SLP Praxis ACTUAL EXAM
SLP PRAXIS ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS
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An 8 year old child with moderately severe hyper nasality has persistent nasal
regurgitation following an adenoidectomy performed six months earlier. The
child's speech is likely to show the greatest improvement..
a) as a result of pharyngeal flap surgery
b) as a result of intensive speech intervention
c) as a result of the natural regrowth of the adenoid tissue before puberty
d) gradually and spontaneously, starting at age 9
e) gradually and spontaneously, starting after puberty - ANSWER-a) as a result of
pharyngeal flap surgery
A 61-year-old woman has dysphagia, characterized by incomplete laryngeal
closure during the swallow. What is the most significant risk to the patient?
a) aspiration before the swallow
b) aspiration during the swallow
c) residue in the valleculae
d) residue on top of the epiglottis
e) excessive weight loss - ANSWER-b) aspiration during the swallow
In addition to an SLP, a team likely to be most helpful in the acute-stage
rehabilitation of a child with a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury would
consist of who?
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a) OT, PT, pediatric physiatrist
b) PT, psychologist, special education teacher
c) OT and psychologist
d) special education teacher and a pediatrician
e) pediatrician and a geneticist - ANSWER-a) an OT, pediatric physiatrist, and PT
An 8-year old child with a repaired palatal cleft has received speech intervention
for two year in order to reduce moderately severe hyper nasality and nasal
emission as a result of an inadequate VP mechanism. There have been small
improvements, but none in the past 6-9 months. What would be the most
appropriate course of action for the SLP?
a) terminating speech intervention and reassessing at three month intervals to
possible renew therapy
b) instituting an additional three months of artic intervention
c) instituting a program of blowing, sucking, and swallowing exercises for a six
month trial period
d) Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of surgical or
prosthetic management
e) Conferring with another SLP concerning a treatment decision - ANSWER-d)
Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of surgical or prosthetic
management
A typically-developing 10-month-old child will exhibit what type of
verbalization/vocalization?
a) canonical babbling
b) imitation of sequences of four syllables
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c) naming of objects
d) expressive vocabulary of four
e) MLU of 1.5 - ANSWER-a) canonical babbling
A 9 year old produces narratives in correct sequential order of events, but they
are characterized by verbal mazes with no identification of major themes and
contain few, if any referents. What would an SLP work on?
a) inclusion program focused on specific syntactic deficits
b) an individual pull-out program to develop expressive reasoning and sequencing
c) collaborative program emphasizing skills in estb presuppositions (to
assume/suppose beforehand) within units of discourse
d) a focused stimulation approach for developing conjunctions and modals
e) behavior management to eliminate use of nonspecific language terms -
ANSWER-c) collaborative program emphasizing skills in estb presuppositions (to
assume/suppose beforehand) within units of discourse
"Book read me." "Me TV see." spoken by a 3-year old child most likely has a
problem with?
a) semantic redundancy
b) syntactic relationships
c) morphological relationships
d) pragmatics
e) phonological rules - ANSWER-b) Syntactic relationships
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Describe the important dx distinction between dysarthria and AOS. - ANSWER-
AOS lack the ability to sequence volitional speech movements whereas slowness,
weakness, incoordination, or altered tone of the speech musculature are
associated with dysarthria
Which of the following hearing problems is most prevalent among children with
cleft palate?
a) Sensorineural
b) unilateral
c) conductive
d) retrocochlear
e) central auditory dysfunction - ANSWER-c) conductive loss
An investigator is conducting an observational study that includes parents and
their children. The investigator observes that parents alter their behaviors
spontaneously with the knowledge that they are being observed. The
phenomenon described is an example of
a) statistical regression toward the mean
b) subject selection bias
c) multiple treatment interference
d) placebo effect
e) hawthorn effect - ANSWER-e) hawthorne effect
the outer hair cells of the cochlea...
