Research & Professional Issues
A speech language pathologist will receive compensation for utilizing a specific brand of thickener in her private practice. Which ethical dilemma is present in this scenario?
1.Negligence
2.Conflict of interest
3.Fraud
4.Misrepresentation
2. Conflict of Interest
It is developmentally normal for a child 8 to 12 months old to wave bye-bye. Which norm is this an example for?
1.Pragmatics
2.Semantics
3.Phonology
4.Syntax
1.Pragmatics
The 3rd frontal gyrus, also known as Brodmann area 44, correlates with what anatomical area or structure?
1.Basal ganglia
2.Broca’s area
3.Wernicke’s area
4.Heschl’s gyrus
2. Broca's area
Katie is a full time vocal performer. She notices a problem with her voice and schedules an appointment with the ENT where she is diagnosed with vocal nodules. What type of vocal disorder was Katie diagnosed with?
1.Neurogenic voice disorder
2.Psychological voice disorder
3.Structural voice disorder
4.Conversion voice disorder
3. Structural voice disorder
When a child produces a posteriorly placed consonant instead of an anteriorly placed consonant they are using what phonological process?
1.Assimilation
2.Backing
3.Fronting
4.Stridency
2. Backing
The “incidence” of a disorder is defined as:
1.A predictive measurement
2.Number of new cases of a disorder reported between a specific amount of time
3.Most common etiology of the disorder
4.Number of cases of the disorder that were successfully treated
2.Number of new cases of a disorder reported between a specific amount of time
Austin is a 24-month-old toddler who is utilizing gestures to provide additional meaning to his utterances. For example, he will point to the back door while saying, “go!”. Which of the following is true regarding Austin’s use of gestures?
1.Austin’s use of gestures does not predict his use of multi-word utterances.
2.Austin is using supplementary gestures.
3.Austin’s caregivers should ignore his gestures and reinforce spoken words.
4.Austin is using complementary gestures.
The amount of air inhaled and exhaled during a normal breathing cycle:
1.Tidal volume
2.Total lung capacity
3.Diaphragmatic breathing
4.None of the above
1. Tidal volume
Contact ulcers may be caused by all of the following except:
1.chronic throat clearing
2.hard-glottal attack
3.Intubation
4.psychogenic problems
4. Psychogenic problems
Which of the following would be the most appropriate assessment material for a child in 5th grade with difficulties in content, form, and use?
1.CELF-5
2.GFTA-3
3.The Rossetti
4.SSI-4
1. CELF-5
Which of the following federal statutes mandates that movie theaters provide assistive listening devices to individuals with hearing loss?
1.Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended
2.The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, as amended
3.The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended
4.The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
3.The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended
Of the following theories of cognitive development, whose posits discrete developmental stages?
1.Piaget’s
2.Bandura’s
3.Skinner’s
4.Vygotsky’s
1. Piaget's
Which of the following muscles produces the opposing action to those that produce velopharyngeal closure?
1.Musculus uvulae
2.Levator veli palatini
3.Palatoglossus
4.Stylopharyngeus
3. Palatoglossus
A speech language pathologist is treating a patient who just underwent a total laryngectomy. Which of the following is not an appropriate speaking option for the patient?
1.speaking valve
2.electrolarynx
3.TEP
4.esophageal speech
1. speaking valve
Of the following utterances, which would be considered a true error of syntax and not a dialectal feature of African American English?
1."The baby shoe"
2."He like milk"
3."I might could go"
4."He wented home"
4. "He wented home"
A public-school-based SLP is employed in a state that sets the max caseload at 65. However, the clinician's caseload is currently at 64 with a waiting list of 10 additional students. The school principal insists that the SLP enroll the 10 students immediately, because the district cannot locate another clinician to assist with the caseload. Which of the following is the most appropriate way for the SLP to address the situation?
1.Enroll 1 of the 10 students and provide the principal with a written statement of caseload needs, mentioning the amount, type, and frequency of treatment.
2.Refer the 10 students to a SLP working in a private setting.
3.Suggest that the principal ask a school SLP from another school district to take the 10 students.
4.Maintain current caseload until an additional SLP is hired.
Enroll 1 of the 10 students and provide the principal with a written statement of caseload needs, mentioning the amount, type, and frequency of treatment.
Which of the following would be commonly observed in a typically developing 24-month-old child?
1.90% speech intelligibility
2.4-word combinations
3.beginning to follow 1-step directions
4.MLU around 2.0
4. MLU around 2.0
Which of the following types of fibers facilitates communication between the R and L hemispheres by connecting cortical areas in the two hemispheres?
1.Association
2.Commissural
3.Efferent
4.Afferent
2. Commissural
The lowest frequency of a periodic wave is also known as:
1.The fundamental frequency or second harmonic
2.The fundamental frequency or first harmonic
3.The formant frequency or first harmonic
4.The first octave or the fundamental frequency
2.The fundamental frequency or first harmonic
In assessing a child who has an acquired brain injury, it is most important for the SLP to
1.assess pragmatics through a structured language test
2.compare premorbid performance with present performance
3.ensure administration of an intelligence test
4.compare nonverbal performance with verbal performance
2. compare premorbid performance with present performance
A study tested subjects with a phonological disorder prior to treatment and again after treatment. Change in the subjects tests performance may have been due to the effects of the treatment, but also to the fact that the subjects were already practiced in taking the test.
Such subject "practice effects" are a threat to which of the following aspects of the study?
1.Internal validity
2.External validity
3.Measurement precision
4.Reliability
1. Internal validity
A child exhibits the following production errors: w/r, th/s, t/sh, t/ch, z/dz, t/k, and d/g. If a target sound for initial intervention is to be selected on the basis of established developmental norms, then that sound will be...
1./s/
2./sh/
3./k/
4./ch/
3. /k/
A client exhibits weakness, atrophy, and fasciculations of the right side of the tongue and lower face. The client also has vocal-fold weakness and nasal regurgitation of fluid when swallowing. These problems are the result of damage to which part of the nervous system?
1.brain stem
2.cerebellum
3.left cerebral cortex
4.right cerebral cortex
1.brain stem
Which of these are benign growths of thick, whitish patches on the surface membrane of the mucosa that occur due to tissue irritation?
1.Reinke’s Edema
2.Granuloma
3.Leukoplakia
4.Papilloma
3. Leukoplakia
A speech language pathologist is evaluating a child with Fragile X Syndrome. Which of the following characteristics can the clinician expect to observe?
1.Smooth philtrum
2.Wide mouth, full lips
3.Macroglossia
4.Elongated face, prominent ears
4. Elongated face, prominent ears