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SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY (SLP) PRAXIS V2
NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE EXAM| 150 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
Inhalation during respiration is primarily carried out through the movement of which of the following muscles or muscle groups?
- Diaphragm
- Internal intercostals
- External intercostals
- Scalenes - Correct Answer - (A) The diaphragm is the muscle that
creates the most volume in the lungs.
An SLP receives a referral from an audiologist for a 72-year-old woman who demonstrates a moderate to severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss preventing her from participating in social activities. Which of the following best identifies the SLP's role?A.Training in speech reading B.Prescribing hearing aids C.Performing an auditory evaluation D.Using auditory integration training - Correct Answer - (A) Providing speech-reading therapy is a primary role for SLPs as it enhances the overall communicative competency for the client.
Which of the following instruments is often used to document stages of recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBIT B I) ? 1 / 4
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- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Scale of Executive Function
- Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development
- Rancho Los Amigos Scales of Cognitive Function - Correct Answer -
(D).The Rancho Los Amigos Scales of Cognitive Function is the only truly "scaled" instrument developed specifically for rehabilitation documentation following TBIT B I.
An SLP uses evidence-based practice by integrating the perspectives and values of the client, patient, or caregivers into the treatment plan. Which of the following best reflects simultaneous incorporation of the host culture's perspectives and values and maintenance of the native culture's perspectives and values?A.Acculturation B.Assimilation C.Enculturation D.Ethnocentrism - Correct Answer - (A).Acculturation is the incorporation of the host culture's perspective and the native culture's perspective and values.
Which of the following strategies to treat compensatory articulation errors is most appropriate for a child with hypernasality and glottal stop substitutions following surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency?A.Using oral motor exercises B.Using a straw to elicit /s/forward slash s forward slash 2 / 4
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pg. 3 C.Using tactile cues to elicit phonemes D.Using negative practice - Correct Answer - (C).Tactile cues are used to elicit correct articulation placement.
Which of the following neuroimaging studies specifies which artery or arteries is/are occluded in a patient with a stroke?A.Electroencephalography B.Magnetoencephalography C.Evoked-response potentials D.CT or MR angiography - Correct Answer - (D).These studies will give results which specify which artery is occluded.
An SLP assesses a 3-year-old child with poor intelligibility. The SLP attempts to determine whether the child has a severe phonological disorder or childhood apraxia of speech (CASC A S). Which TWO of the following characteristics are primarily indicative of CASC A S?A.Presenting with decreased strength and muscle coordination B.Displaying inconsistencies in articulation performance C.Making the same errors independent of length of speech utterance D.Speaking with a disrupted rate, rhythm, and stress of speech - Correct Answer - (B) and (D).Children with CASC A S struggle to make consistent productions of speech sounds. Children with CASC A S speak with a rate, rhythm, and stress of speech that can be disrupted, and sometimes they can appear to be groping for placement. 3 / 4
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pg. 4 A 6-year-old child has difficulty producing both regular and irregular plural forms. Intervention for this problem would best target language at the level of A.syntax B.phonology C.morphology D.semantics - Correct Answer - (C).Regular and irregular plural forms are morphological markers.
A patient is referred to speech therapy after a total laryngectomy. The SLP teaches the patient to speak by taking air in through the mouth, trapping it in the throat, and then releasing it. Which of the following treatments is the SLP primarily implementing with the patient?A.Tracheoesophageal puncture B.Esophageal speech C.Neck electrolarynx D.Intraoral artificial larynx - Correct Answer - (B).Esophageal speech focuses on using the esophagus to provide speech, and no devices are used.
Following placement of a tracheostomy tube, a patient recovering from cardiothoracic surgery is successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation. A day later the SLP receives a consult to assess patient candidacy for using a one-way tracheostomy valve. Which of the following observations is the most important contraindication for safe and successful patient tolerance of the one-way valve?
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