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Practice Exam for Phonetics Final
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Questions in this quiz (14)
1The soft palate is typically raised during production of vowels
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Most back vowels are unrounded
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Which of the following are examples of unrounded front vowels
- A/i/
- B/ɪ/
- C/e/
- D/ɛ/
- E/æ/
- FAll the above
4Which of the following is considered the only unrounded back vowel in Standard American English
- A/e/
- B/ɑ/
- C/ʌ/
- D/ə/
- ENone of the above
5Vowels are produced with constriction/airflow blockage in the vocal tract
- ATrue
- BFalse
6The vowel quadrilateral is the name given to the shape when all of the US vowels are plotted in a diagram for height and advancement
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Which set of words contain ALL unrounded vowels.
- Alean, mint, throw, should, wait
- Bhook, road, chew, throw, should
- Clean, mint, back, then, wait
- Dall the above
- Enone of the above
8The soft palate is typically raised during phonation of vowels, thereby restricting airflow in the NASAL CAVITY
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Tense vowels are never found in word final positions
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Which of the following words is not considered a tense vowel?
- Aseek
- Bhot
- Cclerk
- Dmap
- EAll of the following are considered tense vowels
11Most English vowels are diphthongs
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Which of the following is not considered a lax vowel?
- A/ɪ/
- B/ɛ/
- C/æ/
- D/ʊ/
- E/ə/
- F/ʌ/
- G/ɚ/
- H/ɝ/
13Which of the following is not true about the vowel phoneme /æ/?
- AIt is the only vowel to be greatly affected by dialects and phonetic environment
- BIt is one of the most frequent vowels in American English
- CIt is rarely found in the word final position
- DIt is referred to as the "short a" sound
- EIt is a low front tense vowel
14Which of the following is true about vowels?
- AThe soft palate is typically raised
- BThe tongue is the primary articulator for vowels
- CThe jaw has major influence on vowel production
- DThe pharynx changes size and shape based on tongue position
- EAll of the above
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- Practice Exam on Front and Back Vowels
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