SLP Praxis II Practice Exam SLP

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When analyzing a client's speech-sample with an unrepaired cleft palate, what determines the timing of speech intervention?

• Intelligibility

• Misarticulations

• Nasal Emission

• Surgical procedures -ANSWER-D. Surgical procedures.

A patient complains of aching pains, tingling sensations and coldness.The SLP's evaluation reveals the patient's voice is soft, breathy and hoarse. Other symptoms include a mask-like face with slurred speech that sounds monotone. The clinician notices bradykinesia, rigidity, tremors and impaired postural reflexes. What is the likely diagnosis?

• Apraxia

• Parkinson's disease

• Vascular dementia

• Huntington's disease. -ANSWER-A. Parkinson's disease.

You have just assessed an 85 year old man with a high school education, significant hearing loss, poor motor skills, and uncontrolled blood pressure. Your diagnosis is global aphasia. During your counseling at the end of assessment, his wife asks "What is the prognosis for improvement in communication skills?" What would be an appropriate answer?

• prognosis is good for significant improvement in communication,

provided he receives 3 months of therapy

• Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at

the end of which I will have a better idea

• Prognosis is excellent, as long as you help sustain any

improvement gained in therapy

• Prognosis is unfavorable, so we do not recommend therapy -

ANSWER-B. Prognosis is guarded, but I recommend a period of trial therapy, at the end of which I will have a better idea

You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to you to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and "breathy" and gets more severe during recess and lunch. The child does not display symptoms of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the speech-language pathologist, what should you initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?

• The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.

• You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.

• The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.

• The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the

voice. -ANSWER-B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.

A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and craniofacial team wishes to develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin quantifying (however subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears in the speech of the children seen by the team each month. He will pass on this information to the plastic surgeon and other team members to assist them in making surgical decisions for each child.

The speech-language pathologist devises the following scale:

• -- almost no hypernasality
• -- slight hypernasality
• -- moderate hypernasality
• -- great amount of hypernasality

What is this type of scale called?

• Logarithmic scale
• Ordinal scale
• Nominal scale
• Interval scale -ANSWER-B. Ordinal scale

James, a 4-year-old boy, attends your cleft palate center for a speech evaluation. James was born with a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate. He is unable to close his velopharyngeal port and, as a result, has difficulty producing non-nasal sounds. This patient's non-nasal speech sounds would have which of the following characteristics?

• Hyponasality

• Hypernasality

• Assimilative nasality

• Cul-de-sac resonance -ANSWER-B. Hypernasality

Select the statement that is true of the screening procedure.

• It results in a diagnosis.

• It helps determine whether a clients needs a more complete

assessment.

• It leads into an immediate treatment program.

• It is typically not performed in the schools. -ANSWER-B. It helps

determine whether a clients needs a more complete assessment.

John has cerebral palsy that has resulted in a motor speech disorder caused by central nervous system damage. This damage has caused him to have weakness and incoordination of the muscles of speech.His speech is classified as

• paraphasic.

• dysarthric.

• apraxic.

• aphasic. -ANSWER-B. dysarthric

You are evaluating a 3-year-old child whose parents have concerns about his social aspects of communication, frequent echolalia, and perseverations. His parents mentioned that he frequently talks to himself, has anxiety, and displays hyperactive behavior. These concerns are evident throughout your evaluation. You notice that he has difficulty attending to tasks and has limited eye contact. Upon observation, his facial features are characterized by a high forehead, large jaw, and a poorly formed pinna. Following your evaluation, you refer this child and his family to a geneticist to rule out the possibility of

a genetic syndrome. The patient most likely presents with:

• Down syndrome

• Pierre-Robin syndrome

• Fragile X syndrome

• Prader-Willi syndrome -ANSWER-C. Fragile X syndrome

You are assessing a 76-year-old woman for a possible diagnosis of aphasia. You are interested finding out the specific type of aphasia that the woman is experiencing. You notice that she has strong repetition skills but has trouble answering questions spontaneously.