particular area, Identifies those who require a more
comprehensive assessment
What are the four purposes of assessment? - correct answer ✔✔-To identify skills that a person
has, and those the person does not have in a particular area of communication
-To guide the design of intervention for enhancing a person's skills in a particular area of
communication
-To monitor a person communicative growth and performance over time
-To qualify a person for special services
What are the components of assessment protocol? - correct answer ✔✔formal testing,
instrumentation, chart review, and interviews
What is chart review? (assessment protocol) - correct answer ✔✔Systematic examination of
documents prepared by various professionals, and Records of individuals development,
educational, and medical history
What is the purpose for interviews? (assessment protocol) - correct answer ✔✔-Collected
information from individuals, families, caregivers, etc
-Aid in understanding the nature, history, and extent of the problem
Norm-referenced assessments: - correct answer ✔✔-Allows SLPs to compare performance of
one person a normative samples
, -Normative Sample
-A group of individuals who were given the test to identify standards of performance at specific
age levels
-Needs to be standardized
-The test must be given in a uniform and scripted manner so that it is given in exactly the same
way to everyone who takes it
Criterion-referenced assessments: - correct answer ✔✔-Determines an individual's level of
achievement or skill in a particular area of communication
-The task must have clear standard of performance
Dynamic assessments: - correct answer ✔✔-Analyzes how much and what types of support or
assistance are needed to bring an individual's communicative performance to a higher level
-Learning Potential
What's the difference between a raw score and a standard score? - correct answer ✔✔Raw
score: a tally of errors during an assessment
Standard score: index that identifies how a person's test performance compares with that of
his/ her normative peers
What is a standard deviation and a percentile rank, and what do those have to do with a Norm-
Referenced assessment? - correct answer ✔✔A spread of scores, you compare normative
examples of patients test scores
What is a differential diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔Process of systematically differentiating a
disorder from other possible alternatives to arrive at the most accurate diagnosis
