WGU D676 Phonetics Exam
2026/2027 –
Comprehensive Practice
Questions & Verified
Answers
harmonics - ANSWER-an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency of voiced sounds
spectrogram - ANSWER--plot of intensity and frequency
, -vowels: horizontal lines
formants - ANSWER--particular frequency in speech wave
-vocal tract resonances
vowel reduction - ANSWER--happens in connected speech
-vowels changes to schwa
F1 - ANSWER--related to the vertical configuration of the vocal tract
-inversely related to tongue height
F2 - ANSWER--related to the horizontal configuration of the vocal tract
-directly related to tongue fronting
lip rounding rule - ANSWER-all formants are lowered by lip rounding
main vowels in spectrogram - ANSWER--/i/: big F1 and F2 gap
-/ɪ/: less but still gap between F1 and F2
-/ɛ/: almost no gap between F1 and F2
-/æ/: all formants even, equal fuzzy look and shade
-/a/: F1 and F2 close and above, F3 high up
-/ɔ/: f1 and F2 on top each other, F3 closer to them
-/ʊ/: F1 and F2 not as close as /u/, F3 higher up, pretty fuzzy
-/u/: F1 and F2 close on bottom,F3 not far up, all light and fuzzy
language family - ANSWER--stress time
-syllable time
-tone language
2026/2027 –
Comprehensive Practice
Questions & Verified
Answers
harmonics - ANSWER-an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency of voiced sounds
spectrogram - ANSWER--plot of intensity and frequency
, -vowels: horizontal lines
formants - ANSWER--particular frequency in speech wave
-vocal tract resonances
vowel reduction - ANSWER--happens in connected speech
-vowels changes to schwa
F1 - ANSWER--related to the vertical configuration of the vocal tract
-inversely related to tongue height
F2 - ANSWER--related to the horizontal configuration of the vocal tract
-directly related to tongue fronting
lip rounding rule - ANSWER-all formants are lowered by lip rounding
main vowels in spectrogram - ANSWER--/i/: big F1 and F2 gap
-/ɪ/: less but still gap between F1 and F2
-/ɛ/: almost no gap between F1 and F2
-/æ/: all formants even, equal fuzzy look and shade
-/a/: F1 and F2 close and above, F3 high up
-/ɔ/: f1 and F2 on top each other, F3 closer to them
-/ʊ/: F1 and F2 not as close as /u/, F3 higher up, pretty fuzzy
-/u/: F1 and F2 close on bottom,F3 not far up, all light and fuzzy
language family - ANSWER--stress time
-syllable time
-tone language
