Ped SSD Exam 1

Question 1

Which of the following tasks requires implicit phonological awareness?

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Which two words sound kind of the same: block, skate, bleed, dress

Question 2

Cultural competence requires that the speech‐language pathologist…

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assess own biases & assumptions about cultural variables

Question 3

Which of the following lists is composed of procedures that areoptional when assessing a case with suspected SSD?

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phonology assessment, inconsistency assessment, phonological awareness

Question 4

In the Speech Disorders Classification System, persistent speech errors and motor speech disorders share a similar …

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developmental trajectory, that is, long‐term normalization

Question 5

Which of the following is a primary characteristic of a standardized measure of articulation accuracy?

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procedures are specified to ensure consistent administration and scoring

Question 6

Which of the following is a primary characteristic of a criterion‐referenced measure of articulation accuracy?

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a threshold level of performance required to pass is described

Question 7

The following errors occur in a child’s speech: “sweep” → [fip], “slip” → [fɪp]. What is the name of this error pattern?

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Coalescence

Question 8

Which of the following phones is produced with an obligatory constriction in the pharyngeal cavity?

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[ɹ]

Question 9

Which of the following is a phonotactic rule that characterizes English?

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The sound sequence /dl/ may not occur at the beginning of a word

Question 10

What is the advantage of listing the phones and phonotactic structures to analyze a child&#x27;s speech stage?

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Productions are independent of adult model and underlying representations

Question 11

Within‐word inconsistency reflects a problem with which underlying speech process?

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Phonological planning

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for identifying a phonological process in a sample of child speech?

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The error must be phonemic or phonetic to be included

Question 13

Acoustic phonetics, as a domain of scientific inquiry, is concerned with the study of…

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speech sounds as transmitted through the air in the form of sound waves

Question 14

Percentage of consonants correct increases gradually as the child gets older. PCC should be approximately…

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70 at age 2 years

Question 15

In the Speech Disorders Classification System, the 3 subtypes comprising Speech Delay share the same …

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proximal cause, that is, impaired phonological representations

Question 16

Which of the following test scores indicates test performance within normal limits?

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standard score of 95

Question 17

Which of the following factors should result in prioritization of a child for treatment upon diagnosis of SSD?

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Concomitant language impairment

Question 18

Which of the following is a common and valid criticism of standardized single‐word tests of articulation accuracy?

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Most single‐word tests use two‐way scoring lacks informativeness

Question 19

Consider this group of sounds: [ʃ,ʒ,ʧ,ʤ]. They share the same place of articulation, which is...

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post‐alveolar

Question 20

A syllable must have at least one of the following lower level units. Which one?

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Rime

Question 21

A 5‐year‐old girl consistently produces /s/ → [s̪]. In this case, the type of segment error that she produces is …

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developmental, she is younger than the acquisition age for the /s/ phoneme

Question 22

Which is a potential threat to validity of a free speech sample as ameasure of the child’s speech accuracy?

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sample of speech sounds may not be representative of phonology of language

Question 23

Four different children produce “elephant” 3 times as shownbelow. Which child has Inconsistent Phonological Disorder?

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"elephant" → [lɛləәp]; "elephant" → [lɔlipʌnt]; "elephant" → [lɔlipɔp]

Question 24

The trajectory called short term normalization is defined asachieving speech accuracy that is similar to peers …

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within two years or before the age of six years

Question 25

The age at which 90% of children produce each consonant correctly more often than not is called...

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normal limit of acquisition

Question 26

A 6-year-old girl consistently produces /l/ → [w]. In this case, the type of segment error that she produces is …

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nondevelopmental; it persisted past the normal limit of acquisition for /l/

Question 27

Child says “It jumped on the blocks.” Which is a true statement about the number of linguistic units in this?

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seven morphemes

Question 28

Which one of the following words clearly has a trochaic stress pattern when spoken in isolation?

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shovel

Question 29

The population of children with a SSD is heterogeneous. Whatare the clinical implications of this population?

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Children with SSD differ in etiology and underlying speech processes

Question 30

Consider this group of sounds: [w,j,ɹ,l]. They share the same manner of articulation, they are...

