SHS 250 Practice Test Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
You need to include punctuation when you transcribe.
False
Gorilla contains __ morphemes.
1
Kit and cut are a minimal pair.
True
Subterranean contains ____ morphemes.
4
The word "battalion" contains 2 syllables
False
A system that uses sounds, symbols and signs to communicate.
Language
A pattern of sounds made by the movement of speech organs
Speech
A subset of patterns within a language based on regional or social boundaries
Dialect
Phoneme
,The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemesallast unit of sound that
can distinguish between morphemes
Morpheme
The smallest unit of meaning
Broad Transcription
Phonemic transcription
Narrow transcription
phonetic transcription
Phonetic environment refers to the room in which the sound was recorded
False
The way words combine to form sentences
syntax
The meaning of words and sentences
Semantics
The structure of words
morphology
The speech sounds patterns in language
Phonology
Speech sounds
Phonetics
, Sound is produced by the vibration of the vocal folds
True
Rate of vocal fold vibration is called
Fundamental Frequency
Air source
Respiratory
Sound source
laryngeal
sound filter
supralaryngeal
The glottis is different from the vocal folds
False
The uvula is part of the alveolar ridge.
False
Addition
A speech production error in which a
sound is incorrectly added (before or
after) to another sound.
Broad Transcription
Correct Answers
You need to include punctuation when you transcribe.
False
Gorilla contains __ morphemes.
1
Kit and cut are a minimal pair.
True
Subterranean contains ____ morphemes.
4
The word "battalion" contains 2 syllables
False
A system that uses sounds, symbols and signs to communicate.
Language
A pattern of sounds made by the movement of speech organs
Speech
A subset of patterns within a language based on regional or social boundaries
Dialect
Phoneme
,The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemesallast unit of sound that
can distinguish between morphemes
Morpheme
The smallest unit of meaning
Broad Transcription
Phonemic transcription
Narrow transcription
phonetic transcription
Phonetic environment refers to the room in which the sound was recorded
False
The way words combine to form sentences
syntax
The meaning of words and sentences
Semantics
The structure of words
morphology
The speech sounds patterns in language
Phonology
Speech sounds
Phonetics
, Sound is produced by the vibration of the vocal folds
True
Rate of vocal fold vibration is called
Fundamental Frequency
Air source
Respiratory
Sound source
laryngeal
sound filter
supralaryngeal
The glottis is different from the vocal folds
False
The uvula is part of the alveolar ridge.
False
Addition
A speech production error in which a
sound is incorrectly added (before or
after) to another sound.
Broad Transcription
