MGRADES
The New Music Therapist's Handbook - Ch 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER - A progressive, degenerative disease with
insidious onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and significant decline in
functioning.
Attention Deficit Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A disorder characterized by
maladaptive inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically
significant impariment. Some symptoms should have presented before seven years of age,
although it may be diagnosed in adulthood.
Auditory Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to hear similarities and
differences between sounds.
Auditory memory - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to retain and recall that which is
heard.
Auditory-motor match - CORRECT ANSWER - The process whereby awareness of sound
results in a movement or response.
Autistic - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual with austistic disorder, beginning in
nfancy, which is characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or
dysfunctional, destructive, or ritualistic behaviors.
Individuals who display these characteristics later in life are also sometimes diagnosed as
autistic. Autistic disorder is a type of pervasive developmental disorder.
Behavioral Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A problem in social behavior which is
sufficiently extreme as to interfere with the learning process.
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Cerebral Palsy - CORRECT ANSWER - A series of disorders characterized by problems
in movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control, which are caused by brain injury
early in life.
Communication Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A disability which is characterized by
the inability to transfer thought through speech, written word, or body gestures.
Conduct Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A persistent pattern of behavior characterized
by the breaking of social norms, including serious violations, aggression, destruction, or
deceitfulness.
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in
cognitive functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgement, and problem solving.
Developmental Disability - CORRECT ANSWER - A disorder originating before the age
of 18 which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely. The disabilities include
mental retardation, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and severe learning disabilities if the origins
are related to MR.
Disruptive Behavior Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A type of conduct disorder
characterized by oppositial and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct
disorders.
Down's Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - A congenital abnormality of the trisomy 21
gene (an extra chromosome), resulting in mental retardation and physical abnormalities.
Fine Motor Dexterity (Coordination) - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of small msucles
for reaching, grasping, and manipulating objects.
Forensic Psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER - The branch of psychiatry devoted to legal
problems and infractions of law, primarily criminal.
The New Music Therapist's Handbook - Ch 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Alzheimer's disease - CORRECT ANSWER - A progressive, degenerative disease with
insidious onset, characterized by multiple cognitive deficits and significant decline in
functioning.
Attention Deficit Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A disorder characterized by
maladaptive inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which results in pervasive and clinically
significant impariment. Some symptoms should have presented before seven years of age,
although it may be diagnosed in adulthood.
Auditory Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to hear similarities and
differences between sounds.
Auditory memory - CORRECT ANSWER - The ability to retain and recall that which is
heard.
Auditory-motor match - CORRECT ANSWER - The process whereby awareness of sound
results in a movement or response.
Autistic - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual with austistic disorder, beginning in
nfancy, which is characterized by self-absorption, preoccupation with inanimate objects, and/or
dysfunctional, destructive, or ritualistic behaviors.
Individuals who display these characteristics later in life are also sometimes diagnosed as
autistic. Autistic disorder is a type of pervasive developmental disorder.
Behavioral Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A problem in social behavior which is
sufficiently extreme as to interfere with the learning process.
, MGRADES
Cerebral Palsy - CORRECT ANSWER - A series of disorders characterized by problems
in movement, posture, and loss of voluntary muscle control, which are caused by brain injury
early in life.
Communication Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A disability which is characterized by
the inability to transfer thought through speech, written word, or body gestures.
Conduct Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A persistent pattern of behavior characterized
by the breaking of social norms, including serious violations, aggression, destruction, or
deceitfulness.
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of symptoms characterized by deterioration in
cognitive functioning, particularly memory, abstract thinking, judgement, and problem solving.
Developmental Disability - CORRECT ANSWER - A disorder originating before the age
of 18 which constitutes a substantial handicap and continues indefinitely. The disabilities include
mental retardation, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and severe learning disabilities if the origins
are related to MR.
Disruptive Behavior Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - A type of conduct disorder
characterized by oppositial and defiant behavior which does not meet criteria for other conduct
disorders.
Down's Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - A congenital abnormality of the trisomy 21
gene (an extra chromosome), resulting in mental retardation and physical abnormalities.
Fine Motor Dexterity (Coordination) - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of small msucles
for reaching, grasping, and manipulating objects.
Forensic Psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWER - The branch of psychiatry devoted to legal
problems and infractions of law, primarily criminal.
