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SLP PRAXIS (ETS) EXAM STUDY QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS FREQUENTLY TESTED FOR
FORM 1-3
In the treatment of voice disorders, the chewing technique is used to do which of
the following?
A. Improve control of loudness
B. Increase pitch range during voice production
C .Increase air supply during voice production
D. Reduce tension in the laryngeal area
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. The chewing technique is used to reduce muscular tension
in the laryngeal area.
In terms of communication impairment, an adult with Alzheimer's-type dementia
tends to differ from an adult with aphasia associated with a CVA in that
A. repetition abilities are typically more seriously impaired in the adult with
dementia
B. the adult with dementia generally experiences greater dysfluency
C. the adult with dementia is generally more aware of any disruptions in
communication
D. the capacity of the adult with aphasia to make appropriate comments about
recent events is generally better
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. Adults with dementia typically have impaired short-term
memory abilities. Adults with aphasia are more likely to recall recent events and
,consequently would be more likely to make appropriate comments about recent
events when compared to those with dementia.
An SLP is planning treatment for a 5-year-old child with multiple speech-
production errors. The most effective strategy the clinician can use to treat the
child is to
A. arrange error sounds by developmental pattern and correct them sound by
sound
B. start with sounds the child can make and use them as bridges to error sounds
C. teach sounds in isolation, then use nonsense syllables, and then build to
words
D. delineate phonological processes in operation and address them through
minimal-contrast pairs
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. The most efficient procedure for the child would be for the
speech-language pathologist to define the phonological processes in operation
and address them through minimal-contrast pairs.
A teacher asks the speech-language pathologist for advice regarding a child who
talks excessively during class, rarely listens to instructions, and does work only
intermittently. Attempts at alternative seating for the child have not been
successful. Of the following, which is the most appropriate recommendation that
the speech-language pathologist can provide to the teacher?
A. Have the school counselor consider working with the child and the parents on
self-control and discipline
B. Put the child on a management system for classroom behavior
C. Refer the child for evaluation by members of the child-study team
,D. Suggest remedial speech-language services for the child to improve the child's
interactive communication
Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. The child has a behavioral problem that should be evaluated
for the purposes of identification and management planning.
A disfluent 4-year-old child is referred to an SLP for assessment. Which of the
following is most important for the SLP to consider in deciding whether the child
is developmentally nonfluent or stuttering?
A. The length of time the child has been disfluent
B. The rate at which the child talks
C. The nature and frequency of the child's disfluencies
D. The child's comments to the clinician about the disfluencies
Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. The nature and frequency of the child's repetitions will help
distinguish between normal disfluency and the type of stuttering for which
remediation is indicated.
Which of the following provides the most important diagnostic information to an
SLP making a differential diagnosis between childhood apraxia of speech and
flaccid dysarthria in a child?
A. The child's articulation performance at the sentence level
B. A history of the child's development of chewing, eating, and swallowing
C. A history of the child's language development
D. The child's willingness to function in sociocommunicative events
Correct Answer: B
, Option (B) is correct. A child with childhood apraxia of speech does not have
difficulties with chewing, eating, and swallowing, whereas a child with flaccid
dysarthria is likely to have such difficulties.
A speech-and-hearing clinic has recently opened, but referrals are slow in
coming. Which of the following would be most appropriate and effective for the
clinic's director to do first?
A. Ask local hospitals to provide names of recent clients likely to need speech-
language services
B. Identify and define the major consumer groups and referral sources, and
develop a plan to reach them
C. Identify the weaknesses in the competition, and inform consumer groups and
referral sources of the weaknesses
D. Wait for demand to increase on its own, because marketing speech-language
services is against the ASHA Code of Ethics
Correct Answer: B
Option (B) is correct. The clinical director of a new speech-and-hearing clinic
would most appropriately prospect for referrals by identifying major consumer
groups and creating a plan to contact them
Native speakers of a language possess several capacities or abilities that provide
insight into their language competence. Sentences such as "Visiting friends can
be a nuisance" are especially useful to test a person's ability to
A. recognize syntactic ambiguity
B. interpret metaphoric language
C. distinguish homophones by means of syntactic cues
D. recognize a semantically anomalous sentence
Correct Answer: A
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