Speech and Language Pathology
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Speech and Language Pathology is a comprehensive course that explores the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan. Students will learn about the anatomy and physiology of speech and language mechanisms, language development, phonetics, audiology, and the neurological bases of communication. The course covers various speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing disorders, emphasizing evidence-based therapeutic strategies and interventions. Ethical considerations, cultural competence, and interdisciplinary collaboration in clinical practice are also addressed, preparing students for professional roles in educational, healthcare, and research settings.
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Human Communication Disorders 8th Edition by Noma B. Anderson
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Human Communication Disorders: a Philosophy and Practice of Science in Service
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Q1) Communication disorders cross all age,racial,gender and socioeconomic lines. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The County Hospital decides to screen the hearing of all newborns before they leave the hospital.The hospital contracts for the services of
A)A speech-language pathologist
B)An audiologist
C)A hearing aid dispenser
D)An occupational therapist
Answer: B
Q3) Evidence-based practice refers to the application of A)Research to clinical decision making
B)Clinical expertise to clinical decision making
C)Clinical experience to clinical decision making
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Development of Communication, language, and Speech
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Q1) A language milestone characteristic of the toddler stage of language development
A)Relies on prosody to discern individual speech sounds
B)Acquires 100+ words
C)Uses fast mapping
D)Understands jokes
Answer: B
Q2) Caregiver-infant interactions important to language development include
A)Joint action
B)Joint reference
C)Baby talk
D)A and B
Answer: D
Q3) Phonological processes
A)Are rules for combining individual speech sounds
B)Reflect rules for simplifying speech
C)Demonstrate acoustic,articulatory and perceptual characteristics of speech sounds
D)Reflect baby speech
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Biology and Physics of Speech
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Q1) Phonation occurs when
A)Vocal folds vibrate in the presence of air flow
B)Vocal folds release mucous
C)The larynx opens and closes
D)The vocal folds vibrate in a vacuum created in the larynx
Answer: A
Q2) With contralateral neural control,the right side of the brain controls the right side of the body.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Julie is six years old and has lost her upper central incisors.Which sounds may be difficult for her to produce?
A)/o/ B)/m/ C)/s/ D)/k/
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Multicultural and Multilingual Considerations
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Q1) Accent
A)Phonological and vocal characteristics of a spoken language derived from geographical and foreign language influences
B)Variations in rules for the form,content and use of a spoken language derived from historical,social,regional and cultural influences
C)Variations in communication that deviate from the speech community's standard D)All of the above
Q2) A communication difference is not always a communication disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Standardized tests may give the inaccurate impression that a communication disorder exists.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Bidialectal individuals are considered effective code-switchers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Genetics: Basis for Development and Disorders
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Q1) The Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas GENSAT)helps investigators understand which genes are critical in the nervous system and how they function.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Gene expression refers to the passing on of traits from parents to children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Phenotypes refer to
A)The physical and behavioral characteristics of inheritance displayed by an individual
B)The expressed genes and unexpressed genomes
C)Both a and b
D)None of the above
Q4) Consultation with a genetic counselor may be helpful for speech-language pathologists and audiologists if their client has
A)Traumatic brain injury
B)Tongue thrust
C)Pierre Robin Syndrome
D)Aphasia
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Chapter 6: Articulatory and Phonological Disorders
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Q1) The most frequently occurring communication disorders are disorders of articulation and phonology.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Inconsistent speech sound errors suggest that Emily presents with
A)A physical abnormality of the vocal tract
B)Underlying phonological knowledge that is intact but use of knowledge that is impaired
C)Impaired underlying phonological knowledge and use of knowledge that is impaired
D)None of the above
