DLD final exam review questions with
correct answers
For students in the advanced language stage, what is the primary purpose for intervention?
a. changing the disorder
b. providing compensatory strategies
c. eliminating the disorder
d. maximizing ACT or SAT scores - correct answer ✔✔ b. providing compensatory strategies
After ________ grade, new words are typically learned through reading, not conversation.
a. kindergarten
b. second grade
c. fourth grade
d. eighth grade - correct answer ✔✔ c. fourth grade
What would be an example of a functional language skill for a high schooler?
a. knowing the appropriate vocabulary to use during a job interview
b. naming all US presidents in order
c. identifying all of the capitals in Europe
d. solving story problems in algebra - correct answer ✔✔ a. knowing the appropriate vocabulary
to use during a job interview
You are working with a student on narrative comprehension.You are preparing the student to
read "Oliver Twist" which is a required reading for Language Arts. To help with comprehension,
you ask the student to think of what he knows about England in the 1800s. What strategy are
you using?
,a. establishing a purpose
b. activating prior knowledge
c. making predictions
d. visualizing - correct answer ✔✔ b. activating prior knowledge
What skills are emphasized when working on writing mechanics?
a. narrative length
b. cohesion
c. spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
d. semantics - correct answer ✔✔ c. spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
The book describes the POWER strategy to facilitate the writing process. What are the steps
that students with DLD usually struggle with most?
a. planning and organizing
b. organizing and writing
c. writing and editing
d. editing and revising - correct answer ✔✔ a. planning and organizing
Which approach works especially well to develop pragmatic skills for students with ASD?
a. pompt cards
b. "Think aloud"
c. reciprocal teaching
d. video modeling - correct answer ✔✔ d. video modeling
Which of the following is not within the expected scope of practice for an SLP in a secondary
school setting?
a. increasing understanding of figurative language
, b. basic decoding skills
c. metacognitive strategies
d. elaborating their vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔ b. basic decoding skills
According to Norbury (2004), the most important aspect of an intervention program on
figurative language is...
a. scaffolding
b. repeated exposure
c. metaphor construction
d. ambiguity of humor - correct answer ✔✔ b. repeated exposure
Which of the following is not a strategy or procedure used for syntactic intervention in the
advanced language stage?
a. sentence-combining skills
b. script analysis
c. using introducers, conjuncts and markers
d. paraphrasing activities - correct answer ✔✔ b. script analysis
According to Larson and McKinley (2003a), when the SLP is having a discussion with their
student(s) about how, when, or with whom they can use their new skill, this would fall under
which element of social skill instruction?
a. guided instruction
b. planning
c. generalization
d. rehearsal - correct answer ✔✔ b. planning
correct answers
For students in the advanced language stage, what is the primary purpose for intervention?
a. changing the disorder
b. providing compensatory strategies
c. eliminating the disorder
d. maximizing ACT or SAT scores - correct answer ✔✔ b. providing compensatory strategies
After ________ grade, new words are typically learned through reading, not conversation.
a. kindergarten
b. second grade
c. fourth grade
d. eighth grade - correct answer ✔✔ c. fourth grade
What would be an example of a functional language skill for a high schooler?
a. knowing the appropriate vocabulary to use during a job interview
b. naming all US presidents in order
c. identifying all of the capitals in Europe
d. solving story problems in algebra - correct answer ✔✔ a. knowing the appropriate vocabulary
to use during a job interview
You are working with a student on narrative comprehension.You are preparing the student to
read "Oliver Twist" which is a required reading for Language Arts. To help with comprehension,
you ask the student to think of what he knows about England in the 1800s. What strategy are
you using?
,a. establishing a purpose
b. activating prior knowledge
c. making predictions
d. visualizing - correct answer ✔✔ b. activating prior knowledge
What skills are emphasized when working on writing mechanics?
a. narrative length
b. cohesion
c. spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
d. semantics - correct answer ✔✔ c. spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
The book describes the POWER strategy to facilitate the writing process. What are the steps
that students with DLD usually struggle with most?
a. planning and organizing
b. organizing and writing
c. writing and editing
d. editing and revising - correct answer ✔✔ a. planning and organizing
Which approach works especially well to develop pragmatic skills for students with ASD?
a. pompt cards
b. "Think aloud"
c. reciprocal teaching
d. video modeling - correct answer ✔✔ d. video modeling
Which of the following is not within the expected scope of practice for an SLP in a secondary
school setting?
a. increasing understanding of figurative language
, b. basic decoding skills
c. metacognitive strategies
d. elaborating their vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔ b. basic decoding skills
According to Norbury (2004), the most important aspect of an intervention program on
figurative language is...
a. scaffolding
b. repeated exposure
c. metaphor construction
d. ambiguity of humor - correct answer ✔✔ b. repeated exposure
Which of the following is not a strategy or procedure used for syntactic intervention in the
advanced language stage?
a. sentence-combining skills
b. script analysis
c. using introducers, conjuncts and markers
d. paraphrasing activities - correct answer ✔✔ b. script analysis
According to Larson and McKinley (2003a), when the SLP is having a discussion with their
student(s) about how, when, or with whom they can use their new skill, this would fall under
which element of social skill instruction?
a. guided instruction
b. planning
c. generalization
d. rehearsal - correct answer ✔✔ b. planning
