SHS 250 FINAL EXAM KNOWLEDGE CHECKS QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

SHS 250 FINAL EXAM KNOWLEDGE CHECKS QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 T/F: As an SLP, you would rely upon articulatory phonetics to teach someone how to produce a sound. - Answers True T/F: A child who uses "W" instead of a "r" (e.g./ "wabbit" instead of "rabbit") is an example of a distortion. - Answers False, substitution T/F: Kit and cat are minimal pairs - Answers True A symbol which allows you to indicate fine detail in a transcription is called a: - Answers Diacritic/s T/F: The IPAs main principle is that there are multiple symbols for one sound for one sound so that transcribers have lots of ways to represent speech. - Answers False Language - Answers A system that uses sounds, signs or symbols to communicate Speech - Answers A pattern of sounds produced by movement of the speech organs Dialect - Answers A subset of patterns within a language based on regional or social boundaries Phonology - Answers The speech sound patterns in language Semantics - Answers Meaning of words and sentences Syntax - Answers The way words combine to form sentences Phonetics - Answers speech sounds Morphology - Answers The structure of words Morpheme - Answers smallest unit of meaning Phoneme - Answers The smallest unit of sound that can distinguish between morphemes Taxonomy - Answers Breaking a large thing down into smaller components T/F: Phonetic environment refers to the room in which the sound was recorded. - Answers False Phonemic Transcription - Answers Broad transcription, using phonemes Phonetic Transcription - Answers Narrow transcription, using phonemes and allophones "Subterranean" contains __ morphemes. - Answers 4 Gorilla contains __ morphemes. - Answers 1 "Success" consists of __ phonemes. - Answers 6 Analyzing word into phonemes (steps) - Answers 1. Separate word into syllables, 2. Separate syllables into phonemes, 3. Add diacritics if needed T/F: You need to include punctuation when you transcribe. - Answers False Source Filter Model of speech production - Answers 1. Respiratory: air source, 2. Laryngeal: sound source, 3. Supralaryngeal: sound filter T/F: sound is produced by the vibrations of the vocal folds - Answers True Rate of vocal cord vibration is called ? - Answers Fundamental frequency T/F: Uvula is part of Alveolar ridge? - Answers False, part of velum (soft palate) T:F: the glottis is different from vocal folds? - Answers False, same thing/area T/F: in American English, most back vowels are unrounded - Answers False T/F: In some dialects, "rot" and "wrought" sound the same - Answers True T/F: About half of the American English vowels are "rounded vowels" - Answers True /i/ is the sound in: - Answers Leap /ɪ/ is the vowel in: - Answers Pin In American English, the vowel /e/ is usually pronounced as /eI/ - Answers True /ɛ/ is the vowel sound in: - Answers Wed /æ/ is the vowel sound in: - Answers Pad T/F:All front vowels in American English are unrounded - Answers True /a/ - Answers Low back /u/ - Answers High back /i/ - Answers High front T/F: Schwa occurs only in stressed syllables - Answers False Vowel Phoneme for "Above" - Answers /ə/ Vowel Phoneme for "abOve" - Answers /ʌ/ Correct transcription of "whirl" - Answers /wɜ˞l/ Correct transcription for "further" - Answers /fɜ˞ðə˞/ Onglide - Answers /e/ Offglide - Answers /ɪ/ T/F: Diphthongs are very rare in American English - Answers False A consonant is a speech sound that is produced with: - Answers A significant constriction of the oral/pharyngeal cavities Bilabial Consonants - Answers /b, p, m, w/ T/F: The consonants [f] and [v] are labiodental consonants. - Answers True Word that starts with an interdental/linguadental consonant: ( /θ, ð/ ) - Answers Thug Word that starts with a lingua palatal consonant: ( /ʃ, ʒ, ʈʒ, dʒ, j, r /) - Answers Judge Word that starts with a velar consonant: ( /k, g, ŋ /) - Answers Cat Word that starts with a glottal consonant: (/ h, ʔ / - Answers Hot Word that starts with a "Stop" (/ p, b, k, t, d, g, ʔ/) and ends with a "Fricative" (/f, v, θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h): - Answers Posh Word that begins with affricate: (/tʃ, dʒ)/ - Answers Chair T/F: To articulate a nasal, the velum is raised: (/m, n, ŋ /) - Answers False, it's relaxed Word that started with a liquid: / l, r / - Answers Light Word which contains a glide: - Answers Vacuum T/F: Ultrasound imaging allows us to see the upper surface of the tongue during speech - Answers True Ejectives are stops released with a great degree of force and the air source is: - Answers Non-pulmonic T/F: Obstruents and Sonorants are one speech category: - Answers False T/F: Voice On Set Time (VOT) Is the interval between the articulation of a consonant and onset of voicing - Answers True T/F: Voiceless stops are associated with shorter VOT then voiced stops - Answers False Word in which the /l/ sound is likely to be partially devoiced - Answers Slip T/F: Phonemes are produced the same regardless of phonetic environment - Answers False T/F: An example of assimilation is when a /t/ sound is produced a little bit further back when it's followed by a /u/sound - Answers True T/F: A devoiced /r/ following a /p/ is an example of retentive assimilation - Answers True Word in which a /p/ can become unreleased/unaspirated - Answers Stop Correct transcription for the word "finger" - Answers [fɪŋɡə˞] Match the word containing "ng" with the number of phonemes represented by the letters "ng" - Answers Ring=1 Longest=2 Word that contains the sound /ð/ - Answers Feather Match the phoneme with the word that contains it - Answers Budget (/ʤ/) Measure (/ʒ/) Match the phone with the word that contains it - Answers Fear (/r/) Bird (/ɜ˞/) Prosody refers to the tempo, loudness, and ____ of speech. - Answers Intonation Rhythm - Answers Distribution of stress along a syllable chain Tone - Answers Pitch changes Stressed syllables have a higher pitch, longer duration (in English), and ______. - Answers Are louder How many syllables does the word "communism" have? - Answers 4 T/F: An example of a minimal pair that demonstrates contrastive stress is CONvict- conVICT - Answers False, this minimal pair is an example of lexical stress T/F: Tongue symbols are placed above a phoneme - Answers False, placed underneath T/F: Timing diacritics should go above a phoneme. - Answers False, placed right after You would use narrow transcription when there is an allophonic variation in a speech sample and ____: - Answers When your client makes a speech error