Official CBMT practice questions test
2022/2023 with Certified Solutions
1.
A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased unexcused absences, and
inability to concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When
approached, the student states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a
music therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music
therapist should FIRST
A.observe the student in other classes.
B. discuss concerns with the guidance counselor.
C. identify current stressors in the student's life.
D. review the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP). ✔✔C. identify current stressors in
the student's life.
2.
A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a relationship between a
client, who has dementia, and his wife. During a session, the client's favorite big-band music is
played, but he is having difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention
would be to recommend that the wife
,A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music. ✔✔C. hold her husband's hands
and move in time to the music.
3.
A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music therapy to help her relax
and sleep. During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life
story before the use of any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST
direction for the music therapist to take is to
A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up visits. ✔✔B. improvise
soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
,4.
A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular dementia and the client's
daughter, once a week for one hour. Recently, the client has become more withdrawn, presenting
with a reduced emotional response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the daughter
continues to encourage the client to be active and engaged, yet the client is agitated and
combative. Which of the following is the music therapist's BEST response?
A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and combativeness.
B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with disease progression.
C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately.
D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions. ✔✔D.
Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions.
5.
When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to behaviors observed,
not interpretation, is considered
A. subjective.
B. irrelevant.
C. prejudicial.
, D. objective. ✔✔D. objective.
6.
A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music therapy in a
residential setting. She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful and anxious in new situations. When
brought into the therapy room for her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The
music therapist, working in an improvisational model, might do which of the following?
1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying.2. Reflect the child's
sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing.3. Comfort the child by holding and rocking
her while singing soothing lyrics.4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that
corresponds to how she is feeling.
A. 1, 2, and 3 only
B. 1, 2, and 4 only
C. 1, 3, and 4 only
D. 2, 3, and 4 only ✔✔B. 1, 2, and 4 only
7.
2022/2023 with Certified Solutions
1.
A 17 year old is demonstrating a sudden decline in grades, increased unexcused absences, and
inability to concentrate when in school. Facial affect has changed from friendly to flat. When
approached, the student states he is fine. Reports indicate the client responds to music, so a
music therapy referral is requested. To assess possible causes of the change in behavior, a music
therapist should FIRST
A.observe the student in other classes.
B. discuss concerns with the guidance counselor.
C. identify current stressors in the student's life.
D. review the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP). ✔✔C. identify current stressors in
the student's life.
2.
A music therapist is using ballroom dancing to facilitate intimacy in a relationship between a
client, who has dementia, and his wife. During a session, the client's favorite big-band music is
played, but he is having difficulty standing up and dancing with his wife. The BEST intervention
would be to recommend that the wife
,A. watch a big-band dance video with her husband.
B. sing to her husband as they sit facing one another.
C. hold her husband's hands and move in time to the music.
D. sit silently next to her husband while they listen to the music. ✔✔C. hold her husband's hands
and move in time to the music.
3.
A 52-year-old woman hospitalized for ovarian cancer requests music therapy to help her relax
and sleep. During the initial session conducted at bedtime, the client shares her fears and life
story before the use of any music intervention. After validating the client's feelings, the BEST
direction for the music therapist to take is to
A. discuss favorite songs important to the client's life.
B. improvise soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
C. compose a song together reflecting the client's disclosure.
D. close the session and bring the client's favorite music to follow-up visits. ✔✔B. improvise
soft guitar music to help the client go to sleep.
,4.
A music therapist has been jointly treating a client with vascular dementia and the client's
daughter, once a week for one hour. Recently, the client has become more withdrawn, presenting
with a reduced emotional response and increased passivity. Despite changes, the daughter
continues to encourage the client to be active and engaged, yet the client is agitated and
combative. Which of the following is the music therapist's BEST response?
A. Continue treatment using the music to address agitation and combativeness.
B. Discontinue treatment as the client's passivity will increase with disease progression.
C. Remove the daughter from the music therapy session immediately.
D. Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions. ✔✔D.
Re-evaluate the session length and interventions used during music therapy sessions.
5.
When completing a behavioral assessment, information relating ONLY to behaviors observed,
not interpretation, is considered
A. subjective.
B. irrelevant.
C. prejudicial.
, D. objective. ✔✔D. objective.
6.
A 7-year-old girl with a severe developmental disability is receiving music therapy in a
residential setting. She is nonverbal and prone to be fearful and anxious in new situations. When
brought into the therapy room for her first session, she actively resists and begins to cry. The
music therapist, working in an improvisational model, might do which of the following?
1. Meet the child by playing music to express the intensity of her crying.2. Reflect the child's
sound and breathing with careful musical phrasing.3. Comfort the child by holding and rocking
her while singing soothing lyrics.4. Sing without words so the child hears another voice that
corresponds to how she is feeling.
A. 1, 2, and 3 only
B. 1, 2, and 4 only
C. 1, 3, and 4 only
D. 2, 3, and 4 only ✔✔B. 1, 2, and 4 only
7.
