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Exam ! SPHS

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Speech Chain ?

a)

Speaker

b)

listener

c)

Medium

d)

Boundaries

2.

_________ is defined as the number of cycles per second

a)

frequency

b)

period

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

3.

Humans prefer and use speech (spoken language) as their primary mode of communication because it is ________________. 

a)

everything

b)

effective

c)

efficient

d)

essential

4.

What is defined as audible disturbance of particles in a elastic medium?

a)

medium

b)

brownian motion

c)

acoustics

d)

sound

5.

Which description of air particles results in sound?

a)

frozen particles

b)

disturbed particles

c)

undisturbed air particles

d)

moving particles

6.

What is it called when air particles are pushed together ?

a)

comprehension

b)

rarefaction

c)

compression

d)

squeezing

7.

When air particles are moved away from each other?

a)

rarefaction

b)

rejection

c)

compression

d)

comparison

8.

True or False : Air particles move from one location to another and do not return to the original portion.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

What is the reference for the physical measurement of 0.0002 dynes/cm2

a)

20 dB SPL

b)

0 dB SPL

c)

75 dB SPL

d)

2 dB SPL

10.

What is defined as the magnitude of displacement from the position of rest ?

a)

compression

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

time

11.

If sound is defined as an audible disturbance of air particles, how many requirements for sound are used ?

a)

one

b)

four

c)

three

d)

two

12.

Duration is the physical dimension to _______.

a)

time

b)

frequency

c)

intensity

d)

pitch

13.

Intensity is to __________, as frequency is to ___________--

a)

duration, pitch

b)

loudness, pitch

c)

pitch, loudness

d)

pitch, duration

14.

Sound intensity in the study of acoustics within the field of speech and hearing sciences is generally expressed as:

a)

distance

b)

acoustic power

c)

electrical pressure

d)

acoustic pressure

15.

125- 8000 HZ represents what ?

a)

threshold of pain

b)

range of frequencies in speech

c)

frequency range of human hearing

d)

sound becomes inaudible

16.

0 dB SPL represents what ?

a)

sound becomes inaudible

b)

threshold of pain

c)

conversational speech

d)

range of frequency

17.

60 dB SPL represents

a)

starting point of frequency range

b)

inaudible sound

c)

threshold of pain

d)

conversational speech

18.

20-20,000 HZ represents what ?

a)

frequency range of normal hearing

b)

range of frequencies in speech

c)

conversational speech

d)

threshold of pain

19.

Use the chart to answer the following question? How many more times intense is 80 dB SPL than 20 dB SPL?

a)

100

b)

1000

c)

10

d)

1

20.

A __________ sound consists of one frequency

a)

simple

b)

complex

21.

A ___________ consists of 2 or more frequencies.

a)

complex

b)

simple

22.

Which of the following sounds is not an example of a complex sound?

a)

noise

b)

speech sound

c)

music

d)

pure tone

23.

Use the following sine graph to label the picture. (Type Point Letter - and then the answer)

Point A-

Point B -

Point C -

Point D -

(a)  

24.

The blue sine wave and the red sine wave in Graph A illustrate two sine waves that differ in         _______________  . 

the blue sine wave and the red sine wave in Graph B illustrate two sine waves that differ in _________________.

a)

frequency , amplitude

b)

amplitude , frequency

c)

peaks, amplitude

d)

width, height

25.

True or False : Period and Frequency have an Inverse relationship.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

One compression followed by one rarefaction on a sine wave is called a _____________. 

a)

period

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

d)

cycle

27.

The time that is required to complete one cycle of the sine wave is called the  ____________, while the distance between one point on a cycle and the same point repeating itself is referred to as the  ______________.

a)

wavelength , period

b)

period, wavelength

28.

True or False : There is direct relationship between frequency and wavelength. 

a)

True

b)

False

29.

What is the measure of distance between crest and trough ?

a)

RMS amplitude

b)

instantaneous amplitude

c)

peak to peak amplitude

d)

peak amplitude

30.

What is the measure of amount of displacement from the position of rest at the point that effectively create energy ?

a)

RMS amplitude

b)

instantaneous amplitude

c)

Peak to peak amplitude

d)

Peak amplitude

31.

What is the measure of the MAXIMUM displacement of the crest or the trough ?

a)

RMS amplitude

b)

instantaneous amplitude

c)

peak to peak amplitude

d)

peak amplitude

32.

Using a swing analogy, velocity of a vibrating object is maximum when an object is _____________________ , and it is zero when it is _____________________.  

a)

at maximun displacement , over a position of rest

b)

over a position of rest , at maximun displacement

c)

high , low

d)

low , high

33.

An object is said to have no acceleration when it is at ___________________________ , while acceleration is said to be maximum at ________________________________

a)

at a dead stop, vibration moves from dead stop to opposite direction

b)

vibration moves from dead stop to opposite direction, at dead stop

34.

True or False : For vocal fold vibration, all harmonics in a harmonic series are present.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Which of the following analyzes frequency and amplitude of complex sound components without representing time?

a)

spectrogram

b)

Fourier Analysis

c)

oscillogram

d)

audiogram

36.

What is negative displacement on a sine wave is called _______

a)

displacment

b)

instantaneous

c)

trough

d)

crest

37.

What is positive displacement called on a sine wave _______

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

cresent

d)

displacement

38.

A complex ____________ sound does not have a consistent or repeatable pattern. 

a)

aperiodic

b)

aperiod

c)

periodic

d)

period

39.

What kind of relationship does frequency and period have?

a)

direct

b)

inverse

c)

plutonic

d)

romantic

40.

The inverse square law predicts that for every doubling of distance from the sound source there should be a

a)

6 dB decrease in sound pressure

b)

6 dB increase in sound pressure

41.

Sound wave propagation that travels parallel to the movement of the particles in the medium is defined as a _______________

a)

aperiodic wave

b)

sine wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

longitudnal wave

42.

Sound wave propagation that travels perpindicular to the movement of the particles in the medium is a

a)

a periodic wave

b)

longitudinal waves

c)

transverse

waves

d)

sine wave

43.

What is the difference between period and wavelength?

a)

period - time

wavelength - distance

b)

period-duration

wavelength- time

c)

there is no difference

d)

period - distnce

wavelength - time

44.

Which of the following is not a boundary ?

a)

people

b)

air

c)

walls

d)

doors

45.

What happens to sound when air meets a boundary such as a wall?

a)

absorb it

b)

reflect it

c)

both absorb and reflect

46.

Two or more waveforms acting upon the same air molecule will result in

a)

lambda

b)

interference

c)

inception

d)

interception

47.

At normal atmospheric conditions, sound does not travel through air at approximately

a)

344 meters per second

b)

1130 feet per second

c)

86,400 milliseconds per second

d)

758 miles per hour

48.

Sound transmission speeds ARE NOT affected by

a)

sound pressure

b)

temperature

c)

elasticity

d)

mass

49.

What is the measurement of frequency

a)

lambda

b)

decibel

c)

Hertz

d)

omicron

50.

An example of a complex periodic sound is

a)

static

b)

puretone

c)

/a / sound

d)

noise in a classroom