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1. Which of the following is the major (C) is correct. Palatopharyngeal insufficiency or, more
physical or organic factor under- specifically, velopharyngeal insufficiency is the major
lying impairment in the speech of cause of the hypernasal speech associated with cleft
persons with cleft palate? palate. (A), (B), and (C) are incorrect because otitis media
(A) Congenital hearing loss from is not congenital; in cleft palate, the maxillary arch is often
otitis media collapsed and thus is narrow; and irregular vocal fold
(B) Broad irregular maxillary arch abduction is not associated with cleft palate.
(C) Palatopharyngeal insufficiency
(D) Irregular vocal fold abduction
2. An SLP determines the mean (B) is correct. Reliability is the consistency with which a
length of utterance (MLU) of test measures or the degree to which repeated measure-
a language sample from a ment with the same instrument of the same individual
three-year-old child. Two weeks would tend to produce the same result. Larger values
later, the SLP reevaluates the same indicate greater reliability; a reliability of 0.90 or greater
sample and again determines the is desirable for a test to be used in making decisions
MLU. The extent to which the two about individuals.
scores are similar is most directly a
function of the
(A) validity of the scores
(B) reliability of the scores
(C) skewness of the score distribu-
tion
(D) speededness of the measure
3. An SLP is providing services to (A) is correct. The disorder is most limited in scope
adults with neurogenic disorders among those mentioned and, therefore, most likely to
of communication. Of the follow- be amenable to therapy or treatment. (B) is incorrect
ing clients, which will likely have because the problem described is diffused or dispersed
the most favorable management throughout the head with major impairments to the
prognosis? nerves. (C) and (D) are incorrect because the disorders
(A) John, who has a brain injury re- mentioned are progressive in nature.
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sulting in a slight concussion
(B) Jim, who has a traumatic brain
injury resulting in paralysis
(C) Juan, who has amyotrophic lat-
eral sclerosis
(D) Helen, who has Huntington's
chorea
4. An SLP has targeted the phono- (D) is correct. Generalization probes are a principle fea-
logical process of "stopping on ture of phonological therapy. The answer choices require
initial fricatives" for remediation the clinician to pay attention to the position of the fricative
and is using the word "shoes" to sound in a word and also the word's syllable structure.
establish the new behavior. The
SLP now wishes to investigate
whether the speaker can general-
ize the newly learned pattern to
untrained words. If it is assumed
that generalization will occur on
words whose phonetic character-
istics are most like the trained
word "shoes," which of the follow-
ing words should be selected?
(A) Shouting
(B) Fished
(C) Ocean
(D) Shook
5. The Spanish-speaking parents of (D) is correct. The parents have described adequate
a nine-year- old bilingual child re- syntactic and semantic knowledge by the child. Testing
port that their child communicates in English confirms similar strengths. The area that has
in Spanish with complete utter- been identified as a weakness is pragmatics and social
ances and has a good vocabulary rules for interaction.
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in comparison to other children
in the neighborhood. Their con-
cern is that the child interrupts
their conversations and has not
learned social rules that are impor-
tant within the family and commu-
nity. Testing confirms similar prob-
lems in English-speaking settings.
The SLP would most likely recom-
mend that therapy focus on which
of the following language areas?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Semantics
(D) Pragmatics
6. A 60-year-old man has Parkinson's (A) is correct. When dementia is associated with Parkin-
disease and is in the early stage of son's disease, it is usually irreversible. Therefore, the
dementia. It would be appropriate family or caregivers must understand the nature of the
to address which of the following linguistic and intellectual problems, and learn how to
goals first in therapy? maximize the abilities of the client. The sooner the family
(A) To educate the family or care- or caregivers are made aware of the condition of the
givers client, the better the intervention is likely to be.
(B) To decrease jargon
(C) To decrease circumlocution
(D) To improve motor skills
7. An adult female has received A) is correct. All measures discussed demonstrate im-
20 sessions of voice therapy for provement. There is no certainty that the voice is still
hoarseness related to vocal nod- abnormal. Perturbation, having gone down, shows some
ules. Data for pre- and post-evalu- improvement. Based only on the data shown, one could
ation measures for this individual say that there is some improvement.
