Linguistic Stages
Infants begin to send intentional purposeful messages at 9-12 months via babbling and gesturing, which linguistic stage is this?
A. Perlocutionary Period
B. Illocutionary Period
C. None of the above
D. All of the above
B. Illocutionary Period
By 3 months, typically developing infants may consistently do which of the following:
A. Follow 1-step directions
B. Cries for basic needs
C. Looks when name is called
D. Quiets/Smiles in response to noise
e. B and C
f. B and D
Jim is 28 months old and he is using present progressive-ing and regular plural-s, which Brown's stage is Jim in ?
A. Stage III
B. Stage V
C. Stage IV
D. Stage II
D. Stage II, 27-30 months
Martha is a 78 year old female who is reporting loss of taste when she eats. She went fro an instrumental swallow study which reported she has 2 occurrences of laryngeal penetration. What is the best course of treatment ?
A. Modified diet
B. Oral motor exercises
C. Pharyngeal strength exercises
D. No speech therapy indicated
D. No speech therapy indicted, because it's age related swallow changes.
Language is often classified into three components: form, content, use. Which of the following is an example of content?
A. Syntax
B. Pragmatics
C. Semantics
D. A and C
E. All of the above
C. Semantics
Johnny is 5 months old and recently began blowing raspberries and squeaking. What stage of perlocutionary period is this?
A. Cooing
B. Babbling
C. Vocal Play
D. All of the above
C. Vocal Play
Steve is a typically developing child. He recognizes his own name when called, he points to objects/shows them to others and uses simple gestures to communicate. What age is Steve most likely close to ?
A. 5 months
B. 1 year old
C. 8 months
D. 3 months
C. 8 months
What is the Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) for a child between the age of 12-26 months?
A. 1.0-2.0
B. 2.0-2.5
C. 2.5-3.0
D. 3.0-3.75
A. 1.0-2.0
Joe is a 65 year old male experiencing pitch and quality changes. His voice is becoming breathy and his pitch is increasing. What type of aged-related disorder is Joe experiencing?
A. Presbyphagia
B. Presbyphonia
C. Presbycusis
D. None of the above
Presbyphonia- age related voice changes
Which statement best describes expressive language?
A. How someone expresses wants/needs
B. Listening and reading
C. Speaking and Writing
D. Both A and C
E. All of the above
D. Both A and C
Timmy is 7 months old and recently began babbling. He produces chains in such as "mama" and "dada". What type of babbling is Timmy demonstrating?
A. Variegated babbling
B. Reduplicated babbling
C. Cooing
D. None of the above
B. Reduplicated babbling
Carlos is a typically developing child. He follow 1-step directions and understands simple questions. He pits 2 words together and says social words like hello. Carlos is most likely closest to what age?
A. 18 months
B. 2 year old
C. 10 months
D. 2 1/2 years old
A. 18 months
How many morphemes are in the following sentence?
"It was undeniable that she was the happiest girl in her class?"
A.16
B. 17
C. 14
D. 15
D. 15
Maria is a 75 year old female, who is reporting difficulty recalling new information and difficulty multitasking. What is the best course of treatment?
A. Oral motor exercises
B. No speech therapy at this time
C. Cognitive treatment
D. None of the above
C. Cognitive treatment
Which statement best describes receptive language?
A. Speaking and Writing
B. Gestures/pointing
C. Listening and Reading
D. Understanding of language (Vocabulary, questions, concepts and following directions)
E. Both C and D
E. Both C and D
At what age do typically developing children say their first words?
A. 12 months
B. 18 month
C. 24 months
D. None of the above
A. 12 months
Lily is a typically developing child. She understands order word such as first and last. She tells short stories and keeps conversation. Lily is most likely closest to what age?
A. 5 years old
B. 3 years old
C. 2 1/2 years old
D. 3 1/2 years old
A. 5 years old
Joe is 35 months and uses third person regular present tense such as " He climbs", which Brown's stage is he in?
A. Stage V
B. Stage IV
C. Stage II
D. Stage III
B. Stage IV
Why is it important that SLPs know the difference between normal aging and disordered?
A. Many medical diseases, disorders and injuries negatively impact normal aging.
B. To be able to distinguish normal aging from medical disorders/diseases.
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
C. All of the above
There are two types of language, receptive and expressive language. Which type of language develops first?
A. Expressive
B. Receptive
C. Both expressive and receptive language develop at the same time.
At what age do typically developing children have approximately 50 words in their expressive vocabulary?
A. 12 months
B. 18 months
C. 24 months
D. 3 years old
B. 18 months
Jen is a typically developing child. She understands simple opposites and questions. She recently started to ask her mother "why" questions during reading time. Jen is most likely closest to what age?
A. 8 months old
B. 12 months old
C. 2 1/2 years old
D. 4 years old
C. 2 1/2 years old
How many morphemes are in the following sentence ?
"The greatest soccer team quickly won the last game of the season by scoring three extra points"
A. 21
B. 16
C. 15
D. 19
A. 21
Language is often classified into three components: form, content, and use. Which of the following is an example of form?
A. Syntax
B. Pragmatics
C. Morphology
D. A and C
E. All of the above
D. A and C