Title: Chapter 7 Quiz
Course: Intro Communication Disorder/Treat (SLPA 111-SLPA 111) > Section: Assessments

Q: Stuttering is always characterized by associated motor behaviors.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: A majority of associated motor behaviors are noticed in the face.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: There are roughly four male stutterers to one female stutterer.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The term dysfluencies refers to many forms of interruptions that prevent the easy, effortless, and smooth flow of speech.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: A thick and sluggish tongue usually causes stuttering.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: The bulk of the available evidence suggests a gross neurophysiological defect in people who stutter.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Johnson’s theory rested on the assumption that children who stutter exhibit more dysfluencies than do children who do not.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: The total number of dysfluencies and the number of words spoken help establish a percent dysfluency rate.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: In teaching a slower rate of speech, the clinician teaches the client to stretch or prolong the syllables.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Cluttering and stuttering always coexist.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: In the United States, the stuttering population is roughly
- 3%
- 1%
- 10%
- 5%
A: 1%

Q: Stuttering is more likely to occur on the last word of a sentence than on the first.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: An event that follows a response and thereby increases the frequency of that response is called _____________.
- an operant
- a reinforcer
- a punisher
- a discriminative stimulus
A: a reinforcer

Q: The immediate effect of the fluency shaping technique is ____________.
- stutter-free speech
- unnatural sounding speech
- neither a nor b
- both a and b
A: unnatural sounding speech

Q: Delayed auditory feedback has the effect of _____________________.
- slowing down the speech of stutterers
- increasing the rate of speech of stutterers
- both a and b
- neither a nor b
A: slowing down the speech of stutterers

Q: Cluttering is characterized by __________________.
- impaired fluency
- rapid but disordered articulation
- both a and b
- neither a nor b
A: both a and b

Q: An effective method of treating preschoolers who stutter is called _______________.
A: response cost

Q: A client who sustains fluency over time without the clinician’s presence shows _____________________.
A: maintenance

Q: Speakers who are not stutterers are 100% fluent.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Most dysfluencies are judged to be abnormal when they reach or exceed 2%.
- True
- False
A: False