Medical SLP - Praxis Practice
Questions well answered
At about what age do infants begin to send intentional and purposeful messages via babbling
and gesturing?
a. 3 months
b. 6 months
c. 10 months
d. 2 years old - correct answer ✔✔c. 10 months
intentional and purposeful switch from perlocutionary to illocutionary
Tommy is 7 months old and recently began babbling. He produces chains such as "mama" and
"dada". What type of babbling is Tommy demonstrating?
a. Variegated babbling
b. Reduplicated babbling
c. Cooing
d. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔b. Reduplicated babbling
CVCV syllable chains
At about what age do typically developing children have about 200-300 words in their
expressive vocabulary?
,a. 12 months
b. 18 months
c. 24 months
d. 3 years old - correct answer ✔✔c. 24 months
By 3 months old, typically developing infants may consistently do which of the following:
a. Follow 1-step directions
b. Cry for basic needs
c. Look when name is called
d. Quiet in response to noise
e. B and C
f. B and D - correct answer ✔✔F. B and D
cry for basic needs and quiet/smile in response to sound
Jen understands simple opposites and questions. Her mother reports that Jen is constantly
asking "why?" Based upon typical development, what age is Jen closest to?
a. 8 months old
b. 12 months old
c. 2 1/2 years old
d. 4 years old - correct answer ✔✔c. 2 1/2 years old
2 - 3 years old
,A 78 year old female is reporting loss of taste. Findings from her videofluoroscopy reveal age-
related changes. Which of the following treatment would you recommend?
a. Modified diet
b. Oral motor exercises
c. Pharyngeal strength exercises
d. No speech therapy indicated - correct answer ✔✔d. No speech therapy indicated
Because age related changes, not dysphagia
Contractible auxiliary is a later developing morpheme. which of the following sentences
contains an example of contractible auxiliary?
a. Daddy's jumping up and down
b. It's hot in the summer
c. Are you going?
d. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔b. Daddy's jumping up and down
Daddy's
Identify the number of morphemes in the following sentence: "It was undeniable that she was
the happiest girl in her class"
a. 16
b. 17
c. 14
d. 15
, e. none of the above - correct answer ✔✔d. 15 morphemes
The smallest unit of language that can change meaning of words but does not have meaning on
its own is known as:
a. Morphology
b. Syntax
c. Phonology
d. Semantics
e. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔a. Phonology
phonemes alone do not have meaning
Language is often classified into three components: form, content, and use. Which of the
following is an example of language form?
a. Syntax
b. Pragmatics
c. Morphology
d. A and C
e. All of the above - correct answer ✔✔a. A and C
phonology, morphology, and syntax are all part of language form
Which language theory is supported by the following evidence: deaf babies babble, grammar
rules are not directly taught, and children follow a sequence of developmental milestones
Questions well answered
At about what age do infants begin to send intentional and purposeful messages via babbling
and gesturing?
a. 3 months
b. 6 months
c. 10 months
d. 2 years old - correct answer ✔✔c. 10 months
intentional and purposeful switch from perlocutionary to illocutionary
Tommy is 7 months old and recently began babbling. He produces chains such as "mama" and
"dada". What type of babbling is Tommy demonstrating?
a. Variegated babbling
b. Reduplicated babbling
c. Cooing
d. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔b. Reduplicated babbling
CVCV syllable chains
At about what age do typically developing children have about 200-300 words in their
expressive vocabulary?
,a. 12 months
b. 18 months
c. 24 months
d. 3 years old - correct answer ✔✔c. 24 months
By 3 months old, typically developing infants may consistently do which of the following:
a. Follow 1-step directions
b. Cry for basic needs
c. Look when name is called
d. Quiet in response to noise
e. B and C
f. B and D - correct answer ✔✔F. B and D
cry for basic needs and quiet/smile in response to sound
Jen understands simple opposites and questions. Her mother reports that Jen is constantly
asking "why?" Based upon typical development, what age is Jen closest to?
a. 8 months old
b. 12 months old
c. 2 1/2 years old
d. 4 years old - correct answer ✔✔c. 2 1/2 years old
2 - 3 years old
,A 78 year old female is reporting loss of taste. Findings from her videofluoroscopy reveal age-
related changes. Which of the following treatment would you recommend?
a. Modified diet
b. Oral motor exercises
c. Pharyngeal strength exercises
d. No speech therapy indicated - correct answer ✔✔d. No speech therapy indicated
Because age related changes, not dysphagia
Contractible auxiliary is a later developing morpheme. which of the following sentences
contains an example of contractible auxiliary?
a. Daddy's jumping up and down
b. It's hot in the summer
c. Are you going?
d. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔b. Daddy's jumping up and down
Daddy's
Identify the number of morphemes in the following sentence: "It was undeniable that she was
the happiest girl in her class"
a. 16
b. 17
c. 14
d. 15
, e. none of the above - correct answer ✔✔d. 15 morphemes
The smallest unit of language that can change meaning of words but does not have meaning on
its own is known as:
a. Morphology
b. Syntax
c. Phonology
d. Semantics
e. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔a. Phonology
phonemes alone do not have meaning
Language is often classified into three components: form, content, and use. Which of the
following is an example of language form?
a. Syntax
b. Pragmatics
c. Morphology
d. A and C
e. All of the above - correct answer ✔✔a. A and C
phonology, morphology, and syntax are all part of language form
Which language theory is supported by the following evidence: deaf babies babble, grammar
rules are not directly taught, and children follow a sequence of developmental milestones
