CD 450 - Fluency Disorders - Final
Exam (presentations) questions and
answers
T / F : A person who clutters has a regular rate of speech with many revisions. - ANS ✔✔false
T / F : A person who clutters may also be someone who stutters. - ANS ✔✔true
T / F : Over-articulation, oral-motor coordination exercises, and speech-rate control techniques
are all examples of treatment of cluttering. - ANS ✔✔true
T / F : Cluttering is not a fluency disorder. - ANS ✔✔false
What is the goal of therapy for those who clutter?
a.) Improve prosody, clarity, and precision of speech
b.) Focus on speech rate reduction
c.) Facilitating improved language organization, narrative development, and conversational skills
d.) All of the above - ANS ✔✔d
What co-occuring conditions can an individual who clutters have? (Mark all that apply).
a.) ADHD
b.) Apraxia
c.) Asperger's Syndrome
,d.) None of the above - ANS ✔✔a, b, c
Which of the following is a characteristic of someone who clutters?
a.) An individual who clutters knows there is an issue.
b.) An individual who clutters starts off knowing what they want to say but get derailed in the
process.
c.) An individual who clutters demonstrates a slower rate of speech.
d.) An individual who clutters never has interjections or revisions. - ANS ✔✔b
What disfluencies do individuals who clutter tend to have? (Mark all that apply.)
a.) Interjections
b.) Blocks
c.). Revisions
d.) Prolongations - ANS ✔✔a, c
According to ASHA what is the definition of cluttering?
a.) Cluttering is an articulation disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate
and oral motor muscle weakness.
b.) Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking
rate,excessive disfluencies, and often other symptoms such as language or phonological errors
and attention deficits.
c.) Cluttering is a language disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate,
language or phonological errors, and attention deficits.
d.) None of the above - ANS ✔✔b
,Which of these examples portrays someone who clutters? (Mark all that apply).
a.) 'sssssssnake" for "snake"
b.) "ferchly" for "fortunately"
c.) "w-w-w-where" for where
d.) "wuffel" for "wonderful" - ANS ✔✔b, d
T / F: Neurogenic stuttering is typically acquired before childhood. - ANS ✔✔false
T / F: Developmental stuttering is the most frequently occurring acquired form of stuttering in
both adults and children. - ANS ✔✔false
Which one of these is not a feature of neurogenic stuttering?
a) Repetitions, prolongations, and blocks occur in all positions of words
b) There is a consistency in stuttering behavior across speech tasks
c) The speaker does appear overly anxious about the stuttering behavior
d) The speaker does not appear overly anxious about the stuttering behavior - ANS ✔✔c
Which one of these may not be an etiology of neurogenic stuttering?
a) Social relationships
b) Stroke
c) Head trauma
d) Drug toxicity - ANS ✔✔a
, Developmental stuttering onset is between ____?
a) 1-2 yrs
b) 8-10 yrs
c) 4-6 yrs
d) 2-5 yrs - ANS ✔✔d
T / F: Neurogenic stuttering often has other neurologic signs or symptoms. - ANS ✔✔true
Patient X showed speech deficits which were characterized by____.
(neurogenic stuttering)
a) moderate flaccid dysarthria
b) neurogenic stuttering
c) Aphasia
d) A and B
e) All of the above - ANS ✔✔d
Which type of stuttering can co-occur with secondary behaviors?
a) Neurogenic stuttering
b) Developmental stuttering
c) A and B
d) None of the above - ANS ✔✔c
T / F: Neurogenic stuttering can be caused by genetic factors. - ANS ✔✔false
Exam (presentations) questions and
answers
T / F : A person who clutters has a regular rate of speech with many revisions. - ANS ✔✔false
T / F : A person who clutters may also be someone who stutters. - ANS ✔✔true
T / F : Over-articulation, oral-motor coordination exercises, and speech-rate control techniques
are all examples of treatment of cluttering. - ANS ✔✔true
T / F : Cluttering is not a fluency disorder. - ANS ✔✔false
What is the goal of therapy for those who clutter?
a.) Improve prosody, clarity, and precision of speech
b.) Focus on speech rate reduction
c.) Facilitating improved language organization, narrative development, and conversational skills
d.) All of the above - ANS ✔✔d
What co-occuring conditions can an individual who clutters have? (Mark all that apply).
a.) ADHD
b.) Apraxia
c.) Asperger's Syndrome
,d.) None of the above - ANS ✔✔a, b, c
Which of the following is a characteristic of someone who clutters?
a.) An individual who clutters knows there is an issue.
b.) An individual who clutters starts off knowing what they want to say but get derailed in the
process.
c.) An individual who clutters demonstrates a slower rate of speech.
d.) An individual who clutters never has interjections or revisions. - ANS ✔✔b
What disfluencies do individuals who clutter tend to have? (Mark all that apply.)
a.) Interjections
b.) Blocks
c.). Revisions
d.) Prolongations - ANS ✔✔a, c
According to ASHA what is the definition of cluttering?
a.) Cluttering is an articulation disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate
and oral motor muscle weakness.
b.) Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking
rate,excessive disfluencies, and often other symptoms such as language or phonological errors
and attention deficits.
c.) Cluttering is a language disorder characterized by a rapid and/or irregular speaking rate,
language or phonological errors, and attention deficits.
d.) None of the above - ANS ✔✔b
,Which of these examples portrays someone who clutters? (Mark all that apply).
a.) 'sssssssnake" for "snake"
b.) "ferchly" for "fortunately"
c.) "w-w-w-where" for where
d.) "wuffel" for "wonderful" - ANS ✔✔b, d
T / F: Neurogenic stuttering is typically acquired before childhood. - ANS ✔✔false
T / F: Developmental stuttering is the most frequently occurring acquired form of stuttering in
both adults and children. - ANS ✔✔false
Which one of these is not a feature of neurogenic stuttering?
a) Repetitions, prolongations, and blocks occur in all positions of words
b) There is a consistency in stuttering behavior across speech tasks
c) The speaker does appear overly anxious about the stuttering behavior
d) The speaker does not appear overly anxious about the stuttering behavior - ANS ✔✔c
Which one of these may not be an etiology of neurogenic stuttering?
a) Social relationships
b) Stroke
c) Head trauma
d) Drug toxicity - ANS ✔✔a
, Developmental stuttering onset is between ____?
a) 1-2 yrs
b) 8-10 yrs
c) 4-6 yrs
d) 2-5 yrs - ANS ✔✔d
T / F: Neurogenic stuttering often has other neurologic signs or symptoms. - ANS ✔✔true
Patient X showed speech deficits which were characterized by____.
(neurogenic stuttering)
a) moderate flaccid dysarthria
b) neurogenic stuttering
c) Aphasia
d) A and B
e) All of the above - ANS ✔✔d
Which type of stuttering can co-occur with secondary behaviors?
a) Neurogenic stuttering
b) Developmental stuttering
c) A and B
d) None of the above - ANS ✔✔c
T / F: Neurogenic stuttering can be caused by genetic factors. - ANS ✔✔false
