CSD Exam 2 – study guide and practice exam preparation material
True or false? Estimating children's semantic development and gaining significant detail
concerning more nuanced achievements in syntax can be by accomplished by calculating mean
length of utterance (MLU). - ✔✔FALSE
Which statement is not correct?
The sentence "They are coming and we will meet each other at library" has two clauses since it
has two verbs.
The "Mommy gave it to me" in the sentence "That's mine because Mommy gave it to me" is an
embedded clause.
In the sentence "I used to study a story book whenever I got tired of studying my academic
book", the "whenever I got tired of studying my academic book" is a relative clause.
A subordinate clause is a clause that can't stand on its own in order to be grammatical. - ✔✔In
the sentence "I used to study a story book whenever I got tired of studying my academic book",
the "whenever I got tired of studying my academic book" is a relative clause.
What is the center of a neuron, and what is contained in the center of a neuron? - ✔✔Cell
body; DNA material
Which group of features defines the characteristics of child-directed speech? - ✔✔Simplified
vocabulary, melodic pitch, repetitive questioning, slow tempo
Which of the following terms refers to a structural component of neurons which speeds up the
conduction of action potentials over the axons and makes axons white? - ✔✔Myelin
,According to the lecture, which one is not a factor that influences the rate of learning a new
word for a child? - ✔✔The speed in which the word spoken
What is the term for the place in which action potentials communicate from one neuron to
another? - ✔✔Synapse
True or False? The term rostral means toward the head, whereas the term caudal means toward
the end of the spinal cord. Also, the proximal means relatively further from an anatomical site
of reference, and distal means relatively closer to the anatomical site of reference. - ✔✔False
A patient cannot put words together to form complete sentences. Which one of the following
areas can be the source of this disorder and where is it located? - ✔✔Broca's area; inferior
frontal gyrus
What is the purpose of doing a Wada test? - ✔✔To determine which of the two hemispheres is
used for language
Which of the following are key aspects of pragmatic development? - ✔✔1)learning different
communicative functions associated with distinct purposes of communication
2)Developing the ability to enter conversations and appropriately follow the schema for a
conversation
3)Gaining sensitivity to nonlinguistic cues
What does 'tonotopic organization of the primary auditory cortex' mean? - ✔✔Frequency
sensitive regions are arranged from lower to higher
What is the term given to the neuron which transmits an action potential? - ✔✔presynaptic
neuron
Among the major brain divisions, which is the largest? - ✔✔cerebrum
, Children will have typically mastered use of embedded subordinate clauses by which of the
following? - ✔✔By the time they have an MLU or 3.5
Which cortical structure important to speech and language is in the anterior portion of the
parietal lobe just posterior to the central sulcus? - ✔✔Primary somatosensory cortex
Which cortical structure important for attaching meanings to words can be found posterior to
primary auditory cortex in the temporal lobe? - ✔✔Wernicke's area
True or false?
Mean length of utterance (MLU) is a measure that is used to estimate the syntactic complexity
of sentences. - ✔✔true
What is the name for the part of a neuron that transmits an action potential? - ✔✔axon
At the level of the brain, another term for "front" (toward the eyes) is: - ✔✔Anterior
Which cortical structure important for syntax and fluent language is in the inferior frontal gyrus
of the frontal lobe? - ✔✔Broca's area
Which cortical structure important to speech and language is in the posterior portion of the
frontal lobe just anterior to the central sulcus? - ✔✔Primary motor cortex
At the level of the brain, another term for "dorsal" is: - ✔✔Superior
Which cortical structure important for speech and language lies partly in the lateral sulcus as
well as on the superior temporal gyrus? - ✔✔Primary auditory cortex
True or false? Estimating children's semantic development and gaining significant detail
concerning more nuanced achievements in syntax can be by accomplished by calculating mean
length of utterance (MLU). - ✔✔FALSE
Which statement is not correct?
The sentence "They are coming and we will meet each other at library" has two clauses since it
has two verbs.
The "Mommy gave it to me" in the sentence "That's mine because Mommy gave it to me" is an
embedded clause.
In the sentence "I used to study a story book whenever I got tired of studying my academic
book", the "whenever I got tired of studying my academic book" is a relative clause.
A subordinate clause is a clause that can't stand on its own in order to be grammatical. - ✔✔In
the sentence "I used to study a story book whenever I got tired of studying my academic book",
the "whenever I got tired of studying my academic book" is a relative clause.
What is the center of a neuron, and what is contained in the center of a neuron? - ✔✔Cell
body; DNA material
Which group of features defines the characteristics of child-directed speech? - ✔✔Simplified
vocabulary, melodic pitch, repetitive questioning, slow tempo
Which of the following terms refers to a structural component of neurons which speeds up the
conduction of action potentials over the axons and makes axons white? - ✔✔Myelin
,According to the lecture, which one is not a factor that influences the rate of learning a new
word for a child? - ✔✔The speed in which the word spoken
What is the term for the place in which action potentials communicate from one neuron to
another? - ✔✔Synapse
True or False? The term rostral means toward the head, whereas the term caudal means toward
the end of the spinal cord. Also, the proximal means relatively further from an anatomical site
of reference, and distal means relatively closer to the anatomical site of reference. - ✔✔False
A patient cannot put words together to form complete sentences. Which one of the following
areas can be the source of this disorder and where is it located? - ✔✔Broca's area; inferior
frontal gyrus
What is the purpose of doing a Wada test? - ✔✔To determine which of the two hemispheres is
used for language
Which of the following are key aspects of pragmatic development? - ✔✔1)learning different
communicative functions associated with distinct purposes of communication
2)Developing the ability to enter conversations and appropriately follow the schema for a
conversation
3)Gaining sensitivity to nonlinguistic cues
What does 'tonotopic organization of the primary auditory cortex' mean? - ✔✔Frequency
sensitive regions are arranged from lower to higher
What is the term given to the neuron which transmits an action potential? - ✔✔presynaptic
neuron
Among the major brain divisions, which is the largest? - ✔✔cerebrum
, Children will have typically mastered use of embedded subordinate clauses by which of the
following? - ✔✔By the time they have an MLU or 3.5
Which cortical structure important to speech and language is in the anterior portion of the
parietal lobe just posterior to the central sulcus? - ✔✔Primary somatosensory cortex
Which cortical structure important for attaching meanings to words can be found posterior to
primary auditory cortex in the temporal lobe? - ✔✔Wernicke's area
True or false?
Mean length of utterance (MLU) is a measure that is used to estimate the syntactic complexity
of sentences. - ✔✔true
What is the name for the part of a neuron that transmits an action potential? - ✔✔axon
At the level of the brain, another term for "front" (toward the eyes) is: - ✔✔Anterior
Which cortical structure important for syntax and fluent language is in the inferior frontal gyrus
of the frontal lobe? - ✔✔Broca's area
Which cortical structure important to speech and language is in the posterior portion of the
frontal lobe just anterior to the central sulcus? - ✔✔Primary motor cortex
At the level of the brain, another term for "dorsal" is: - ✔✔Superior
Which cortical structure important for speech and language lies partly in the lateral sulcus as
well as on the superior temporal gyrus? - ✔✔Primary auditory cortex