a) increase sensitivity to low-intensity sounds
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SLP PRAXIS ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
An 8 year old child with moderately severe hyper nasality has persistent nasal
regurgitation following an adenoidectomy performed six months earlier. The
child's speech is likely to show the greatest improvement..
a) as a result of pharyngeal flap surgery
b) as a result of intensive speech intervention
c) as a result of the natural regrowth of the adenoid tissue before puberty
d) gradually and spontaneously, starting at age 9
e) gradually and spontaneously, starting after puberty - ANSWER-a) as a result of
pharyngeal flap surgery
A 61-year-old woman has dysphagia, characterized by incomplete laryngeal
closure during the swallow. What is the most significant risk to the patient?
a) aspiration before the swallow
b) aspiration during the swallow
c) residue in the valleculae
d) residue on top of the epiglottis
e) excessive weight loss - ANSWER-b) aspiration during the swallow
In addition to an SLP, a team likely to be most helpful in the acute-stage
rehabilitation of a child with a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury would
consist of who?
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a) OT, PT, pediatric physiatrist
b) PT, psychologist, special education teacher
c) OT and psychologist
d) special education teacher and a pediatrician
e) pediatrician and a geneticist - ANSWER-a) an OT, pediatric physiatrist, and PT
An 8-year old child with a repaired palatal cleft has received speech intervention
for two year in order to reduce moderately severe hyper nasality and nasal
emission as a result of an inadequate VP mechanism. There have been small
improvements, but none in the past 6-9 months. What would be the most
appropriate course of action for the SLP?
a) terminating speech intervention and reassessing at three month intervals to
possible renew therapy
b) instituting an additional three months of artic intervention
c) instituting a program of blowing, sucking, and swallowing exercises for a six
month trial period
d) Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of surgical or
prosthetic management
e) Conferring with another SLP concerning a treatment decision - ANSWER-d)
Referring the child to a cleft palate team for consideration of surgical or prosthetic
management
A typically-developing 10-month-old child will exhibit what type of
verbalization/vocalization?
a) canonical babbling
b) imitation of sequences of four syllables
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c) naming of objects
d) expressive vocabulary of four
e) MLU of 1.5 - ANSWER-a) canonical babbling
A 9 year old produces narratives in correct sequential order of events, but they
are characterized by verbal mazes with no identification of major themes and
contain few, if any referents. What would an SLP work on?
a) inclusion program focused on specific syntactic deficits
b) an individual pull-out program to develop expressive reasoning and sequencing
c) collaborative program emphasizing skills in estb presuppositions (to
assume/suppose beforehand) within units of discourse
d) a focused stimulation approach for developing conjunctions and modals
e) behavior management to eliminate use of nonspecific language terms -
ANSWER-c) collaborative program emphasizing skills in estb presuppositions (to
assume/suppose beforehand) within units of discourse
"Book read me." "Me TV see." spoken by a 3-year old child most likely has a
problem with?
a) semantic redundancy
b) syntactic relationships
c) morphological relationships
d) pragmatics
e) phonological rules - ANSWER-b) Syntactic relationships
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Describe the important dx distinction between dysarthria and AOS. - ANSWER-
AOS lack the ability to sequence volitional speech movements whereas slowness,
weakness, incoordination, or altered tone of the speech musculature are
associated with dysarthria
Which of the following hearing problems is most prevalent among children with
cleft palate?
a) Sensorineural
b) unilateral
c) conductive
d) retrocochlear
e) central auditory dysfunction - ANSWER-c) conductive loss
An investigator is conducting an observational study that includes parents and
their children. The investigator observes that parents alter their behaviors
spontaneously with the knowledge that they are being observed. The
phenomenon described is an example of
a) statistical regression toward the mean
b) subject selection bias
c) multiple treatment interference
d) placebo effect
e) hawthorn effect - ANSWER-e) hawthorne effect
the outer hair cells of the cochlea...
a) increase sensitivity to low-intensity sounds
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