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CBMT EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 400 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the
following therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase
sustained attention?
A. altering note order
B. varying key signature
C. changing note duration
D. modifying time signature -Correct Answer- C. This is a strategy to
address attention control. This focuses on the basic auditory attention
function of making the exercise increasingly longer by
lengthening/augmenting the notes.
The last portion of a music therapy SOAP note discusses which of the
following?
A. progress summary
B. physician's recommendations
C. plan for treatment
D. provider's assessment -Correct Answer- C. The four components of a
SOAP note are Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan with the last
component being plan for how to continue to treat the client.
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A song on the guitar in the key of C needs to be transposed to the key of
Eb. Using first position fingering in the key of C, the therapist needs to
place the capo on the
A. 2nd fret.
B. 3rd fret.
C. 5th fret.
D. 7th fret. -Correct Answer- B. Placing the capo on the 3rd fret would
transpose the song to Eb major.
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?
A. a familiar song
B. an unfamiliar song
C. a song with an allegro tempo
D. a song with an adagio tempo -Correct Answer- C. Using a song with
an active tempo in order to meet the children's high level of energy is the
most important consideration.
A music therapist with basic guitar skills wants to accompany a song
written in the key of Ab major, using Ab, Db, and Eb7 chords. To allow
for the use of all first position chords and only minimally affect the
song's vocal register, the song should be transposed to the key of
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A. B major.
B. D major.
C. F major.
D. G major. -Correct Answer- D. G major contains chords easily played
on the guitar and only changes the vocal register by a half step.
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?
A. tempo
B. dynamics
C. meter
D. phrasing -Correct Answer- A. Tempo provides the necessary group
cohesion for a successful group music experience.
An adult with severe, chronic asthma receives individual music therapy
in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic. Treatment goals include increasing
breath support and developing intercostal muscle strength to improve
voice quality. When selecting song material, which of the following is
the MOST crucial aspect to consider?
A. client preference
B. phrase length
C. tessitura
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D. song duration -Correct Answer- B. Phrase length is most crucial
because it requires regulated and sustained breath support.
A music therapist is improvising in the key of G major. Which of the
following secondary dominant-seventh chords should be chosen for the
MOST direct transition to the new key of D major?
A. A7
B. B7
C. D7
D. E7 -Correct Answer- A. A7 is the secondary dominant-seventh of V
in G major and the dominant-seventh of D major, the most direct
transition to the new key.
Which of the following types of scales on the keyboard uses only black
keys?
A. Aeolian
B. Ionian
C. Pentatonic
D. Lydian -Correct Answer- C. A Pentatonic scale can be played on only
black keys.
A pianist is transposing a piece of music backward through the circle of
fifths. The pianist is now playing in the key of E major. Two key
changes later, the pianist should be playing in the key of
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CBMT EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 400 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the
following therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase
sustained attention?
A. altering note order
B. varying key signature
C. changing note duration
D. modifying time signature -Correct Answer- C. This is a strategy to
address attention control. This focuses on the basic auditory attention
function of making the exercise increasingly longer by
lengthening/augmenting the notes.
The last portion of a music therapy SOAP note discusses which of the
following?
A. progress summary
B. physician's recommendations
C. plan for treatment
D. provider's assessment -Correct Answer- C. The four components of a
SOAP note are Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan with the last
component being plan for how to continue to treat the client.
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A song on the guitar in the key of C needs to be transposed to the key of
Eb. Using first position fingering in the key of C, the therapist needs to
place the capo on the
A. 2nd fret.
B. 3rd fret.
C. 5th fret.
D. 7th fret. -Correct Answer- B. Placing the capo on the 3rd fret would
transpose the song to Eb major.
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?
A. a familiar song
B. an unfamiliar song
C. a song with an allegro tempo
D. a song with an adagio tempo -Correct Answer- C. Using a song with
an active tempo in order to meet the children's high level of energy is the
most important consideration.
A music therapist with basic guitar skills wants to accompany a song
written in the key of Ab major, using Ab, Db, and Eb7 chords. To allow
for the use of all first position chords and only minimally affect the
song's vocal register, the song should be transposed to the key of
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A. B major.
B. D major.
C. F major.
D. G major. -Correct Answer- D. G major contains chords easily played
on the guitar and only changes the vocal register by a half step.
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?
A. tempo
B. dynamics
C. meter
D. phrasing -Correct Answer- A. Tempo provides the necessary group
cohesion for a successful group music experience.
An adult with severe, chronic asthma receives individual music therapy
in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic. Treatment goals include increasing
breath support and developing intercostal muscle strength to improve
voice quality. When selecting song material, which of the following is
the MOST crucial aspect to consider?
A. client preference
B. phrase length
C. tessitura
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D. song duration -Correct Answer- B. Phrase length is most crucial
because it requires regulated and sustained breath support.
A music therapist is improvising in the key of G major. Which of the
following secondary dominant-seventh chords should be chosen for the
MOST direct transition to the new key of D major?
A. A7
B. B7
C. D7
D. E7 -Correct Answer- A. A7 is the secondary dominant-seventh of V
in G major and the dominant-seventh of D major, the most direct
transition to the new key.
Which of the following types of scales on the keyboard uses only black
keys?
A. Aeolian
B. Ionian
C. Pentatonic
D. Lydian -Correct Answer- C. A Pentatonic scale can be played on only
black keys.
A pianist is transposing a piece of music backward through the circle of
fifths. The pianist is now playing in the key of E major. Two key
changes later, the pianist should be playing in the key of
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