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Praxis Study Session Chapter 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

The "typical" speaker of Standard American English would produce the word emancipation as

a)

/Imɑnsʌpeʃʌn/

b)

/imɑnsʌpeIʃən/

c)

/imænsəpeIʃən/

d)

/Imʌnsʌpeʃn/

2.

The /r/ and /l/ sounds may both be categorized as

a)

rhotic

b)

glides

c)

laterals

d)

liquids

3.

A semivowel that can be categorized as a voiced bilabial glide that is + anterior and + continuant is the

a)

/j/

b)

/w/

c)

/ʃ

d)

/r/

4.

The term coarticulation refers to

a)

speech sounds being modified due to the influence of adjacent sounds to the point that there are perceptible changes in sounds

b)

the extent to which vocal tract configurations change shape during the production of consonants and vowels in running speech

c)

the influence of one phoneme upon another in production and perception wherein two different articulators move simultaneously to produce two different speech sounds

d)

the influence of various syllables upon one another when a client recites a phonetically balanced list of words

5.

Broad phonemic transcription involves

a)

the use of IPA symbols to transcribe phonemes by enclosing them within slash marks (e.g., /f/)

b)

the use of diacritical markers to transcribe phonemes by enclosing them within slash marks (e.g., /f/)

c)

the transcription of allophones by placing them within brackets (e.g., [f])

d)

the transcription of allophones by the use of diacritical markers

6.

If a speaker said, "Just love 'em and leave 'em," the phrase "leave 'em" could be transcribed as

a)

[liv ʊm]

b)

[lev] [em]

c)

/liv ʊhm/

d)

/liv m/

7.

The two properties of a medium that affect sound transmission are

a)

amplitude and intensity

b)

mass and elasticity

c)

compression and rarefaction

d)

pressure and force

8.

A sinusoidal wave is a sound wave

a)

that is asymmetrical

b)

with multiple peaks and valleys

c)

with multiple frequencies

d)

that is a result of simple harmonic motion

9.

A natural frequency is a frequency

a)

with which a source of sound vibrates naturally

b)

that is unrelated to the mass and stiffness of the vibrating body

c)

that is the center frequency of a formant

d)

that refers to the simple harmonic motion

10.

An octave is

a)

the amount of molecular displacement per unit of time

b)

the amount of time between cycles

c)

an indication of interval between two frequencies

d)

a measure of the magnitude (intensity, strength) of the sound signal

11.

The back-and-forth movement of air molecules because of a vibrating object is referred to as

a)

oscillation

b)

amplitude

c)

velocity

d)

displacement

12.

The lowest frequency of a periodic wave is also known as

a)

the fundamental frequency or second harmonic

b)

the fundamental frequency or first harmonic

c)

the formant frequency or first harmonic

d)

the first octave or the fundamental frequency

13.

When two or more sounds of differing frequencies are combined, the result is a

a)

complex tone whose vibrations may be periodic or aperiodic

b)

complex tone; the vibrations are always periodic, where waves repeat themselves at regular intervals

c)

pure tone, where the vibrations are usually periodic

d)

pure tone, where the vibrations are always aperiodic

14.

When a speaker is producing a vowel and the vowel is being acoustically analyzed, one can state as a general rule that

a)

F2 varies mostly as a result of tongue height, and F1 varies mostly as a result of tongue position (variation in the anterior-to-posterior position of the tongue in the oral cavity)

b)

F2 varies mostly as a result of tongue height, and F3 varies mostly as a result of tongue advancement (variation in the anterior-to-posterior position of the tongue in the oral cavity)

c)

F1 varies mostly as a result of tongue height, and F3 varies mostly as a result of tongue advancement (variation in the anterior-to-posterior position of the tongue in the oral cavity)

d)

F1 varies mostly as a result of tongue height, and F2 varies mostly as a result of tongue advancement (variation in the anterior-to-posterior position of the tongue in the oral cavity)

15.

In a periodic complex sound, tones that occur over the fundamental frequency and can be characterized as whole-number multiples of the fundamental frequency are called

a)

complex sinusoidal

b)

autocorrelational periodic wave forms

c)

harmonics

d)

tonal configuration forms

16.

Diacritical marks are

a)

useful in making broad phonetic transcription

b)

useful in making narrow phonetic transcription that gives more detailed information on a speaker's phonetic characteristics

c)

Not useful in transcribing disordered speech

d)

used only in the analysis of speech with foreign accent

17.

The term coda refers to

a)

the nucleus of the syllable

b)

the initial sound in a syllable

c)

the consonant at the end of the syllable

d)

open syllables

18.

The manner of articulation refers to

a)

the degree of type of constriction of the vocal tract during consonant production

b)

the actions of the primary articulators

c)

the vocal fold vibrations during speech

d)

a distinction between consonants and vowels

19.

During typical speech production, vowels

a)

are often unvoiced

b)

require interrupted airflow

c)

require lowered velum

d)

may stand alone

20.

Compared to unstressed syllables, stressed syllables are typically

a)

softer in intensity

b)

longer and higher in pitch

c)

lower in pitch

d)

shorter in duration