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SALPA CERTIFICATION EXAM REAL EXAM 2025 COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
articulation - ANSWER-Production of speech sounds through
the physical movement of the jaw, tongue, lip, and velum to
shape the vocal tract
Hospitals and medical facilities provide a systematic process for
identifying a sequence of key events in the course of a patient's
admission, treatment, and discharge called - ANSWER-critical
pathways
Required of a licensee when services are being rendered to the
public by slpa - ANSWER-1. patient and/or family must be
informed in writing
2. slpa must wear a name tag including job title
contraction of muscles in the pharynx squeezing bolus through
the pharynx - ANSWER-peristalsis
Vowels are described by four features - ANSWER-tongue height,
tongue advancement, lip rounding, tension
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phonological processes - ANSWER-final consonant deletion,
fronting, stopping
Loss of sound sensitivity produced by damage to the inner ear
of auditory nerve - ANSWER-sensorineural hearing loss
Licensed SLP must do before assigning a clinical task to an SLPA
- ANSWER-evaluate patient, write general treatment plan,
provide the assistant with a written session protocol
pauses, hesitations, interjections, prolongations, and repetitions
that interrupt the flow of speech are - ANSWER-fluency
disorders
Name some characteristics of autism - ANSWER-echolalia, self-
absorption,. repetitive self-stimulation behavior, inability to
socially interact with others
Name the 3 types of deviations voice disorders have - ANSWER-
pitch, quality, loudness
Name the 3 components of language - ANSWER-form, content,
use
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Required elements of session or treatment protocol - ANSWER-
1. Signed by SLPA and supervising SLP'
2. Must be in writing
3. Specify the eliciting conditions, target behavior, and
contingent response
New treatment protocol is needed when - ANSWER-1. Stimulus
needs to change
2. Target behavior changes
3. Consequences need to change
Informal Assessment - ANSWER-observe/interact with client
while taking notes
Define phonology - ANSWER-Study of sound systems of
language
What is perseveration? - ANSWER-Persistent repeating of verbal
or motor response
deletion of final consonants, cluster reduction, reduplication of
syllables are examples of - ANSWER-phonological processes
SALPA CERTIFICATION EXAM REAL EXAM 2025 COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
articulation - ANSWER-Production of speech sounds through
the physical movement of the jaw, tongue, lip, and velum to
shape the vocal tract
Hospitals and medical facilities provide a systematic process for
identifying a sequence of key events in the course of a patient's
admission, treatment, and discharge called - ANSWER-critical
pathways
Required of a licensee when services are being rendered to the
public by slpa - ANSWER-1. patient and/or family must be
informed in writing
2. slpa must wear a name tag including job title
contraction of muscles in the pharynx squeezing bolus through
the pharynx - ANSWER-peristalsis
Vowels are described by four features - ANSWER-tongue height,
tongue advancement, lip rounding, tension
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phonological processes - ANSWER-final consonant deletion,
fronting, stopping
Loss of sound sensitivity produced by damage to the inner ear
of auditory nerve - ANSWER-sensorineural hearing loss
Licensed SLP must do before assigning a clinical task to an SLPA
- ANSWER-evaluate patient, write general treatment plan,
provide the assistant with a written session protocol
pauses, hesitations, interjections, prolongations, and repetitions
that interrupt the flow of speech are - ANSWER-fluency
disorders
Name some characteristics of autism - ANSWER-echolalia, self-
absorption,. repetitive self-stimulation behavior, inability to
socially interact with others
Name the 3 types of deviations voice disorders have - ANSWER-
pitch, quality, loudness
Name the 3 components of language - ANSWER-form, content,
use
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Required elements of session or treatment protocol - ANSWER-
1. Signed by SLPA and supervising SLP'
2. Must be in writing
3. Specify the eliciting conditions, target behavior, and
contingent response
New treatment protocol is needed when - ANSWER-1. Stimulus
needs to change
2. Target behavior changes
3. Consequences need to change
Informal Assessment - ANSWER-observe/interact with client
while taking notes
Define phonology - ANSWER-Study of sound systems of
language
What is perseveration? - ANSWER-Persistent repeating of verbal
or motor response
deletion of final consonants, cluster reduction, reduplication of
syllables are examples of - ANSWER-phonological processes
