Communication Skills Notes *Chapter: 3 Study of sounds .

*Professional Communication Questions & Answers – Types of Phonetics

This set of Professional Communication Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs)
focuses on “Types of Phonetics”.

1. Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process?

a) Phonology

b) Phonetic substances

c) Phonetics✓

d) Semantics

Answer: c

Explanation: Phonetics is the study of speech processes. It includes the anatomy, neurology
and pathology of speech. It also includes the articulation, classification and perception of
speech sounds. It shouldn’t be confused with Phonology, which is the study of speech
sounds of a given language and their function within the sound system of that language; or
Semantics, which is a field of Linguistics that is primarily concerned with meaning in various
languages.

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2.Articulatory phonetics is the study of physical properties of speech sounds.

a) True

b) False✓

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Answer: b

Explanation: Articulatory phonetics is the study of the movement of the speech organs while
words are being uttered. Acoustic phonetics is the study of physical properties of speech
sounds which include frequency and amplitude.

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3.What is the full form of IPA?

a) Indian Phonetic Alphabet

b) International Phonetic Alphabet

d) Indian Phonetic Agreement

Answer: b

Explanation: IPA is International Phonetic Alphabet which provides a uniform international

4). What does the sign / / represent?

a) Phonetic transcription

b) Centralization

c) Voiced bilabial nasal

d) Rising- falling pitch

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: Phonetic transcription is represented by / /. Centralization is represented by “.

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5)Which of these is not a type of phonetics?

a) Articulatory

b) Personal

c) Acoustic

d) Auditory

Answer: b

Explanation: Phonetics can be divided into three main branches. These are Articulatory
phonetics, Accoustic phonetics and Auditory phonetics.

English Literacy (Sounds)

B. 24

C. 12

D. 46

Ans : C

Q.. The Number of diphtongs in English Sound is

A. 12

B. 8

C. 44

D. 20

Ans:C

Q.. Which total number of sounds in English language is

A. 12

B.8

C. 20

D. 44

Ans: D

Q. Which one of the following is not an organ of speech?

A. leg

B. Tongue

C. Vocal chord

D. Lips

Ans: A

Q.Total Number of consonant sound in English is

A. 12

B. 8
C. 20

D. 24

Q. We need an air stream mechanism for the

A. Production of Speech

B. Digestion process

C. Blood circulation process

D. Dexidation Process

Ans: A

Q.. Our respiratory system consists of

A. Lungs

B. Air Pipe

C. Nostrils

D. All the above

Ans: D

Q.. The hard convex surface just Behind the upper front teeth is called

A. soft palate

B. teeth ridge

C. hard palate

D. tongue

Ans C

Q.Diphthong is a

A. Pure vowel sound

B. Pure consonant sound

C. Vowel glides or mixed vowel sounds

D. none of the above

Ans: C
Q.The letters a,e,i,o,u in English alphabet are called

A. Clusters

B. Consonants

C. Vowels

D. Words

Ans: C

Q. The Latter of English alphabet other than vowels care called

A. Word

B. vowels

C. clusters

D. consonants

Ans: D

Q.When one sound is given by two consonants, it is called

A. vowel sound

B. consonant sound

C. single sound

D. consonant cluster

Ans: D

Q. The following does not belong to the basic components of speech

A. stress

B. rhythm

C. poem

D. intonation

Ans: C

Q. "The degree of force with which sound or syllable of a word is uttered" is called
A. intonation

B. stress

C. Rhythm

D. Pause

Ans: B

Q.. "The Change of pitch of voice " is called

A. stress

B. Rhythm

C. Pause

D. Intonation

Ans: D

Q. The rise and fall of pitch in voice is called

A. Flueny

B. Pause

C. Intonation

D. Stress

Ans: C

Q. "The smallest unit of words" is called

A. Phoneme

B. Allophone

C. Juncture

D. Morpheme

Ans: A

Q. "The study of articulation, transmission and reception of speech sound ," is called

A. Linguistics

B. Morphology
C. Phonetics

D. syntax

Ans: C

Q. "Phonetics" is a part of language study.It is

A. Study of system of sound of language

B. Study of words

C. study of articulation, transmission and reception of speech sounds

D. None of the above

Ans: C

Overall concept

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the production and classification of the
world's speech sounds. ... For example, the noun 'fish' has four letters, but the IPA presents
this as three sounds: f i ʃ, where 'ʃ' stands for the 'sh' sound. Phonetics as an interdisciplinary
science has many applications.

What is Phonetics?..

There are three types of the study of the sounds of language. Acoustic Phonetics is the study
of the physical properties of sounds. Auditory Phonetics is the study of the way listeners
perceive sounds. Articulatory Phonetics is the study of how the vocal tracts produce the
sounds. This article will only describe articulatory phonetics.

Exercises: phonetic symbols as sample and see details on following note.

Long /iː/ - short /ɪ/

Long /ɑː/ - short /æ/

Long /ɜː/ - short /e/

Long /ɔː/ - short /ɒ/

Long /uː/ - short /ʊ/

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Practice at home.