SHS 205 – Exploring Communication Disorders – Questions and
Solutions – 2025/2026
Non-verbal communication includes which of the following? (Select all that apply) - ANS✔✔
Body Language
Manual sign language
Graphic symbols
Crying
Match the structures of the neuron with their respective functions:
1. Recieve signals from other neurons or the environment
2. Contains the organelles of the cell
3. Transmit signals on to other neurons - ANS✔✔ 1. Dendrites
2. Soma
3.Axon terminals
Damage to the language centers of the cortex may result in [blank] - ANS✔✔ Difficulties
understanding or producing language
Which of the following anatomical structures or systems are involved in communication? (select
all that apply). - ANS✔✔ 1. Articulatory system
2.Cranial Nerves
3.Visual system
4. Respiratory system
Is the following statement true or false?
Communication always involves spoken language - ANS✔✔ False
, Is the following statement true or false?
In the United States, special education and special services for children struggling educationally
were not federally mandated and widespread until the 1990s. - ANS✔✔ False
Match the following careers with their required degree:
1. Speech Language Pathologist
2.Audiologist
3. SLP or Audiology Assistant
4. Professor / Research in communication science - ANS✔✔ 1. Masters degree
2. Doctor of Audiology
3. Bachelors and usually a certificate
4. Doctor of Philosophy
Person - first language is [blank] - ANS✔✔ When we use the label of a communication disorder
as a descripitor of an individual instead of an attribute
Is the following statement true or false?
Many audiologists of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), Which is seperate from ASHA
and has its own national conventions designed to meet the needs of audiologists - ANS✔✔ True
In what setting do most speech-language pathologists work? - ANS✔✔ Educational
Is the following statement true or false?
For a dyselexia diagnosis, hearing and vision acuity must be excluded - ANS✔✔ True
Is the following statement true or false?
Solutions – 2025/2026
Non-verbal communication includes which of the following? (Select all that apply) - ANS✔✔
Body Language
Manual sign language
Graphic symbols
Crying
Match the structures of the neuron with their respective functions:
1. Recieve signals from other neurons or the environment
2. Contains the organelles of the cell
3. Transmit signals on to other neurons - ANS✔✔ 1. Dendrites
2. Soma
3.Axon terminals
Damage to the language centers of the cortex may result in [blank] - ANS✔✔ Difficulties
understanding or producing language
Which of the following anatomical structures or systems are involved in communication? (select
all that apply). - ANS✔✔ 1. Articulatory system
2.Cranial Nerves
3.Visual system
4. Respiratory system
Is the following statement true or false?
Communication always involves spoken language - ANS✔✔ False
, Is the following statement true or false?
In the United States, special education and special services for children struggling educationally
were not federally mandated and widespread until the 1990s. - ANS✔✔ False
Match the following careers with their required degree:
1. Speech Language Pathologist
2.Audiologist
3. SLP or Audiology Assistant
4. Professor / Research in communication science - ANS✔✔ 1. Masters degree
2. Doctor of Audiology
3. Bachelors and usually a certificate
4. Doctor of Philosophy
Person - first language is [blank] - ANS✔✔ When we use the label of a communication disorder
as a descripitor of an individual instead of an attribute
Is the following statement true or false?
Many audiologists of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), Which is seperate from ASHA
and has its own national conventions designed to meet the needs of audiologists - ANS✔✔ True
In what setting do most speech-language pathologists work? - ANS✔✔ Educational
Is the following statement true or false?
For a dyselexia diagnosis, hearing and vision acuity must be excluded - ANS✔✔ True
Is the following statement true or false?
