Title: Chapter 1 Quiz
Course: Intro Communication Disorder/Treat (SLPA 111-SLPA 111) > Section: Assessments

Q: Semantics is the study of meaning in language.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Pragmatics places greater emphasis on structure of language than on function (use).
- True
- False
A: False

Q: A reinforcer is an event that precedes a response and thereby makes that response more likely in the future.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Congenital disorders are always noticed after the third year of life.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Etiology is the study of causes of diseases and disorders.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Clinicians always know the causes of language disorders in children.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: A frequent cause of adult language disorders is a stroke.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Cluttering and stuttering mean the same thing.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: In conductive hearing loss, the sound transmission from the outer or the middle ear to the inner ear is impaired.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The arrangement of words to form meaningful sentences is called ________________.
- semantics
- pragmatics
- syntax
- morphology
A: syntax

Q: Easy, smooth, flowing, and effortless speech is described as _______________.
- normal voice
- correct articulation
- linguistic competence
- fluent speech
A: fluent speech

Q: Errors in producing many phonemes that form patterns or clusters are often described as
- phonological disorders
- motor speech disorders
- language disorders
- none of the above
A: phonological disorders

Q: A total loss of voice is called ____________.
A: aphonia

Q: When the left hemisphere is damaged, most adults suffer a language disorder known as _____________.
A: aphasia

Q: It is estimated that at least _____% of the U.S. population has a disorder of communication.
A: 17

Q: ______________________ is concerned with the study and understanding of human communication and its disorders and assessment and treatment of those disorders.
A: Speech-language pathology

Q: Compare and contrast human and animal communication.
Feedback: p. 1 - 2 Human - social interaction among people; a social event in which action affects other people animal communication is mostly instinctive, serving survival needs. Animals can learn some limited social communication, but hum communication is the most elaborate, sophisticated, versatile, and creative means of verbal interactions.

Q: What is language? Distinguish between oral and non-oral languages.
Feedback: p. 7 language - system of codes and symbols or a form of social behavior oral language - production of speech sounds organized into higher levels of words and sentences that generate meaning non-oral language - communication without spoken words (e.g., ASL)

Q: Linguistics is the study of language, its structure, and the rules that govern that structure.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Bound morphemes convey meaning by themselves.
- True
- False
A: False