CETP ADVANCED REVIEW PRACTICE

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CETP ADVANCED REVIEW PRACTICE

QUESTIONS SLP EXAM

Question : A child comes to your clinic with her mother for

articulation and language therapy. The mother tells you that her daughter has Hurler's syndrome. What causes Hurler's syndrome?

• An expanded number of CGG nucleic acid repeats on a

specific gene on one of the distal ends of the Y chromosome

• A spontaneous autosomal dominant mutation of FGR2 at

10q25-26

• Autosomal dominant inheritance and deletion in the region of

the long arm of chromosome 15 (15q11-15q13)

• Autosomal recessive deficiency of X-L iduronidase

Correct answer: D. Autosomal recessive deficiency of X-L

iduronidase

Question : A 45-year-old woman was complaining of difficulty

masticating. She had tonic spasms after irradiation. The physician explained to the speech-language pathologist that this condition is believed to exist secondary to fibrosis of the muscles involved in mastication. This condition is called

• trismus.

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• osteoradionecrosis.
• necrosis.
• mucositis

Correct answer: A. trismus.

Question : Priscilla, a 15-year-old patient with a diagnosis of

velocardiofacial syndrome, is seen in an outpatient facility. A clinician is currently seeing this patient for language and articulation deficits; however, she notices increased coughing and laryngeal pumping as Priscilla was having a snack.Priscilla's mother noted that this was common, but that she did not think that is was an issue. Further evaluation is

recommended, but it is possible that Priscilla has:

• Pharyngeal hypotonia
• Nasal regurgitation
• Oral apraxia
• Decreased anterior to posterior transit time

Correct answer: A. Pharyngeal hypotonia

Question : A screening test for dementia is:

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• Arizona Battery for Communication Disorders of Dementia

(ABCD)

• Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMQ)
• Functional Linguistic Communication Inventory (FLCI)
• Dementia Mood Assessment Scale

Correct answer: B. Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire

(SPMQ)

Question : The parents of a 10-year-old child consult a clinician.

The child is short and has intellectual delay, cryptorchidism, and sleeps excessively. He also has a speech delay, hyperphagia, and is obese. The clinician notices that the child has a prominent nasal bridge, high, narrow forehead, thin upper lip, downturned mouth, almond-shaped eyes, and small hands and feet. The parents report that he frequently picks his skin. They report that the genetic counselor informed them that his condition is caused by autosomal dominant inheritance and deletion in the long arm of chromosome 15 (15q11015q13) in some cases. The child has

• Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
• Apert syndrome.
• Prader-Willi syndrome.
• Dandy-Walker syndrome

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Correct answer: C. Prader-Willi syndrome.

Question : A high school teacher refers a Mandarin-speaking 16-

year-old to you for an evaluation. The student and his family came to the United States 2 years ago from China. The teacher says that the student does well academically, but she shares that she has difficulty understanding him when he speaks. When you screen the student, you find some articulation and language differences. Which one of the following would not be predictable based on the student's first language of Mandarin?

• Substitutions of t/th (e.g., tin/thin)
• Epenthesis in words with consonant blends
• Confusions of /r/ and /l/
• Substitutions of f/th (e.g., fick/thick)

Correct answer: D. Substitutions of f/th (e.g., fick/thick)

Question : To diagnose stuttering, the clinician needs a

definition of it. Although there are different definitions of stuttering, a majority of them include forms of disfluencies.Which of the following is a definition of stuttering that includes disfluencies?

• The one offered by Van Riper