MT-BC Practice Exam 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
A young adult client with end-stage cancer is referred for music therapy to address
feelings concerning loss of independence. To BEST encourage choice-making and
instill control, the music therapist should use
A. lyric analysis.
B. heartbeat recording.
C. songwriting.
D. guided imagery. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Lyric analysis may encourage the client to
express feelings as well as provide the opportunity to listen to preferred music.
However, given that end-stage cancer often results in metastases, the client will
most likely present with confusion and be unable to analyze lyrics in a truly
meaningful way.
,B. Heartbeat recordings may be used to create a legacy project at the end of life,
but they are not necessarily focused on choice-making and instilling control for the
client.
C. Songwriting encourages both choice-making and control. A client can
communicate simply regarding speed and volume of the music as well as express
original words that the therapist may then use to create lyrics. A client can express
control by indicating their preference for the music or desire to change something.
(CORRECT)
D. Guided imagery, while at times comforting, may cause a confused or
disoriented client distress. Guided imagery does not encourage the client to make
choices or take control. The therapist is typically the one manipulating the
narration and music.
What term would a music therapist MOST likely use to refer to a client's inability
to control their emotions within a receptive music experience?
A. dysregulation
,B. disorientation
C. disinhibition
D. dysphasia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Dysregulation is a state of having difficulty
managing one's experience; in this instance the client is unable to manage their
emotional response to the music. (CORRECT)
B. Disorientation is an impaired cognitive, not emotional, state.
C. Disinhibition is an impaired ability to make measured decisions or choices.
D. Dysphasia is a disorder of language, not emotional processing.
A boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is receiving music therapy services.
The mother reports that each time he watches television, he prefers the volume to
be extremely high. This is difficult for the family to tolerate. Which of the
following is the music therapist's BEST response?
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, A. Establish experiences that provide emotional expression between the mother
and child.
B. Develop interventions to address discriminating and manipulating different
auditory stimuli.
C. Promote exercises that utilize only quiet, less boisterous instrumentation.
D. Create experiences that allow the music to be loud at all times, as this is
preferred by the client. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Facilitating emotional expression does
not address the foundational reason for why the client is preferring loud auditory
stimuli.
B. Including opportunities for different stimuli best supports a more appropriate
replication of real life experiences. (CORRECT)
C. This does not provide the client with a varied sensory experience, which is
important to address functional transfer.
D. See explanation C.
Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
A young adult client with end-stage cancer is referred for music therapy to address
feelings concerning loss of independence. To BEST encourage choice-making and
instill control, the music therapist should use
A. lyric analysis.
B. heartbeat recording.
C. songwriting.
D. guided imagery. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Lyric analysis may encourage the client to
express feelings as well as provide the opportunity to listen to preferred music.
However, given that end-stage cancer often results in metastases, the client will
most likely present with confusion and be unable to analyze lyrics in a truly
meaningful way.
,B. Heartbeat recordings may be used to create a legacy project at the end of life,
but they are not necessarily focused on choice-making and instilling control for the
client.
C. Songwriting encourages both choice-making and control. A client can
communicate simply regarding speed and volume of the music as well as express
original words that the therapist may then use to create lyrics. A client can express
control by indicating their preference for the music or desire to change something.
(CORRECT)
D. Guided imagery, while at times comforting, may cause a confused or
disoriented client distress. Guided imagery does not encourage the client to make
choices or take control. The therapist is typically the one manipulating the
narration and music.
What term would a music therapist MOST likely use to refer to a client's inability
to control their emotions within a receptive music experience?
A. dysregulation
,B. disorientation
C. disinhibition
D. dysphasia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Dysregulation is a state of having difficulty
managing one's experience; in this instance the client is unable to manage their
emotional response to the music. (CORRECT)
B. Disorientation is an impaired cognitive, not emotional, state.
C. Disinhibition is an impaired ability to make measured decisions or choices.
D. Dysphasia is a disorder of language, not emotional processing.
A boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is receiving music therapy services.
The mother reports that each time he watches television, he prefers the volume to
be extremely high. This is difficult for the family to tolerate. Which of the
following is the music therapist's BEST response?
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, A. Establish experiences that provide emotional expression between the mother
and child.
B. Develop interventions to address discriminating and manipulating different
auditory stimuli.
C. Promote exercises that utilize only quiet, less boisterous instrumentation.
D. Create experiences that allow the music to be loud at all times, as this is
preferred by the client. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A. Facilitating emotional expression does
not address the foundational reason for why the client is preferring loud auditory
stimuli.
B. Including opportunities for different stimuli best supports a more appropriate
replication of real life experiences. (CORRECT)
C. This does not provide the client with a varied sensory experience, which is
important to address functional transfer.
D. See explanation C.
