COMD 5070 EXAM PREPARATION TEST
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●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
