CBMT ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What instrument should be used as the melody so everyone can
hear it over the other instruments playing?
Answer: Glockenspiel
◉ Contraindication for MT?
Answer: Musicogenic epilepsy
◉ Twins/Brothers doing things and thinking for each other?
Answer: Enmeshment
◉ Validation for older adult who wants to take the bus home?
Answer: What is home like? Tell me about home
◉ Best meter to conduct in when someone plays in the off beats (2
and 4) and other keeps each other beat?
Answer: 4/4
◉ 1950's song chord progression if in the key of ___
Answer: I-vi-IV-V-I
,(1,6,4,5,1)
◉ Older adult hearing a song and reminiscing and starts to cry when
he hears a song being played. How will MT be for him?
Answer: Music therapy might be met with frustration
◉ Staff calling persons with developmental delay kids. What should
MT do?
Answer: Model behavior for staff to see
◉ IEP meeting what do to if MT cannot make it?
Answer: Reschedule meeting!
◉ Starting chord for Happy Birthday
Answer: Sol
◉ You have countertransference with a client. What is your first
step?
Answer: Do not brush feelings aside, acknowledge while meeting the
immediate needs of the client. (Remember, the answer needs to be
100% corrent, not just half right.)
, ◉ You have to tune your guitar but don't have a tuner? You do have
the pitch 440Hz. What string should you tune first?
Answer: A (A440)
◉ Patient is new to MT group. They are in their manic stage of
bipolar. What would their reaction be to the group who is having to
say goodbye to the therapist?
Answer: Manic stage symptoms: Abnormally upbeat, jumpy or
wired. Very hyperactive. Euphoria.
So the client would most likely... Interrupt frequently, tell everyone
to cheer up and sing happy songs would
◉ Patient with a moderate cognitive disability and difficulty with
expressive language: Do you do a songwriting experience with them
where you substitute one word to a familiar song or substitute a
small phrase to a familiar song?
Answer: One word
◉ Hospice client that is not able to communicate anymore. Caregiver
is giving information about songs they like: Agitated when
describing. What should MT do?
Answer: Slow familiar music to match breathing
◉ Different computers have all the same information:
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What instrument should be used as the melody so everyone can
hear it over the other instruments playing?
Answer: Glockenspiel
◉ Contraindication for MT?
Answer: Musicogenic epilepsy
◉ Twins/Brothers doing things and thinking for each other?
Answer: Enmeshment
◉ Validation for older adult who wants to take the bus home?
Answer: What is home like? Tell me about home
◉ Best meter to conduct in when someone plays in the off beats (2
and 4) and other keeps each other beat?
Answer: 4/4
◉ 1950's song chord progression if in the key of ___
Answer: I-vi-IV-V-I
,(1,6,4,5,1)
◉ Older adult hearing a song and reminiscing and starts to cry when
he hears a song being played. How will MT be for him?
Answer: Music therapy might be met with frustration
◉ Staff calling persons with developmental delay kids. What should
MT do?
Answer: Model behavior for staff to see
◉ IEP meeting what do to if MT cannot make it?
Answer: Reschedule meeting!
◉ Starting chord for Happy Birthday
Answer: Sol
◉ You have countertransference with a client. What is your first
step?
Answer: Do not brush feelings aside, acknowledge while meeting the
immediate needs of the client. (Remember, the answer needs to be
100% corrent, not just half right.)
, ◉ You have to tune your guitar but don't have a tuner? You do have
the pitch 440Hz. What string should you tune first?
Answer: A (A440)
◉ Patient is new to MT group. They are in their manic stage of
bipolar. What would their reaction be to the group who is having to
say goodbye to the therapist?
Answer: Manic stage symptoms: Abnormally upbeat, jumpy or
wired. Very hyperactive. Euphoria.
So the client would most likely... Interrupt frequently, tell everyone
to cheer up and sing happy songs would
◉ Patient with a moderate cognitive disability and difficulty with
expressive language: Do you do a songwriting experience with them
where you substitute one word to a familiar song or substitute a
small phrase to a familiar song?
Answer: One word
◉ Hospice client that is not able to communicate anymore. Caregiver
is giving information about songs they like: Agitated when
describing. What should MT do?
Answer: Slow familiar music to match breathing
◉ Different computers have all the same information:
