SLP Praxis - Practice Questions and
Answers 2022/2023(Actual questions for
the test)100% Verified
A _____________ may or many not be a speech sound; the term refers generally to
any sounds that can be produced by the vocal tract Correct answer- Phone
The influence of one phoneme upon another in production and perception wherein two
different articulators move simultaneously to produce two different speech sounds
Correct answer- Coarticulation
_________ are produced when the dorsum of the tongue contracts the velum.
Describing consonants this way is according to place Correct answer- Linguavelrs;
Place
The fundamental frequency or first harmonic is know as Correct answer- Lowest
frequency of a periodic wave
In _____________ speech sounds are modified due to the influence of adjacent sounds
Correct answer- Assimilation
Consonants can be described according to Correct answer- Place, voice, manner
___________ are produced by lowering the velum keeping the VP port open Correct
answer- Nasals
____________ are movements of particles in a medium containing expansions and
contractions of molecules Correct answer- Sound Waves
____________ an electronic instrument that graphically records the changing intensity
levels of the frequency components in a complex sound wave Correct answer- Sound
Spectrograph
A young child who says "up" when someone picks up a ball is using the relation of
Correct answer- Locative action
What age does a child begin to use reduplicated babbling? Correct answer- 4-6 months
, A child says "jump [on] bed". This is an example of what type of semantic relation?
Correct answer- Action + Locative
First grammatical morpheme in Brown's 14? Correct answer- Present Progressive -ing
When do most children use "all gone" to express emerging negation? Correct answer-
Between 1-2 years of age
At what age do children have an average MLU of 6.0 - 8.0? Correct answer- 5-6 years
Which language development theory states that language develops because people are
motivated to interact socially with others around them? Correct answer- Social
Interactionism Theory
Proponents of the ______________ theory are mostly concerned with cognitive
functioning, not cognitive structures or concepts. Correct answer- Information
processing
According to __________ theory, language acquisition is made possible by cognition
and general intellectual processing Correct answer- Cognitive theory
Skinner is associated with what theory? Correct answer- Behavioralist or behavioral
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development a 0-2 year old child is is the
___________ period. Correct answer- Sensorimotor
Hint: Young children are discovering their environment with there senses
The English language has how many speech sounds that are classified as consonants
or vowels? Correct answer- 46
When a child produces a posteriorly placed consonant instead of an anteriorly placed
consonant they are using what phonological process? Correct answer- Backing
General factors related to SSD include: Correct answer- Gender, IQ, birth order, sib
status, socioeconomic status, lang development & academic performance, Auditory
discrimination skills
"Hallmark" of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) Correct answer- Inconsistent errors
Children with mild hearing loss due to fluid/infections my exhibit the following Correct
answer- Final consonant deletion, stridency, fronting
__________ treatment activities include sound blending, rhyming, and alliteration
Correct answer- Phonological awareness
Answers 2022/2023(Actual questions for
the test)100% Verified
A _____________ may or many not be a speech sound; the term refers generally to
any sounds that can be produced by the vocal tract Correct answer- Phone
The influence of one phoneme upon another in production and perception wherein two
different articulators move simultaneously to produce two different speech sounds
Correct answer- Coarticulation
_________ are produced when the dorsum of the tongue contracts the velum.
Describing consonants this way is according to place Correct answer- Linguavelrs;
Place
The fundamental frequency or first harmonic is know as Correct answer- Lowest
frequency of a periodic wave
In _____________ speech sounds are modified due to the influence of adjacent sounds
Correct answer- Assimilation
Consonants can be described according to Correct answer- Place, voice, manner
___________ are produced by lowering the velum keeping the VP port open Correct
answer- Nasals
____________ are movements of particles in a medium containing expansions and
contractions of molecules Correct answer- Sound Waves
____________ an electronic instrument that graphically records the changing intensity
levels of the frequency components in a complex sound wave Correct answer- Sound
Spectrograph
A young child who says "up" when someone picks up a ball is using the relation of
Correct answer- Locative action
What age does a child begin to use reduplicated babbling? Correct answer- 4-6 months
, A child says "jump [on] bed". This is an example of what type of semantic relation?
Correct answer- Action + Locative
First grammatical morpheme in Brown's 14? Correct answer- Present Progressive -ing
When do most children use "all gone" to express emerging negation? Correct answer-
Between 1-2 years of age
At what age do children have an average MLU of 6.0 - 8.0? Correct answer- 5-6 years
Which language development theory states that language develops because people are
motivated to interact socially with others around them? Correct answer- Social
Interactionism Theory
Proponents of the ______________ theory are mostly concerned with cognitive
functioning, not cognitive structures or concepts. Correct answer- Information
processing
According to __________ theory, language acquisition is made possible by cognition
and general intellectual processing Correct answer- Cognitive theory
Skinner is associated with what theory? Correct answer- Behavioralist or behavioral
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development a 0-2 year old child is is the
___________ period. Correct answer- Sensorimotor
Hint: Young children are discovering their environment with there senses
The English language has how many speech sounds that are classified as consonants
or vowels? Correct answer- 46
When a child produces a posteriorly placed consonant instead of an anteriorly placed
consonant they are using what phonological process? Correct answer- Backing
General factors related to SSD include: Correct answer- Gender, IQ, birth order, sib
status, socioeconomic status, lang development & academic performance, Auditory
discrimination skills
"Hallmark" of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) Correct answer- Inconsistent errors
Children with mild hearing loss due to fluid/infections my exhibit the following Correct
answer- Final consonant deletion, stridency, fronting
__________ treatment activities include sound blending, rhyming, and alliteration
Correct answer- Phonological awareness
