SLP ETS PRACTICE TEST FORM 2
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
To best facilitate the functional and meaningful use of linguistic forms, a language-
intervention program for a child with language impairments should
A.focus on comprehension tasks that are just above the child's linguistic level
B.stress structured, game-like situations that use imitative tasks
C.present and elicit the forms in naturalistic contexts
D.stress imitation of the forms to be learned - Answer-C
An SLP working with a 45-year-old patient with acquired expressive communication
deficits is emphasizing reengagement by focusing on realistic short-term goals of the
patient's choice. The SLP is primarily using which of the following approaches to
therapy?
A.Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA)
B.Visual Action Therapy (VAT)
C.Supported Communication Intervention (SCI)
D.Prompts for Reconstructing Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) - Answer-A
Mr. Lewis, a fourth-grade teacher, has referred a 9-year-old student to the school
speech-language pathologist (SLP) because he is concerned that the student's speech
is interfering with spelling performance. The SLP observes that the student substitutes
the voiceless labiodental fricative for the voiceless interdental fricative in the word-final
position and that the student reverses /s/ and /k/ in words such as "ask." Which of the
following areas needs to be considered first?
A.Auditory discrimination
B.Dialectal differences
C.Disordered phonological system
D.Dyslexia - Answer-B
Of the following, which is generally the most appropriate treatment goal for clients who
have had a laryngectomy?
A.Acceptance of the alaryngeal status
,B.Production of an esophageal voice
C.Use of a voice prosthesis
D.Restoration of oral communication - Answer-D
Which of the following sets of minimal pair words best targets the phonological patterns
of stopping of fricatives?
A.Sun and ton
B.Sip and ship
C.Star and tar
D.Shoe and shoot - Answer-A
Which dental condition is most likely to have a negative effect on articulation?
A.Class II malocclusion
B.Class III malocclusion
C.Missing maxillary lateral incisors
D.Missing mandibular central incisors - Answer-B
The acoustic reflex is triggered in a person with typical hearing when the listener is
exposed to a sound above approximately
A.85 dB HTL
B.130 dB HTL
C.1000 Hz
D.6500 Hz - Answer-A
Which of the following structures is a relay center for sensory information?
A.The reticular formation
B.The thalamus
C.The putamen
D.The hippocampus - Answer-B
An SLP is working with a 30-month-old child who is at the one-word production level.
The goal of treatment is to facilitate growth in play as a precursor to the acquisition of
two-word semantic relationships. To achieve the goal, the SLP can best begin by
facilitating
A.the use of pretend play, such as brushing a doll's hair or feeding a doll with a bottle
B.the purposeful exploration of toys
C.exploration, by mouthing of toys
D.mean-end behaviors, such as pulling a string to get a toy - Answer-A
During a clinical swallow assessment by an SLP, a patient was noted to have the
following symptoms.
, An immediate cough after swallowing thin liquids
Prolonged mastication with regular-consistency foods
No coughing when fed thickened liquids
Postswallow residue
Which of the following recommendations is most appropriate for the patient in this
situation?
A.Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
B.Modified barium swallow study
C.High-resolution pharyngeal manometry
D.Cervical auscultation of swallowing - Answer-B
Which of the following best describes the speech reception threshold (SRT)?
A.It is the intensity level at which spondee words are recognized at or near 100% of the
time.
B.It is the lowest intensity level at which spondee words can be detected and
recognized as speech.
C.It is the intensity level at which spondee words are recognized at least 50% of the
time.
D.It is the lowest intensity level at which spondee words can be discriminated from one
another. - Answer-C
During an examination of his oral mechanism, an adult male is asked to pucker his lips
and then to spread them into a wide smile.
This ability depends on the bilateral integrity of which of the following cranial nerves?
A.CN V 5
B.CN VII 7
C.CN IX 9
D.CN XII 12 - Answer-B
Which of the following conditions is primarily characterized by premature closure of the
sutures of the skull?
A.Craniosynostosis
B.Craniopharyngioma
C.Deformational plagiocephaly
D.Positional plagiocephaly - Answer-A
A 2-year-old child pronounces "bottle" as [baba]. Which of the following best describes
the speech simplification process evident in this utterance?