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1. Which of the following is the major (C) is correct. Palatopharyngeal insufficiency or, more
physical or organic factor under- specifically, velopharyngeal insufficiency is the major
lying impairment in the speech of cause of the hypernasal speech associated with cleft
persons with cleft palate? palate. (A), (B), and (C) are incorrect because otitis media
(A) Congenital hearing loss from is not congenital; in cleft palate, the maxillary arch is often
otitis media collapsed and thus is narrow; and irregular vocal fold
(B) Broad irregular maxillary arch abduction is not associated with cleft palate.
(C) Palatopharyngeal insufficiency
(D) Irregular vocal fold abduction
2. An SLP determines the mean (B) is correct. Reliability is the consistency with which a
length of utterance (MLU) of test measures or the degree to which repeated measure-
a language sample from a ment with the same instrument of the same individual
three-year-old child. Two weeks would tend to produce the same result. Larger values
later, the SLP reevaluates the same indicate greater reliability; a reliability of 0.90 or greater
sample and again determines the is desirable for a test to be used in making decisions
MLU. The extent to which the two about individuals.
scores are similar is most directly a
function of the
(A) validity of the scores
(B) reliability of the scores
(C) skewness of the score distribu-
tion
(D) speededness of the measure
3. An SLP is providing services to (A) is correct. The disorder is most limited in scope
adults with neurogenic disorders among those mentioned and, therefore, most likely to
of communication. Of the follow- be amenable to therapy or treatment. (B) is incorrect
ing clients, which will likely have because the problem described is diffused or dispersed
the most favorable management throughout the head with major impairments to the
prognosis? nerves. (C) and (D) are incorrect because the disorders
(A) John, who has a brain injury re- mentioned are progressive in nature.
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sulting in a slight concussion
(B) Jim, who has a traumatic brain
injury resulting in paralysis
(C) Juan, who has amyotrophic lat-
eral sclerosis
(D) Helen, who has Huntington's
chorea
4. An SLP has targeted the phono- (D) is correct. Generalization probes are a principle fea-
logical process of "stopping on ture of phonological therapy. The answer choices require
initial fricatives" for remediation the clinician to pay attention to the position of the fricative
and is using the word "shoes" to sound in a word and also the word's syllable structure.
establish the new behavior. The
SLP now wishes to investigate
whether the speaker can general-
ize the newly learned pattern to
untrained words. If it is assumed
that generalization will occur on
words whose phonetic character-
istics are most like the trained
word "shoes," which of the follow-
ing words should be selected?
(A) Shouting
(B) Fished
(C) Ocean
(D) Shook
5. The Spanish-speaking parents of (D) is correct. The parents have described adequate
a nine-year- old bilingual child re- syntactic and semantic knowledge by the child. Testing
port that their child communicates in English confirms similar strengths. The area that has
in Spanish with complete utter- been identified as a weakness is pragmatics and social
ances and has a good vocabulary rules for interaction.
, Praxis ETS SLP
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in comparison to other children
in the neighborhood. Their con-
cern is that the child interrupts
their conversations and has not
learned social rules that are impor-
tant within the family and commu-
nity. Testing confirms similar prob-
lems in English-speaking settings.
The SLP would most likely recom-
mend that therapy focus on which
of the following language areas?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Semantics
(D) Pragmatics
6. A 60-year-old man has Parkinson's (A) is correct. When dementia is associated with Parkin-
disease and is in the early stage of son's disease, it is usually irreversible. Therefore, the
dementia. It would be appropriate family or caregivers must understand the nature of the
to address which of the following linguistic and intellectual problems, and learn how to
goals first in therapy? maximize the abilities of the client. The sooner the family
(A) To educate the family or care- or caregivers are made aware of the condition of the
givers client, the better the intervention is likely to be.
(B) To decrease jargon
(C) To decrease circumlocution
(D) To improve motor skills
7. An adult female has received A) is correct. All measures discussed demonstrate im-
20 sessions of voice therapy for provement. There is no certainty that the voice is still
hoarseness related to vocal nod- abnormal. Perturbation, having gone down, shows some
ules. Data for pre- and post-evalu- improvement. Based only on the data shown, one could
ation measures for this individual say that there is some improvement.
