Question 1: A child says, "bird go," to which her aunt replies, "yes the bird is flying!"
a. Joint reference
b. Extension
c. Contingent responding
d. Code mixing
e. Expansion

Question 2: A hearing threshold of 30 dB in both ears for all frequencies is...
a. necessary for the normal development and/or use of language
b. found only in very young children with extremely healthy ears
c. found only in old professors who stick carrots in their ears so they can't hear their wives nag them about doing dumb things. (Hint--don't choose this one; and besides it doesn't work)
d. within the normal range
e. frequently possible with a middle ear infection

Question 3: A man's voice is typically lower than a woman's because there is...
a. more tension in the vocal folds of a woman
b. a need for men to talk at frequencies below 50 HZ so women can't hear them
c. less tension in the vocal folds of the man
d. a larger tongue in a man's mouth
e. greater mass in the vocal folds of the man

Question 4: A reading of 0 dB on an audiometer means...
a. an average threshold of hearing
b. deafness
c. zero dynes per centimeter squared
d. no sound production
e. a low frequency

Question 5: A teenage boy who cannot adjust psychologically to the change in his voice may habitually use...
a. a breathy voice
b. a harsh voice
c. an optimum pitch
d. a voice in which the fundamental is dropped to 0dB
e. a falsetto voice

Question 6: A _________________________ is an assumption the speaker makes concerning what the listener knows about the subject of the conversation...
a. Protodeclarative
b. Presupposition
c. Protoimperative
d. Morpheme
e. Performance

Question 7: Baby PJ is 3 months-old and during play with his sister, is happily vocalizing with "eeeeeeeeoooooooaaaaaa" and, aaaahhhhheeeeoooo." This type of communication could be classified as what?
a. Variegated babbling
b. a typical response of your professor to your questions
c. Cooing
d. Vocables
e. Vegetative sounds

Question 8: Early words of English-speaking children are predominantly...
a. Adjectives
b. Verbs
c. Relational
d. Modifiers
e. Nouns

Question 9: For which sounds would the velum (soft palate) be lowered (opened)...
a. h
b. s, sh, f and th
c. k, g, d, and b
d. m, n and ng
e. dge and ch

Question 10: In the reflexive babbling of a young child and a few old professors, which sounds would you expect to hear...(hint--back consonants and front vowels)...
a. goo
b. bee
c. baa
d. gee
e. dee

Question 11: It has been established that a child's language competence is correlated with speech and language stimulation he receives from his caregivers. However, what appears to be most critical is...
a. The quantity of speech to which the child is exposed
b. The amount of speech directed to the child
c. The volume that the caregivers use when talking to the child
d. The time of day the caregivers talk to the child
e. The length of utterance a caregiver uses when talking to the child

Question 12: The hallmark of a consonant is...
a. laryngeal vibration
b. constricted air flow
c. the mass of the vocal folds
d. resonance
e. voicing

Question 13: The pharynx is a resonator which...
a. is where the airflow is typically constricted to produce consonants in English
b. makes all sounds louder
c. lets only some frequencies pass
d. is filled with air which cannot vibrate
e. is where sound is produced

Question 14: Two pure tones of different frequencies which are integral multiples of each other will...
a. create two pure tones in harmony
b. create silence
c. create a complex wave (tone)
d. create one sound that is louder
e. create a white noise

Question 15: Two pure tones of the same frequency and intensity but directly out of phase will...
a. create one sound twice as loud
b. create a white noise
c. create a complex wave
d. create two pure tones in harmony
e. create silence

Question 16: We can recognize a particular complex sound because of the pattern of it's...
a. sine waves
b. pure tones
c. fundamentals
d. overtones
e. complex tones

Question 17: Which is the most critical feature for understanding speech as it is spoken...
a. consonants
b. vowels
c. bound morphemes
d. graphemes
e. the letters of the alphabet

Question 18: Which of the following does NOT belong with the rest...
a. a single frequency with a smooth curve
b. simple tone
c. sine wave
d. complex tone
e. pure tone

Question 19: Which tone would I hear best if all were the same intensity ...
a. 8000 Hz
b. 50 Hz
c. 1000 Hz
d. 40000 Hz
e. 20000 Hz

Question 20: Who would have the BEST hearing? A child who has a hearing threshold of...
a. 100 dB
b. -30 dB
c. 0 dB
d. 30 dB
e. 2 dynes/cm squared