CD 415 FINAL EXAM WITH 430 QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS
"He remained ungrateful in spite of the many favors done him by his brother" is a
sentence containing a phrasal preposition. - ANSWER-True
Your friend cautions you to "look out for the sharp right turn that comes just after
the bridge." The words "look out" are functioning as a prepositional verb. -
ANSWER-True
Typically developing 2-year-olds are likely to use many functionally complete but
structurally incomplete utterances. - ANSWER-True
A child says, "I don't like that, that, that, fuzzy kind." If that sentence is absolutely
typical of all this child's utterances, then her MLU is approximately 8.0. -
ANSWER-False
Three year olds often can comprehend and comply with indirect requests. -
ANSWER-True
In the utterance "Well, uh, he, uh, he, uh, uh, he isn't here," there are only three
valid words that would be counted for the purpose of computing an MLU. -
ANSWER-True
A compound preposition consists of a group of two or more words which function
together as a preposition. - ANSWER-False
An example of a simple preposition is the word "within" as it is used in the
sentence "His house lies within twenty miles of the coast." - ANSWER-False
,Twenty-four-month-old children are expected to have an MLU of roughly 5.5. -
ANSWER-False
The single most common conjunction is the word and. - ANSWER-True
It can be hard to get SLP services for a child with pragmatic problems partly
because what is "normal" varies from one American subculture to another and
change occurs rapidly. - ANSWER-True
Communicative competence predicts later development of literacy skills. -
ANSWER-True
In the area of syntax, it would be expected for a seven-year-old to use mostly FCSI
and simple sentences with an MLU of 5.25. - ANSWER-False
Conjunctions can be single words such as and, but, and either but they also can be
compound words like however and even entire phrases such as as soon as. -
ANSWER-True
Three- and four-year old children's misinterpretation of passive sentences such as
The car was pushed by the truck probably reflects ______________ - ANSWER-
Their use of an English word-order strategy
Preschoolers are UNLIKELY to use a request such as "Gimme that crayon." with
________________ - ANSWER-A puppet that represents a high status person
Pragmatic deficits are most characteristic of children with ____________ -
ANSWER-Autism Spectrum Disorders.
,Psychological passives are mastered by children ________________ - ANSWER-
By the time they are nine years old
English speakers must include the pronoun "she" in a sentence like "While Maria is
taking a walk, she is listening to music on her cellphone." In the corresponding
Spanish sentence, Spanish speakers would leave out the pronoun, resulting in a
"null subject." What do we observe in Spanish-English bilingual children, given
that they are exposed to both types of patterns? - ANSWER-When producing the
Spanish sentence, they are more likely to produce an overt pronoun than
monolingual Spanish speaking children
At Halloween, when a child rings her neighbor's doorbell and says "trick or treat!"
this is considered ______________ - ANSWER-A routine
According to Gleason and Ratner, preschoolers are MOST skilled at
______________ - ANSWER-Responding appropriately to indirect requests
What have we learned from EEG experiments about the comprehension abilities of
young children? - ANSWER-At least as early as age 5 years, children show the
'signature' brain response that indicates having just heard a word whose meaning is
unexpected based on prior context (the N400).
The purpose in using nonsense words to test children's understanding of
morphology is ______________ - ANSWER-To determine whether or not children
have internalized morphological rules
A mean length of utterance of 5.5 and the presence of restricted forms in a child's
conversation in a formal setting are most likely to reflect _____________ -
ANSWER-*NOT
, An underlying pragmatic disorder
Increasing utterance length and utterance complexity are important indicators of
development in the area of _______________ - ANSWER-Syntax/Morphology
Studies have shown that children with greater communicative competence
____________________ - ANSWER-Are better liked by both teachers and peers
and have better early literacy skills
Research on the communicative competence of deaf children demonstrates the
importance of ______________ - ANSWER-Early conversational experience.
When are preschoolers most likely to produce indirect requests? - ANSWER-
When speaking to adults and peers of higher status
During a conversation, the competent listener inserts fillers such as "uh-huh"
"right" and "I see" in appropriate places. This kind of response is called
______________ - ANSWER-Back channel feedback
It may be difficult to get "out-of-classroom" speech/language specialist treatment
for a child with apparent pragmatic deficits because ________________ -
ANSWER-Except for the option that says peers may "resent the extra attention"
the child receives, all of the other suggested answers are correct.
"Receptive language difficulties" differ from "expressive language difficulties" in
that _____________ - ANSWER-"Receptive language" involves what the child
understands; "expressive" involves what the child can say.
