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COMD 5070 FINALEXAM | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED |
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100%
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The speech signal is - (answer)neither invariant nor linear
When a listener simplifies the processing of the speech signal to smooth out
superfluous variability, it is called - (answer)perceptual normalization
One type of quantal perception that occurs as we listen to speech is called -
(answer)categorical perception
In duplex perception: - (answer)syllable components are presented separately, but
simultaneously, to each ear
In the McGurk effect: - (answer)the place and/or manner of articulation is
perceived to change
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Top-down processing in the perception of speech involves - (answer)using
contextual, linguistic, and cognitive cues
Which speech perception theory has been criticized as being so vague that it is
more of a philosophy than a theory or model? - (answer)motor theory
enhance differences between distinct phonemes - (answer)perceptual magnets
based on similarity of acoustic features of the beginning of words - (answer)Cohort
theory
research with infants has shown that - (answer)dominant language exposure
gradually decreases discrimination of non-native speech features
What is science? - (answer)a refinement of everyday thinking
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What are the 4 features of the scientific method? - (answer)empirical,
deterministic, predictive, parsimonious
A nonlinear increase in frequency as you go from low to high - (answer)semitone
How many semitones are in one octave? - (answer)12
There are ________ more semitones in the octave before the last - (answer)5.9%
the frequency with which numbers are stored or written down to represent the
analog signal that you're sampling. - (answer)Sampling rate
How does sampling rate relate to playback quality? - (answer)the higher the
sampling rate, the better the playback quality
The highest frequency the can be reproduced- or the highest sampling rate -
(answer)Nyquist frequency
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allows high frequencies through and holds back lower frequencies - (answer)high
pass filter
blocks high frequencies. The best way to avoid aliasing during a digital recording.
- (answer)low pass filter
allows a band of frequencies though and holds back both higher and lower
frequencies - (answer)band pass filter
holds back a band of frequencies and allows both higher and lower frequencies
through - (answer)band reject filter
a line spectrum shows the frequency components of a period sound -
(answer)frequency domain
COMD 5070 FINALEXAM | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED |
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100%
RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLTIONS | ALREADY
GRADED A+
The speech signal is - (answer)neither invariant nor linear
When a listener simplifies the processing of the speech signal to smooth out
superfluous variability, it is called - (answer)perceptual normalization
One type of quantal perception that occurs as we listen to speech is called -
(answer)categorical perception
In duplex perception: - (answer)syllable components are presented separately, but
simultaneously, to each ear
In the McGurk effect: - (answer)the place and/or manner of articulation is
perceived to change
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Top-down processing in the perception of speech involves - (answer)using
contextual, linguistic, and cognitive cues
Which speech perception theory has been criticized as being so vague that it is
more of a philosophy than a theory or model? - (answer)motor theory
enhance differences between distinct phonemes - (answer)perceptual magnets
based on similarity of acoustic features of the beginning of words - (answer)Cohort
theory
research with infants has shown that - (answer)dominant language exposure
gradually decreases discrimination of non-native speech features
What is science? - (answer)a refinement of everyday thinking
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What are the 4 features of the scientific method? - (answer)empirical,
deterministic, predictive, parsimonious
A nonlinear increase in frequency as you go from low to high - (answer)semitone
How many semitones are in one octave? - (answer)12
There are ________ more semitones in the octave before the last - (answer)5.9%
the frequency with which numbers are stored or written down to represent the
analog signal that you're sampling. - (answer)Sampling rate
How does sampling rate relate to playback quality? - (answer)the higher the
sampling rate, the better the playback quality
The highest frequency the can be reproduced- or the highest sampling rate -
(answer)Nyquist frequency
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allows high frequencies through and holds back lower frequencies - (answer)high
pass filter
blocks high frequencies. The best way to avoid aliasing during a digital recording.
- (answer)low pass filter
allows a band of frequencies though and holds back both higher and lower
frequencies - (answer)band pass filter
holds back a band of frequencies and allows both higher and lower frequencies
through - (answer)band reject filter
a line spectrum shows the frequency components of a period sound -
(answer)frequency domain
