1. Sounds produced by the vibration of the vocal folds are said to be _________ and thus are characterized as having a(n) ________.

First blank	A. voiced	B. unvoiced	C. stopped	D. rolled
Second blank	A. spectrum	B. pitch	C. envelope	D. narrow band spectrum

2. The vowel is characterized by energy peaks called __________ that correspond to a specific configuration of the vocal tract.

A. harmonics

B. formants

C. bands

D. partials

3. The energy peaks in the vowels are an example of a(n) __________.

A. harmonic

B. inharmonic

C. resonance

D. noise band

4. The pure vowels may be placed in the vowel quadrilateral according to tongue position.  T or F

5. The eight cardinal vowels occupy the boundaries of the vowel quadrilateral.  T or F

6. The vowels found in words such as "tone, take, might, shout toil" are called __________.

A. pure vowels

B. cardinal vowels

C. formants

D. diphthongs

7. Vowel formants change with pitch inflections. T or F

8. Consonants are always unvoiced since they are characterized as being noise bands. T or F

9. Consonants such as p, b, t, g are called _________, whereas those such as f, v, th, sh are called ____________.

First blank	A. nasal	B. fricative	C. liquid	D. plosive
Second blank	A. nasal	B. fricative	C. liquid	D. plosive

10. Sibilants always have their energy centred in the range _________.

A. 100-250 Hz

B. 500-1000 Hz

C. 1-4 kHz

D. 5-10 kHz

11. Speech will be largely unintelligible if it is missing energy in the ___________ range, whereas the fundamental of the voice is pitched in the _________ range.

First blank	A. 100-250 Hz	B. 500-1000 Hz	C. 1-4 kHz	D. 5-10 kHz
Second blank	A. 100-250 Hz	B. 500-1000 Hz	C. 1-4 kHz	D. 5-10 kHz

12. Normal speech has an intensity of around ________.

A. 30-35 dB

B. 40-50 dB

C. 55-65 dB

D. 75-85 dB

13. A whispered sound may be said to be _______ .

A. voiced

B. unvoiced

C. stopped

D. a fricative

14. The singing formant is in the range _________.

A. 100-250 Hz

B. 500-1000 Hz

C. 2-3 kHz

D. 5-10 kHz

15. The changing pitch pattern in the spoken voice is called ________.

A. inflection

B. paralanguage

C. dynamics

D. a diphthong

16.-20. In the spectrogram below, match phoneme areas A, B, C, D and E (indicated at the top) with the following list.

16. Phoneme A	a. vowel	b. consonant	c. sibilant	d. nasal	e. diphthong
17. Phoneme B	a. vowel	b. consonant	c. sibilant	d. nasal	e. diphthong
18. Phoneme C	a. vowel	b. consonant	c. sibilant	d. nasal	e. diphthong
19. Phoneme D	a. vowel	b. consonant	c. sibilant	d. nasal	e. diphthong
20. Phoneme E	a. vowel	b. consonant	c. sibilant	d. nasal	e. diphthong

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