Welcome to Certification Test for Respiratory Welcome to your SLP Name: Email: [T/F: contraction of the palatoglossus is essential for swallowing in order to constrict the isthmus of faces ( a constricted space that connects the mouth and the pharynx)] True False None . [Researchers often use cross-sectional studies to study children's development in various areas. What is a difficulty with cross-sectional studies?] The same subjects are studied over time, and this is expensive, time consuming, and difficult because subjects might drop out of the study. The investigator is examining data already on file to answer questions about children in various age groups, and that data might not be reliable. Observations are made of differences between subjects of different ages to generalize about developmental changes that would occur within subjects as they mature. The total age span of children to be studied is divided into several overlapping age spans, and it is difficult to follow subjects from the lower to the upper end of each age span. None . [A correlation coefficient] helps establish the effect of a variable. suggests the ways in which two variables are related to each other. allows researchers to make predictions about their subjects' future behaviors. confirms a cause-effect relationship between two variables. None . [T/F: MLU is a good indicator of grammatical development before the age of 6] True False None . [T/F: average volume of air exchanged in a cycle of passive breathing is called tidal volume] True False None . [T/F: nouns are more easily learned than other word classes] True False None . [T/F: when contracted, inferior longitudinal muscle of the tongue shortens the tongue or causes the apex of the tongue to curl down] True False None . [T/F: vocabulary size is positively related to maternal langue use and education] True False None . [T/F: Cerebral spinal fluid is clear fluid created in the ventricular system] True False None . [In Oller's stages of infant development, reduplicated babbling recedes:] Non reduplicated or variegated babbling expansion cooing phonation reduplicated expansion None . [Which of the following is not a feature of communication after laryngectomy?] the patient breathes through a neck stoma an electronic or artificial larynx is used in the days and weeks following surgery and is gradually phased out during post-operative speech and language therapy the cricopharyngeus muscle in the oesophagus is integral to the production of oesophageal voice a speaking valve directs the pulmonary airstream into the neck stoma None . [A symptom of hyperkinetic dysarthria, which presents as involuntary movements during vocalization could sound strained or harsh with some voice stoppages is known as] abductor spasmonic dysphonia aphonia adductor spasmonic dysphonia tremors None . [A child comes to you for an eval. according to mom, she has a history of middle ear infections. the mom reports she is quite difficult to understand. she says guck/duck and koo/too. this phonological process is:] fronting stridency deletion backing glottal replacement progressive assimilation None . [T/F: contraction of styloglossus muscle shortens the tongue and curls the edges up, helping to create a narrow trough in the tongue center through which a bolus can cohesively move during deglutition] True False None . [T/F: a universal semantic feature of language is that nouns make up the largest portion of the early vocabulary] True False None . [T/F: A monologue is characterized by self-conversation during focused goal directed activities with no desire to involve other] True False None . [an example of a sentence using an embedded form would be] I saw the squirrel climbing the tree the girl ate a cookie, three crackers, and some fruit mom and dad are going to the store to buy some groceries because he was on time, they were happy with him the boy who got a haircut looks nice None . [T/F mylohyoid nerve is innervated by the mandibular portion of the triennial nerve] True False None . [Which one of the following statements is false regarding providing rehabilitative services to adult culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) patients with neurological impairments?] Some families may be offended by the rehabilitation team's encouragement of the patient's independence. Most standardized aphasia tests are appropriate for use with these patients because the tests have been carefully normed using samples that include CLD individuals. Clinicians need to remember that some elderly CLD patients have little money and possibly no health insurance. It is important to assess premorbid educational levels and vocational attainments of patients because these affect assessment and intervention. None . [PAG (periaqueductal gray)lesions can cause Mutism] True False None . Time's up
