PRAXIS II (SLP) QUESTIONS AN ADVANCED REVIEW OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 4TH EDITION: PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

1st choice of tx for submucous cleft CORRECT ANSWER surgery 1st choice for congenitally short palate CORRECT ANSWER surgery deixis CORRECT ANSWER A word (such as this, that, these, those, now, then) that points to the time, place, or situation in which the speaker is speaking. Leading causes of aphasia CORRECT ANSWER CVA, TBI, seizures, tumors, neurodegenerative disorders (dementia & primary progressive aphasia) Fluent aphasias CORRECT ANSWER Wernicke's, conduction, transcortical sensory, anomic Anomic aphasia (location) CORRECT ANSWER tempo-parietal, angular gyrus; second temporal gyrus Anomic aphasia (characteristics) CORRECT ANSWER fluent aphasia, good comprehension & repetition. Word-finding difficulties, decreased output of nouns. Possible alexia & agraphia. Conduction aphasia (location) CORRECT ANSWER path between sensory and motor speech centers (arcuate fasciculus) or insula or deep to super marginal gyrus Characteristics of conduction aphasia CORRECT ANSWER Fluent aphasia. Preserved comprehension with impaired repetition and literal paraphasias. Transcortical sensory aphasia location CORRECT ANSWER Posterior parieto-temporal, sparing Wernicke's area Transcortical sensory aphasia characteristics CORRECT ANSWER Fluent. Intact repetition, poor auditory comp, paraphasias Wernicke's aphasia location CORRECT ANSWER Posterior third of superior temporal gyrus