PRAXIS SLP EXAMINATION 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

PRAXIS SLP EXAMINATION 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 A SLP in a public school is asked to assist with completion of yearly hearing screenings. The SLP completes a screening on a child and observes that the child didn't ID any of the higher pitched sounds presented to the left ear. Which of the following options is BEST for the SLP to take? - Answers Refer the patient for further hearing assessment and management options to be completed by a certified audiologist. A speech scientist has recently become interested in aspects of nasal consonant productions, as they have been working on a project regarding hyper- and hyponasality. The speech scientist finds that nasal consonants have a low-frequency nasal formant because the nasal cavity acts as which of the following? - Answers The largest resonating cavity, resulting in a low frequency F1. Child with difficulty speaking. An SLP assesses and determines child is exhibiting phonological patterns of affirmations, epenthesis, and reduplication. The SLP decides to target reduplication due to child not being at age where they should suppress affrication and epenthesis. Which theory of phonological development best matches the SLP's approach to treatment? - Answers Natural Phonology A speech scientist is interested in understanding the workings of the muscles behind speech production. The scientist learns that producing the voiceless fricative /f/ MOST likely involves contraction of which laryngeal muscle? - Answers Posterior Cricoarytenoid (voiceless /f/ is a voiceless phoneme so vocal folds are not contracted. Must be abducted) An SLP has initiated a research study, utilizing a within-subject experimental design. However, the research participant has demonstrated significant fatigue from the beginning to the end of the study. Which of the following best describes any potential change in data due to this fatigue? - Answers Order effect An SLP is asked to consult on a child in a 1st grade classroom who is having difficulty reading. When arriving to perform the consultation, the SLP discovers that the child has a cultural background that differs from the SLP. In order to better understand the case, what factors would MOST LIKELY influence learning to read? - Answers Language and literacy experiences in the home An elementary-school-aged child is described by a teacher as having difficulty retelling stories form books or about daily activities. The teacher reports that the child has difficulty giving enough information in the narrative, such as "we drove to the soccer game. I made a goal. We went home," in which driving to the soccer field would happen prior to playing in the game. In what level of narrative episodes is the child most likely experiencing? - Answers Reactive Sequence (actions that follow in chronological order and are causally linked) An SLP works in a SNF with a patient who is newly diagnosed with mild hearing loss. The SLP would like to implement aural rehab principles into this patient's therapy sessions. Which of the following training options is the BEST for the SLP to implement? - Answers Advocating for appropriate placement of conversational partners in order to improve the patient's of comprehension of spoken messages An older adult has severe flaccid dysarthria and right hemiparesis caused by a left hemispheric infarction. Prior to the stroke, the patient was declared legally blind secondary to macular degeneration. The patient has been experiencing difficulty with verbal expression and has made little gains in treatment. The SLP implements an AAC approach to treatment in order to increase communicative effectiveness. Which intervention would be most beneficial? - Answers Augmentative device with auditory scanning An SLP works as a CF in a SNF. The SLP is gaining practice in assessment/treatment of dysarthria, aphasia, and dysphagia. The rehab director approaches the SLP to inform them of a recently admitted patient needing treatment for a diagnosis of neurogenic stuttering. The SLP learned about neurogenic stuttering in their graduate program but has never treated this diagnosis. Which of the following scenarios BEST describes the steps this SLP should take? - Answers Reach out to the CF mentor for guidance, as their mentor may have valuable experience or resources An elementary school student with a language disorder is demonstrating significant difficulties in the classroom. After talking with the teacher, the child reveals difficulties following classroom activities, with specific deficits in content vocabulary. Which of the following activities would the child have the MOST difficulty completing? - Answers Vocabulary words specific to information in classroom assignments A speech scientist is interested in the impact of adding different sinusoids. The speech scientist adds two 150 Hz sinusoids with a peak amplitude fo 2 together. The sinusoids are 180 degrees out of phase. Which result is the speech scientist MOST likely to find? - Answers A 150 Hz sinusoid with a peak amplitude of 0.0. An SLP provides therapy to a child with a speech sound disorder. As this child demonstrates errors on multiple phonemes, the SLP has selected the cycles remediation approach for intervention with this child. Which treatment approach is BEST for the SLP to implement with the child? - Answers Target a different phoneme each treatment session A middle-school student who was diagnosed with fragile X syndrome at birth presents with language difficulties typically associated with this syndrome. Which of the following treatment approaches would be MOST effective for the SLP to implement? - Answers Auditory and pragmatic skills (bc children with fragile X present with language difficulties in syntactic development, organization, auditory memory, fluency, and prosody. So most important would be auditory schools and pragmatic (fluency and prosody) An SLP is using a spectrographic analysis to compare voiced and voiceless phonemes. Using this analysis method, the SLP would expect that, compared to voiced stops, word initial voiceless stops in English are expected to have which features - Answers Longer voice onset times An SLP working at an outpatient clinic would like to start a community group for persons with acquired speech and language deficits. The SLP would like to structure this group around the common good approach to ethical standards. Which scenario would BEST describe use of this standard in the setup of this group? - Answers Using all means of communication in order to allow for all group individuals to participate in the group After receiving surgical correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), a child is referred to speech therapy. Which activity is BEST for correction of compensatory errors following