SLP Praxis II Practice Questions &
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D. Low birth weight and length, behavior problems, and possible swallowing difficulties - correct
answer ✔✔You are evaluating a 5-year-old boy whose mother has a history of alcohol abuse
while she was carrying her son. In your assessment, you would look for specific speech and
language problems; in addition, you would look for which of the following positive or negative
signs?
A. Normal motor and intellectual development, normal play activities, and normal facial and
skull features
B. Language problems, but no speech problems, coupled with good eye contact and generally
compliant behavior
C. Lack of gestures, good eye contact, and lack of attachment to new people
D. Low birth weight and length, behavior problems, and possible swallowing difficulties
vital capacity - correct answer ✔✔An opera singer complains that she is unable to maintain
adequate breath support to produce her optimal voice. You want to measure the singer's lung
volume to check for adequate breath support for optimal voice. You will need to measure
___________, which is the volume of air that the singer can exhale after a maximal inhalation.
buccofacial apraxia - correct answer ✔✔You are assessing a 60-year-old woman for a possible
diagnosis of aphasia. You are interested in finding out the specific type of aphasia. You notice
she has an inability to whistle, cough, or wink on command. This condition alone might suggest
which type of aphasia that the woman has?
,GERD - correct answer ✔✔A patient comes to you complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness.
After talking with the patient, you discover that he often experiences heartburn and indigestion.
You consult with the on-call physician who mentions that this patients gastric contents are
spontaneously emptying into his esophagus. The physician diagnoses that the problem is...
D. Surgical procedures. - correct answer ✔✔When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an
unrepaired cleft palate, what determines the timing of speech intervention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Misarticulations
C. Nasal Emission
D. Surgical procedures
A. Parkinson's disease. - correct answer ✔✔A patient complains of aching pains, tingling
sensations and coldness. The SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy and
hoarse. Other symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred speech that sounds monotone.
The clinician notices bradykinesia, rigidity, tremors and impaired postural reflexes. What is the
likely diagnosis?
A. Apraxia
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Vascular dementia
,D. Huntington's disease.
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the end of which I will
have a better idea - correct answer ✔✔You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high
school education, significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled blood pressure.
Your diagnosis is global aphasia. During your counseling at the end of assessment, his wife asks
"What is the prognosis for improvement in communication skills?" What would be an
appropriate answer?
A. prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication, provided he receives 3
months of therapy
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the end of which I will
have a better idea
C. Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any improvement gained in therapy
D. Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation. - correct answer ✔✔You are
working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to you to refer an 8-year-
old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and "breathy" and gets more severe during
recess and lunch. The child does not display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the
speech-language pathologist, what should you initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?
A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
, C. The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.
D. The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the voice.
B. Ordinal scale - correct answer ✔✔A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and
craniofacial team wishes to develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin quantifying
(however subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears in the speech of the children seen
by the team each month. He will pass on this information to the plastic surgeon and other team
members to assist them in making surgical decisions for each child. The speech-language
pathologist devises the following scale:
1 -- almost no hypernasality
2 -- slight hypernasality
3 -- moderate hypernasality
4 -- great amount of hypernasality
What is this type of scale called?
A. Logarithmic scale
B. Ordinal scale
C. Nominal scale
D. Interval scale
B. Hypernasality - correct answer ✔✔James, a 4-year-old boy, attends your cleft palate center
for a speech evaluation. James was born with a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate. He is
unable to close his velopharyngeal port and, as a result, has difficulty producing non-nasal
sounds. This patient's non-nasal speech sounds would have which of the following
characteristics?
A. Hyponasality
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D. Low birth weight and length, behavior problems, and possible swallowing difficulties - correct
answer ✔✔You are evaluating a 5-year-old boy whose mother has a history of alcohol abuse
while she was carrying her son. In your assessment, you would look for specific speech and
language problems; in addition, you would look for which of the following positive or negative
signs?
A. Normal motor and intellectual development, normal play activities, and normal facial and
skull features
B. Language problems, but no speech problems, coupled with good eye contact and generally
compliant behavior
C. Lack of gestures, good eye contact, and lack of attachment to new people
D. Low birth weight and length, behavior problems, and possible swallowing difficulties
vital capacity - correct answer ✔✔An opera singer complains that she is unable to maintain
adequate breath support to produce her optimal voice. You want to measure the singer's lung
volume to check for adequate breath support for optimal voice. You will need to measure
___________, which is the volume of air that the singer can exhale after a maximal inhalation.
buccofacial apraxia - correct answer ✔✔You are assessing a 60-year-old woman for a possible
diagnosis of aphasia. You are interested in finding out the specific type of aphasia. You notice
she has an inability to whistle, cough, or wink on command. This condition alone might suggest
which type of aphasia that the woman has?
,GERD - correct answer ✔✔A patient comes to you complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness.
After talking with the patient, you discover that he often experiences heartburn and indigestion.
You consult with the on-call physician who mentions that this patients gastric contents are
spontaneously emptying into his esophagus. The physician diagnoses that the problem is...
D. Surgical procedures. - correct answer ✔✔When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an
unrepaired cleft palate, what determines the timing of speech intervention?
A. Intelligibility
B. Misarticulations
C. Nasal Emission
D. Surgical procedures
A. Parkinson's disease. - correct answer ✔✔A patient complains of aching pains, tingling
sensations and coldness. The SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy and
hoarse. Other symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred speech that sounds monotone.
The clinician notices bradykinesia, rigidity, tremors and impaired postural reflexes. What is the
likely diagnosis?
A. Apraxia
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Vascular dementia
,D. Huntington's disease.
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the end of which I will
have a better idea - correct answer ✔✔You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high
school education, significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled blood pressure.
Your diagnosis is global aphasia. During your counseling at the end of assessment, his wife asks
"What is the prognosis for improvement in communication skills?" What would be an
appropriate answer?
A. prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication, provided he receives 3
months of therapy
B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the end of which I will
have a better idea
C. Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any improvement gained in therapy
D. Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation. - correct answer ✔✔You are
working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to you to refer an 8-year-
old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and "breathy" and gets more severe during
recess and lunch. The child does not display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the
speech-language pathologist, what should you initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?
A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
, C. The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.
D. The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the voice.
B. Ordinal scale - correct answer ✔✔A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and
craniofacial team wishes to develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin quantifying
(however subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears in the speech of the children seen
by the team each month. He will pass on this information to the plastic surgeon and other team
members to assist them in making surgical decisions for each child. The speech-language
pathologist devises the following scale:
1 -- almost no hypernasality
2 -- slight hypernasality
3 -- moderate hypernasality
4 -- great amount of hypernasality
What is this type of scale called?
A. Logarithmic scale
B. Ordinal scale
C. Nominal scale
D. Interval scale
B. Hypernasality - correct answer ✔✔James, a 4-year-old boy, attends your cleft palate center
for a speech evaluation. James was born with a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate. He is
unable to close his velopharyngeal port and, as a result, has difficulty producing non-nasal
sounds. This patient's non-nasal speech sounds would have which of the following
characteristics?
A. Hyponasality
