CBMT (Certification Board for Music Therapists) Practice Exam
CBMT (CERTIFICATION BOARD FOR MUSIC THERAPISTS)
PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
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. True. By reflecting the child's sounds and breathing with careful musical
phrasing, the child becomes aware that someone is listening to her and aware of
her own sounds. She feels accepted and understood.
"Since her admission, Mary has spent most of her time in her room and has not
participated in unit activities." Under which assessment domain would this
statement MOST likely be found?
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A. psychosocial
B. emotional
C. communicative
D. sensorimotor
A. Psychosocial refers to quantity and quality of interpersonal interaction.
When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following
therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase sustained attention?
A. altering note order
B. varying key signature
C. changing note duration
D. modifying time signature
C. This is a strategy to address attention control. This focuses on the basic auditory
attention function of making the exercise increasingly longer by
lengthening/augmenting the notes.
The last portion of a music therapy SOAP note discusses which of the following?
A. progress summary
B. physician's recommendations
C. plan for treatment
D. provider's assessment
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C. The four components of a SOAP note are Subjective, Objective, Assessment,
and Plan with the last component being plan for how to continue to treat the
client.
A song on the guitar in the key of C needs to be transposed to the key of Eb. Using
first position fingering in the key of C, the therapist needs to place the capo on the
A. 2nd fret.
B. 3rd fret.
C. 5th fret.
D. 7th fret.
B. Placing the capo on the 3rd fret would transpose the song to Eb major.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles require music therapists to take which of
the following into account when planning treatment?
A. best available research; patient characteristics, culture and preferences; and
clinical expertise
B. evidence of past treatment success; therapist knowledge and skills; and
treatment length
C. published music therapy program descriptions; therapist expertise; and
assessment outcomes
D. reviews of past research literature; patient history; and principle of beneficence
A. The following statement was approved as a policy of the American
Psychological Association (APA) August, 2005: "Evidence-based practice in
psychology (EBPP) is the integration of the best available research with clinical
expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences." The
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AMTA adopted the following definition of evidence-based music therapy practice
in 2010: "Evidence-based music therapy practice integrates the best available
research, the music therapists' expertise, and the needs, values, and preferences
of the individual(s) served."
A music therapist working with a group of four children at an early intervention
facility arrives to find the class is very excited, having just come in from the
playground. Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when
choosing a music selection to begin the session?
A. a familiar song
B. an unfamiliar song
C. a song with an allegro tempo
D. a song with an adagio tempo
C. Using a song with an active tempo in order to meet the children's high level of
energy is the most important consideration.
A music therapist with basic guitar skills wants to accompany a song written in the
key of Ab major, using Ab, Db, and Eb7 chords. To allow for the use of all first
position chords and only minimally affect the song's vocal register, the song
should be transposed to the key of
A. B major.
B. D major.
C. F major.
D. G major.
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CBMT (CERTIFICATION BOARD FOR MUSIC THERAPISTS)
PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
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. True. By reflecting the child's sounds and breathing with careful musical
phrasing, the child becomes aware that someone is listening to her and aware of
her own sounds. She feels accepted and understood.
"Since her admission, Mary has spent most of her time in her room and has not
participated in unit activities." Under which assessment domain would this
statement MOST likely be found?
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A. psychosocial
B. emotional
C. communicative
D. sensorimotor
A. Psychosocial refers to quantity and quality of interpersonal interaction.
When playing a familiar song with a young client, which of the following
therapeutic exercises will MOST effectively increase sustained attention?
A. altering note order
B. varying key signature
C. changing note duration
D. modifying time signature
C. This is a strategy to address attention control. This focuses on the basic auditory
attention function of making the exercise increasingly longer by
lengthening/augmenting the notes.
The last portion of a music therapy SOAP note discusses which of the following?
A. progress summary
B. physician's recommendations
C. plan for treatment
D. provider's assessment
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C. The four components of a SOAP note are Subjective, Objective, Assessment,
and Plan with the last component being plan for how to continue to treat the
client.
A song on the guitar in the key of C needs to be transposed to the key of Eb. Using
first position fingering in the key of C, the therapist needs to place the capo on the
A. 2nd fret.
B. 3rd fret.
C. 5th fret.
D. 7th fret.
B. Placing the capo on the 3rd fret would transpose the song to Eb major.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles require music therapists to take which of
the following into account when planning treatment?
A. best available research; patient characteristics, culture and preferences; and
clinical expertise
B. evidence of past treatment success; therapist knowledge and skills; and
treatment length
C. published music therapy program descriptions; therapist expertise; and
assessment outcomes
D. reviews of past research literature; patient history; and principle of beneficence
A. The following statement was approved as a policy of the American
Psychological Association (APA) August, 2005: "Evidence-based practice in
psychology (EBPP) is the integration of the best available research with clinical
expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences." The
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, CBMT (Certification Board for Music Therapists) Practice Exam
AMTA adopted the following definition of evidence-based music therapy practice
in 2010: "Evidence-based music therapy practice integrates the best available
research, the music therapists' expertise, and the needs, values, and preferences
of the individual(s) served."
A music therapist working with a group of four children at an early intervention
facility arrives to find the class is very excited, having just come in from the
playground. Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when
choosing a music selection to begin the session?
A. a familiar song
B. an unfamiliar song
C. a song with an allegro tempo
D. a song with an adagio tempo
C. Using a song with an active tempo in order to meet the children's high level of
energy is the most important consideration.
A music therapist with basic guitar skills wants to accompany a song written in the
key of Ab major, using Ab, Db, and Eb7 chords. To allow for the use of all first
position chords and only minimally affect the song's vocal register, the song
should be transposed to the key of
A. B major.
B. D major.
C. F major.
D. G major.
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