Which of the following entails receiving, understanding, and expressing information, feelings, and ideas?
a. Reading
b. Communication
c. Comprehension
d. Language
Communication
Which of the following is characterized by difficulty receiving or understanding information?
a. Speech disorder
b. Language disorder
c. Receptive language disorder
d. Expressive language disorder
Receptive language disorder
A language variation used by a group of individuals that reflects regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors is:
a. Dialect
b. Ebonics
c. Accent
d. Difference
Dialect
What percent of students aged 6-21 have speech/language disorders?
a. About 20%
b. Nearly 50%
c. Only 5%
d. Over 65%
About 20%
The oral expression of language is:
a. Language
b. Speech
c. Phonology
d. Syntax
Speech
How many different sounds are produced in the English language?
a. 26
b. Over 100
c. 36
d. 45
45
Which of the following provides rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences?
a. Language
b. Speech
c. Phonology
d. Syntax
Syntax
How many morphemes does the word "bills" have?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
2
Which dimensions of language determine the content and social use of language?
a. Semantics and pragmatics
b. Syntax and pragmatics
c. Semantics and phonology
d. Syntax and morphology
Semantics and pragmatics
Which of the following refers to the meaning of what is expressed?
a. Semantics
b. Morphology
c. Phonology
d. Syntax
Semantics
What is the overall organizer for language?
a. Semantics
b. Pragmatics
c. Syntax
d. Phonology
Pragmatics
Which of the following emphasizes that communication skills are learned through social interactions?
a. Inborn language acquisition device theory
b. Imitation and practice theory
c. Social interaction theory
d. Imitation and inborn acquisition theory
Social interaction theory
What part of the body is called the voice box?
a. Larynx
b. Pharynx
c. Vocal folds
d. Trachea
Larynx
By what age have children learned to produce nearly all the consonants and vowels that make up the words of their native language?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 8
8
One of the most frequent communication disorders in preschool and school-age children is:
a. Apraxia of speech
b. Receptive language disorders
c. Expressive language disorders
d. Articulation disorders
Articulation disorders
Substitutions, omissions, and distortions are characteristics of:
a. Apraxia of speech
b. Articulation disorders
c. Receptive language disorders
d. Expressive language disorders
Articulation disorders
Which of the following is a motor speech disorder that affects the way in which a student plans to produce speech?
a. Apraxia of speech
b. Voice disorders
c. Receptive language disorders
d. Expressive language disorders
Apraxia of speech
Normal speech requires correct articulation, vocal quality, and:
a. Volume
b. Pitch
c. Fluency
d. Tempo
Fluency
A language impairment that is not related to any physical or intellectual disability is a:
a. Speech impairment
b. Receptive language disorder
c. Specific language impairment
d. Expressive language impairment
Specific language impairment
A student who has difficulty distinguishing between the sound of the word "pen" and the word "pin" has a:
a. Phonological disorder
b. Articulation disorder
c. Expressive language impairment
d. Receptive language disorder
Phonological disorder
Which of the following focuses on the use of social language-the communication between a speaker and a listener within a shared social environment?
a. Phonology
b. Syntax
c. Semantics
d. Pragmatics
Pragmatics
Each of the following may be related to the cause of a speech or language disorder EXCEPT:
a. Organic disorders
b. Inorganic disorders
c. Congenital disorders
d. Acquired disorders
Inorganic disorders
When completing a fluency assessment, the speech-language pathologist measures each of the following EXCEPT:
a. Amount of dysfluency
b. Age of onset of dysfluency
c. Type of dysfluency
d. Duration of dysfluency
Age of onset of dysfluency
A student who uses two languages equally well is considered to be:
a. Bilingual
b. Bidialectal
c. Multilingual
d. Multidialectal
Bilingual
Each is a method for implementing universal design for learning EXCEPT:
a. Vary the format for relaying information
b. Vary the ways in which students demonstrate their knowledge
c. Adjust the amount of time spent on units
d. Use facilitative language strategies
Adjust the amount of time spent on units
Which of the following is a primary component of most early education programs in which others use strategies to promote speech and language development?
a. Community based instruction
b. Universal design for learning
c. System for augmenting language
d. Facilitative language strategies
Facilitative language strategies
When speech partners activate a student's communication device in naturally occurring communication interactions at home, school, and in the community and encourage the student to use the device, they are using:
a. Community based instruction
b. Universal design for learning
c. System for augmenting language
d. Facilitative language strategies
System for augmenting language
Augmented input that focuses on communication boards or books is called:
a. Facilitative language strategies
b. Aided language stimulation
c. Total communication
d. Augmented communication
Aided language stimulation
What percent of students with speech or language disorders spend 80-100% of their time in general education settings?
a. Over 85%
b. Less than 25%
c. About 50%
d. Only 32%
Over 85%
Each of the following is an appropriate assessment accommodation for students with language disorders EXCEPT:
a. Provide the students with additional time to take the test
b. Change multiple choice items to essay items
c. Provide visual supports
d. Allow the students to use a word processor
Change multiple choice items to essay items