Welcome to Certification Test for Respiratory Welcome to your SLP Name: Email: [A spongy growth that starts on the footplate of the stapes and causes it to become rigid is known as] otospongiosis. ossicular discontinuity. otosclerosis. chronic otitis media. None . [T/F: for each cycle of quiet respiration inspiratory phase accounts for 40% of the breathing cycle and expiratory phase accounts for 60& of the breathing cycle] True False None . [T/F The nearly constant internal monologue a person has with himself at a conscious or semi-conscious level that involves thinking in words is called inner speech] True False None . [The focus of treatment for patients with ataxic dysarthria is:] Behavioral Compensatory Pharmacological B and c None . [A study designed to evaluate a treatment procedure for hoarseness of voice recruited all subjects who had witnessed a football game the previous day. The treatment, conducted over the following 2 weeks and offered to all subjects, resulted in improved voice quality. A critic said that the study lacked internal validity because of] median statistics. statistical regression to the mean. maturational variables. genetic influences. None . [T/F: Any deviation of loudness, pitch, or quality of voice that is outside the normal range of a person's age, gender, or geographic cultural background is Voice disorder] True Flase None . [T/F: the cricothyroid receives motor innervation through the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve] True False None . [Which is NOT a side-effect associated with the medications used to treat hypokinetic dysarthria:] dyskinesia, clonus orthostatic hypotension hallucinations None . [T/F: eye contact, turn-taking, joint attention are pragmatic skills that present in infancy that are the foundation for the social use of language] True False None . [the therapy technique of phonetic placement is used to teach or establish] auditory discrimination stimulability production of a phoneme in isolation minimal pair contrasts phonological processes None . [T/F: when contracted, superior longitudinal muscles of the tongue shortens the tongue or elevates the tongue tip and/or sides of the tongue] True False None . [In the scientific method, what is the experiment-first-and-explain-later approach?] Deductive method Null hypothesis method Inductive method Alternative hypothesis method None . [In standardizing a test of language skills in children, the investigator asked two experts to judge each item on the test to make sure that all items were relevant to children's language skills. This is a method of establishing the] concurrent validity. content validity. construct validity. predictive validity. None . [Cerebellar output leaves the cerebellum via the ______________ peduncle.] middle superior inferior none of these None . [T/F: Voice that is sounding rough, raspy, and hoarse is Aphonia] True False None . [Which of the following cranial nerves is primarily responsible for innervating the larynx?] Cranial nerve V Cranial nerve II Cranial nerve X Cranial nerve VI None . [T/F: the anterior belly of the digastric muscles is innervated by the mandibular nerve, a division of the trigeminal nerve] True False None . [T/F: Voiced speech sounds from the unrestricted passage of the air stream through the mouth without audible stoppage or friction are called Vowels] True False None . [Aetiologies which are not structural or neurological in nature can also cause voice disorders. Which of the following constitutes such an aetiology?] hyperthyroidism granulomas inhaled corticosteroids tuberculosis None . [In which of the following conditions does vocal fold bowing occur?] presbylarynx Reinke’s oedema vocal fold haemorrhage inadequate innervation of the vocal folds None . Time's up
