COMD 5070 Final Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers
The speech signal is - Correct Answer-neither invariant nor linear
When a listener simplifies the processing of the speech signal to
smooth out superfluous variability, it is called - Correct Answer-
perceptual normalization
One type of quantal perception that occurs as we listen to speech is
called - Correct Answer-categorical perception
In duplex perception: - Correct Answer-syllable components are
presented separately, but simultaneously, to each ear
In the McGurk effect: - Correct Answer-the place and/or manner of
articulation is perceived to change
Top-down processing in the perception of speech involves - Correct
Answer-using contextual, linguistic, and cognitive cues
Which speech perception theory has been criticized as being so vague
that it is more of a philosophy than a theory or model? - Correct
Answer-motor theory
,enhance differences between distinct phonemes - Correct Answer-
perceptual magnets
based on similarity of acoustic features of the beginning of words -
Correct Answer-Cohort theory
research with infants has shown that - Correct Answer-dominant
language exposure gradually decreases discrimination of non-native
speech features
What is science? - Correct Answer-a refinement of everyday thinking
What are the 4 features of the scientific method? - Correct Answer-
empirical, deterministic, predictive, parsimonious
A nonlinear increase in frequency as you go from low to high - Correct
Answer-semitone
How many semitones are in one octave? - Correct Answer-12
There are ________ more semitones in the octave before the last -
Correct Answer-5.9%
, the frequency with which numbers are stored or written down to
represent the analog signal that you're sampling. - Correct Answer-
Sampling rate
How does sampling rate relate to playback quality? - Correct Answer-
the higher the sampling rate, the better the playback quality
The highest frequency the can be reproduced- or the highest sampling
rate - Correct Answer-Nyquist frequency
allows high frequencies through and holds back lower frequencies -
Correct Answer-high pass filter
blocks high frequencies. The best way to avoid aliasing during a digital
recording. - Correct Answer-low pass filter
allows a band of frequencies though and holds back both higher and
lower frequencies - Correct Answer-band pass filter
holds back a band of frequencies and allows both higher and lower
frequencies through - Correct Answer-band reject filter
a line spectrum shows the frequency components of a period sound -
Correct Answer-frequency domain
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