The phenomenon where one sound makes another inaudible is:
Reflection
Resonance
Masking
Vibration
The formant primarily related to tongue advancement is:
F3
F0
F1
F2
Nasal consonants are characterized acoustically by:
Antiformants and nasal murmur
Burst noise
High frequency energy
Long VOT
The lowest sound level that can be detected 50% of the time is called:
Dynamic range
Threshold of pain
Reference intensity
Threshold of hearing
Which term describes the energy loss of a vibrating system over time?
Damping
Amplitude
Resonance
Interference
The unit of frequency is:
Joule (J)
Hertz (Hz)
Decibel (dB)
Newton (N)
Frequency corresponds perceptually to:
Duration
Pitch
Loudness
Quality
The decibel (dB) scale is:
Linear
Relative to time
Logarithmic
Exponential
A sound wave that repeats itself at regular intervals is considered:
Random
Aperiodic
Periodic
Transient
Which term refers to the number of cycles per second of a sound wave?
Amplitude
Phase
Frequency
Intensity
The Fletcher–Munson curves represent:
Equal loudness contours
Harmonic intervals
Formant spacing
Resonance frequencies
Which acoustic cue best distinguishes voiced from voiceless stops?
Intensity contour
Formant transitions
Voice onset time (VOT)
Nasal murmur
Amplitude corresponds perceptually to:
Duration
Timbre
Pitch
Loudness
Fricatives show which visual pattern on a spectrogram?
Periodic vertical striations
Distinct formant transitions
Random high-frequency noise
Low-frequency bands
A simple harmonic motion produces which type of wave?
Complex
Tansverse
Sine wave
Longitudinal
The ear perceives doubling of loudness roughly with every:
10 dB increase
3 dB increase
20 dB increase
6 dB increase
The study of the perception of sound is called:
Phonotactics
Psychoacoustics
Audiometry
Neurolinguistics
The lowest frequency of a periodic sound is called:
Fundamental frequency
Harmonic
Overtonal frequency
Resonant frequency
Stops are acoustically identified by:
Nasal murmur
Silence followed by burst release
Continuous noise
Steady-state formants
Complex sounds are made up of:
Silence
Only aperiodic waves
Multiple frequencies (harmonics)
A single frequency
When two sound waves combine and increase amplitude, this is called:
Destructive interference
Attenuation
Resonance
Constructive interference
The psychological perception of frequency is:
Pitch
Duration
Loudness
Timbre
The fundamental frequency (F0) corresponds to:
The rate of vocal fold vibration
The intensity of speech
The loudest harmonic
The first formant
In vowels, the formant primarily related to tongue height is:
F1
F3
F0
F2
The ear is most sensitive to frequencies between:
8,000–16,000 Hz
50–200 Hz
500–4,000 Hz
20–100 Hz
When two tones differ slightly in frequency and create a “wobbling” effect, this is called:
Resonance
Masking
Echo
Beats
As the tongue height decreases, F1 generally:
Increases
Decreases
Stays constant
Disappears
Which of the following sounds shows a voice bar on a spectrogram?
/k/
/t/
/p/
/b/
The smallest detectable difference between two sounds is the:
Sound pressure level
Absolute threshold
Difference limen
Just noticeable pitch