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SLP Praxis Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: Wernicke's & Broca's are connected by
✓ Answer: arcuate fasiculus
Question:
Damage to the arcuate fasciculus causes
✓ Answer: conduction aphasia
Question:
(T/F) Apraxia of speech is a disorder of speech & prosody
✓ Answer: true
Question:
Which law replaced the No Child Left Behind Act
✓ Answer: ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act
Question:
What is the ADA Act
✓ Answer: Americans w/ Disabilities Act
Question:
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What does the ADA Act do
✓ Answer: provides access for all, equal opportunities, wheelchair access,
jobs
Question:
What is the IDEA Act
✓ Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Question:
What does the IDEA Act do
✓ Answer: provides free & appropriate education for ALL
Question:
Medicare/Medicaid emerged from what program
✓ Answer: The Social Security Act (SSA)
Question:
Client has neurological insult. His lateral cricoarytenoid is paralyzed in an
ABducted position. His voice is
✓ Answer: aphonic
Question:
What are some things that can happen to result in Aphonia
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✓ Answer: paralysis of recurrent nerves, local inflammations, abuse of
alcohol/tobacco, weight loss, muscle atrophy, & laryngeal tumors
Question:
What voice: one VF is paralyzed while the other is still vibrating
✓ Answer: breathy
Question:
What dysarthria: imprecise articulation, monotonous pitch & loudness, &
voice is harsh
✓ Answer: spastic
Question:
First grammatical morpheme used by a child
✓ Answer: -ing (nasals "n" & "in" occur 19-28 months)
Question:
What muscles elevate the soft palate
✓ Answer: levator veli palatini
Question:
What action does the orbicularis oris allow
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✓ Answer: lip puckering
Question:
What is the cheek muscle
✓ Answer: risorius (RISA)
Question:
What is the role of the stylopharyngeis muscle
✓ Answer: elevates & opens the pharynx
Question:
What stage of language production: infant yells, blows raspberries,
occassionally has CV-sounds
✓ Answer: expansion stage (4-6 months)
Question:
VPI
✓ Answer: velar pharyngeal insuffiency & velar pharyngeal incompetence
Question:
Velar pharyngeal insufficiency
SLP Praxis Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: Wernicke's & Broca's are connected by
✓ Answer: arcuate fasiculus
Question:
Damage to the arcuate fasciculus causes
✓ Answer: conduction aphasia
Question:
(T/F) Apraxia of speech is a disorder of speech & prosody
✓ Answer: true
Question:
Which law replaced the No Child Left Behind Act
✓ Answer: ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act
Question:
What is the ADA Act
✓ Answer: Americans w/ Disabilities Act
Question:
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What does the ADA Act do
✓ Answer: provides access for all, equal opportunities, wheelchair access,
jobs
Question:
What is the IDEA Act
✓ Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Question:
What does the IDEA Act do
✓ Answer: provides free & appropriate education for ALL
Question:
Medicare/Medicaid emerged from what program
✓ Answer: The Social Security Act (SSA)
Question:
Client has neurological insult. His lateral cricoarytenoid is paralyzed in an
ABducted position. His voice is
✓ Answer: aphonic
Question:
What are some things that can happen to result in Aphonia
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✓ Answer: paralysis of recurrent nerves, local inflammations, abuse of
alcohol/tobacco, weight loss, muscle atrophy, & laryngeal tumors
Question:
What voice: one VF is paralyzed while the other is still vibrating
✓ Answer: breathy
Question:
What dysarthria: imprecise articulation, monotonous pitch & loudness, &
voice is harsh
✓ Answer: spastic
Question:
First grammatical morpheme used by a child
✓ Answer: -ing (nasals "n" & "in" occur 19-28 months)
Question:
What muscles elevate the soft palate
✓ Answer: levator veli palatini
Question:
What action does the orbicularis oris allow
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✓ Answer: lip puckering
Question:
What is the cheek muscle
✓ Answer: risorius (RISA)
Question:
What is the role of the stylopharyngeis muscle
✓ Answer: elevates & opens the pharynx
Question:
What stage of language production: infant yells, blows raspberries,
occassionally has CV-sounds
✓ Answer: expansion stage (4-6 months)
Question:
VPI
✓ Answer: velar pharyngeal insuffiency & velar pharyngeal incompetence
Question:
Velar pharyngeal insufficiency
