SLPA NC BOARD EXAM MOCK 2023-2024 REAL EXAM 150
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS (100%VERIFIED
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What is Baseline Data?
Data before intervention starts
What is a phonological disorder?
Speech sound disorder that focuses on predictable rule based on errors
such as fronting, stopping, and final consonant deletion.
What is the difference between extension and expansion?
Extension- add more information to the child’s utterances.
Expansion- keep the child’s word order the same we just expand it
slightly to make the utterances grammatically correct.
What is the difference between communication and language?
Communication- exchange of ideas, information or messages from one
person to another.
Language- how we express what we think or how we feel.
What are some non linguistic cues?
Gestures, body posture, facial expressions, eye contact, head and body
movement, physical distance (proxemics)
What are a few compensatory strategies used for stuttering (disfluent
speech)?
- Sliding or pullouts
- Relaxing the stutter
- Catching the stutter
- Intentional stuttering
- Easy stuttering/fluent stuttering
- Bouncing
- Cancellation
- Preparatory set
- Light contact
- Slower speech rates
- Relaxed breath patterns
- Slow/stretched speech
- Easy onset
- Pausing and chunking
What is an articulation disorder?
Difficulty in the production of individual speech sounds
What is an language disorder?
Difficulty in comprehension, speaking, writing, and other forms of
language.
Define a fluency disorder
“Bumpy speech” characterized by non-smooth and interrupted speech
What is the purpose of communication?
Processing and passing of messages between sender and receiver
effectively
What 4 systems do we need for speech? - Respiratory
- Phonatory
- Articulatory
- Nervous system
Why is dialect important?
Depending on the client’s dialect is how they will pronounce or have
certain names for certain things
What are the 4 learning modalities?
- Kinesthetic-learning by movement
- Tactile-learning by touch
- Visual-learning by sight
- Auditory-learning by hearing
When you return a patient/client to his hospital room/classroom, a
waiting family member begins to question you about details of therapy,
you should…
Refer family member to supervising SLP
Which of the following is a prerequisite for registration as an SLPA? - Evidence of completion
- Primary supervising licensee must complete and submit registration
form - Passing score on exam
CVC is considered:
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (Closed)
What is not within scope of practice?
Oral motor exercises for Dysphagia (swallowing)
Characteristics of Coma: - Eyes remain closed
- Inability to communicate
Failure to move in purposeful way
In order to be classified as having Dementia, _ must be
impaired and at least one of the following: - Abstract thinking
- Judgement