COMD 133 Final Exam BYU Harmon
2025/2026
What are the certifications to become an SLP? - correct answer ✔✔Masters degree
9 month clinical experience
400 supervised hours
Pass the Praxis Exam
ASHA credentials
What are the certifications to become an audiologist? - correct answer ✔✔Doctorate
1820 Supervised hours
Take the GRE Exam
ASHA credentials
What are the three domains of language, and what area do they fit? - correct answer ✔✔Form-
Syntax: The organization (Phonological, and morphological)
Content-Semantics: The meaning
Use-Pragmatics: The Why, social/conversational skills
Define Language according to Dr. Harmon: - correct answer ✔✔Language is a rule based and
socially shared code that uses arbitrary symbols to convey ideas to others
Define Joint Attention:
What age does this take place? - correct answer ✔✔Where two people share attention on the
same object. Typically 6-9 months of age.
, Define overextension:
When does this take place? - correct answer ✔✔This is when a child uses one word for many
different objects. Typically 16 months of age.
List Grice's Maxims and give an example for each - correct answer ✔✔Quantity: Are you talking
too much or too little?
Quality: Are you being honest or overexaggerating?
Manners: Talk to an adult like an adult
Relevance: Are you staying on subject?
What is decontextualized language?
When does this occur? - correct answer ✔✔Discussion outside the direct experience of the
students and outside the immediate context of the physical environment. Typically Preschool
age
List the four kinds of assessments and why they are used: - correct answer ✔✔Screening: This is
to see where the child is at, not diagnose
Questionnaire: Ask parents, teachers, or to self report
Observational: See how they are acting in context
Standardized tests: To compare where someone is at for what might be typical of that age.
Define Developmental Language Disorder:
What is the cause?
Prevalence? - correct answer ✔✔Impaired comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written,
and/or other symbol system
-Semantics, syntax, pragmatics
Cause unknown.
Prevalence: 7% of all kindergarteners
2025/2026
What are the certifications to become an SLP? - correct answer ✔✔Masters degree
9 month clinical experience
400 supervised hours
Pass the Praxis Exam
ASHA credentials
What are the certifications to become an audiologist? - correct answer ✔✔Doctorate
1820 Supervised hours
Take the GRE Exam
ASHA credentials
What are the three domains of language, and what area do they fit? - correct answer ✔✔Form-
Syntax: The organization (Phonological, and morphological)
Content-Semantics: The meaning
Use-Pragmatics: The Why, social/conversational skills
Define Language according to Dr. Harmon: - correct answer ✔✔Language is a rule based and
socially shared code that uses arbitrary symbols to convey ideas to others
Define Joint Attention:
What age does this take place? - correct answer ✔✔Where two people share attention on the
same object. Typically 6-9 months of age.
, Define overextension:
When does this take place? - correct answer ✔✔This is when a child uses one word for many
different objects. Typically 16 months of age.
List Grice's Maxims and give an example for each - correct answer ✔✔Quantity: Are you talking
too much or too little?
Quality: Are you being honest or overexaggerating?
Manners: Talk to an adult like an adult
Relevance: Are you staying on subject?
What is decontextualized language?
When does this occur? - correct answer ✔✔Discussion outside the direct experience of the
students and outside the immediate context of the physical environment. Typically Preschool
age
List the four kinds of assessments and why they are used: - correct answer ✔✔Screening: This is
to see where the child is at, not diagnose
Questionnaire: Ask parents, teachers, or to self report
Observational: See how they are acting in context
Standardized tests: To compare where someone is at for what might be typical of that age.
Define Developmental Language Disorder:
What is the cause?
Prevalence? - correct answer ✔✔Impaired comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written,
and/or other symbol system
-Semantics, syntax, pragmatics
Cause unknown.
Prevalence: 7% of all kindergarteners
