CD 469A - Diagnostic Methods - Final Exam Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
What are the parts of the interview? - ANSWER - interviewing
- conferencing
- counseling
What is the SLP's job during the interview? - ANSWER - to know
what questions to ask
- to know how to ask the questions to get the needed
information
What is the primary purpose of the interview? - ANSWER to get
information about the client
Do bilingual children learn the same or less number of words at
the same developmental rate as monolingual children? -
ANSWER same
What will determine the amount of words a child knows in each
language? - ANSWER exposure
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Do bilingual and monolingual children use the same or different
lexical strategies to acquire and organize their lexical system? -
ANSWER same
T/F: Although there are similarities across languages in the
number of words acquired, there are differences in the
distribution of lexical items. - ANSWER true
What is the primary purpose of conferencing? (interview) -
ANSWER to give information
What is the primary purpose of counseling? (interview) -
ANSWER to address emotions and provide support and
reassurance
When might counseling be necessary during the interview? -
ANSWER if a difficult topic is addressed (ex. drug use during
pregnancy, discussing an accident or hospital visit)
T/F: Bilingual children learn grammatical forms of each language
in a different order as monolinguals? - ANSWER false
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When might counseling be necessary during conferencing? -
ANSWER when diagnosis/findings are unexpected and difficult
(ex. significant hearing loss found, suspected ASD, reality of the
extent of the impairment)
_________ rule systems for languages vary and consequently
the rate and order of acquisition of specific structures differ in
different languages. - ANSWER morphosyntactic
What are the stages of the interview process? - ANSWER -
preparation
- initiation
- direction
- conclusion
Which stage includes considerations before interviewing? -
ANSWER preparation
What stage is the beginning of the interview? - ANSWER
initiation
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What type of language acquisition is the following sentence
describing? Children generally achieve equivalent proficiency in
both languages given optimal exposure to both languages. -
ANSWER simultaneous
What stage is the middle of the interview? - ANSWER direction
What stage is the final interview stage? - ANSWER conclusion
What are the seven steps of the scientific model of diagnosis? -
ANSWER - constituent analysis
- clinical hypothesis
- clinical design
- clinical testing
- clinical data analysis
- clinical interpretation
- patient management