ĐỀ THI KẾT THÚC HỌC PHẦN HỌC KỲ I - 2022-2023

Học phần: Dẫn nhập Ngữ âm-Âm vị Mã đề: PHON020

Mã học phần: Dẫn nhập NÂ-ÂV học-18TT Số TC: 02
Ngày thi: 20/3/2023 Thời gian: 40’
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1. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A. Phonology studies the ways phonemes function in language
B. Phonetics aims to provide the set of features, or properties, that can describe all sounds in
human language.
C. Phonetics deals with the articulatory and acoustic aspects of speech sounds.
D. Phonology provides the means for describing speech sounds.
2. When two sounds are identical everywhere in the same phonemic context or environment except
for one feature, they are said to be
A. different allophones of a phoneme
B. identical allophones of a phoneme
C. different phonemes
D. identical segments
3. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic description: voiced bilabial
approximant
A. [ v ]
B. [ w ]
C. [ ð ]
D. [ f ]
4. How many segments are there in the sound sequence [edjUkeɪt] educate ?
A. 10
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
5. In English, an open syllable is generally formed by.........
A. a vowel followed by a consonant at the end
B. one consonant and no vowel
C. a vowel and two consonants at the beginning as onset
D. a vowel without any consonant at the end of the syllable
6. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in manner of articulation from the
other segments?
A. [ w, r, j ]
B. [ p, b, t ]
C. [ t, d, n ]
D. [ θ, z, s ]

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7. Which of the following is the definition of onset of a syllable?
A. Initial segment of a syllable
B. Core of a syllable, consisting of a nucleus and coda
C. Central segment of a syllable
D. Closing segment of a syllable
8. How many segments are there in the word “psychology”?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 4
D. 7
9. Which of the following phonetic variations the schwa [ @ ] may have in this context [ t@ 'deI] today?
A. [ t ] may become glottal stop between stressed vowel [eI] and unstressed vowel [@]
B. [ @ ] may be deleted in the unstressed syllable with an initial aspirated stop
C. [ @ ] may have stress before the syllable with vowel [eɪ]
D. [ t ] may become voiced flap before the unstressed vowel [@]
10. Which of the following coarticulation processes occurs to the voiceless alveolar [ t ] in this context
['ti:Í@] eight boys
A. [ t ] is palatalized before long vowel [ i: ]
B. [ t ] is labialized before long vowel [ i: ]
C. [ t ] is deleted before long vowel [ i: ]
D. [ t ] is aspirated before long vowel [ i: ]
11. Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the alveolar [ t ] in this context:
[let mi: du: It ] Let me do it?
A. [ t ] becomes bilabial [ p ] before [ m ] labialized
B. [ t ] becomes devoiced before [ m ]
C. [ t ] becomes nasal [ m ] before [ m ]
D. both A and C
12. Which of the following is considered (an) articulator(s)?
A. The alveolar ridge
B. The lungs
C. The outer ear
D. The middle ear
13. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic description:
voiceless palato-alveolar
A. [ ∫ ]
B. [ t ]
C. [ ʧ ]
D. [ ʤ ]

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14. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic description:
short low back vowel
A. [ e ]
B. [ i:]
C. [ æ ]
D. [ ɒ ]
15. Which of the following coarticulation processes that may happen to the voicelesss alveolar [ t ]
in this context: [stɒpz] stops?
A. [ t ] may be labialised after the alveolar [ s ]
B. [ t ] may be voiced after the alveolar [ s ]
C. [ t ] may be unaspirated after the alveolar [ s ]
D. [ t ] may be aspirated after the alveolar [ s ]
16. Which of the following words contains a mid vowel?
A. Send
B. Hard
C. Sit
D. Hot
17. Which of the following is a palatal?
A. [l]
B. [r]
C. [j]
D. [z]
18. Which of the following is not a rising dipthong?
A. [ aɪ ] closing
B. [ aʊ ]
C. [ eɪ]
D. [ ʊə ] centring diphthong
19. Which of the following is the phonetic transcription of this form “party" as in American English?
A. [ 'pa:thI ]
B. [ 'pha:4I ]
C. [ 'pha:thI ]
D. [ 'pa:thI ]
20. Consonants are characterised by which of the following properties?
A. The voicing, place and manner of articulation
B. Whether the lips are rounded or unrounded
C. Whether the mouth is close, half-close, half-open or open
D. Whether the tongue is high or low in the oral cavity and whether it is in the front or back

