SLP PRAXIS FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWRED RATED
A.
The potential problem of over-referral in school-screening programs
incorporating impedance/immittance measurements can be most effectively
controlled by doing what?
a) obtaining the measures in a professional sound-insulated room
b) including 500hz in the audiometric screening procedure
c) retesting immediately
d) waiting 3 to 5 weeks to retest those who did not pass the first screening
e) screening in late winter or early spring
Verified Answer -d) waiting three to five weeks to retest those who did not pass
the first screening
Front vowels are characterized by a relatively...
a) low frequency second formant
b) high frequency first formant
c) high frequency second formant
d) low frequency first formant
e) low frequency third formant
Verified Answer -c) high-frequency second formant (f2)
Research on the use of lingual strengthening exercises for speakers with
dysarthria has demonstrated that such exercises...
,a) decrease the number of treatments necessary for restoring speech
intelligibility
b) increase the number of treatments necessary for restoring intelligbility
c) are only effective for clients with ataxic dysarthria
d) are only effective for clients with hypokinetic dysarthria
e) are likely to be ineffective in helping clients achieve speech intelligibility
Verified Answer -e) are likely to be ineffective in helping clients achieve speech
intelligibility
History of irregular substitutions and additions of consonants, repeated attempts
to say words correctly, and more errors on longer and less familiar words. What is
the most likely neurogenic disorder?
a) ataxic dysarthria
b) apraxia of speech
c) hypokinetic dysarthria
d) spastic dysarthria
e) phonological disorder
Verified Answer -b) Apraxia of speech
By 6 mo of age, a typically developing child should follow the line of regard of
another person. This skill is called..
a) initiation of behavioral request
b) response to joint attention
c) initiation of joint attention
d) attunement
e) entertainment
Verified Answer -b) response to joint attention
,In AAC approaches, "scanning" refers to...
a) the ability to cross visual midline
b) the strategy of transvering the keyguard until the users finger comes to rest on a
key
c) the sequential presentation of message choices to the individual
d) the calibration of the device by gazing in each corner of the display
e) the construction of messages from multiple display pages
Verified Answer -c) the sequential presentation of message choices to the
individual
The management program for a child's feeding problem should focus primarily on
what objective?
a) to make feeding safe, efficient, and pleasurable for the child and the caregiver
b) to increase the length of time the child can eat comfortably
c) to increase the caregiver's knowledge of the various textures of foods
d) to improve the function of the esophageal stage of swallowing
e) to increase the size of the bolus
Verified Answer -a) to make feeding safe, efficient, and pleasurable for the child
and the caregiver
An aphasia characterized by fluent verbal output, but difficulty understanding
spoken and written language is most likely of what type?
a) nonfluent aphasia
b) wernicke's aphasia
c) global aphasia
IDEA requires that a student's progress on IEP goals be reported to parents when?
a) once a month
b) as often as they request
c) before every IEP meeting
d) only when parents make a formal request
e) at least once a year or as often as defined in the IEP
Verified Answer -e) at least once a year or as often as defined in the IEP
What is the goal of HIPAA?
a) to ensure a pt's privacy and confidentiality of health care information
b) to provide pts with aural rehab
c) to maximize health insurance coverage for SLP services
d) to ensure a free and appropriate education
e) to ensure a pts knowledge of health insurance
Verified Answer -to ensure a pt's privacy and confidentiality of health care
information
After a CVA, Ms. W described the "cookie theft" and SLP observed intact
grammatical structure, normal prosody, but many meaningless sentences that
did not fit the context. She had many nonsensical paraphasic errors. Also poor
repetition and naming skills, did not respond to simple commands, and difficulty
reading. She was happy and talked excessively and not aware of communication
defecits. lesion?
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