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PRAXIS APRIL 2024 PRACTICE TEST FORM 1Which of the following should be the primary focus of early language intervention for at-
risk infants?
Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning.
Early language stimulation in at-risk infants is best provided by primary caregivers who
have been trained in practices that promote learning.
The figure above shows the oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal structures involved in
swallowing. Which of the following best describes the transit of the bolus at the moment
depicted in the figure?
The bolus is being propelled from the oral cavity by the tongue and has entered the
pharynx.
The tongue is in contact with the entire anterior and most of the mid to posterior hard
palate. Furthermore, the bolus head has passed the epiglottis and is descending into
the hypopharynx.
Primary motor innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by which cranial nerve?
X
Primary innervation to the larynx and velum is provided by cranial nerve X, the vagus
nerve. The other answer choices identify cranial nerves that are not primarily involved in
motor innervation to the larynx and velum.
Fela is a third-grade student in a public school. She is a speaker of African American
Vernacular English (AAVE) who has difficulty with the Standard American English (SAE)
dialect used in her classroom. Her teacher believes that Fela's language skills are
affecting her academic performance and has referred her to the school's speech-
language pathologist. Which of the following is an appropriate rationale for providing
language intervention for Fela?
The intervention will foster better communication because Fela and her peers will have
a common dialect. Also, the intervention will provide Fela with the ability to switch easily
,between dialects using SAE structures. Furthermore, being able to switch codes will
enable Fela to participate in more educational and vocational opportunities.
Federal laws regarding freedom of access to information stipulate that client records
kept or written by health care professionals can be
reviewed only by the clients themselves unless the client provides written permission to
share with others
To justify providing individual treatment for a 2½ year old with apraxia of speech, which
of the following would be LEAST important for the SLP to include in the evaluation
report?
Option (D) is correct. A description of the child's older siblings' language development
does not provide the objective, documented evidence required to justify provision of
treatment for a child of an age at which some unintelligibility would be typical.
The speech reception threshold (SRT) is a basic component of an evaluation of hearing
function. Which of the following statements about the SRT is most accurate?
It is measured in decibels and corresponds to the intensity level at which spondaic
words can be recognized approximately 50% of the time.
A clinician who employs active listening is doing which of the following?
A clinician who employs active listening responds to both the content (the denotative
message) and the affect (the emotional content) of a client's remarks.
Which of the following represent(s) the independent variable or variables used in the
Watson and Hughes study? This investigation was motivated by observations that when
persons with dysarthria increase loudness, their speech improves.
Vocal loudness
Watson and Hughes are cautious when suggesting that the speech of some persons
with dysarthria improves because of the prosodic changes that result from increasing
vocal loudness. Of the following, which is the most likely reason for this caution?
However, until this procedure is tested with individuals who have dysarthria, it is
uncertain whether a similar effect would be observed.
The prosody of persons with dysarthria may not show similar loudness effects.
Which of the following best describes the experimental design of the Watson and
Hughes study?
Ten young, healthy women were audio-recorded while they read aloud a paragraph at
what each considered normal loudness, twice-normal loudness, and half-normal
loudness. Results showed that there was a statistically significant increase of F0
declination, brought about by a higher resetting of F0 at the beginning of a sentence
, and an increase of final-word lengthening from the half-normal loudness condition to the
twice-normal loudness condition. These results suggest that when some persons with
dysarthria increase loudness, variables related to prosody may change, which in turn
contributes to improvement in communicative effectiveness
The researchers use the same group of subjects who recite a paragraph under three
conditions: at normal, twice-normal, and half-normal loudness. This is an example of a
within-subjects design, in which the dependent variables (in this case, prosodic F0 and
durational variables) are measured repeatedly in the same subjects under different task
conditions (in this case, vocal loudness).
A 55-year-old woman, recently hospitalized for probable cerebrovascular accident
(CVA), is referred for evaluation of stuttering speech. The initial conversation with the
client indicates that speech is characterized by frequent initial-phoneme repetitions and
prolongations as well as associated mildly effortful eye blinking. Which of the following
pieces of information is crucial to accurate speech diagnosis and decisions regarding
management of the speech problem?
Whether the dysfluencies began before or after the suspected CVA
Which of the following is the best action to take initially with a client who presents with
poor oral control of liquids and solids, coughing and choking while eating and drinking,
and a history of hospitalizations associated with pneumonia?
An assessment of the problem must be undertaken before treatment is provided, and
the best way to do this is to obtain a modified barium-swallow study.
number of research reports have described poor auditory memory in children with
language impairments. Which of the following can most appropriately be concluded
from these studies?
Research reports are restricted to the variables examined in the studies on which they
are based. A relationship between poor auditory memory and language impairment has
been found in some research studies. Other factors could be involved, however,
suggesting that further research is needed. Conclusions about treatment or the effects
of the impairment must be made through additional research studies.
Ms. Brown, a 70-year-old retired female, was admitted to the hospital following a CVA.
The SLP conducted a comprehensive evaluation that revealed the presence of left-side
neglect, anosognosia (denial of impairment), and visuospatial problems, including
prosopagnosia (difficulty recognizing familiar faces). Although her auditory
comprehension and repetition skills were good, she experienced difficulty with topic
maintenance and turn taking. Based on the clinical features described, Ms. Brown's
diagnostic classification would most likely be
Cognitive-communicative disorder consistent with right hemisphere damage
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