Dysphagia Final Exam Prep 2026/2027 Update Questions and

Dysphagia Final Exam Prep ( 2026/2027 Update) Questions and Answers

Dysphagia Final Exam Prep ( 2026/

2026 Update) Questions and

Answers

Q: What is the other name for Yale Swallow Protocol?

Answer:

3-ounce water swallow test

Q: Widely used screener to determine risk for aspiration

Answer:

Yale Swallow Protocol: 3-ounce water swallow test

Q: The Yale Swallow Protocol is based off of Leder and colleagues studies (2011) that silent

aspiration is _______________

Answer:

Volume dependent

Q: What is included in the Yale Swallow Protocol?

Answer:

- Orientation questions

- Command following (1 step)

- Oral Mech exam: lingual/labial ROM

- Water swallow

Q: What is the failure criterion for the Yale Swallow Protocol?

Answer:

Do not consume entire amount, or coughing/throat clear within 1 minute of test administration or

a wet/hoarse vocal quality postswallow

Q: What is the pass criterion for the Yale Swallow Protocol?

Answer:

Diet can be recommended without the need for additional testing

Q: What are the 6 clinical indicators of aspiration?

Answer:

Dysphonia, dysarthria, abnormal volitional cough, abnormal gag, coughing post swallow and

voice change post swallow

Q: When using the 6 clinical indictors of aspiration, what is needed to recommend an

instrumental swallow assessment?

Answer:

Showing 2/6 clinical indicators can be used to define criterion for recommending an instrumental

swallow assessment

Q: - Can be used by any health care professional who has been officially trained and certified

- Developed for use with patients with CVA

Answer:

TOR-BSST: Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test

Q: TOR-BSST evaluates what?

Answer:

- Voice before water swallow

- Lingual movement

- Pharyngeal sensation

- Water swallow

- Voice after water swallow

Q: What is included in the TOR-BSST?

Answer:

- Vocal quality assessment before and after swallow

- Tongue symmetry

- Water swallows (10 individual tsp)

Q: - Developed for patients with CVA

- Screens for dysphagia, not just aspiration

- SLP administered

- Uses liquid and food

Answer:

Gugging Swallowing Screen

Q: What are the parts of the Gugging Swallowing Screen?

Answer:

- Indirect swallowing test (alertness, cough/throat clear, saliva swallow)

- Direct swallowing test (~5cc pudding thick water, liquid- max is 50ml, solid- Bread)

Q: - Developed for patients with stroke

- Screens for dysphagia

- Nurse-administered

Answer:

Massey Bedside Swallowing Screen

Q: What does the Massey Bedside Swallowing Screen assess?

Answer:

- Alertness

- Dysarthria

- Oral Mech

- Cough

- Water swallows 1 tsp, 60cc

Q: - Physician-administered (Neurologists)

- Designed for patients with CVA

- Subjective measures only. Do not present a bolus

Answer:

Modified Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability

Q: What is included in a Modified Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability?

Answer:

- Alertness

- Cooperation

- Auditory Comprehension

- Dysarthria

- Oral Mech Exam

- Respiration

- Cough

- NO boluses presented

Q: What is usually the first step in a complete assessment of a patient with dysphagia?