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CBMT EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025 TEST
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1. A hospice patient communicates to the music therapist concerns
about how the family will cope in bereavement. While the
patient is talking, the music therapist leans toward the patient
and occasionally nods. After the patient finishes speaking, the
music therapist waits for a moment and then says, "It sounds like
you're really concerned about your family." Which of the
following does the music therapist's verbal and nonverbal
behavior demonstrate?
A. unconditional positive regard
B. active listening
C. countertransference
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D. sympathy
.....ANSWER..... B. The music therapist's verbal and non-verbal
behaviors demonstrate active listening, a serious interest in the
topic, and comprehension of what the patient said.
2.
A music therapist works with adults with anxiety disorders in a
partial hospitalization program once a week in music-assisted
relaxation sessions. Which of the following is the BEST strategy to
promote the independent use of music for self-care?
A.
Practice progressive muscle relaxation using live guitar chord
progressions.
B.
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Provide clients with a playlist of the music and relaxation scripts
for practice at home.
C.
Facilitate music imagery and have clients imagine themselves as
independent adults.
D.
Work with the clients on mindfulness training and help them
breathe through their anxiety
. .....ANSWER..... B. This strategy would provide clients with
opportunities to practice and use music-assisted relaxation
interventions independently at home.
3.
A client who is originally from a different country has undergone
a traumatic experience. The music therapist encounters resistance
to questions about the trauma, despite the client's willingness to
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engage in musical interaction. The music therapist can infer from
the client's responses that
A.
the client does not feel the need to address the trauma in music
therapy sessions.
B.
the therapist should be more persistent in using follow-up
questions after engaging in musical interaction.
C.
the client's cultural group may have a different perspective
regarding questions of a personal nature.
D.
the client may have doubts about the music therapist's ability to
address the trauma.
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!!)
1. A hospice patient communicates to the music therapist concerns
about how the family will cope in bereavement. While the
patient is talking, the music therapist leans toward the patient
and occasionally nods. After the patient finishes speaking, the
music therapist waits for a moment and then says, "It sounds like
you're really concerned about your family." Which of the
following does the music therapist's verbal and nonverbal
behavior demonstrate?
A. unconditional positive regard
B. active listening
C. countertransference
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D. sympathy
.....ANSWER..... B. The music therapist's verbal and non-verbal
behaviors demonstrate active listening, a serious interest in the
topic, and comprehension of what the patient said.
2.
A music therapist works with adults with anxiety disorders in a
partial hospitalization program once a week in music-assisted
relaxation sessions. Which of the following is the BEST strategy to
promote the independent use of music for self-care?
A.
Practice progressive muscle relaxation using live guitar chord
progressions.
B.
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Provide clients with a playlist of the music and relaxation scripts
for practice at home.
C.
Facilitate music imagery and have clients imagine themselves as
independent adults.
D.
Work with the clients on mindfulness training and help them
breathe through their anxiety
. .....ANSWER..... B. This strategy would provide clients with
opportunities to practice and use music-assisted relaxation
interventions independently at home.
3.
A client who is originally from a different country has undergone
a traumatic experience. The music therapist encounters resistance
to questions about the trauma, despite the client's willingness to
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engage in musical interaction. The music therapist can infer from
the client's responses that
A.
the client does not feel the need to address the trauma in music
therapy sessions.
B.
the therapist should be more persistent in using follow-up
questions after engaging in musical interaction.
C.
the client's cultural group may have a different perspective
regarding questions of a personal nature.
D.
the client may have doubts about the music therapist's ability to
address the trauma.
