Praxis SLP (Part B) Frequently Tested Exam
Questions With Verified Multiple Choice and
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1. A child has been referred to a SLP for a comprehensive language evaluation,
with reports of "global language problems". Following evaluation, the SLP
determines that the child is demonstrating word-finding difficulties,
comprehension deficits and disorganized language, in addition to deficits in
attention and executive functioning. Which of the following disorders does the
child MOST LIKELY demonstrate?
a. traumatic brain injury
b. cerebral palsy
c. autism spectrum disorder
d. Down syndrome - ANSWER a. traumatic brain injury
2. A patient has overcome a lengthy sickness with resultant voice difficulties.
Following a voice evaluation at an acute care hospital, the patient is diagnosed
with viral-induced superior laryngeal nerve damage. With which of the following
difficulties would this patient MOST LIKELY present?
a. maintaining phonation
b. controlling respiration
c. changing pitch
d. valving the nasal cavity - ANSWER c. changing pitch
,3. A SLP has been working on narrative structure with a middle school student on
the SLPs caseload. Recently, the child wrote a story about her weekend, which
reads "My family was going to a friend's birthday party. We were late to the
birthday party." Using this information, the SLP would like to assign a narrative
episode level to this child's story. Which of the following narrative levels BEST
describes the child's story?
a. abbreviated episode
b. incomplete episode
c. complete episode
d. action sequence - ANSWER b. incomplete episode
4. Andy is a SLP who has recently branched out into providing tele practice
services to in-state clients who are unable to be treated at his private practice
center. Joseph is a friend of Andy's who lives in another state in which Andy does
not have licensure and has just heard about Andy's new service delivery. Jospeh
asks Andy to treat his mother, who has Wernicke's aphasia, as Jospeh would like
his mother to receive more treatment than she is currently. How should Andy
proceed in the treatment of Jospeh's mother?
a. recommend against treatment, as tele practice has not been proven in treating
Wernicke's aphasia
b. recommend against treatment, as Joseph's mother is already receiving services
c. share the mother's case information with a fellow SLP in the state win which
Jospeh lives
d. refer the friend to another SLP who has licensure in the state in which Jospeh
lives - ANSWER d. refer the friend to another SLP who has licensure in the
state in which Jospeh lives
, 5. During an intervention session, a child produces the utterance "Mommy go
run." The child's SLP uses an expansion approach to increase the complexity of the
child's utterance. Which of the following statements could this SLP use in response
to the child?
a. "Mommy's going to run."
b. "Mommy's going to run to the house."
c. "Where is Mommy going?"
d. "Say 'Mommy is going to run.'" - ANSWER a. "Mommy's going to run."
6. A SLP is attempting to perform an evaluation on a new Pediactric client and
would like to perform an analysis to compare the client's correct consonant
productions to the entire speech sample. Which means of assessment would be
the MOST APPROPRIATE choice for this SLP too make?
a. percent consonants correct
b. phonological mean length of utterance
c. phonological error patterns analysis
d. traditional analysis - ANSWER a. percent consonants correct
7. Erica is a young child who demonstrates pragmatic difficulties. Specifically, Eric
has difficulties with presupposition skills, which her SLP has been targeting in
order to improve Erica's conversational abilities. Which of the following would be
the MOST APPROPRIATE goal for Erica's intervention?
a. the child will utilize gestures in conversation to reinforce engaging topics of
conversation
, b. the child will understand that communication partners have perspectives and
feelings different from her own
c. the child will modify communicative attempts based on the needs of their
communication partner
d. the child will understand that communicative partners engage in conversation
with certain expectations for communication - ANSWER c. the child will
modify communicative attempts based on the needs of their communication
partner
8. Andy is an infant being evaluated by a SLP during an early intervention home
visit. The SLP notes that Andy demonstrates vocal play, raspberries, trills and
marginal babbling during the evaluation. Using this information, which stage of
linguistic development does Andy fall within?
a. exploration/expansion stage
b. coo and goo stage
c. canonical babbling stage
d. phonation stage - ANSWER a. exploration/expansion stage
9. During the transmission of an action potential, after a neuron has fired, there is
an absolute refractory period. This is a delay during which a neuron is unable to
transmit further action potentials. This delay must expire before that neuron can
fire again because:
a. sodium (Na+) ions continue to flow out of the cell after an action potential spike
b. potassium ions (K+) continue to flow out of the cell after an action potential
spike
c. voltage-gated Na+ channels are periodically inactivated after opening
Questions With Verified Multiple Choice and
Conceptual Actual 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. A child has been referred to a SLP for a comprehensive language evaluation,
with reports of "global language problems". Following evaluation, the SLP
determines that the child is demonstrating word-finding difficulties,
comprehension deficits and disorganized language, in addition to deficits in
attention and executive functioning. Which of the following disorders does the
child MOST LIKELY demonstrate?
