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SLP Praxis Practice Test with Praxis ETS
SLP Combined Exams Practice year
2024/2025 Entry.
- C. Phonology - Correct Ans: ✔✔A 6 year old child produces /t/ for /s/, /d/ for /z/, /p/ for /f/, and /b/ for /v/. Intervention for this problem would target language at the level of A. morphology B. syntax C. phonology D. pragmatics E. Semantics
- C. The influence of context on the speaker and the listener - Correct Ans: ✔✔A treatment plan for an adult client with an acquired language disorder recommends focusing on pragmatic communication. Goals established for this client would most appropriately emphasize which of the following?
A. the rules for arranging sounds in words B. the denotative meanings of words C. the influence of context on the speaker and the listener D. The rules that apply to the structure of sentences E. the perceptual properties of speech sounds F. Duration of the preceding vowel - Correct Ans: ✔✔Which of the following is the most important acoustic cue that distinguishes between an unreleased final /p/ and an unreleased final /b/, as in "cap" vs. "cab" A. Frequency of third formant B. locus frequency of burst C. Voice onset time D. Vocal fundamental frequency
A. the epithelium and superficial lamina propria B. The epithelium and deep lamina propria C. The intermediate and deep layers of the lamina propria D. The vocalis portion of the thyroarytenoid muscle E. The lamina of the thyroid cartilage A. /b/ for /m/ - Correct Ans: ✔✔Which of the following substitutions is most likely to occur in conjunction with hyponasality? A. /b/ for /m/ B. /n/ for /d/ C. /ng/ for /k/ D. glottal stop for /t/ E. /m/ for /p/
A. Provide stuttering intervention, but no articulation intervention for /r/ at the present time - Correct Ans: ✔✔Parents bring their daughter of 4 years and 3 months for a speech and language evaluation. The parents have expressed concern that their daughter does not pronounce the /r/ sound correctly and has exhibited periods of stuttering for the last 18 months. During the evaluation, the SLP observes that the child exhibits sound-syllable repetitions on 30 percent of her words.
- What is the best action for the SLP to take? A. Provide stuttering intervention, but no articulation intervention for /r/ at the present time B. Provide both articulation intervention for the /r/ and stuttering intervention C. Provide articulation intervention for the /r/ and ignore the stuttering D. Provide articulation intervention for the /r/ first and later provide stuttering intervention E. Provide no intervention at this time
D. within normal limits E. erratic and inconsistent D. Culture - Correct Ans: ✔✔When experiences, language, religion, and a shared history bring people together over time, they develop shared traditions and customs, which are referred to as A. ethnicity B. race C. creolization D. culture E. pidginization F. no noticable abnormalities - Correct Ans: ✔✔During a transient ischemic attack, Mr. Mahmood has difficulty producing intelligible speech and retrieving words in conversation. One week later, Mr. Mahmood's speech and language would typically be characterized by
A. mild dysarthria B. Expressive aphasia C. anomic aphasia D. both aphasic and dysarthric errors E. no noticeable abnormalities A. That the parents be invited to participate in the development of an individualized education plan (IEP) - Correct Ans: ✔✔The Individuals with Disabilties Education Act mandates which of the following for a fifth grade student who has been identified as eligible for services? A. that the parents be invited to participate in the development of an individualized education plan (IEP) B. That the parents be given at least three names as referral sources for treatment of the disorder
- /kaji/ = animal
- /i^/ = no
- /i/ = ice cream
- /oki/ = open
- How can the SLP most immediately help Ellie become more easily understood by others outside her family, such as her day- care provider and her peers? A. teach her conventional signs to replace her idiosyncratic gestures and words. B. Initiate oral motor treatment to improve speech intelligibility. C. Develop her literacy skills so she can convey her thoughts in writing. D. Teach her picture representations for the intentions she expresses in other modalities. E. Give her a keyboard so she can type messages letter by letter and have them spoken aloud.
- D. A 40 year old man who presents with severe hoarseness and recurrent laryngitis - Correct Ans: ✔✔For which of the following individuals is a medical evaluation most necessary before beginning a treatment program with an SLP? A. A 2 year old child who has overall developmental delays, abnormal muscle tone, and speech-language delays B. A 4 year old child who presents with phoneme specific nasal emissions with no visible evidence of any clefting condition C. A 6 year old child with an articulation disorder who appears to have a restricted lingual frenulum D. A 40 year old man who presents with severe hoarseness and recurrent laryngitis E. A 78 year old woman who complains of occasional difficulties retrieving the names of her friends.
