Phonetics exam / last year

1. ……… refers to close approximation of two articulators so that the airstream is

partially obstructed and turbulent airflow is produced.
a. stop b. lateral c. approximant d. fricative

2. For this process, the air pressure built up behind the stop closure is released
through the nose by the lowering of the soft palate for the nasal consonant.
a. nasal plosion b. secondary articulation
c. unexploded pronunciation d. lateral plosion

3. The term ......... refers to fricatives and stops together as a natural class of sounds.
a. constriction b. obstruction c. obstruent d. plosive

4. In any waveform, ……… are not obvious, but ........ are usually apparent.
a. the places of articulation, principal manners of articulation
b. the positions of tongue, the places of articulation
c. the places of articulation, the positions of tongue
d. principal manners of articulation, the places of articulation

5. Which group can make a minimal set ?

a. pie , spy b. spry , cry c. mission , vision d. thigh , thy

6. When two vowel sounds have the same ..........., they are said to be on the same
musical scale.
a. intonation b. loudness c. quality d. pitch

7. Difference in the number of vowels in different accents is referred to as ……. ?

a. difference in system b. difference in application
c. difference in quality d. difference in distribution
8. Which of the following vowels is mid-low and front?
a. u b. e c. i d. a
9. ………… stops and fricatives are longer than the corresponding ……….
equivalents when at the end of syllable.
a. voiced, voiceless b. coronal, labial c. voiceless , voiced d. labial, corona

10.The vowel sound in good is .........

a. back, mid-high, round b. front, mid high, round
c. back, mid-low, spread d. front, mid-low, spread

11.What makes the words "writer" and "rider" in American English sound
different?
a. the pronunciation of [t] and [d] b. the degree of voicing
c. the place of stress d. difference in length of the vowel

12.Two allophonic variations of /k/ in words such as "quite" and "school" are
called ……………
a. extrinsic allophones b. dissimilation
c. secondary articulation d. intrinsic allophones

13.When we transcribe the speech of a child or a patient not seen previously, one
does not know what rules will apply, we use .............. transcription.
a. allophonic b. impressionistic c. phonemic d. systemic phonetic

14.Two allophonic variations of /k/ in words such as "quite" and "school" .......... are
called
a. dissimilation b. secondary articulation
c. extrinsic allophones d. intrinsic allophones

15. Number of vowels in different accents is referred to as …….?

a. difference in distribution b. difference in application
c. difference in quality d. difference in system
16.All the ………. are voiced.
a. bilabials b. plosives c. nasals d. fricatives

17.Transposition of sounds due to speech error, dialectal variation, or speech

disorder is called ……
a. Assimilation b. Elision c. Metathesis d. Epenthesis

18.Which of the following vowels is mid-low and front?

a. e b. u c. i d. a

19.allophonic transcription of the word "please" would be ……….

a. [pli:z] b. [pl̯ iz] c. [pli:z] d. [pl̥ i:z]

20.Accents of English differ more in their use of ……. than in their use of ……
a. diphthongs, vowels b. vowels, diphthongs
c. vowels, consonants d. consonants, vowels

21.Stress is produced by the following factors except.......?

a. exaggeration of pitch b. increased pulmonic pressure
c. increased intonation d. exaggeration of stop aspiration

22.Among the following consonants, which one is not alveolar?

a. n b. ʃ (s̑) c. L d. d

23.Which word has a wave form ?

a. sty b. tie c. ok d. oil