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21. Which of the following phonetic variations that may happen to the lateral [ l ] in this
context: [ kli:n ] clean?
A. [ l ] becomes devoiced after voiceless stop [ k ]
B. [ l ] becomes syllabic after voiceless stop [ k ] onset
C. [ l ] becomes unaspirated after voiced stop [ k ]
D. [ l] becomes aspirated after voiced stop [ k ]
22. Which of the following statements is correct?
The africates are
A. consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth
B. consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the mouth which
causes explosion
C. consonants produced with the lowering of the soft palate
D. produced with an initial stop then with a slow separation of the tongue to make
friction
23. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic
description: voiced dental fricative?
A. [ T ] B. [ k ] C. [ ð ] D. [ ŋ ]
24. Which of the following segments corresponds to each of the following phonetic description? long
mid back rounded vowel
A. [ i: ] B. [ ɔː ] C. [ u: ] D. [ ɑː ]
25. Which of the following statements is correct?
Progressive assimilation is a process by which
A. the change of a segment is brought about by the preceding segment
B. a sound copies one or more phonetic features from the preceding sound
C. the sound becomes more like the preceding sound
D. All of the above
26. Which of the following is the correct stress pattern of this word “groomsmen”?
A. [grUmzmən ]
B. [grUmzmən ]
C. [grUmzmən ]
D. [grUmzmən ]
27. Which of the following statement is correct?
Palato-alveolars include
A. [ ʃ ʧ θ b ]
B. [ ʃ b p ɡ ]
C. [ ʃ ʧ ʒ ʤ ]
D. [ ʃ ʧ ð ʤ ]
28. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions that corresponds to each of the following
phonetic description: voiceless bilabial stop ?
A. [ m ] B. [ p ] C. [t ] D. [ k ]

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29. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. A phoneme is a predictable phonetic variant of an allophone
B. An allophone is a abstract unit
C. An allophone is a phonetic realisation or variant of a phoneme
D. An phoneme is a abstract unit
30. Which of the following is incorrect?
When a feature is predictable by the phonological rules, it is
A. a redundant feature
B. a phonetic feature
C. a phonemic feature
D. both A and B
31. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in place of articulation from the
other segments?
A. [ k, w, ŋ, t ]
B. [ t, d, n, s ]
C. [ p, m, w, b ]
D. [ t, d, z, s ]
32. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic description:
voiced alveolar fricative?
A. [ m ] B. [  ] C. [ s ] D. [ ð ]
33. Which of the following assimilatory processes may occur to the sound sequence [ kQngres ]
congress ?
A. regressive assimilation
B. progressive assimilation
C. mutual assimilation
D. None of the above
34. Which of the following statements is correct?
Dentals is made
A. at the hard palate
B. at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth
C. at the teeth ridge
D. with the tongue placed against the teeth
35. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions that corresponds to each of the following
phonetic description: voiced palato-alveolar affricate?
A. [ ʧ ] B. [ ʤ ] C. [ ʃ ] D. [ j ]
36. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
When a feature value is predictable by a general principle or rule, it is
A. a distinctive feature for that class of segments
B. a non-distinctive or non-phonemic feature for that sound
C. a phonemic feature for sounds that contrast
D. a contrastive feature for that class of segments

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37. Which of the following statements is correct?
Lateral sound is produced with
A. the airstream released through the nasal cavity
B. the continuous air flow through the mouth
C. the velum being lowered
D. the airstream released downside of the tongue
38. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in manner from the
other segments ?
A. [z, s , T, r ]
B. [ s, v, S , D ]
C. [ w, j , r, l ]
D. [ b, d, g, t ]
39. Which of the following is NOT a minimal pair?
A. [ h&t ] [ h&d ] hat – had
B. [ &nd ] [ end ] and – end
C. [ pæt ] [ tæp ] pat – tap
D. [ fæt ] [ væt ] fat – vat
40. Which of the following statements is correct?
Palato-alveolar is the sound made
A. as a very rapidly articulated semi vowel gliding from [ i: ] to [ ə ]
B. just behind the alveolar ridge
C. with the identical articulation to that of the long vowel [ i: ]
D. with the tongue at the alveolar ridge
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