MUSIC 2MT3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE | MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC 2MT3
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
NMT is a research based system of standardized clinical techniques for training in the following areas:
Question options:
a) sensorimotor, speech & language and cognition
b) sensorimotor, speech & language, and memory
c) sensorimotor, speech & language, and concrete operations
d) sensorimotor, cognition, and concrete operations - ANS ✔✔a) sensorimotor, speech & language and
cognition
It is not uncommon for a client to engage in music therapy for over 2 years.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
What is required to become an accredited music therapist in Canada?
Question options:
a) BA or MA in Music Therapy
b) Completion of a 1000hr internship approved by the CAMT
c) The completion of mandates of the CAMT
d) The CBMT exam - ANS ✔✔c) The completion of mandates of the CAMT
In a music therapy session, it is typically better to use live music opposed to pre-recorded music for the
following reason
Question options:
a) Live music can be flexible
b) Pre-recorded music can become overwhelming
c) Live music is more engaging
d) People prefer live music - ANS ✔✔a) Live music can be flexible
Music therapy can be offered as group therapy and/or individual therapy.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
Maintaining mental health is important, even if you are not diagnosed with a mental illness.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
Which of the following statement(s) are true?
Question options:
a) Only a skilled musician can improvise
b) Music therapists do not need to be skilled musicians.
c) A client does not need any background in music to participate in music therapy.
, d) Precomposed music always evokes positive memories - ANS ✔✔
When providing music therapy in NICU it is better to use live music opposed to recorded music to reach
NICU health related goals.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
The research supporting music therapy for PD symptoms supports music therapy to manage physical
goals but not emotional goals.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔
Leo Kanner is most known for his work as a music therapist and recognizing that music can highlight
individuals abilities despite a diagnosis of Autism.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔b) False
Music therapists adopted the idea that certain music should be used to evoke certain moods and to
influence ethos from the Greeks.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔b) False
Due to the positive impact of musicians providing music to soldiers returning from WW2 who were in
hospitals in the USA, music therapy began to develop as a profession in the USA, resulting in the first
University Music Therapy training program being offered in the USA during the 1940's.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
Cognitive Behaviour Music Therapy and Psychodynamically informed music therapy both place
importance on childhood experiences.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔b) False
Which approach draws upon positive and negative reinforcement as a means to facilitate change?
Question options:
a) Behavioural Approach
b) Cognitive Behavioural Approach
c) Pos/Neg Approach
d) Nordoff-Robbins Approach - ANS ✔✔a) Behavioural Approach
Which of the following is the most prominent music therapy intervention used in the Nordoff-Robbins
approach?
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
NMT is a research based system of standardized clinical techniques for training in the following areas:
Question options:
a) sensorimotor, speech & language and cognition
b) sensorimotor, speech & language, and memory
c) sensorimotor, speech & language, and concrete operations
d) sensorimotor, cognition, and concrete operations - ANS ✔✔a) sensorimotor, speech & language and
cognition
It is not uncommon for a client to engage in music therapy for over 2 years.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
What is required to become an accredited music therapist in Canada?
Question options:
a) BA or MA in Music Therapy
b) Completion of a 1000hr internship approved by the CAMT
c) The completion of mandates of the CAMT
d) The CBMT exam - ANS ✔✔c) The completion of mandates of the CAMT
In a music therapy session, it is typically better to use live music opposed to pre-recorded music for the
following reason
Question options:
a) Live music can be flexible
b) Pre-recorded music can become overwhelming
c) Live music is more engaging
d) People prefer live music - ANS ✔✔a) Live music can be flexible
Music therapy can be offered as group therapy and/or individual therapy.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
Maintaining mental health is important, even if you are not diagnosed with a mental illness.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
Which of the following statement(s) are true?
Question options:
a) Only a skilled musician can improvise
b) Music therapists do not need to be skilled musicians.
c) A client does not need any background in music to participate in music therapy.
, d) Precomposed music always evokes positive memories - ANS ✔✔
When providing music therapy in NICU it is better to use live music opposed to recorded music to reach
NICU health related goals.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
The research supporting music therapy for PD symptoms supports music therapy to manage physical
goals but not emotional goals.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔
Leo Kanner is most known for his work as a music therapist and recognizing that music can highlight
individuals abilities despite a diagnosis of Autism.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔b) False
Music therapists adopted the idea that certain music should be used to evoke certain moods and to
influence ethos from the Greeks.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔b) False
Due to the positive impact of musicians providing music to soldiers returning from WW2 who were in
hospitals in the USA, music therapy began to develop as a profession in the USA, resulting in the first
University Music Therapy training program being offered in the USA during the 1940's.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔a) True
Cognitive Behaviour Music Therapy and Psychodynamically informed music therapy both place
importance on childhood experiences.
Question options:
a) True
b) False - ANS ✔✔b) False
Which approach draws upon positive and negative reinforcement as a means to facilitate change?
Question options:
a) Behavioural Approach
b) Cognitive Behavioural Approach
c) Pos/Neg Approach
d) Nordoff-Robbins Approach - ANS ✔✔a) Behavioural Approach
Which of the following is the most prominent music therapy intervention used in the Nordoff-Robbins
approach?
