Augmentative and Alternative Devices for Communicatively Handicapped Persons

Comps Questions Pool Augmentative and Alternative Devices for Communicatively Handicapped Persons 1. What is the number one cause of spinal cord injuries? a. b. c. d. e. Guns* Car accidents Swimming accidents Motorcycle accidents Sports accidents 2. A dynamic display includes all of the following features EXCEPT… a. b. c. d. e. Backlighting Flexibility Changing display Expandability Overlays* 3. For programming an AAC device, what is considered to be part of a client’s “core vocabulary?” a. b. c. d. e. A person’s name and family members names. Words that a person uses about 50% of the time Words that a person uses about 60-70% of the time* Nouns Verbs 4. For programming an AAC device, what is considered to be part of a client’s” fringe vocabulary”? a. b. c. d. e. adjectives nouns* verb conjugations most frequently used words names 5. For programming an AAC device, what are considered to be in the category of“extended vocabulary?” a. words used approximately 10% of the time b. words used approximately 30% of the time* c. words learned after the age of five years d. words used 60-70% of the time e. words over 7 morphemes long 6. Officially speaking, any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a person with a disability is considered to be… a. b. c. d. e. advanced technology educational technology assistive technology* rehabilitative technology school supplies 7. Which of the following is a visual-pictorial language a. b. c. d. e. ASL Bliss symbols* Morse Code Amerind Body Language 8. Which of the following is NOT a possible funding source for an AT device? a. b. c. d. e. Self pay Public School Early Intervention Provider Medical Medicare PelGrants* 9. When selecting an AT device, in order to balance the degree of technology with the user, we would consider all EXEPT … a. b. c. d. e. the learning potential motivation chronological age socioeconomic status* developmental level 10. A person with some degree of flaccid paralysis would probably benefit most from a. b. c. d. e. an expanded keyboard a restricted keyboard* a virtual keyboard a QWERTY keyboard a color coded keyboard 11. The QWERTY keyboard was developed basically to make … a. b. c. d. e. Typing slower* Typing faster Keyboards smaller Keyboards larger None of the above 12. Which is the most preferred method of input when using a computer (assuming all are feasible) a. b. c. d. e. proportional direct selection* scanning a combination of switches eye gaze control 13. Fast-Forward is a computer program that basically addresses the needs of children with… a. b. c. d. e. Mental Retardation Auditory Processing Problems* Auditory Symbolic problems Autism Severe Dysarthria and or Apraxia 14. What is a disadvantage of a gestural communication system… a. b. c. d. e. it is expensive it takes long to communicate it does not work it requires much fine coordination it is limited * 15. Which is not an assistive device… a. b. c. d. e. a modified utensil with a thick or curved handle a walker Velcro shoe laces A plate with suction cups on the bottom They are all assistive devices* 16. The most important factor determining the selection of an AAC device is… a. the cost b. c. d. e. the desires of the user* the service availble the fragility of the device the level of technology 17. Many AAC devices can typically be used for all of the following EXCEPT… a. controlling room temperature b. controlling SPAM * c. turning the pages of a book d. controlling the TV e. controlling a computer 18. What is the leading cause of technology abandonment… a. failure to include the child, family or significant others in the assessment and selection process of an AT device.* b. The assumption that the more expensive, recent or complex AT device is the better one. c. The user is untrained and/or no follow-up support is given d. The device does not have a dynamic display e. The device does not have digitized speech 19. An AAC system that is NO TECH is typically NOT… a. b. c. d. e. easy to learn cheap most efficient in a familiar environment easy to program* rugged 20. What quality is NOT typically associated with of a Low Tech Device… a. b. c. d. e. They are easy to program They are relatively inexpensive They have limited storage for voice output They have pages or levels They have a dynamic display* 21. What is a characteristic of Digitized voice output… a. b. c. d. e. It sounds like a computer It can produce any sentence that can be input on the keyboard It requires little memory capacity It can be in any language or gender* It is typically found on the most high tech devices 22. What is a characteristic of Synthesized Speech output… a. b. c. d. e. It can sound like the user It can easily be recorded and produced at a moments notice It can be produced in any language It is typically found only on low tech devices It can say any sentence that can be input on the keyboard* 23. One of the following is NOT a company that is typically associated with the sale of AAC devices a. b. c. d. e. Dyanavox Prentke Romich Words Plus Zygo Industries Dynamic Therapy Solutions* 24. Which of the following programs is used to create overlays for static screen devices… a. Fast forward b. Inspiration c. Boardmaker* d. Co