Q3) Children with articulation and phonology disorders often present with reading disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Phonology refers to
A)The motor movements involved in the production of speech
B)Categories of meanings represented by speech sounds
C)Rules of constraints and use of speech sound system
D)All of the above
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Chapter 7: Stuttering and Other Disorders of Fluency
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Q1) Maria has learned to effectively use several fluency-enhancing techniques.Therefore,when she gives oral presentations in class,she
A)Slows her rate of speech
B)Increases the length of her pauses between phrases and sentences
C)Increases the loudness of voice
D)All of the above
Q2) The speech-language pathologist will screen the speech of all first graders in his two assigned schools.Based on previous research,he may expect to find
A)More fluency disorders among girls than boys
B)More fluency disorders among boys than girls
C)The ratio of boys to girls who have fluency disorders to vary among cultural groups
D)All of the above
E)B and C
Q3) Prolongations longer than one second on 2% or more of words spoken is indicative of a stuttering problem.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Voice Disorders
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Q1) Speech is the process of producing complex sounds.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Joseph smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for 25 years.He also consumed 2-3 packs of beer on weekends routinely since his early 20's.Now at age 50,he contacts his physician with complaints of a chronic cough,difficulty swallowing and hoarseness of voice.Two weeks later,Joseph has been scheduled for surgery to remove his larynx and has been referred to a speech-language pathologist for an evaluation and probable vocal rehabilitation because of a diagnosis of
A)Vocal edema
B)Vocal polyp
C)Vocal fold nodules
D)Laryngeal carcinoma
Q3) The goal of voice assessment is to provide a direction for voice therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some speech sounds,such as /f,v,s,z/,contain noise.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Cleft Lip and Palate and Other Craniofacial Disorders
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Q1) Both John and Amy exhibit articulation errors related to their VPI.You decide to conduct further testing of the misarticulated sounds to determine which errors are most likely the result of VPI.Some of these errors would include
A)Weak syllable deletion and substitution of /w/ for /r/
B)Glottal stop and pharyngeal plosive
C)Lateral lisp and frontal lips
D)All of the above
Q2) There is also a child on your caseload born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate.John is a five year-old kindergartner who has been receiving early intervention services since birth.You read that his surgery to repair his cleft lip and palate was not very successful in helping him achieve normal speech resonance.Another treatment option may be
A)Pharmacology Nasopharyngoscopy
B)Prosthetics
C)Use of oral motor exercises such as repetitive blowing and sucking to improve velopharyngeal function
D)Occlusion of the child's nose to improve velopharyngeal function
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Chapter 10: Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and Adults
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Q1) Shaun's condition was probably caused by damage to the brain that may have occurred
A)During fetal development
B)During birth
C)Shortly after birth
D)Any of the above
Q2) Six year old Brian has cerebral palsy resulting from bilateral upper motor neuron damage.He exhibits hypertonia,hyperreflexia,dysarthria,dysphonia,bilateral hemiparesis,and drooling.Brian has been diagnosed with A)Spastic cerebral palsy
B)Athetoid cerebral palsy
C)Ataxic cerebral palsy
D)Mixed cerebral palsy
Q3) Neurogenic speech disorders are caused by damage to the nervous system. A)True
B)False
Q4) Flaccidity refers to muscle weakness.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Developmental Language Impairment During
the Preschool Years
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Q1) Developmental language delay may range in severity from mild to severe. A)True
B)False
Q2) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS)places a child at risk for language delay.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Failure to acquire words during the second year of life is a sign of language delay.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Children who do not effectively use early communicative vocalizations and gestures to establish joint attention and to engage in social interaction often experience language delay later in life.
A)True B)False
Q5) Children with developmental language delay often produce their first word around 10-12 months of age similar to children developing language normally.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Language Disabilities in School-Age Children and Youth
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Q1) Reliance on test scores to the exclusion of other types of information to diagnose language impairment is an example of "best practices."
