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A. [ma] - ✔✔A child is able to make vocalizations, but is not yet able to form consonant sounds.
Vocal improvisational play is chosen to stimulate consonant formation. Which of the following syllabi
should a music therapist focus on FIRST?
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A. [ma]
B. [fa]
C. [wa]
D. [ra]
A. 1 and 2 only - ✔✔A client has recently been admitted to a psychiatric facility with a diagnosis of
bipolar disorder. The client comes to a group music therapy session exhibiting sleepiness and a
sluggish demeanor. Which of the following MOST likely accounts for this presentation?
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1. Side effects of newly prescribed medication
2. Symptoms of depression
3. Symptoms of mania
4. Symptoms of anxiety
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A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 and 4 only
D. 3 and 4 only
A. 30 minutes, x 2 per week - ✔✔A music therapist is developing expressive-communication goals
for a 7-year-old with Down syndrome. Which of the following documented times of services is MOST
appropriate?
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A. 30 minutes, x 2 per week
B. 10 minutes, x 5 per week
C. 45 minutes, x 1 per week
D. 60 minutes, x biweekly
,A. A7 - ✔✔A music therapist is improvising in the key of G major. Which of the following secondary
dominant-seventh chords should be chosen for the most direct transition to the new key of D major
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A. A7
B. B7
C. D7
D. E7
A. Accompanying activities (e.g., movement, drawing) to help connect the clients' internal experience
with external reality - ✔✔When using receptive methods of music therapy with clients with psychotic
disorders, a music therapist should consider using
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A. Accompanying activities (e.g., movement, drawing) to help connect the clients' internal experience
with external reality
B. Guided imagery in conjunction with music listening to help guide the clients' thoughts to concrete
images
C. New Age music with the absence of rhythmic grounding as this may promote a feeling of floating
and relaxation
D. Multi step instructions for a specific musical and non-musical tasks to maintain clients attention
and focus
A. Allow the group to express how they are affected by the drummer's actions - ✔✔A music therapist
is working with a process-oriented group of adults. The clients are playing keyboard, bass, guitar, and
drums. The group stops playing because the drummer is intentionally playing faster than the other
clients can play. Which of the following should be the therapist's FIRST action?
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A. Allow the group to express how they are affected by the drummer's actions
B. Play the drums along with the drummer to modify the tempo
C. Increase the proximity of the players to one another
D. Confront the drummer in front of the group to model direct communication
A. Aphasia - ✔✔Which of the following speech disorder's is MOST likely caused by a stroke or
damage to the brain
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A. Aphasia
B. Dysphagia
C. Ataxia
,D. Dyspnea
A. Autonomy - ✔✔Providing a client with songs and intervention choices as well as ample
opportunities for independent instrument play is an example of addressing
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A. Autonomy
B. Self-regulation
C. Sensory integration
D. Generalization
A. Best available research; patient characteristics, culture and preferences; and clinical expertise -
✔✔Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles require music therapists to take which of the following
into account when planning treatment?
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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. Clave rhythm - ✔✔A group of clients would like to perform a Latin American piece at a school
talent show. They have been improvising a 3-2 rhythm with a variety of percussive instruments.
Which of the following rhythmic pattern will provide the strongest accompaniment?
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A. Clave rhythm
B. Waltz rhythm
C. Tango rhythm
D. Cha-Cha rhythm
A. collaborate with other professionals to target generalization of behaviors in music therapy to other
setting. - ✔✔A 10-year-old music therapy client with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) has met all
music goals, and the music therapist presents his discharge summary at her agency's weekly staffing.
With other therapists, the client has made very little progress and remains defiant and resistive. The
music therapist should
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A. collaborate with other professionals to target generalization of behaviors in music therapy to other
setting.
B. proceed with discharge as an advocate for the client to show that he indeed met his goals and ha
no deficits in music therapy.
, C. redesign his treatment plan to build ego strength through acquiring musical skills.
D. proceed with discharge and offer suggestions to the other therapists for how to integrate music into
their work to help him develop positive socially.
A. Composing the melody of a song - ✔✔A music therapist is working with an individual who is
moderately affected by a Traumatic brain injury (TBI). Which of the following experiences requires the
highest level of executive functioning for this client?
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A. Composing the melody of a song
B. Adding CDs to one's personal collection
C. Selecting an instrument for a rhythmic improvisation
D. Choosing a song for the group to sing
A. coordinating with the treatment plans of other services received by the client - ✔✔A music
therapist is preparing a termination plan for a client discharging from services. Which of the following
actions are required before termination can occur?
A. coordinating with the treatment plans of other services received by the client
B. processing the music therapist's thoughts and feelings related to client termination
C. summarizing client strengths and sharing them with the client and caregiver
D. writing new goals and objectives for successful integration into the community
A. Design a treatment plan to reinforce these goals into another setting and collaborate with the choir
teacher - ✔✔A parent reports that her eight-year-old child with Asperger's syndrome loves to sing
and wants to join the choir at his school. However, he seems to do poorly in group activities. DATA
indicates that he has made successful progress on his interaction goals during individual music
therapy. Which of the following is the music therapist's BEST response?
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A. Design a treatment plan to reinforce these goals into another setting and collaborate with the choir
teacher
B. Practice the choir music during the music therapy setting and offer to direct the choir
C. Introduce new goals into the music therapy setting and give the choir director a copy of the goals
D. Explain to the parent that this would not be appropriate as the child could potentially have difficulty
interacting with choir students
A. Document the absence - ✔✔A client in a residential facility is absent from a regularly scheduled
music therapy group. After the music therapist investigates the reason for the clients absence, the
NEXT step is to
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