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approximants

Question 31

Which of the following is the most likely consequence of an SSD persisting past preschool period into the school years?

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Spelling difficulties

Question 32

Phonology, as a domain of scientific inquiry, is concerned with the study of…

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the sound system of the language

Question 33

Which of the following words violates the sonority sequencing principle?

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spot

Question 34

Maximum performance tasks include maximum phonation duration &maximum repetition rates. These tasks determine what?

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verbal dyspraxia

Question 35

Which syllable shape was found to be the most frequently occurring in the speech produced by 13‐month‐old children?

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V

Question 36

Which of the following is a definition of prevalence with respect to SSD?

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What is the proportion of people at any one time who have SSD?

Question 37

Consider this group of sounds: [f,v]. They share the same place of articulation which is...

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labiodental

Question 38

Which of the following are most useful at identifying a motor planning disorder versus a phonological planning disorder?

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Syllable Repetition Task, Maximum Performance Test

Question 39

Among all children with an SSD, what is the approximate frequency of phonological delay?

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55%

Question 40

Consider this group of sounds: [ʧ,ʤ]. They share the same manner of articulation, they are...

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affricates

Question 41

Which of the following lists is composed of procedures that areobligatory when assessing a case with suspected SSD?

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standardized articulation test or screen, oral‐motor screen, hearing screen

Question 42

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of assimilation?

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Artic changes that occur when one phone becomes similar to adjacent phone

Question 43

One of the purposes of a speech‐language assessment is diagnosis. This means the SLP determines whether the child:

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has a primary or secondary speech sound disorder

Question 44

Which of the following of infant vocalizations is characteristic of primitive artic stage of early vocal development?

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goo

Question 45

The transition from phonetic perception to phonemic perception is associated with which developmental processes?

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Faster acquisition of vocabulary (new words receptively and expressively)

Question 46

Classification systems of SSD differ re: the kinds of information used to classify subtypes but they all attend to …

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the surface characteristics of the speech errors produced by the child

Question 47

Which of the following factors should result in prioritization of a child for treatment upon diagnosis of SSD?

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Family history of speech, language or reading impairments

Question 48

According to Dodd’s model for differential diagnosis, which of the following is characteristic of articulation disorder?

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Speech errors consist of distortion errors or isolated substitution errors

Question 49

The child is said to speak a dialect when the child speaks a language that…

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class members share with respect to pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar

Question 50

Which of the following is the correct definition of customary production?

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The child produces the phoneme correctly more often than 50% of the time

Question 51

Which of the following is the main component of the phonatory system?

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larynx

Question 52

Which of the following error patterns is the best example of within‐word inconsistency?

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"elephant" → [lɛləәp]; "elephant" → [lɔlipʌnt]; "elephant" → [ɛfəәlʌnt]

Question 53

Emergence of explicit phonological awareness skills is an important developmental stage because it permits the child:

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to map letters to sounds in words in order to learn to read

Question 54

What is the approximate frequency of speech delay‐genetic?

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60%

Question 55

Which of the following is the best estimate of the prevalence of SSD among children at school entry?

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11%

Question 56

How many codas are in the following phrase? “Give me two backpaks” → [ɡɪv mi tu bækpæks].

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3

Question 57

Purpose of a screener is to identify children who likely have an SSD if tested. What makes a good screener?

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Sensitivity: 90% of children who fail the screen are confirmed to have SSD

Question 58

In a speech‐language assessment, an SLP assigns severity rating. This means the SLP determines whether the child:

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scored at the 16th or the 10th percentile on a standardized test

Question 59

How many phonemes are in the following phrase? “chapter five”

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8

Question 60

Which of the following risk factors predict a child with SSD will have difficulties with reading acquisition?

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Language disorder

Question 61

Which of the following test scores corresponds to an SSD with mild severity?

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percentile rank of 12

Question 62

Which of the following imaging technologies discovered undifferentiated lingual gestures in SSD?

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Electopalatography

Question 63

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of co‐articulation?

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Articulators are moving to produce two different but overlapping sounds

Ped SSD Exam 1

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Ped SSD Exam 1

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