Quiz 5

Question 1

Each consonant we produce can be classified according to three articulatory dimensions; place of articulation, manner of articulation, and

a. voicing
b. phonation
c. coarticulation
d. resonation of sound

Answer 1

voicing

Question 2

______ is the perceptual organization of a complex acoustic signal into separate auditory events.

a. grouping by onset
b. auditory stream segregation
c. acoustic grouping
d. harmonic sound perception
e. source segregation

Answer 2

auditory stream segregation

Question 3

In a dichotic listening task, which of the following can the listener report having heard in the unattended channel?

a. they cannot report anything from the unattended channel
b. a change in language
c. a change in gender
d. a change in tempo

Answer 3

a change in gender

Question 4

If someone listens to a series of phonemes that smoothly and continuously morphs between “bah” and “dah” in four steps, she most likely hears

a. all of the sounds as “bah”
b. sounds in the middle as a combination of “bah” and “dah”
c. all the sounds as “dah”
d. sounds in the middle as either “bah” or “dah”

Answer 4

d. sounds in the middle as either “bah” or “dah”

Question 5

High frequency sounds are transduced at the ______ of the cochlea and processed in the _______ portion of primary auditory cortex.

a. apex; posterior
b. base; posterior
c. apex; anterior
d. base; anterior

Answer 5

b. base; posterior

Question 6

Jazz musicians often “swing” the timing of when they play notes in a song such that there is a systematic deviation from the regular rhythm. This is an example of

a. modulation
b. localization
c. syncopation
d. phonation

Answer 6

syncopation

Question 7

Which of the following do(es) not contribute to sound localization?

a. turning the head
b. interaural time difference
c. the cone of confusion
d. interaural level difference

Answer 7

the cone of confusion

Question 8

If you transform a sequence of notes by raising all of their frequencies by exactly 100 Hz, which aspect would not change?

a. melody
b. tone chorma
c. pitch
d. tone height

Answer 8

melody

Question 9

Which sound frequency would have the most similar tone chroma to a 220-Hz tone?

a. 400 Hz
b. 320 Hz
c. 200 Hz
d. 440 Hz

Answer 9

440 Hz

Question 10

If someone’s lateral superior olive structures are destroyed, they are most likely to experience difficulty using

a. interaural level differences to localize high-frequency sounds
b. interaural time differences to localize high-frequency sounds
c. interaural time differences to localize low-frequency sounds
d. interaural level differenced to localize low-frequency sounds

Answer 10

interaural level differences to localize high-frequency sounds