SLPA NC Board Exam Mock Questions and Answers Graded A+
1. Client should ahow improvement not just in a clincial
setting; Progress should be generalized to real-world en-
vironments.
2. Should be automatic
What are the 5 Objectives of Intervention? 3. Should be self-monitered
4. Shoul make optimum progress in minimum amount of
time
5. Interventionshould be sensitive to personal and cultural
characteristics.
Written guideline that specifies therapy frequency, du-
ration, and type of service. Also has goals, skilled inter-
What is a treatment protocol?
ventions, antecedents, cues/prompts, and consequences
used during the session.
As an SLPA, you are able to treat the client to the best of
your ability, while being sensitive to any cultural ditter-
As an SLPA, why is it important to be culturally competent?
ences that you may have to adapt to in order to treat the
client properly.
1. Model- show child exactly what to do
2. Verbal Model- tell child exactly what to do
3. Tactile Model- use touch to help the child
4. Verbal Prompt- start to say what the child is supposed
to say
What are the ditterent levels of cueing and what do they
5. Verbal Re-Cue- repeat your verbal cues, expanding on
include?
it as needed
6. Verbal Cue- tell the child what to do, ex. "Find the ball"
7. Visual Cue- use visual support to cue "pictures"
8. Gestural Cue- use gestures to help the child
9. Independent- no help given
What is Apraxia?
, SLPA NC Board Exam Mock Questions and Answers Graded A+
Acquired oral motor speech disorder attecting an individ-
ual's ability to translate conscious speech pairs into motor
plans, which results in limited diflcult speech ability.
(S): subjective- data that includes the concerns of the fam-
ily member(s) or individual and subjective observations by
the SLP/SLPA
(O) : objective- data includes specific clinical findings, test
What are the components of a SOAP Note? results, and a summary of the data collected during the
therapy session
(A): assessment- compares the client's performance
across sessions
(P) : plan- states the course of action to be followed
What is Baseline Data? Data before intervention starts
Speech sound disorder that focuses on predictable rule
What is a phonological disorder? based on errors such as fronting, stopping, and final con-
sonant deletion.
Extension- add more information to the child's utter-
ances.
What is the ditterence between extension and expansion? Expansion- keep the child's word order the same we just
expand it slightly to make the utterances grammatically
correct.
Communication- exchange of ideas, information or mes-
What is the ditterence between communication and lan-
sages from one person to another.
guage?
Language- how we express what we think or how we feel.
Gestures, body posture, facial expressions, eye contact,
What are some non linguistic cues?
head and body movement, physical distance (proxemics)
What are a few compensatory strategies used for stutter-
ing (disfluent speech)?
1. Client should ahow improvement not just in a clincial
setting; Progress should be generalized to real-world en-
vironments.
2. Should be automatic
What are the 5 Objectives of Intervention? 3. Should be self-monitered
4. Shoul make optimum progress in minimum amount of
time
5. Interventionshould be sensitive to personal and cultural
characteristics.
Written guideline that specifies therapy frequency, du-
ration, and type of service. Also has goals, skilled inter-
What is a treatment protocol?
ventions, antecedents, cues/prompts, and consequences
used during the session.
As an SLPA, you are able to treat the client to the best of
your ability, while being sensitive to any cultural ditter-
As an SLPA, why is it important to be culturally competent?
ences that you may have to adapt to in order to treat the
client properly.
1. Model- show child exactly what to do
2. Verbal Model- tell child exactly what to do
3. Tactile Model- use touch to help the child
4. Verbal Prompt- start to say what the child is supposed
to say
What are the ditterent levels of cueing and what do they
5. Verbal Re-Cue- repeat your verbal cues, expanding on
include?
it as needed
6. Verbal Cue- tell the child what to do, ex. "Find the ball"
7. Visual Cue- use visual support to cue "pictures"
8. Gestural Cue- use gestures to help the child
9. Independent- no help given
What is Apraxia?
, SLPA NC Board Exam Mock Questions and Answers Graded A+
Acquired oral motor speech disorder attecting an individ-
ual's ability to translate conscious speech pairs into motor
plans, which results in limited diflcult speech ability.
(S): subjective- data that includes the concerns of the fam-
ily member(s) or individual and subjective observations by
the SLP/SLPA
(O) : objective- data includes specific clinical findings, test
What are the components of a SOAP Note? results, and a summary of the data collected during the
therapy session
(A): assessment- compares the client's performance
across sessions
(P) : plan- states the course of action to be followed
What is Baseline Data? Data before intervention starts
Speech sound disorder that focuses on predictable rule
What is a phonological disorder? based on errors such as fronting, stopping, and final con-
sonant deletion.
Extension- add more information to the child's utter-
ances.
What is the ditterence between extension and expansion? Expansion- keep the child's word order the same we just
expand it slightly to make the utterances grammatically
correct.
Communication- exchange of ideas, information or mes-
What is the ditterence between communication and lan-
sages from one person to another.
guage?
Language- how we express what we think or how we feel.
Gestures, body posture, facial expressions, eye contact,
What are some non linguistic cues?
head and body movement, physical distance (proxemics)
What are a few compensatory strategies used for stutter-
ing (disfluent speech)?