Writer e. Write Out loud 25. Which of the following would be a non Tech device… a. b. c. d. e. MACOW LIGHTWRITER DYNAMO POLLYANA PECS* 26. Which one of the following does NOT belong… a. b. c. d. e. Talking pictures Big Mac Cheap Talk Pathfinder* All of the above belong to a category of high tech devices 27. One of the following is NOT a computer OUTPUT device… a. Plotter b. Mouse* c. Monitor d. Printer e. All of the above are output devices 28. Which strategy is the least demanding motorically… a. b. c. d. e. scanning* Direct Selection on an expanded keyboard Direct Selection on a mini keyboard Hunt-and-peck on a one handed keyboard Direct selection on a virtual keyboard 29. The new amendments to _____ require that the IEP team consider whether the child requires assistive technology services… a. b. c. d. e. ASHA code of ethics DVORAK IDEA* AAC IFSP 30. Which one does not belong… a. b. c. d. e. Pencil and note pads Simple gestures Big Mac* Indian sign language Bliss Symbols 31. Which one does not belong a. Direct Selection b. Proportional/pointing c. Multiple Switches d. Scanning e. Digitized Speech* 32. What is the major disadvantage of scanning… a. b. c. d. e. It is too slow* It is used on only the most expensive devices It is too cognitively challenging It is too motorically challenging It is limited to the visual modality only 33. For a person with a communication handicap who needs an alternative device, insurance companies would be most prone to pay for… a. b. c. d. e. A general PC without AC software A general PC with AC software A dedicated device capable of running Microsoft word A dedicated device for communication purposes only* Whatever the speech pathologist recommends 34. Which would you expect to be the least suitable for a control site for an AAC device… a. b. c. d. e. eyes ears* head legs tongue 35. Which one does not belong… a. b. c. d. e. abbreviation expansion word prediction semantic compaction acronyms direct selection* 36. Which one does not belong… a. b. c. d. e. digitized speech computer (memory) chip recording realistic dektalk* 37. DVORAK refers to… a. a keyboard arrangement based on the most frequently used letters* b. a high tech device produced by Dynavox c. a synthesized voice system that has a choice of English, Spanish or Russian d. an AAC device that has as its output a hand that signs e. A language used by Prentke Romich communication devices of various levels. 38. The term “Auditory Prompts” belongs most to a discussion of… a. b. c. d. e. Scanning* speech memory display size and color digitized speech synthesized speech 39. Among these four words (I, are, what, can, and doctor) the last does not belong because… a. it is a noun b. it can be a noun or a verb c. it occurs less frequently in the English Language* d. it is more than one morpheme long e. all of the above 40. Who would not benefited from an Alternative Communication device? a. Steven Hawking (who has ALS and discovered Black Holes) b. Steve Reeves (who fell off his horse and was paralyzed from the neck down)* c. Bill Jones (who is a heavy smoker and a laryngectomy) d. Bobby Smith (who has severe oral apraxia after a stroke) e. Mary Baker (who is totally deaf.) 41. The process of assigning variable meanings to the pictographs (icons) on the display of a communication device is called… a. b. c. d. e. acronyms semantic compaction* word prediction abbreviation expansion confrontation naming 42. Which of the following does not belong when we are talking about AAC users with Palsy or tremors… a. b. c. d. e. small keyboards* large keyboards Keyboards with guides Software that ameliorates unintended hits on a key Any of the above would be satisfactory 43. The preferred hierarchy for user interface of an AAC is… a. switches, pointing, direct selection b. pointing, direct selection, switches c. direct selection, switches, pointing d. direct selection, pointing, switches* e. proportional/pointing, switches, direct selection 44. What is the LEAST important question to consider when evaluating if an AAC device is appropriate for a client… a. b. c. d. e. What can the client do? What can’t the client do? What does the client need to be able to do What does the device do? What can the client afford?* 45. Which is NOT a type of goal associated with AAC therapy for the speech pathologist… a. b. c. d. e. Modification of the device (i.e., to make it more effective.)* Operational goals (i.e., using the device to meet a need) Linguistic competence (i.e., the development of language) Social goals (i.e., the development of pragmatic skills) Strategic competency (i.e., the most effective use of the device) 46. Assistive Technology is any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology according to… a. b. c. d. e. RESNA ABLEDATA IDEA* APTA AOTA 47. Which is not a method of interface with an AAC Device… a. b. c. d. e. Sip and Puff Head pointer Slammer switch Write Outloud* Quick glance 48. Which of the following does not belong… a. b. c. d. e. static display overlays levels Boardmaker pop-up menus* 49. Which one does not belong… a. b. c. d. e. Prentke-Romich* Advocate Polyana MACAW Zygo 50. Which of the following does not belong… a. b. c. d. e. Veravox (by Dynavox) Digitized speech Synthesized speech Dectalk Dragon (Voice input)*