IPA and waves

Letters are the same as sounds.

• True

• False

In the IPA chart, manner of articulation is shown...

• from left to right

• from top to bottom

• by the symbols' position in the cells

Ejectives are made by...

• raising the larynx

• lowering the larynx

• creating a space

  between the body of the tongue and another constriction further forward

Which of the following is NOT a way in which vowels are contrasted?

• backness

• nasality

• rounding

• voicing

The Bernoulli Effect is responsible for...

• air being pushed out of the lungs for pulmonic sounds

• the velum lowering for nasal sounds

• the vocal folds' vibration for voiced sounds

• the tongue root advancing for tense sounds

A periodic sound is characterized by a repeating pattern.

• True

• False

This wave is...

• periodic

• aperiodic

The frequency of a sound wave is expressed in...

• Hertz

• Pascal

• Bel

• deciBel

A higher frequency corresponds to...

• a lower pitch.

• a higher pitch.

• a lower amplitude.

• a higher amplitude.

Complex waves are created by...

• multiplying the component waves.

• dividing the component waves.

• increasing the power of the component waves.

• adding the component waves.