SLP PRAXIS Test 5 questions well
answered A+ graded
A.
regressive assimilation.
B.
progressive assimilation.
C.
voicing assimilation.
D.
reduplication. - correct answer ✔✔When a child repeats a pattern (e.g., wawa/water), it is
referred to as
D.
reduplication.
C.
Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about
developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature. - correct answer
✔✔Researchers often use cross-sectional studies to study children's development in various
areas. What is a difficulty with cross-sectional studies?
,A.
The same subjects are studied over time, and this is expensive, time consuming, and difficult
because subjects might drop out of the study.
B.
The investigator is examining data already on file to answer questions about children in various
age groups, and that data might not be reliable.
C.
Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about
developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature.
D.
The total age span of children to be studied is divided into several overlapping age spans, and it
is difficult to follow subjects from the lower to the upper end of each age span.
B.
Semantic language skills - correct answer ✔✔During an informal conversation with an
adolescent who has come to you for assessment, you notice the following problems: difficulty in
using figurative language, difficulty in using words with multiple meanings, and difficulty using
synonyms appropriately. What kinds of language skills do you need to especially target during
your assessment?
A.
Pragmatic language skills
B.
,Semantic language skills
C.
Syntactic structures
D.
Morphologic features
A.
"They going over there today." - correct answer ✔✔An 81-year-old bilingual man from Thailand
has had a stroke, and you are seeing him for therapy. He is recovering both his primary language
and his English skills, but you are working only in English. No interpreters are available,
unfortunately, and the family has indicated that they would prefer treatment to be conducted in
English, anyway, because many of the patient's grandchildren speak English fluently. Which one
of the following productions would be an example, on the patient's part, of English influenced
by his primary language of Thailand and not the stroke?
A.
"They going over there today."
B.
"I done got to get dressed now."
C.
"She not have no money in the bank."
D.
, "We be havin' most fun."
B. complex sentence with an independent and a dependent clause. - correct answer ✔✔You are
taking a language sample from an 8-year-old child. One of his utterances is "I will go to school
tomorrow if I am not sick." This is an example of a
A.
compound sentence with an independent and a dependent clause.
B.
complex sentence with an independent and a dependent clause.
C.
complex sentence with two independent clauses.
D.
complex sentence with two dependent clauses.
she is demonstrating verbal behavior that is consistent with that of many members of the
African American community. - correct answer ✔✔You are assessing an African American
elementary-age child, Takissha. The fourth-grade teacher has referred her to you because
"Takissha often talks when other children are talking, and when she tells a story, she is not very
structured." At this point, before you see Takissha, you suspect that
A.
she is developmentally delayed.
B.
answered A+ graded
A.
regressive assimilation.
B.
progressive assimilation.
C.
voicing assimilation.
D.
reduplication. - correct answer ✔✔When a child repeats a pattern (e.g., wawa/water), it is
referred to as
D.
reduplication.
C.
Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about
developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature. - correct answer
✔✔Researchers often use cross-sectional studies to study children's development in various
areas. What is a difficulty with cross-sectional studies?
,A.
The same subjects are studied over time, and this is expensive, time consuming, and difficult
because subjects might drop out of the study.
B.
The investigator is examining data already on file to answer questions about children in various
age groups, and that data might not be reliable.
C.
Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about
developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature.
D.
The total age span of children to be studied is divided into several overlapping age spans, and it
is difficult to follow subjects from the lower to the upper end of each age span.
B.
Semantic language skills - correct answer ✔✔During an informal conversation with an
adolescent who has come to you for assessment, you notice the following problems: difficulty in
using figurative language, difficulty in using words with multiple meanings, and difficulty using
synonyms appropriately. What kinds of language skills do you need to especially target during
your assessment?
A.
Pragmatic language skills
B.
,Semantic language skills
C.
Syntactic structures
D.
Morphologic features
A.
"They going over there today." - correct answer ✔✔An 81-year-old bilingual man from Thailand
has had a stroke, and you are seeing him for therapy. He is recovering both his primary language
and his English skills, but you are working only in English. No interpreters are available,
unfortunately, and the family has indicated that they would prefer treatment to be conducted in
English, anyway, because many of the patient's grandchildren speak English fluently. Which one
of the following productions would be an example, on the patient's part, of English influenced
by his primary language of Thailand and not the stroke?
A.
"They going over there today."
B.
"I done got to get dressed now."
C.
"She not have no money in the bank."
D.
, "We be havin' most fun."
B. complex sentence with an independent and a dependent clause. - correct answer ✔✔You are
taking a language sample from an 8-year-old child. One of his utterances is "I will go to school
tomorrow if I am not sick." This is an example of a
A.
compound sentence with an independent and a dependent clause.
B.
complex sentence with an independent and a dependent clause.
C.
complex sentence with two independent clauses.
D.
complex sentence with two dependent clauses.
she is demonstrating verbal behavior that is consistent with that of many members of the
African American community. - correct answer ✔✔You are assessing an African American
elementary-age child, Takissha. The fourth-grade teacher has referred her to you because
"Takissha often talks when other children are talking, and when she tells a story, she is not very
structured." At this point, before you see Takissha, you suspect that
A.
she is developmentally delayed.
B.
