CBMT Practice Test Questions with Complete Solutions

CBMT Practice Test Questions with Complete Solutions A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased unexcused absences, and inability to concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music therapist should FIRST - Answer-identify current stressors in the student's life. A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music therapy to help her relax and sleep. During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST direction for the music therapist to take is to - Answer-improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep. i Behaviors that are observed are considered to provide ______ information. - Answerobjective A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music therapy in a residential setting. She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful and anxious in new situations. When brought into the therapy room for her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The music therapist, working in an improvisational model, might do which of the following? - Answer-1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying. 2. Reflect the child's sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing. 4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that corresponds to how she is feeling. the goal isn't to change the mood of the client, but to allow them their full range of emotion while also making it musical _________ refers to quantity and quality of interpersonal interaction - Answerpsychosocial _______ refers to expressive and receptive language skills. - Answer-communicative When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase sustained attention? - Answer-changing note duration This focuses on the basic auditory attention function of making the exercise increasingly longer by lengthening/augmenting the notes. The four components of a SOAP note are... - Answer-Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles require music therapists to take which of the following into account when planning treatment? 4 things - Answer-best available research; patient characteristics, culture and preferences; and clinical expertise A music therapist working with a group of four children at an early intervention facility arrives to find the class is very excited, having just come in from the playground. Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when choosing a music selection to begin the session? - Answer-a song with an allegro tempo. it's most important to meet the children where they are _________ refers to the therapist's reaction to the client based on past personal experience - Answer-Countertransference refers to the therapist's reaction to the client based on past personal experience A music therapist is conducting a group of clients playing a I-IV-V chordal accompaniment on tone bars. The music therapist arranges the clients in three groups, one for each chord. Which of the following is the MOST important conducting gesture? - Answer-tempo During a music therapy assessment, a client with late-stage dementia changed her facial expression several times, hummed parts of a familiar melody, made eye contact with the therapist, and attempted to play a hand drum. She was unresponsive to other stimuli in the environment. Which of the following is the BEST treatment recommendation for this client? - Answer-individual sessions emphasizing sensory awareness and stimulation sensory stimulation and awareness should be target because the client doesn't respond to anything that isn't music While completing an assessment on a patient who is 10 days post-stroke, a music therapist interviews the spouse to get more information. The spouse reports that the patient does not enjoy music and is not a good candidate for music therapy. Which of the following is the music therapist's BEST action? - Answer-Continue the assessment to determine if music can be used effectively with the patient. recommendations shouldn't be made until an assessment is completed The decision to accept a music therapy referral for a young adult with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) must primarily be based on the client's needs and - Answer-the therapist's expertise in PTSD and current caseload. The music therapist should perform only those duties for which he/she has been adequately trained, not engaging outside his/her area of competence. Furthermore, the therapist must have adequate time available to schedule regular sessions and complete the required documentations. _____ tuning is D-G-D-G-B-D and is one of the easiest alternative guitar tunings to play. It is most commonly found in Folk and Blues music. - Answer-open G ____ tuning is D-A-D-G-A-D and is most commonly found in Celtic music as well as English and Irish folk. - Answer-modal D _____ tuning is D-G-D-G-C-D and is most commonly found in Celtic music as well as Rock and Heavy Metal. - Answer-modal G