Gleason and Ratner would consider the word "with" to be _____________ -
ANSWER-
CORRECT ANSWERS
"He remained ungrateful in spite of the many favors done him by his brother" is a
sentence containing a phrasal preposition. - ANSWER-True
Your friend cautions you to "look out for the sharp right turn that comes just after
the bridge." The words "look out" are functioning as a prepositional verb. -
ANSWER-True
Typically developing 2-year-olds are likely to use many functionally complete but
structurally incomplete utterances. - ANSWER-True
A child says, "I don't like that, that, that, fuzzy kind." If that sentence is absolutely
typical of all this child's utterances, then her MLU is approximately 8.0. -
ANSWER-False
Three year olds often can comprehend and comply with indirect requests. -
ANSWER-True
In the utterance "Well, uh, he, uh, he, uh, uh, he isn't here," there are only three
valid words that would be counted for the purpose of computing an MLU. -
ANSWER-True
A compound preposition consists of a group of two or more words which function
together as a preposition. - ANSWER-False
An example of a simple preposition is the word "within" as it is used in the
sentence "His house lies within twenty miles of the coast." - ANSWER-False
,Twenty-four-month-old children are expected to have an MLU of roughly 5.5. -
ANSWER-False
The single most common conjunction is the word and. - ANSWER-True
It can be hard to get SLP services for a child with pragmatic problems partly
because what is "normal" varies from one American subculture to another and
change occurs rapidly. - ANSWER-True
Communicative competence predicts later development of literacy skills. -
ANSWER-True
In the area of syntax, it would be expected for a seven-year-old to use mostly FCSI
and simple sentences with an MLU of 5.25. - ANSWER-False
Conjunctions can be single words such as and, but, and either but they also can be
compound words like however and even entire phrases such as as soon as. -
ANSWER-True
Three- and four-year old children's misinterpretation of passive sentences such as
The car was pushed by the truck probably reflects ______________ - ANSWER-
Their use of an English word-order strategy
Preschoolers are UNLIKELY to use a request such as "Gimme that crayon." with
________________ - ANSWER-A puppet that represents a high status person
Pragmatic deficits are most characteristic of children with ____________ -
ANSWER-Autism Spectrum Disorders.
,Psychological passives are mastered by children ________________ - ANSWER-
By the time they are nine years old
English speakers must include the pronoun "she" in a sentence like "While Maria is
taking a walk, she is listening to music on her cellphone." In the corresponding
Spanish sentence, Spanish speakers would leave out the pronoun, resulting in a
"null subject." What do we observe in Spanish-English bilingual children, given
that they are exposed to both types of patterns? - ANSWER-When producing the
Spanish sentence, they are more likely to produce an overt pronoun than
monolingual Spanish speaking children
At Halloween, when a child rings her neighbor's doorbell and says "trick or treat!"
this is considered ______________ - ANSWER-A routine
According to Gleason and Ratner, preschoolers are MOST skilled at
______________ - ANSWER-Responding appropriately to indirect requests
What have we learned from EEG experiments about the comprehension abilities of
young children? - ANSWER-At least as early as age 5 years, children show the
'signature' brain response that indicates having just heard a word whose meaning is
unexpected based on prior context (the N400).
The purpose in using nonsense words to test children's understanding of
morphology is ______________ - ANSWER-To determine whether or not children
have internalized morphological rules
A mean length of utterance of 5.5 and the presence of restricted forms in a child's
conversation in a formal setting are most likely to reflect _____________ -
ANSWER-*NOT
, An underlying pragmatic disorder
Increasing utterance length and utterance complexity are important indicators of
development in the area of _______________ - ANSWER-Syntax/Morphology
Studies have shown that children with greater communicative competence
____________________ - ANSWER-Are better liked by both teachers and peers
and have better early literacy skills
Research on the communicative competence of deaf children demonstrates the
importance of ______________ - ANSWER-Early conversational experience.
When are preschoolers most likely to produce indirect requests? - ANSWER-
When speaking to adults and peers of higher status
During a conversation, the competent listener inserts fillers such as "uh-huh"
"right" and "I see" in appropriate places. This kind of response is called
______________ - ANSWER-Back channel feedback
It may be difficult to get "out-of-classroom" speech/language specialist treatment
for a child with apparent pragmatic deficits because ________________ -
ANSWER-Except for the option that says peers may "resent the extra attention"
the child receives, all of the other suggested answers are correct.
"Receptive language difficulties" differ from "expressive language difficulties" in
that _____________ - ANSWER-"Receptive language" involves what the child
understands; "expressive" involves what the child can say.
Gleason and Ratner would consider the word "with" to be _____________ -
ANSWER-
