Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Praxis
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QUESTION
... [Show More] A fourth-grade student presents to a school SLP with receptive-expressive language disorder.
The student has difficulty with asking "wh-" questions. Specifically, the student tends to ask
only "who" and "what" questions. When probed, the student will ask "why" and "when"
questions but often uses the terms incorrectly.
When writing the annual Individualized Education Program for the student, which of the
following goals is most appropriate and measurable?
A. The student will ask six related "wh-" questions with 100% accuracy.
B. The student will ask six related "wh-" questions with minimal cueing in two out of three tries.
C. The student will ask six related "wh-" questions with no cueing and with 100% accuracy.
D. The student will ask six related "wh-" questions with no cueing in one out of three tries.
Answer:
(B)
Rationale:
The goal is specific, measurable, realistic, and time limited and addresses the student's specific
needs.
QUESTION
Which of the following is an example of a reversible passive?
A. The balloon was broken by the pin.
B. The kite was flown by Ben Franklin.
C. Jared was bullied by Michael.
D. The girl put her doll by her friend.
Answer:
(C)
Rationale:
In reversible passive constructions, participants can fit into either role.
QUESTION
Which of the following benchmarks best aligns with current research on typical communication
development for 3-year-old children?
A. Understanding approximately 1,000 words
B. Using irregular third-person-singular verb forms
C. Having a mean length of utterance (MLUM L U) in morphemes of six
D. Producing approximately ten consonant phonemes accurately
Answer:
(A)
Rationale:
Receptive vocabulary is reported at approximately 1,000 words for 3-year-old children.
QUESTION
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) guarantees parents access to their
child's educational records. However, this mandate does not apply to the daily records kept by
an SLP working in a school setting if these records
A. are not used for treatment-related reimbursement from state or local government
B. remain within the school district in which the SLP works
C. are kept in the sole possession of the SLP
D. are not distributed to anyone outside of the child's school
Answer:
(C)
Rationale:
FERPA states that daily notes can be kept in the sole possession of an SLP as long as the
purpose is to serve as a "memory jogger" for the creator of the record.
QUESTION
Which of the following will most effectively decrease the fundamental frequency?
A. Increasing the mass of the vocal folds
B. Increasing the subglottal pressure
C. Raising the position of the larynx within the neck
D. Lengthening the vocal folds
Answer:
(A)
Rationale:
Frequency is inversely proportional to mass. As the mass of the vocal folds increases,
fundamental frequency decreases.
QUESTION
Which of the following speech-sampling contexts best assesses hyponasality?
A. Producing sentences with oral sonorants
B. Counting in numerical order from 60 to 70
C. Saying single words with nasal consonants
D. Repeating words with oral-pressure consonants
Answer:
(C)
Rationale:
Hyponasality (too little nasal resonance) is most easily detected during the production of nasal
consonants.
QUESTION
An SLP designs a series of treatment activities for Jake, a 4 year old who presents with severely
delayed phonological development. During one of the activities, the SLP asks Jake to say
various word pairs in which two phonologically dissimilar target sounds, both of which are
absent from the child's phonetic inventory, are contrasted (for example, "chip" and "rip").
Which of the following choices best describes the treatment approach that is being used?
A. Multiple-oppositions approach
B. Minimal-pairs approach
C. Maximal-oppositions approach
D. Metaphonological approach
Answer:
(C)
Rationale:
The maximal-oppositions approach contrasts two errored sounds differing across p [Show Less]