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COMD 5070 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE AND
PRACTICE EXAM 2024/2025 | ACCURATE REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS |
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR A GUARANTEED PASS |
LATEST UPDATE


Science is Empirical. This means it is based on ________, not ______ and
__________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Data
Reasoning
Careful Thought

Science is Deterministic, which means it obeys _______ laws of __________. It is not
________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Physical
Cause and Effect
Random

Science is ____________, which means: If you do this...then that will happen. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Predictive

Science is ____________, which means using the simplest explanation
possible...boiling it down to the essence. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Parsimonious

__________ Phonetics: The measuring of speech production through microphone
recordings and studying what it can tell us about the way the larynx is operating or the
articulators are moving. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Acoustic

3 Types of Physiologic phonetics- (K.A.E.) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Kinematics
Aerodynamics
Electromyography

The study of speech MOVEMENTS - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Kinematics

The pressure, flow & resistance we use to regulate our breathstream. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Aerodynamics

,The electrical activity of muscles as they are activated. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Electromyography

The _______ is the sound source. The ________ is the filter. It resonates, enhances,
and strengthens some of the frequency components. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Larynx
Vocal tract

The larynx and the vocal tract are completely independent of each other (in function). T
or F? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..In theory, they operate independently, but in reality they
sometimes interact under certain circumstances.

4 Ways to Vary the Sound Source - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Loudness
Pitch
Voice Quality
Phonation vs. Whispering

Loudness- _________ air pressure equals _______ sounds, and the larynx doesn't
have to adduct very tightly; _____ air pressure equals _______ sounds, and the vocal
folds will have bigger movements (muscle movement increases). - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Low
Soft
Higher
Louder

Pitch- You can stretch the ________ to increase their _________, which increases their
________ frequency. (Done by contracting the __________ muscle) -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Vocal folds
Tension
Vibration
Cricothyroid

Voice Quality- You subtly adjust the _______ between the _________. Increasing this
makes the voice more ________. Or you can press them together more firmly to get a
_________ sounding voice. (Muscles: _____ and ______.) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Space
Vocal folds
Breathy
Tighter
Cricoarytenoid
Thyroarytenoid

__________ pushes air between the vocal cords to create turbulence without causing
them to vibrate. This requires the ______ to provide the source of __________ and the
vocal cords to provide the ________ in order to make the turbulence happen.
__________ requires the vocal cords to vibrate during this process. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Whispering
Lungs

, Air pressure
Constriction
Phonation

What is the fundamental frequency at which the vocal cords vibrate? (We perceive this
as pitch.) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Men- 100-120 times per second
Women- Double that

The voice is composed of a fundamental frequency and a series of __________ which
are integer _______ of the fundamental frequency. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Harmonics
Multiples

If the fundamental frequency is 100 Hz, the harmonics will be at ____________. If the
FF is 200 Hz, the harmonics will be _________. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..200, 300, 400, etc.
400, 600, 800, etc.

The ______ harmonics tend to be weaker in amplitude than the fundamental itself. This
results in a harmonic spectral ______, with the ________ being the strongest element. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Higher
Slope
Fundamental

A ___db slope results in a voice quality that is bright, brassy and resonant. The
_____db slope is more characteristic of a typical voice, and the ___db slope represents
a voice that is weak or thin. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..6
12
18

The best _________ you will get will be for sounds that have a wavelength that is __
times that of the tube. A small tube will resonate ___ frequencies because they have a
_____ wavelength. A long tube will resonate _____ frequencies because they have a
_______ wavelength. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Resonance
4
Higher, shorter
Lower, longer

The ________________ refers to the change in sound between entering the vocal tract
and leaving the vocal tract, or the output minus the input. The ________ _______
determine the transfer function. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Vocal Tract Transfer Function
Resonating cavities

The sound that leaves the larynx is basically a _________ wave form. -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Sawtooth

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