Speech Pathology Praxis Questions

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Which cranial nerve is primarily responsible for vocal fold movement?

• CN V (Trigeminal)
• CN VII (Facial)

✔✔ C. CN X (Vagus)

• CN XII (Hypoglossal)

What is the most appropriate treatment focus for a patient with apraxia of speech?

• Increasing breath support

✔✔ B. Motor planning and sequencing

• Reducing vocal nodules
• Increasing oropharyngeal strength

Which phonological process involves replacing a front sound with a back sound, like saying "gog" for "dog"?

• Stopping 1 / 4

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• Fronting

✔✔ C. Backing

• Gliding

What is the first step in conducting a speech-language evaluation for a preschool child?

• Referral to audiology

✔✔ B. Case history and parent interview

• Articulation testing
• Oral-motor exam

Which type of dysarthria is most commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease?✔✔ A. Hypokinetic

• Spastic
• Ataxic
• Flaccid

Which of the following is a hallmark feature of Broca’s aphasia?

• Fluent, meaningless speech 2 / 4

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✔✔ B. Nonfluent speech with intact comprehension

• Poor auditory comprehension and fluent output
• Impaired reading with fluent speech

Which swallowing phase involves the actual movement of the bolus through the esophagus?

• Oral prep phase
• Oral transit phase
• Pharyngeal phase

✔✔ D. Esophageal phase

What is the term for difficulty in using language appropriately in social situations?

• Morphological disorder

✔✔ B. Pragmatic disorder

• Articulation disorder
• Receptive language disorder

Which of the following assessments is most appropriate to identify phonological awareness skills? 3 / 4

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✔✔ A. CTOPP (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing)

• GFTA (Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation)
• CELF-Preschool
• PPVT (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test)

Which fluency-enhancing technique involves stretching the initial sound of a word?

• Cancellation

✔✔ B. Easy onset

• Prolonged speech
• Pull-out

What is the primary feature of cluttering?

• Repetition of initial consonants
• Word-finding difficulty

✔✔ C. Rapid, irregular speech rate

• Prolonged pauses

Which of the following is considered a language-based learning disability?

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