MT-BC Practice Exam Latest Updated
A 6-year-old client with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is consistently meeting his
communication goals during music therapy sessions, but the family reports that music
therapy is the only place where the child willingly engages in his environment. To
facilitate transfer of progress into the client's everyday life, which of the following is the
music therapist's BEST action?
A. Explain to the family that it is typical for children with ASD to not transfer behaviors
from therapy.
B. Discuss ways the family can independently integrate music at home to encourage
interaction.
C. Continue current music therapy interventions to enforce stronger brain connections.
D. Explore ways to incorporate additional musical involvement through adaptive music
lessons. - ANSWER-A. While this may be typical, it is the therapist's responsibility to
help make those connections.
B. The therapist cannot be with the child all of the time, so it is important to educate the
family on how to facilitate and reinforce communication at home. (CORRECT)
C. If the child does not see the connection, it will be very unlikely that they will
independently make this transfer.
D. Adaptive music lessons may be fun for the child, but do not facilitate transfer of
communication skills.
A boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is receiving music therapy services. The
mother reports that each time he watches television, he prefers the volume to be
extremely high. This is difficult for the family to tolerate. Which of the following is the
music therapist's BEST response?
A. Establish experiences that provide emotional expression between the mother and
child.
B. Develop interventions to address discriminating and manipulating different auditory
stimuli.
C. Promote exercises that utilize only quiet, less boisterous instrumentation.
D. Create experiences that allow the music to be loud at all times, as this is preferred by
the client. - ANSWER-A. Facilitating emotional expression does not address the
foundational reason for why the client is preferring loud auditory stimuli.
B. Including opportunities for different stimuli best supports a more appropriate
replication of real life experiences. (CORRECT)
C. This does not provide the client with a varied sensory experience, which is important
to address functional transfer.
, D. See explanation C.
A client is being discharged from an inpatient psychiatric unit because the treatment
team has decided the client no longer poses a danger to self or others, and an
appropriate living situation in the community is available. When preparing the treatment
summary, which of the following should the music therapist consider?
A. The client met treatment goals in music therapy.
B. The client should not be discharged due to limited progress in music therapy.
C. The client should have a follow-up plan that addresses stressors that precipitated
hospitalization.
D. The client takes prescribed medications so community reintegration should be
successful. - ANSWER-A. The decision for discharge was a treatment team decision,
not a decision based on meeting music therapy goals. There is nothing in the stem to
indicate that the client made progress in music therapy.
B. The question does not indicate whether or not the client made progress in music
therapy. Sometimes clients are discharged by the treatment team without having met all
their music therapy goals.
C. Patients may confront stressors that prompted them to seek inpatient care in the first
place. Music therapists can work to help create a follow-up plan that proactively plans
for discharge and takes these stressors into account (Silverman, 2015). (CORRECT)
D. Although this client may currently take prescribed medication, clients may not
continue to adhere to medication regimens after discharge. This is one of the greatest
challenges in working with this population.
A client with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) claps to musical accompaniments,
clapping when the music plays, and stopping when the music stops. The music
therapist uses these responses to assess which of the following areas of functioning?
A. vibroacoustic
B. vestibular
C. proprioceptive
D. sensorimotor - ANSWER-A. Vibroacoustic stimulation uses special equipment
(example, drums) to provide auditory input and vibrotactile stimulation.
B. Vestibular action relates to the sense of balance; clapping does not involve balance.
C. Proprioceptive action relates to spatial orientation of limbs in space; listening to
accompaniment is not involved.
D. Sensorimotor action of clapping involves both motor and auditory/sensory pathways.
(CORRECT)
A 6-year-old client with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is consistently meeting his
communication goals during music therapy sessions, but the family reports that music
therapy is the only place where the child willingly engages in his environment. To
facilitate transfer of progress into the client's everyday life, which of the following is the
music therapist's BEST action?
A. Explain to the family that it is typical for children with ASD to not transfer behaviors
from therapy.
B. Discuss ways the family can independently integrate music at home to encourage
interaction.
C. Continue current music therapy interventions to enforce stronger brain connections.
D. Explore ways to incorporate additional musical involvement through adaptive music
lessons. - ANSWER-A. While this may be typical, it is the therapist's responsibility to
help make those connections.
B. The therapist cannot be with the child all of the time, so it is important to educate the
family on how to facilitate and reinforce communication at home. (CORRECT)
C. If the child does not see the connection, it will be very unlikely that they will
independently make this transfer.
D. Adaptive music lessons may be fun for the child, but do not facilitate transfer of
communication skills.
A boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is receiving music therapy services. The
mother reports that each time he watches television, he prefers the volume to be
extremely high. This is difficult for the family to tolerate. Which of the following is the
music therapist's BEST response?
A. Establish experiences that provide emotional expression between the mother and
child.
B. Develop interventions to address discriminating and manipulating different auditory
stimuli.
C. Promote exercises that utilize only quiet, less boisterous instrumentation.
D. Create experiences that allow the music to be loud at all times, as this is preferred by
the client. - ANSWER-A. Facilitating emotional expression does not address the
foundational reason for why the client is preferring loud auditory stimuli.
B. Including opportunities for different stimuli best supports a more appropriate
replication of real life experiences. (CORRECT)
C. This does not provide the client with a varied sensory experience, which is important
to address functional transfer.
, D. See explanation C.
A client is being discharged from an inpatient psychiatric unit because the treatment
team has decided the client no longer poses a danger to self or others, and an
appropriate living situation in the community is available. When preparing the treatment
summary, which of the following should the music therapist consider?
A. The client met treatment goals in music therapy.
B. The client should not be discharged due to limited progress in music therapy.
C. The client should have a follow-up plan that addresses stressors that precipitated
hospitalization.
D. The client takes prescribed medications so community reintegration should be
successful. - ANSWER-A. The decision for discharge was a treatment team decision,
not a decision based on meeting music therapy goals. There is nothing in the stem to
indicate that the client made progress in music therapy.
B. The question does not indicate whether or not the client made progress in music
therapy. Sometimes clients are discharged by the treatment team without having met all
their music therapy goals.
C. Patients may confront stressors that prompted them to seek inpatient care in the first
place. Music therapists can work to help create a follow-up plan that proactively plans
for discharge and takes these stressors into account (Silverman, 2015). (CORRECT)
D. Although this client may currently take prescribed medication, clients may not
continue to adhere to medication regimens after discharge. This is one of the greatest
challenges in working with this population.
A client with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) claps to musical accompaniments,
clapping when the music plays, and stopping when the music stops. The music
therapist uses these responses to assess which of the following areas of functioning?
A. vibroacoustic
B. vestibular
C. proprioceptive
D. sensorimotor - ANSWER-A. Vibroacoustic stimulation uses special equipment
(example, drums) to provide auditory input and vibrotactile stimulation.
B. Vestibular action relates to the sense of balance; clapping does not involve balance.
C. Proprioceptive action relates to spatial orientation of limbs in space; listening to
accompaniment is not involved.
D. Sensorimotor action of clapping involves both motor and auditory/sensory pathways.
(CORRECT)
