Objective type questions and answers for Phonetics

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Here are 50 objective questions and answers related to phonetics:
1. What is phonetics?
a) The study of meaning
b) The study of sentence structure
c) The study of sounds in a language
d) The study of word formation
Answer: c) The study of sounds in a language
2. Which of the following is a branch of phonetics?
a) Phonology
b) Syntax
c) Semantics
d) Morphology
Answer: a) Phonology
3. Which symbol represents a voiceless dental fricative?
a) [θ]
b) [ð]
c) [ʃ]
d) [ʒ]
Answer: a) [θ]
4. The symbol [ʃ] represents which sound?
a) Voiced alveolar fricative
b) Voiceless palatal fricative
c) Voiced velar fricative
d) Voiceless velar plosive
Answer: b) Voiceless palatal fricative
5. Which sound is represented by the symbol [b]?
a) Voiced bilabial plosive
b) Voiceless bilabial plosive
c) Voiced palatal fricative
d) Voiceless dental fricative
Answer: a) Voiced bilabial plosive
6. Which of these sounds is a nasal consonant?
a) [t]
b) [n]
c) [k]
d) [s]
Answer: b) [n]
7. Which sound is represented by the symbol [dʒ]?
a) Voiceless palatal affricate
b) Voiced palatal affricate
c) Voiceless velar fricative

d) Voiced alveolar fricative
Answer: b) Voiced palatal affricate
8. The sound [tʃ] is classified as:
a) Voiced palatal fricative
b) Voiceless palatal fricative
c) Voiced palatal affricate
d) Voiceless palatal affricate
Answer: d) Voiceless palatal affricate
9. What type of sound is represented by the symbol [h]?
a) Voiceless glottal fricative
b) Voiced velar fricative
c) Voiceless velar plosive
d) Voiced glottal plosive
Answer: a) Voiceless glottal fricative
10. What is the symbol for a voiced velar plosive?
a) [g]
b) [k]
c) [t]
d) [d]
Answer: a) [g]
11. What is a diphthong?
a) A single vowel sound
b) A combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable
c) A single consonant sound
d) A type of consonant cluster
Answer: b) A combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable
12. Which of these is an example of a diphthong?
a) [i]
b) [æ]
c) [eɪ]
d) [u]
Answer: c) [eɪ]
13. The sound [i] is a:
a) High front vowel
b) Low back vowel
c) High back vowel
d) Low front vowel
Answer: a) High front vowel
14. Which of the following is an example of a voiced velar nasal?
a) [m]
b) [ŋ]
c) [n]
d) [p]
Answer: b) [ŋ]
15. Which symbol represents a voiced alveolar fricative?
a) [f]
b) [s]
c) [z]
d) [ʃ]
Answer: c) [z]
16. Which of the following sounds is produced by blocking and then releasing air at the
velum?
a) [p]
b) [k]
c) [m]
d) [s]
Answer: b) [k]
17. Which of these represents a high back rounded vowel?
a) [ɪ]
b) [e]
c) [ʊ]
d) [u]
Answer: d) [u]
18. Which of the following is a voiceless alveolar plosive?
a) [t]
b) [d]
c) [k]
d) [g]
Answer: a) [t]
19. The term "articulation" in phonetics refers to:
a) The study of sound patterns
b) The process of producing speech sounds
c) The study of word meanings
d) The classification of words
Answer: b) The process of producing speech sounds
20. Which of the following represents a voiced labiodental fricative?
a) [v]
b) [f]
c) [θ]
d) [ð]
Answer: a) [v]
21. Which of the following is a plosive sound?
a) [f]
b) [s]
c) [p]
d) [ʃ]
Answer: c) [p]
22. Which symbol represents a voiceless labiodental fricative?
a) [v]
b) [f]
c) [ʃ]
d) [θ]
Answer: b) [f]
23. Which of these symbols represents a front vowel?
a) [ɔ]
b) [ʊ]
c) [e]
d) [u]
Answer: c) [e]
24. Which of the following symbols represents a voiced alveolar plosive?
a) [d]
b) [t]
c) [k]
d) [p]
Answer: a) [d]
25. A "flap" sound, as in the pronunciation of the "t" in “butter,” is transcribed in IPA as:
a) [d]
b) [ɾ]
c) [t]
d) [θ]
Answer: b) [ɾ]
26. Which of the following represents a high front vowel?
a) [æ]
b) [i]
c) [ɔ]
d) [u]
Answer: b) [i]
27. The smallest unit of sound in language is called a:
a) Morpheme
b) Phoneme
c) Grapheme
d) Syllable
Answer: b) Phoneme