A)True
B)False
Q2) Students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are more likely to experience SLI than students from mainstream backgrounds.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Students encounter difficulty in school when discrepancies exist between their language abilities and the language demands of the curriculum.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Language assessment guides language intervention.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Naturalistic intervention approaches teach specific language skills.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: From Emergent Literacy to Literacy:
Development and Disorders
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Q1) Linda can analyze printed words into sound elements and translate the sounds to their corresponding letters.This skill is referred to as
A)Encoding
B)Decoding
C)Miscoding
D)Comprehension
Q2) Four-year old Amy recognizes rhymes such as "bake-cake" and "cat-hat".This skill demonstrates
A)Alliteration
B)Phonological awareness
C)Alphabetic knowledge
D)Sound blending
Q3) Children are demonstrating 'print awareness' when they recognize that print can be used to tell stories,make lists or write letters.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Emergent literacy instruction should begin in the first or second grade.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Aphasia and Related Acquired Language Disorders
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Q1) The occurrence of aphasia,though devastating,provides a unique opportunity to study brain-behavior relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Miss Levitz first presented with memory loss in her early 60's prompting her to retire early from teaching.As she aged,the memory loss worsened and Miss.Levitz began experiencing confusion,sadness and an inability to socially interact with family and friends.After she passed,her niece requested an autopsy to determine the cause of her aunt's difficulties during the last years of her life.The results of the autopsy showed multiple,diffuse lesions in many areas of Miss Levitz's brain.The physician told Miss Levitz's niece that it appeared that her aunt experienced multiple undiagnosed mini strokes.The diagnosis was
A)Fluent aphasia
B)Right hemisphere disorder
C)Traumatic brain injury
D)Dementia secondary to multiple infarcts
Q3) Damage to the right side of the brain causes aphasia.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Q1) Augmentative communication strategies supplement residual speech,while alternative communication strategies replace speech.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To teach the scanning method of symbol selection
A)Begin with partner-assisted selection,then move to auditory scanning
B)Begin with auditory scanning,then move to visual scanning
C)Begin with row-column selection,then progress to linear selection
D)Begin with linear selection,then progress to row-column selection
Q3) AAC symbol sets do not have specified rules for expansion while AAC symbol systems do.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Ideograms are real life pictures to be used on communication boards.
A)True
B)False
Q5) AAC symbol sets represent abstract and concrete referents equally well,whereas AAC symbol systems do not.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Swallowing: Process and Disorders
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Q1) All of the swallowing specialists on the East Coast decide to participate in the Crest® toothpaste campaign to select the next flavor of Crest Whitening Expressions®.The flavor most likely to be selected by a majority of the speech-language pathologists is
A)Herbal mint
B)Lemon ice
C)Tropical exotica
D)Sweet berry punch
Q2) Infants who cannot coordinate the timing of breathing with swallowing should be breast-fed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A widely distributed neural network,involving the left and right hemispheres,is believed to be responsible for swallowing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Direct treatment for dysphagia involves the use of food.Indirect treatment does not.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Hearing and Hearing Disorders
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Q1) Four-year old Allison's hearing loss is congenital.Five-year old Mark's hearing loss occurred at age 4 ½ after a bout with rubella.
A)Allison is less likely than Mark to experience language delay.
B)Allison is more likely than Mark to experience language delay.
C)The risk for language delay is similar for both children.
D)None of the above
Q2) John has a sensorineural hearing loss and Paul has a conductive hearing loss.
A)John's speech discrimination skills are probably better than Paul's speech discrimination abilities.
B)Paul's speech discrimination skills are probably better than John's speech discrimination abilities.
C)John and Paul probably display similar speech discrimination abilities.
D)John's speech discrimination skills will be better for the left ear and Paul's speech discrimination will probably be better for the right ear.
Q3) In general,the greater the amount of sensorineural loss,the poorer the speech discrimination abilities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Audiologic Rehabilitation
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Q1) To assess the benefits of an AR program,the audiologists survey family members of patients to measure level of improvement in communication after treatment.
A)This is a subjective measure.
B)This is an objective measure.
C)This approach combines subjective and objective measures.
D)None of the above
Q2) As an audiologist for the Lincoln County Health Department,your clinical duties include
A)Evaluate speech and language skills of preschoolers
B)Teach speechreading as part of an audiologic rehabilitation program
C)Prescribe and dispense hearing aids
D)Measure hearing abilities and diagnose hearing disorders
E)All but A
Q3) Hearing aid orientation refers to the process dealers use to sell an aid to a customer.
A)True
B)False
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