SLPA NC BOARD EXAM MOCK 2026-2027 REAL EXAM 150 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS (100%VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE

SLPA NC BOARD EXAM MOCK 2026-2027 REAL EXAM 150

QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS (100%VERIFIED

ANSWERS) |AGRADE

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)?

1. Sliding or pullouts

2. Relaxing the stutter

3. Catching the stutter

4. Intentional stuttering

5. Easy stuttering/fluent stuttering

6. Bouncing

7. Cancellation

8. Preparatory set

9. Light contact

10. Slower speech rates

11. Relaxed breath patterns

12. Slow/stretched speech

13. Easy onset

14. 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?

1. Respiratory

2. Phonatory

3. Articulatory

4. 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?

1. Kinesthetic-learning by movement

2. Tactile-learning by touch

3. Visual-learning by sight

4. 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?

1. Evidence of completion

2. Primary supervising licensee must complete and submit registration

form

3. 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:

1. Eyes remain closed

2. 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:

1. Abstract thinking

2. Judgement