A.Gliding
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
To best facilitate the functional and meaningful use of linguistic forms, a language-
intervention program for a child with language impairments should
A.focus on comprehension tasks that are just above the child's linguistic level
B.stress structured, game-like situations that use imitative tasks
C.present and elicit the forms in naturalistic contexts
D.stress imitation of the forms to be learned - Answer-C
An SLP working with a 45-year-old patient with acquired expressive communication
deficits is emphasizing reengagement by focusing on realistic short-term goals of the
patient's choice. The SLP is primarily using which of the following approaches to
therapy?
A.Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA)
B.Visual Action Therapy (VAT)
C.Supported Communication Intervention (SCI)
D.Prompts for Reconstructing Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) - Answer-A
Mr. Lewis, a fourth-grade teacher, has referred a 9-year-old student to the school
speech-language pathologist (SLP) because he is concerned that the student's speech
is interfering with spelling performance. The SLP observes that the student substitutes
the voiceless labiodental fricative for the voiceless interdental fricative in the word-final
position and that the student reverses /s/ and /k/ in words such as "ask." Which of the
following areas needs to be considered first?
A.Auditory discrimination
B.Dialectal differences
C.Disordered phonological system
D.Dyslexia - Answer-B
Of the following, which is generally the most appropriate treatment goal for clients who
have had a laryngectomy?
A.Acceptance of the alaryngeal status
,B.Production of an esophageal voice
C.Use of a voice prosthesis
D.Restoration of oral communication - Answer-D
Which of the following sets of minimal pair words best targets the phonological patterns
of stopping of fricatives?
A.Sun and ton
B.Sip and ship
C.Star and tar
D.Shoe and shoot - Answer-A
Which dental condition is most likely to have a negative effect on articulation?
A.Class II malocclusion
B.Class III malocclusion
C.Missing maxillary lateral incisors
D.Missing mandibular central incisors - Answer-B
The acoustic reflex is triggered in a person with typical hearing when the listener is
exposed to a sound above approximately
A.85 dB HTL
B.130 dB HTL
C.1000 Hz
D.6500 Hz - Answer-A
Which of the following structures is a relay center for sensory information?
A.The reticular formation
B.The thalamus
C.The putamen
D.The hippocampus - Answer-B
An SLP is working with a 30-month-old child who is at the one-word production level.
The goal of treatment is to facilitate growth in play as a precursor to the acquisition of
two-word semantic relationships. To achieve the goal, the SLP can best begin by
facilitating
A.the use of pretend play, such as brushing a doll's hair or feeding a doll with a bottle
B.the purposeful exploration of toys
C.exploration, by mouthing of toys
D.mean-end behaviors, such as pulling a string to get a toy - Answer-A
During a clinical swallow assessment by an SLP, a patient was noted to have the
following symptoms.
, An immediate cough after swallowing thin liquids
Prolonged mastication with regular-consistency foods
No coughing when fed thickened liquids
Postswallow residue
Which of the following recommendations is most appropriate for the patient in this
situation?
A.Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
B.Modified barium swallow study
C.High-resolution pharyngeal manometry
D.Cervical auscultation of swallowing - Answer-B
Which of the following best describes the speech reception threshold (SRT)?
A.It is the intensity level at which spondee words are recognized at or near 100% of the
time.
B.It is the lowest intensity level at which spondee words can be detected and
recognized as speech.
C.It is the intensity level at which spondee words are recognized at least 50% of the
time.
D.It is the lowest intensity level at which spondee words can be discriminated from one
another. - Answer-C
During an examination of his oral mechanism, an adult male is asked to pucker his lips
and then to spread them into a wide smile.
This ability depends on the bilateral integrity of which of the following cranial nerves?
A.CN V 5
B.CN VII 7
C.CN IX 9
D.CN XII 12 - Answer-B
Which of the following conditions is primarily characterized by premature closure of the
sutures of the skull?
A.Craniosynostosis
B.Craniopharyngioma
C.Deformational plagiocephaly
D.Positional plagiocephaly - Answer-A
A 2-year-old child pronounces "bottle" as [baba]. Which of the following best describes
the speech simplification process evident in this utterance?
A.Gliding