the Childs surgical procedure? - Answers Articulation placement procedures (in order to help the client learn proper placement of the articulators following surgical change) Spectogram and waveform for the initial sounds in a child's production of the word spaghetti. The waveform begins with a silence followed by a transient noise. In the spectrogram, the transient noise is followed by formants then by high-amplitude, high-frequency continuant noise. When listening to the word, what does the SLP expect to hear. - Answers A metathesized /s/ and /p/. If s were f the frication noise would be low amplitude with no high frequency peak. If p were produced as m there would be no silence or transient noise. An SLP provides intervention for a young child who stutters. The SLP notes that the parents speak quickly, interrupt frequently, and ask the child questions. The SLP decides to work with the parents on developing a more relaxed communication approach when interacting with their child. What is the primary goal for implementing this approach? - Answers Reduce the demands on communication for the child An SLP is analyzing the speech characteristics of vowels. A pitch contour for a vowel shows a frequency of 150 Hz at midpoint. Which frequency is expected of the fifth harmonic at the same location? - Answers 750 Hz. All harmonics are integer multiples of F0. If FO=150 Hz, then H5= 5 x 150 Hz or 750 Hz An SlP is preparing a language assessment with a child whose cultural background is unfamiliar to the SLP. The SLP is concerned about using assessment materials that may assume all cultural populations have the same life experiences. Which type of bias is the SLP identifying? - Answers Content bias: refers to test stimuli, methods, or procedures reflecting the assumption that all populations have the same life experiences and have learned similar concepts and vocabulary. A patient who has recently been diagnosed with PD has started to experience changes in mobility and speech production. Which best describes underlying cause of patients symptoms? - Answers There is degradation in areas of the basal ganglia that produce dopamine, which causes hypo kinetic movement. An SLP is determining whether a 6 year old client is making progress. How can the SLP determine progress on the target of answering wh questions? - Answers Ask questions during a therapy session that have never been asked for (Administration of untrained probe items will reveal the extent of the child's learning of the targets) A 2 year old child demonstrates typical development. Which of the following semantic structures would the child most likely demonstrate? - Answers Relational terms and interrogative terms (Relational (on, under, next, to) and interrogative (what, who, how, why) terms are semantic structures that are typically developed by 24 months of age. Following a car accident, a patient is being treated by an SLP. The patient exhibits weakness in the orbiculares oris and buccinator muscles. Which problems would patient most likely exhibit as it relates to dysphagia? - Answers Oral incontinence with anterior loss and lateral residue (the muscles of lips and cheeks) A 10 year old child has been identified as a student who would benefit from an AAC. During the eval, the SLP trials use of printed out photos and pictures to help the child express wants and needs during the day. Which statement BEST describes the type of AAC utilized during this trial? - Answers Low tech, nondedicated AAC supports. An SLP works with a patient in an outpatient augmentative communication center. The SLP has implemented an unaided AAC device for the patient to use in order to facilitate communication with family and friends. Which means of AAC would the SLP most likely utilize? - Answers Eye gaze (an unaided AAC refers to the use of only the body to communicate with no external aids or equipment. As eye gaze is a form of AAC that does not require equipment or aids to utilize this would be the best choice for implementation with this patient) A patient experiences essential tremor of the voice and is approximately 65% intelligible in unfamiliar settings. This patient is highly motivated to participate in therapy in order to improve communicative effectiveness. Which treatment options are BEST? - Answers Elevating pitch and shortening phrase length (although their is limited evidence at this time, shortening phrase duration/vowel length, and elevating pitch have been found to alleviate symptoms of essential tremor) SLPs are required to gain knowledge of the nature of communication disorders, differences and swallowing disorders across different age groups, cultures, and practice locations. Which of the following best describes a scenario that an SLP should not find themselves? - Answers Programming and fitting of a hearing aid for a patient experiencing sensorineural hearing loss During a speech therapy session, SLP asks child: "Which word starts with the same sound as dog? Tiger, drink, or hog?" Which aspect of phonological awareness is the SLP targeting? - Answers Onset rime awareness My patient incurred a L hemorrhagic infant with resulting AOS. Verbal communication consists of a few automatic words and phrases. When speech sound errors occur, they are distorted. Reading and receptive language skills are intact. Adaptive techniques used to suggest writing skills appear to be intact. Which treatment approach is best for improving verbal expression? - Answers An articulatory kinematic approach bc the patient demonstrates relatively intact receptive language skills and has mod to severe AOS. They are a perfect candidate fro AKA. Use of this approach focuses on improving spatial/temporal aspects of articulatory mvmd as a means to improve speech production. A SLP student is preparing to submit final paperwork to ASHA before CF. Which requirement is a must? - Answers Clinical experience during the educational program of at least 400 clock hours. A patient arrives for a video fluoroscopic swallowing assessment, after experiencing a few weeks of coughing while drinking. During the assessment, the SLP observes that the patient is experiencing difficulty narrowing the laryngeal inlet with incomplete posterior epiglottic movement. In which muscle is the patient MOST likely experience an impairment? - Answers Oblique interarytenoid muscle (contraction of the oblique interarytneoid muscle narrows laryngeal inlet and draws epiglottis posteriorly to protect the airway during swallowing) A patient visits the local voice clinical for consultation with complaint of rough vocal quality. Upon pt interview, the SLP notes that pt complains of persistent bad breath and a globes sensation over the past month that has progressively worsened. While medical diagnoses would need to confirm the findings, which is most likely the cause? - Answers Laryngeal cancer :(