a. traumatic brain injury
b. cerebral palsy
c. autism spectrum disorder
d. Down syndrome - ANSWER a. traumatic brain injury
2. A patient has overcome a lengthy sickness with resultant voice difficulties.
Following a voice evaluation at an acute care hospital, the patient is diagnosed
with viral-induced superior laryngeal nerve damage. With which of the following
difficulties would this patient MOST LIKELY present?
a. maintaining phonation
b. controlling respiration
c. changing pitch
d. valving the nasal cavity - ANSWER c. changing pitch
,3. A SLP has been working on narrative structure with a middle school student on
the SLPs caseload. Recently, the child wrote a story about her weekend, which
reads "My family was going to a friend's birthday party. We were late to the
birthday party." Using this information, the SLP would like to assign a narrative
episode level to this child's story. Which of the following narrative levels BEST
describes the child's story?
a. abbreviated episode
b. incomplete episode
c. complete episode
d. action sequence - ANSWER b. incomplete episode
4. Andy is a SLP who has recently branched out into providing tele practice
services to in-state clients who are unable to be treated at his private practice
center. Joseph is a friend of Andy's who lives in another state in which Andy does
not have licensure and has just heard about Andy's new service delivery. Jospeh
asks Andy to treat his mother, who has Wernicke's aphasia, as Jospeh would like
his mother to receive more treatment than she is currently. How should Andy
proceed in the treatment of Jospeh's mother?
a. recommend against treatment, as tele practice has not been proven in treating
Wernicke's aphasia
b. recommend against treatment, as Joseph's mother is already receiving services
c. share the mother's case information with a fellow SLP in the state win which
Jospeh lives
d. refer the friend to another SLP who has licensure in the state in which Jospeh
lives - ANSWER d. refer the friend to another SLP who has licensure in the
state in which Jospeh lives
, 5. During an intervention session, a child produces the utterance "Mommy go
run." The child's SLP uses an expansion approach to increase the complexity of the
child's utterance. Which of the following statements could this SLP use in response
to the child?
a. "Mommy's going to run."
b. "Mommy's going to run to the house."
c. "Where is Mommy going?"
d. "Say 'Mommy is going to run.'" - ANSWER a. "Mommy's going to run."
6. A SLP is attempting to perform an evaluation on a new Pediactric client and
would like to perform an analysis to compare the client's correct consonant
productions to the entire speech sample. Which means of assessment would be
the MOST APPROPRIATE choice for this SLP too make?
a. percent consonants correct
b. phonological mean length of utterance
c. phonological error patterns analysis
d. traditional analysis - ANSWER a. percent consonants correct
7. Erica is a young child who demonstrates pragmatic difficulties. Specifically, Eric
has difficulties with presupposition skills, which her SLP has been targeting in
order to improve Erica's conversational abilities. Which of the following would be
the MOST APPROPRIATE goal for Erica's intervention?
a. the child will utilize gestures in conversation to reinforce engaging topics of
conversation
, b. the child will understand that communication partners have perspectives and
feelings different from her own
c. the child will modify communicative attempts based on the needs of their
communication partner
d. the child will understand that communicative partners engage in conversation
with certain expectations for communication - ANSWER c. the child will
modify communicative attempts based on the needs of their communication
partner
8. Andy is an infant being evaluated by a SLP during an early intervention home
visit. The SLP notes that Andy demonstrates vocal play, raspberries, trills and
marginal babbling during the evaluation. Using this information, which stage of
linguistic development does Andy fall within?
a. exploration/expansion stage
b. coo and goo stage
c. canonical babbling stage
d. phonation stage - ANSWER a. exploration/expansion stage
9. During the transmission of an action potential, after a neuron has fired, there is
an absolute refractory period. This is a delay during which a neuron is unable to
transmit further action potentials. This delay must expire before that neuron can
fire again because:
a. sodium (Na+) ions continue to flow out of the cell after an action potential spike
b. potassium ions (K+) continue to flow out of the cell after an action potential
spike
c. voltage-gated Na+ channels are periodically inactivated after opening
