csd 315 final Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: intervention for phonological awareness for children with SSD should encompass three
main areas in order to achieve reading success
Answer: speech sound production, phonological awareness, letter knowledge
Question 2: awareness of rhyme tends to develop around the time that children can
Answer: use oral language productively
Question 3: dynamic assessments allow for multiple levels of
Answer: prompting
Question 4: criterion referenced assessments, compared to norm-referenced assessments, are more
Answer: informal
Question 5: the ability to segment a multi-syllabic word into its respective syllables is an example of
Answer: syllable awareness
Question 6: a child's ability to manipulate phonemes is an example of
Answer: deep phonological awareness
Question 7: t/f children with speech sound disorders and comorbid language impairments are at higher
risk for literacy difficulties than children with isolated SSD
Answer: true
Question 8: t/f phonological awareness should be targeted in preschool only
Answer: false
Question 9: t/f phonological awareness intervention is best delivered in small group settings
Answer: false
Question 10: t/f preschool aged children should be taught phonological awareness to a mastery level
Answer: false
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, Question 11: t/f speech language pathologists can collaborate with teachers and reading specialists to
formulate small group phonological awareness activities
Answer: true
Question 12: t/f an alliteration activity that requires children to pay attention to the initial phoneme in
the word, produce the initial phoneme in the word correctly, and identify the letter that corresponds to
the phoneme is a good example of phonological awareness treatment for children with SSD.
Answer: true
Question 13: norm-referenced phonological awareness assessments may not take into account a child's
speech sound disorder, therefore it's helpful to assess phonological awareness using
Answer: receptive and expressive measures
Question 14: t/f working on phonological awareness is helpful for reading skills, but working on speech
sound production alone will also improve phonological awareness skills
Answer: false
Question 15: t/f collaboration between SLP and classroom teachers can cause confusion regarding the
best way to foster children's phonological awareness abilities
Answer: false
Question 16: the most accurate way to capture a child's phoneme productions during testing is
Answer: narrow transcription
Question 17: t/f: formal speech screenings are typically developed by a clinician with no specific criteria
for passing or failing
Answer: false
Question 18: t/f: narrow transcription should be used for all phonological assessments
Answer: false
Question 19: t/f: Contextual testing allows clinicians to examine any phonological or morphological
environments in which the child might have to produce the target phoneme
Answer: true
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Question 1: intervention for phonological awareness for children with SSD should encompass three
main areas in order to achieve reading success
Answer: speech sound production, phonological awareness, letter knowledge
Question 2: awareness of rhyme tends to develop around the time that children can
Answer: use oral language productively
Question 3: dynamic assessments allow for multiple levels of
Answer: prompting
Question 4: criterion referenced assessments, compared to norm-referenced assessments, are more
Answer: informal
Question 5: the ability to segment a multi-syllabic word into its respective syllables is an example of
Answer: syllable awareness
Question 6: a child's ability to manipulate phonemes is an example of
Answer: deep phonological awareness
Question 7: t/f children with speech sound disorders and comorbid language impairments are at higher
risk for literacy difficulties than children with isolated SSD
Answer: true
Question 8: t/f phonological awareness should be targeted in preschool only
Answer: false
Question 9: t/f phonological awareness intervention is best delivered in small group settings
Answer: false
Question 10: t/f preschool aged children should be taught phonological awareness to a mastery level
Answer: false
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, Question 11: t/f speech language pathologists can collaborate with teachers and reading specialists to
formulate small group phonological awareness activities
Answer: true
Question 12: t/f an alliteration activity that requires children to pay attention to the initial phoneme in
the word, produce the initial phoneme in the word correctly, and identify the letter that corresponds to
the phoneme is a good example of phonological awareness treatment for children with SSD.
Answer: true
Question 13: norm-referenced phonological awareness assessments may not take into account a child's
speech sound disorder, therefore it's helpful to assess phonological awareness using
Answer: receptive and expressive measures
Question 14: t/f working on phonological awareness is helpful for reading skills, but working on speech
sound production alone will also improve phonological awareness skills
Answer: false
Question 15: t/f collaboration between SLP and classroom teachers can cause confusion regarding the
best way to foster children's phonological awareness abilities
Answer: false
Question 16: the most accurate way to capture a child's phoneme productions during testing is
Answer: narrow transcription
Question 17: t/f: formal speech screenings are typically developed by a clinician with no specific criteria
for passing or failing
Answer: false
Question 18: t/f: narrow transcription should be used for all phonological assessments
Answer: false
Question 19: t/f: Contextual testing allows clinicians to examine any phonological or morphological
environments in which the child might have to produce the target phoneme
Answer: true
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