28. The sound [ʒ] is a:
a) Voiced palatal fricative
b) Voiceless palatal fricative
c) Voiced velar fricative
d) Voiceless velar fricative
Answer: a) Voiced palatal fricative
29. Which sound is represented by the symbol [ə]?
a) High front vowel
b) Low back vowel
c) Schwa sound (central mid vowel)
d) Diphthong
Answer: c) Schwa sound (central mid vowel)
30. Which of these is a voiced palatal affricate?
a) [ʧ]
b) [dʒ]
c) [tʃ]
d) [k]
Answer: b) [dʒ]
31. The symbol [n] represents a:
a) Voiced nasal sound
b) Voiceless nasal sound
c) Voiced plosive
d) Voiceless plosive
Answer: a) Voiced nasal sound
32. What is the symbol for a voiceless palatal fricative?
a) [ʃ]
b) [ʒ]
c) [s]
d) [tʃ]
Answer: a) [ʃ]
33. A nasal consonant is one produced with air flowing through the:
a) Mouth only
b) Nose only
c) Mouth and nose
d) Glottis
Answer: c) Mouth and nose
34. The symbol [t] represents a:
a) Voiceless dental fricative
b) Voiced alveolar fricative
c) Voiceless alveolar plosive
d) Voiced velar plosive
Answer: c) Voiceless alveolar plosive

35. What is the term for the vibrations of the vocal cords during sound production?
a) Voicing
b) Articulation
c) Resonance
d) Pitch
Answer: a) Voicing
36. Which of these symbols represents a mid-central vowel?
a) [e]
b) [æ]
c) [ə]
d) [i]
Answer: c) [ə]
37. Which of the following represents a voiced bilabial nasal?
a) [m]
b) [n]
c) [k]
d) [p]
Answer: a) [m]
38. Which of the following sounds is an example of a velar plosive?
a) [t]
b) [b]
c) [g]
d) [k]
Answer: d) [k]
39. Which is an example of a rounded vowel?
a) [i]
b) [æ]
c) [u]
d) [e]
Answer: c) [u]
40. A “voiceless” sound is one in which:
a) The vocal cords are vibrating
b) The vocal cords are not vibrating
c) The tongue is touching the teeth
d) The airflow is stopped completely
Answer: b) The vocal cords are not vibrating
41. What is the term for the position of the tongue in the mouth when producing a sound?
a) Place of articulation
b) Manner of articulation
c) Voice
d) Vowel height
Answer: a) Place of articulation
42. What does the symbol [k] represent?
a) Voiceless velar plosive
b) Voiced velar plosive
c) Voiceless alveolar fricative
d) Voiced alveolar fricative
Answer: a) Voiceless velar plosive
43. Which sound is represented by the symbol [ʌ]?
a) Low front vowel
b) Mid back vowel
c) Central vowel
d) High front vowel
Answer: c) Central vowel
44. Which of these represents a voiced velar fricative?
a) [g]
b) [h]
c) [ʝ]
d) [ʁ]
Answer: d) [ʁ]
45. Which of these sounds is a glide?
a) [i]
b) [j]
c) [p]
d) [m]
Answer: b) [j]
46. Which of the following symbols represents a palatal consonant?
a) [k]
b) [ʃ]
c) [t]
d) [p]
Answer: b) [ʃ]
47. A "plosive" is defined as a sound that:
a) Involves a complete closure of the vocal cords
b) Is produced by stopping and then releasing the airflow
c) Is produced with a continuous flow of air
d) Involves high-pitched sounds
Answer: b) Is produced by stopping and then releasing the airflow
48. Which of the following symbols represents a voiced palatal fricative?
a) [ʃ]
b) [ʒ]
c) [s]
d) [f]
Answer: b) [ʒ]
49. Which symbol represents a voiceless glottal fricative?
a) [h]
b) [ʃ]
c) [ʒ]
d) [f]
Answer: a) [h]
50. The sound [w] is classified as:
a) A stop
b) A lateral
c) A glide
d) A fricative
Answer: c) A glide

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