Câu 1:

The structuralism emphasizes the essential contrastive role of classes of sounds

which are labeled ...

A. phones

B. phonemes

C. phonetics

D. phonology

Câu 2: Which of the following statement is NOT CORRECT?

A. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonetic sounds

are and arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language

B. A large number of phonologists have believed that it is necessary to go beyond

phonemic analysis.

C. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonemes are and
arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language

D. The most basic activity in phonology is phonemic analysis.

Câu 3: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches the
soft palate.

A. velar

B. glottal

C. bilabial

D. postaveola
r

Câu 4: The term phonology first appeared in ...

A. the end of the 18th century

B. the end of the 19th century

C. the early of the 19th century

D. the early of the 18th century

Câu 5: Systematic studies on the speech sounds only appeared with

A. the development of tape recorders

B. the modern life

C. the development of modern sciences

D. the development of foreign language

learning

Câu 6: The soft portion of the roof of the mouth, lying behind the hard palate is
called the ...

A. velum

B. uvula

C. palate

D. cavity

Câu 7: The place of articulation of a consonant specifies ..........

A. how narrow the constriction is

B. where in the vocal tract the narrowing occurs

C. whether air is flowing through the nose

D. whether the tongue is dropped down on one

side

Câu 8: In a .............. consonant, the lower and upper lips approach or touch each
other.

A. labiodenta
l

B. bilabial

C. palatal

D. dental

Câu 9: Sounds which are made with vocal fold vibration are said to be ..........

A. affricate

B. lateral

C. voiced

D. voiceles
s

Câu 10: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the major dimensions of
consonant classification?

A. pronunciation

B. place of articulation

C. manner of
articulation

D. voicing
Câu 11: The structure that holds and manipulates the vocal cords is called the ...

A. larynx

B. glottis

C. velum

D. pharyn
x

Câu 12: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to suprasegmental

phonology ?

A. rhythm

B. stress

C. transcription

D. intonation

Câu 13: The term phonetics comes from the ...

A. Geek language

B. Italian language

C. English
language

D. Latin language

Câu 14: Which of the CAPITALISED letters in the following pairs have the same
pronunciation?

A. poSSession -
miSSion

B. seiZure - garaGE

C. iSland - hiStory

D. enouGH - thorouGH

Câu 15: The hard portion of the roof of the mouth is called the ...

A. hard
palate

B. soft palate

C. uvula

D. velum

Câu 16: The fold of tissue below the root of the tongue is called the ...

A. vocal cords

B. larynx

C. epiglottis

D. pharynx

Câu 17: The main part of the tongue, lying below the hard and soft palate is called
the ...

A. tongue

B. tongue
blade

C. dorsum
D. tongue root

Câu 18: Articulatory phonetics generally refers to the study of how humans ...

A. produce speech sounds

B. interact with speech

sounds

C. perceive speech sound

D. transmit speech sounds

Câu 19: In a ............... consonant, the articulators involved in the constriction

approach get close enough to each other to create a turbulent air-stream.

A. nasal

B. lateral

C. stop

D. fricative

Câu 20: The International Phonetic Association has played a very important role
in ...

A. using phonetic symbols for speech sounds

B. designing conventions for using phonetic symbols that represent speech

sounds

C. designing conventions for using sounds in speech

D. making use of phonetic symbols that represent speech sounds

Câu 21: Some fundamental distinctions between phonetics and phonology will be
agreed about by ...

A. most language
users

B. most teachers

C. most students

D. most linguists

Câu 22: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches the
hard palate.

A. velar

B. labiodenta
l

C. dental

D. palatal

Câu 23: The major difference between the two consonants /f/ and /v/ is the ......

A. place of articulation

B. sound class

C. voicing

D. manner of
articulation

Câu 24: Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT?

A. The manner of articulation tells where in the vocal tract the constriction
occurs.

B. The manner of articulation tells how narrow the constriction is.

C. The manner of articulation tells whether the tongue is dropped down on one
side.

D. The manner of articulation tells whether air is flowing through the nose.

Câu 25: The English t, d, and k are....

A. approximant
s

B. fricatives

C. stops

D. nasals

Câu 26: The lowest part of the tongue in the throat is called the ...

A. dorsum

B. tongue
blade

C. epiglottis

D. tongue root

Câu 27: "Distinctive features" are mainly concerned with

A. the detailed transcription of each unit

B. the detailed characteristics of each

unit
C. the detailed rules of each unit

D. the detailed articulation of each unit

Câu 28: Auditory phonetics is concerned with the ...

A. description of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

B. transmittion of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

C. hearing of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

D. production of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

Câu 29: People have been aware of the importance of sounds as vehicles of
meaning for ... .

A. some years

B. a hundred years

C. a very long time

D. a thousand years

Câu 30: The terms phonetics and phonology was used indiscriminately until...

A. the first half of the 19th century

B. the end of the 19th century

C. the first half of the 20th century

D. the end of the 20th century

Câu 31: Phonotactics is mainly concerned with the way in which ...

A. vowels can combine in a language

B. sounds can combine in a language

C. consonants can combine in a

language

D. words can combine in a language

Câu 32: In producing a consonant there is a ........... in the vocal tract.

A. height

B. construction

C. opening

D. constrictio
n

Câu 33: Which of the following is NOT CORRECT

The central concerns in phonetics are the discovery of ...

A. how we hear and recognise different sounds

B. how speech sounds are produced

C. how they are used in written language

D. how we can record speech sounds with written

symbols

Câu 34: The opening between the vocal cords is called the

A. oral cavity

B. glottis

C. nasal
cavity

D. epiglottis

Câu 35: The small, dangly thing at the back of the soft palate is called the ...

A. larynx

B. uvula

C. dorsum

D. glottis