CBMT PRACTICE EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS| 2026/27 UPDATED NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM (ALREADY GRADED A+) | GUARANTEED
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A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased
unexcused absences, and inability to concentrate when in school. Facial
affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student
states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music
therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in
behavior, a music therapist should FIRST
A. Observe the student in other classes
B. Discuss concerns with the guidance counselor
C. Identify current stressors in the student's life
D. Review the student's individualized education plan (IEP)
C. This is the only choice that allows the music therapist to determine
potential causal factors
A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a
relationship between a client, who has dementia, and his wife. During a
session, the client's favorite big-band music is played, but he is having
difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention
would be to recommend that the wife
A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
,B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music.
C. Having the wife hold her husband's hands and move in time to the
music with him is an intervention that brings both partners together in an
active interaction that approximates dancing and facilitates intimacy.
A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music
therapy to help her relax and sleep. During the initial session conducted
at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of
any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST
direction for the music therapist to take is to
A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up
visits.
B. Once the client has discussed her fears and shared her story, she may
be more ready for sleep. Introducing soft guitar music at this point would
be germane to accomplishing the stated therapeutic goal.
A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular
dementia and the client's daughter, once a week for one hour. Recently,
the client has become more withdrawn, presenting with a reduced
emotional response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the
daughter continues to encourage the client to be active and
engaged, yet the client is agitated and combative. Which of the following
is the music therapist's BEST response?
,A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and
combativeness.
B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with
disease progression.
C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately.
D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music
therapy sessions.
D. When working with clients who have vascular dementia, re-evaluation
of treatment length and frequency, as well as type of interventions is an
important aspect of care due to the often sudden onset of symptoms and
continued loss of functioning. While music therapy can be beneficial,
music can also, at times, be over-stimulating, possibly causing distress.
When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to
behaviors observed, not interpretation, is considered
A. subjective.
B. irrelevant.
C. prejudicial.
D. objective.
D. Behaviors that are observed are considered to provide objective
information.
A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music
therapy in a residential setting. She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful
and anxious in new situations. When brought into the therapy room for
her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The music
, therapist, working in an improvisational model, might do which of the
following?
1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying.
2. Reflect the child's sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing.
3. Comfort the child by holding and rocking her while singing soothing
lyrics.
4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that corresponds to
how she is feeling.
A. 1, 2, and 3 only
B. 1, 2, and 4 only
C. 1, 3, and 4 only
D. 2, 3, and 4 only
B. True. By reflecting the child's sounds and breathing with careful
musical phrasing, the child becomes aware that someone is listening to
her and aware of her own sounds. She feels accepted and understood.
"Since her admission, Mary has spent most of her time in her room and
has not participated in unit activities." Under which assessment domain
would this statement MOST likely be found?
A. psychosocial
B. emotional
C. communicative
D. sensorimotor
A. Psychosocial refers to quantity and quality of interpersonal
interaction.
When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following
therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase sustained attention?
CORRECT ANSWERS| 2026/27 UPDATED NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM (ALREADY GRADED A+) | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS!!
A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased
unexcused absences, and inability to concentrate when in school. Facial
affect has changed from friendly to flat. When approached, the student
states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a music
therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in
behavior, a music therapist should FIRST
A. Observe the student in other classes
B. Discuss concerns with the guidance counselor
C. Identify current stressors in the student's life
D. Review the student's individualized education plan (IEP)
C. This is the only choice that allows the music therapist to determine
potential causal factors
A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a
relationship between a client, who has dementia, and his wife. During a
session, the client's favorite big-band music is played, but he is having
difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention
would be to recommend that the wife
A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
,B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music.
C. Having the wife hold her husband's hands and move in time to the
music with him is an intervention that brings both partners together in an
active interaction that approximates dancing and facilitates intimacy.
A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music
therapy to help her relax and sleep. During the initial session conducted
at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life story before the use of
any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST
direction for the music therapist to take is to
A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up
visits.
B. Once the client has discussed her fears and shared her story, she may
be more ready for sleep. Introducing soft guitar music at this point would
be germane to accomplishing the stated therapeutic goal.
A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular
dementia and the client's daughter, once a week for one hour. Recently,
the client has become more withdrawn, presenting with a reduced
emotional response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the
daughter continues to encourage the client to be active and
engaged, yet the client is agitated and combative. Which of the following
is the music therapist's BEST response?
,A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and
combativeness.
B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with
disease progression.
C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately.
D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music
therapy sessions.
D. When working with clients who have vascular dementia, re-evaluation
of treatment length and frequency, as well as type of interventions is an
important aspect of care due to the often sudden onset of symptoms and
continued loss of functioning. While music therapy can be beneficial,
music can also, at times, be over-stimulating, possibly causing distress.
When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to
behaviors observed, not interpretation, is considered
A. subjective.
B. irrelevant.
C. prejudicial.
D. objective.
D. Behaviors that are observed are considered to provide objective
information.
A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music
therapy in a residential setting. She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful
and anxious in new situations. When brought into the therapy room for
her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The music
, therapist, working in an improvisational model, might do which of the
following?
1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying.
2. Reflect the child's sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing.
3. Comfort the child by holding and rocking her while singing soothing
lyrics.
4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that corresponds to
how she is feeling.
A. 1, 2, and 3 only
B. 1, 2, and 4 only
C. 1, 3, and 4 only
D. 2, 3, and 4 only
B. True. By reflecting the child's sounds and breathing with careful
musical phrasing, the child becomes aware that someone is listening to
her and aware of her own sounds. She feels accepted and understood.
"Since her admission, Mary has spent most of her time in her room and
has not participated in unit activities." Under which assessment domain
would this statement MOST likely be found?
A. psychosocial
B. emotional
C. communicative
D. sensorimotor
A. Psychosocial refers to quantity and quality of interpersonal
interaction.
When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following
therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase sustained attention?
