CSD 526 MIDTERM AND FINAL QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2024 A+ GUARANTEED
1. What is a neurogenic communication disorder?: A problem with communication as a
result of damage to the brain or other parts of the nervous system
2. What are some examples of neurogenic communication disorders?: aphasias
dysarthria apraxia of Speech right hemisphere disorders
traumatic Brain Injury
dementia
(schizophrenia)
3. What are some settings in which a speech-language pathologist provides therapy
for neurogenic communication disorders?: skilled nursing facility acute care facility
rehabilitation facility
outpatient rehabilitation facility
home healthcare hospice care
children's hospital
schools other
,4. Why is it important to know and understand neurogenic communication
disorders even if you never plan on working in a clinical setting?: Horses and
zebras
-Odds are the child is the horse but you must be able to treat those problems that are out of
the ordinary
5. Definition of Speech: sounds the mouth makes to produce words
6. Definition of language: Syllable set used to communicate meaning (verbal, written,
sign)
7. Definition of cognition: ability to process thought
8. How do speech, language, and cognition differ?: -Speech: refers to the sounds made
by the vocal cords and other articulation structures to produce verbal language
(Sounds are used as a vehicle to express thoughts to others)
-Language: agreed upon set of symbols used to communicate meaning (Verbal,
written, sign)
-Cognition: the ability to think, acquire, and process knowledge about the world
9. Subcategories of cognition: arousal orienting
orientation problem
solving inferencing
executive functioning
10. what is arousal: ability to respond to stimuli
11. what is orienting: ability to direct attention to stimuli
, .
12. what is orientation: ability to know who you are, where you are, and when you are
13. what is problem solving: ability to choose, apply, and evaluate a strategy to solve a
problem
14. what is inferencing: ability to interpret the overall meaning of details
15. what is executive functioning: ability to employ lower level cognitive functions to
meet goals
16. How might communication be compromised if a person's cognition is not intact?:
-A lack of appropriate cognitive ability undermines the ability to communicate
effectively
-Many cognitive processes underlie and support communication
17. What is a general definition of attention?: A person's ability to hold focus on a
stimulus in the environment
18. What are the individual levels of attention?: vigilance sustained attention selective
attention alternating attention divided attention
19. what is vigilance: ability to stay alert
20. what is sustained attention: the ability to hold attention on a single stimulus over a
period of time
21. what is selective attention: ability to hold attention on a stimulus while ignoring
competing stimuli
22. what is alternating attention: ability to alternate attention back and forth between
stimuli
23. what is divided attention: ability to focus on more than one task at a time 24. what is
working memory: ability to hold finite amounts of information for immediate
processing and manipulation
, 25. what is short term memory: ability to retain information for 30 seconds up to a few
hours
26. What is long term memory: ability to retain information over days, months, or
years
27 What are the two gross divisions of language?: Expressive
Receptive
28. Do deficits in one aspect of speech, language, or cognition constitute a deficit in
another area of speech, language, or cognition? Why or why not?: -All
3 can interact and affect one another
-Deficits in these areas can occur either separately or together
29. Which areas of cognition can decline in healthy aging?: Selective attention Divided
attention for complex tasks
Short term memory
Episodic memory
Declarative memory
Working memory
30. Which areas of cognition are retained in healthy aging?: Orientation
Sustained attention
Divided attention for basic tasks
Long term memory Procedural
memory executive function
31. Which areas of language can decline in healthy aging?: Processing of verbal
language slows Reading slows Word finding
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2024 A+ GUARANTEED
1. What is a neurogenic communication disorder?: A problem with communication as a
result of damage to the brain or other parts of the nervous system
2. What are some examples of neurogenic communication disorders?: aphasias
dysarthria apraxia of Speech right hemisphere disorders
traumatic Brain Injury
dementia
(schizophrenia)
3. What are some settings in which a speech-language pathologist provides therapy
for neurogenic communication disorders?: skilled nursing facility acute care facility
rehabilitation facility
outpatient rehabilitation facility
home healthcare hospice care
children's hospital
schools other
,4. Why is it important to know and understand neurogenic communication
disorders even if you never plan on working in a clinical setting?: Horses and
zebras
-Odds are the child is the horse but you must be able to treat those problems that are out of
the ordinary
5. Definition of Speech: sounds the mouth makes to produce words
6. Definition of language: Syllable set used to communicate meaning (verbal, written,
sign)
7. Definition of cognition: ability to process thought
8. How do speech, language, and cognition differ?: -Speech: refers to the sounds made
by the vocal cords and other articulation structures to produce verbal language
(Sounds are used as a vehicle to express thoughts to others)
-Language: agreed upon set of symbols used to communicate meaning (Verbal,
written, sign)
-Cognition: the ability to think, acquire, and process knowledge about the world
9. Subcategories of cognition: arousal orienting
orientation problem
solving inferencing
executive functioning
10. what is arousal: ability to respond to stimuli
11. what is orienting: ability to direct attention to stimuli
, .
12. what is orientation: ability to know who you are, where you are, and when you are
13. what is problem solving: ability to choose, apply, and evaluate a strategy to solve a
problem
14. what is inferencing: ability to interpret the overall meaning of details
15. what is executive functioning: ability to employ lower level cognitive functions to
meet goals
16. How might communication be compromised if a person's cognition is not intact?:
-A lack of appropriate cognitive ability undermines the ability to communicate
effectively
-Many cognitive processes underlie and support communication
17. What is a general definition of attention?: A person's ability to hold focus on a
stimulus in the environment
18. What are the individual levels of attention?: vigilance sustained attention selective
attention alternating attention divided attention
19. what is vigilance: ability to stay alert
20. what is sustained attention: the ability to hold attention on a single stimulus over a
period of time
21. what is selective attention: ability to hold attention on a stimulus while ignoring
competing stimuli
22. what is alternating attention: ability to alternate attention back and forth between
stimuli
23. what is divided attention: ability to focus on more than one task at a time 24. what is
working memory: ability to hold finite amounts of information for immediate
processing and manipulation
, 25. what is short term memory: ability to retain information for 30 seconds up to a few
hours
26. What is long term memory: ability to retain information over days, months, or
years
27 What are the two gross divisions of language?: Expressive
Receptive
28. Do deficits in one aspect of speech, language, or cognition constitute a deficit in
another area of speech, language, or cognition? Why or why not?: -All
3 can interact and affect one another
-Deficits in these areas can occur either separately or together
29. Which areas of cognition can decline in healthy aging?: Selective attention Divided
attention for complex tasks
Short term memory
Episodic memory
Declarative memory
Working memory
30. Which areas of cognition are retained in healthy aging?: Orientation
Sustained attention
Divided attention for basic tasks
Long term memory Procedural
memory executive function
31. Which areas of language can decline in healthy aging?: Processing of verbal
language slows Reading slows Word finding
