ETS Form 1 Questions and Answers

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ETS Form 1 Questions and Answers Latest Version Graded A+

What is the best cue to use when helping a child produce the /k/ sound correctly?

• Point to the front teeth

✔✔ B. Touch under the chin to cue tongue retraction

• Tap the lips gently
• Emphasize the sound with a whisper

Which of the following is most appropriate to increase vocal loudness in a patient with Parkinson’s disease?

• Tongue strengthening exercises
• Lip rounding drills

✔✔ C. Use of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT)

• Phonological contrast therapy

When a child says “tup” for “cup,” this is an example of:

✔✔ A. Fronting

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• Gliding
• Devoicing

What is the main purpose of a language sample in assessment?

• To compare articulation accuracy

✔✔ B. To evaluate functional language use in natural settings

• To diagnose intellectual disability
• To screen for hearing loss

Which of the following best supports carryover of articulation skills?

• Repeating syllables 20 times

✔✔ B. Practicing words in conversation

• Saying sounds in isolation
• Using nonsense syllables

What is an appropriate goal for a student using a picture-based AAC system?✔✔ A. Use two-picture combinations to request

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• Memorize new vocabulary
• Copy words from a board

A child with cleft palate may have the most difficulty producing which sound?

• /m/

✔✔ B. /s/

• /n/
• /w/

Which of the following would be most helpful during a bedside swallow evaluation?✔✔ A. Checking for wet vocal quality after swallow

• Taking blood pressure readings
• Assessing visual memory
• Listening for reflux sounds

What is the first step before choosing a communication system for a nonspeaking student?✔✔ A. Assessing motor, vision, and cognitive abilities

• Purchasing a high-tech device 3 / 4

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• Teaching manual signs
• Observing another student using AAC

A parent reports that their child’s speech is very hard to understand, but the child uses full sentences. What is the likely issue?✔✔ A. Speech sound disorder

• Language delay
• Pragmatic disorder
• Hearing loss

Which task would best assess phonological awareness?✔✔ A. Identifying rhyming words

• Naming body parts
• Answering WH- questions
• Matching pictures to words

A preschooler who repeats the first sound of a word (“b-b-ball”) is demonstrating: ✔✔ A. Repetition disfluency

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