Oral Communication (Phonology) Quiz (Multiple Choice Type). You can use these items for your short formative test after a classroom discussion. Answers are already highlighted.
- It is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of nucleus, most often a vowel with optional initial and final margins or consonants.
- phoneme
- syllable
- word
- morpheme
- It is a word consisting of a single syllable.
- morpheme
- phoneme
- monosyllable
- diphthong
- Which of the following consonant sound is a labio-dental fricative?
- /th/
- /f/
- /n/
- /z/
- It is the smallest structural unit in speech that distinguishes meaning.
- phoneme
- morpheme
- vowel
- consonant
- What is the distinguishing characteristic of voice that makes it pleasant or unpleasant?
- vocal range
- quality or timbre
- intensity
- voice disorder
- It is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by an open configuration of the vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure above the glottis.
- vowel
- diphthong
- consonant
- schwa
- Which of these are function words?
- nouns
- principal verbs
- prepositions
- adjectives
- It is a sound characterized by a constriction or complete or partial closure at one or more points along the vocal tract.
- consonant
- vowel
- diphthong
- affix
- Which is the standard phonetic transcription of the word stand?
- /stand/
- /t⟆aend/
- /stænd/
- /sta:nd/
- Which word does not belong to the vowel sound group?
- back
- hard
- pack
- tap
- It is a morpheme that is attached to a root to form a word.
- affix
- phoneme
- diphthong
- consonant
- Which is not a component of stress in speech?
- intensity
- pitch
- duration
- pause
- It is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract as in /b/.
- plosive
- fricative
- sibilant
- semi-vowel
- IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet while ASCII stands for:
- American Standard Code of Information Interchange
- American Sounds Code of Information Interchange
- African Sound Code of Information Interchange
- African Standard Code of Information Interchange
- It is a type of affricative or affricate consonant made by directing a jet of air through narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth as in /s/.
- fricative
- plosive
- sibilant
- nasal
- It is the act, faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; the ability to express one’s thoughts and emotions by sounds and other gestures.
- speech
- voice
- communication
- language
- It is the relative tone of a person’s voice; how high or low it is.
- pitch
- intensity
- quality
- voice
- Which word does not belong to the vowel sound group?
- breathe
- cheap
- pick
- leave
- It is the span from the highest to the lowest note a particular voice can produce.
- intensity
- quality
- rate
- vocal range
- It is the variation of pitch when speaking—the rise and fall of the voice as it slides from one pitch to another.
- stress
- intonation
- rhythm
- timing
- It is a person’s talking speed; how fast or slow it is.
- vocal range
- rate
- timing
- pitch
- Which of these is not a nasal sound?
- /m/
- /w/
- /n/
- /η/
- It is the voice quality resembling a sexy, whispery bedroom voice.
- hypernasality
- hoarseness
- breathiness
- nasality
- It is the study of the nature, structure, and variation of language.
- syntax
- morphology
- linguistics
- phonetics
- Which is the correct phonetic transcription of the word dream?
- /dreem/
- /driim/
- /dre:m/
- /dri:m/
- It is the loose hanging end of the soft palate in the oral cavity.
- pharynx
- velum
- uvula
- alveolar
- Which word contains a silent phoneme?
- salmon
- bald
- fuel
- colon
- It is the sound uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, etc.
- speech
- voice
- sound
- noise
- Which of the following words contains a diphthong?
- soil
- cup
- cart
- antique
- What sound is produced by placing the tip of the tongue between the upper and the lower teeth, forcing the air though the front of the tongue, and making a buzzing noise?
- /θ/
- /t⟆/
- /δ/
- /⟆/
- Which of these words contains a vowel sound ugh?
- cap
- cop
- cup
- corps
- It is a type of classical male singing voice that has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.
- alto
- soprano
- bass
- tenor
- Which word does not belong to the th consonant sound group?
- thick
- throw
- them
- thin
- It is a set or system of arbitrary signs, sounds or gestures used by a number of people in communicating intelligibly with other members of the community.
- language
- culture
- behavior
- experience
- The consonant x sounds either /eks/ or /egz/ depending on the phoneme that follows it where the stress falls. Which word is pronounced with x as /egz/?
- excellent
- exhibit
- excuse
- excel
- What intonation pattern is used in the question, “Who do you prefer—Mozart or Beethoven”?
- rising intonation
- falling intonation
- peaking intonation
- dipping intonation
- What intonation pattern is used in the question, “Are you dating him?”
- rising intonation
- falling intonation
- peaking intonation
- dipping intonation
- It is a combination of sounds creating symbols that represent meanings to both the speaker and the listener.
- voice
- speech
- communication
- stimuli
- Which statement is correct?
- Vowels are unvoiced.
- The smallest unit of speech sound is a morpheme.
- Consonants may be voiced or unvoiced.
- The combination of two or more vowels into a phoneme is a schwa.
- It is a type of affricative consonant made by directing a jet of air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth as in /s/.
- liquid
- lateral
- sibilant
- nasal