Speech and Hearing Sciences: ASLP
3030 Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Sound is what kind of energy? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Acoustic energy
Energy is transmitted by what type of wave? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Pressure
waves
What creates pressure waves? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Force applied to a sound
source
What is energy? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Oscillating particles that travel through
a medium
Brownian Motion - --CORRECT ANSWER--Constant movement of air molecules
in a random pattern
Sound cannot exist... - --CORRECT ANSWER--In a vacuum
Changes in pressure are measured in - --CORRECT ANSWER--Pascals (Pa)
A medium must... - --CORRECT ANSWER--Have mass
Be elastic
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, Celerity (C) - --CORRECT ANSWER--Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
(speed/velocity)
Speed of Sound in Air - --CORRECT ANSWER--343 m/s at
20 degrees C
Elasticity - --CORRECT ANSWER--The ability of the object to return to its
original form after being stressed or compressed
Speed of Propagation - --CORRECT ANSWER--Speed at which a wave moves
through a medium
The speed of propagation does what as the air gets colder? - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Slows down
Supersonic - --CORRECT ANSWER--Speed faster than the speed of sound
Subsonic - --CORRECT ANSWER--Speed slower than the speed of sound
Range of Human Hearing - --CORRECT ANSWER--20-20,000 Hz
Ultrasound - --CORRECT ANSWER--Sound energy that is too high for humans
to perceive as sound
Infrasound - --CORRECT ANSWER--Sound energy below human perception
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) - --CORRECT ANSWER--Any (repeated)
periodic motion (back and forth) with a restoring force proportional to
displacement
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3030 Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Sound is what kind of energy? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Acoustic energy
Energy is transmitted by what type of wave? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Pressure
waves
What creates pressure waves? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Force applied to a sound
source
What is energy? - --CORRECT ANSWER--Oscillating particles that travel through
a medium
Brownian Motion - --CORRECT ANSWER--Constant movement of air molecules
in a random pattern
Sound cannot exist... - --CORRECT ANSWER--In a vacuum
Changes in pressure are measured in - --CORRECT ANSWER--Pascals (Pa)
A medium must... - --CORRECT ANSWER--Have mass
Be elastic
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, Celerity (C) - --CORRECT ANSWER--Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
(speed/velocity)
Speed of Sound in Air - --CORRECT ANSWER--343 m/s at
20 degrees C
Elasticity - --CORRECT ANSWER--The ability of the object to return to its
original form after being stressed or compressed
Speed of Propagation - --CORRECT ANSWER--Speed at which a wave moves
through a medium
The speed of propagation does what as the air gets colder? - --CORRECT
ANSWER--Slows down
Supersonic - --CORRECT ANSWER--Speed faster than the speed of sound
Subsonic - --CORRECT ANSWER--Speed slower than the speed of sound
Range of Human Hearing - --CORRECT ANSWER--20-20,000 Hz
Ultrasound - --CORRECT ANSWER--Sound energy that is too high for humans
to perceive as sound
Infrasound - --CORRECT ANSWER--Sound energy below human perception
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) - --CORRECT ANSWER--Any (repeated)
periodic motion (back and forth) with a restoring force proportional to
displacement
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