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psycholinguistics review acoustics, articulation, perception

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

A longitudial oscillating movement of air molecules affecting the hearing organs is...

a)

a wave

b)

a sound

c)

a wind

d)

a phoneme

2.

The further you get away from the sound source...

a)

the better you perceive the sound.

b)

the higher the frequency gets.

c)

the longer the sound wave becomes.

d)

the worse you hear the sound.

3.

Which sounds are better consumed by air?

a)

with high frequency

b)

with low frequency

4.

The decrease of a sound's intensity after being reflected from objects and walls is...

a)

reverberation

b)

echo

c)

sound illusion

d)

oscillation

5.

Tick three chracteristics of a sound

a)

frequency

b)

polarization

c)

intensity

d)

length

e)

fluorescence

6.

The maximum frequency a human ear can perceive is...

a)

10 Hz

b)

1000 Hz

c)

20000 Hz

d)

50000 Hz

7.

What happens if the sound is 160Db loud?

a)

We perceive it as a whisper.

b)

We perceive it as a sound of a working motorcycle engine.

c)

We don't hear it.

d)

Our eardrums burst.

8.

What's the function of lungs, wind pipe, bronchi and diaphragm in the speech production?

a)

articulation

b)

resonance

c)

phonation

d)

air transmission

9.

What is this organ?

a)

vocal cords

b)

wind pipe

c)

sinus

d)

larynx

10.

What happens in the middle ear?

a)

The vibration that comes from the eardrum moves the malleus, incus and stapes.

b)

Cochlea converts the movement of malleus, incus and stapes into signals that are passed on to the auditory nerve.

c)

Soundwaves move the tympanic membrane.

d)

The auditory nerve passes on the signals to the auditory cortex.

11.

What do you call this articulator?

a)

teeth

b)

alveolar ridge

c)

hard palate

d)

velum

12.

What do you call this articulator?

a)

alveolar ridge

b)

soft palate

c)

hard palate

d)

larynx

13.

What do you call this articulator?

a)

glottis

b)

velum

c)

hard palate

d)

pharynx

14.

The area of the brain responsible for comprehension of speech is ...

a)

Broca's area

b)

hearing cortex

c)

auditory nerve

d)

Wernicke's area