- D. Based on the gradualness principle, since the SLP reinforces a response that involves stopping on the initial consonant, a successive approximation of the target - Correct Ans: ✔✔A child with a phonological disorder typically produces "sack" as /kak/. During an intervention session, the child produces
A. The SLP is responsible for providing both academic/curricular instruction and speech language services B. The SLP provides services to students individually or in small groups within the speech-language resource-room setting C. The SLP provides services directly to the student within the classroom and other natural environments D. The SLP sees the student for a specific amount of time each marking period to monitor communication performance E. The SLP works with teachers and families to facilitate a student's communication and learning. B. Having the client flex her head forward (perform the chin-down posture) during oral preparation and transit stages of the swallow
- Correct Ans: ✔✔A 70 year old female has dysphagia characterized by poor posterior oral containment of the bolus during the oral preparatory stage, causing aspiration before the swallow. Cognition and the pharyngeal stage of the swallow are intact. Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment approach for the client?
A. providing a puree diet with thickened liquids B. Having the client flex her head forward (perform the chin-down posture) during oral preparation and transit stages of the swallow C. Having the client turn (rotate) her head to the right when swallowing D. Having the client eat more slowly to prevent aspiration E. Providing a diet that consists of thin liquids A. As a result of pharyngeal flap surgery - Correct Ans: ✔✔An 8 year old child with moderately severe hypernasality has persistent nasal regugitation following an adenoidectomy performed 6 months eariler. The child's speech is likely to show the greatest improvement A. as a result of pharyngeal flap surgery B. as a result of intensive speech intervention C. as a result of the natural regrowth of the adenoid tissue before puberty
stage rehabilitation of a child with a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury? A. An occupational therapist, a pediatric physiatrist, and a physical therapist B. A physical therapist, a psychologist, and a special education teacher C. An occupational therapist and a psychologist D. A special education teacher and a pediatrician E. A pediatrician and a geneticist B. A teenager with a repaired cleft palate who continues to experience hypernasality - Correct Ans: ✔✔For which individual would an AAC intervention be least appropriate? A. a preschool child with a language learning disorder and highly unintelligible speech B. a teenager with a repaired cleft palate who continues to experience hypernasality
C. A young adult with severe cerebral palsy precluding functional oral communication D. A 55 year old man who has had a laryngectomy E. A 76 year old woman with severe Broca's aphasia C. Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of surgical or prosthetic management - Correct Ans: ✔✔An 8 year old child with a repaired palatal cleft has received speech intervention for two years in order to reduce moderately severe hypernasality and nasal emission. Cognitive and linguistic skills are normal. All clinical data support a conclusion that abnormal speech characteristics are primarily the result of an inadequate velopharyngeal mechanism. There have been small improvements, but none in the past six to nine months. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action for the SLP to take with the child at this point? A. terminating speech intervention and reassessing at three month intervals the potential for benefiting from renewed speech intervention B. Instituting an additional three months of articulation intervention
✔✔Carrie a 9 year old child, has normal receptive language abilities and normal intelligence. She produces narratives in correct sequential order of events, but they are characterized by verbal mazes with no identification of major themes and contain few, if any, referents. Which of the following is the most appropriate intervention for her school SLP to implement A. An inclusion program focused on specific syntactic deficits B. An individual pull-out program to develop expressive reasoning and sequencing C. A collaborative program emphasizing skills in establishing presuppositions within units of discourse D. a focused stimulation approach for developing conjunctions and modals E. Behavior management to eliminate use of nonspecific language terms. C. documenting the presence of language or speech differences that result from cultural factors - Correct Ans: ✔✔Determination of eligibility for speech-language pathology services through IDEA is a multistage process that is based on all of the following EXCEPT
A. documenting the presence of disability B. documenting the presence of language or speech differences that result from cultural factors C. documenting that a presenting disability adversely effects educational performance D. demonstrating a need for specially designed instruction that will help the student progress in the general education curriculum E. demonstrating a need for specific supports that will help the student progress in the general education curriculum C. syntactic relationships - Correct Ans: ✔✔"Book read me."
- "Me TV see."
- The utterances above, spoken by a 3 year old monolingual English speaking child, indicate that the child most likely has a problem with which of the following? A. semantic redundancy
