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ENG 203 CBT PRACTICE

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January 21, 2025

Take your time to read instructions before taking this test.

There are 40 questions which you are to answer in 15 minutes that gives you roughly 30 seconds per question.

If you can get at least 60%, you can be rest assured that you’ll ace ENG 203 exam

In a normal exam you will be asked between 40 – 60 questions but I only arranged 40 questions

Note

Do not be in a hurry to answer the questions

Do not waste time on a question you don’t know

Move as fast as possible and starting with questions that don’t have calculation first to save time

Always crosscheck

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70 – 100 A

60 – 69 B

50 – 59 C

45 – 49 D

40 – 44 E

0 – 39 F

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ENG 203

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1. What is the role of a conjunction in a sentence?

A. To modify a noun

B. To express an action

C. To join words, phrases, or clauses

D. To introduce a noun

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2. Amplitude in acoustic phonetics measures:

A. Duration

B. Pitch

C. Loudness

D. Frequency

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3. Which of the following is an example of a voiceless sound?

A. /p/

B. /m/

C. /b/

D. /d/

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4. Which phonological process involves removing a sound in casual speech?

A. Assimilation

B. Insertion

C. Metathesis

D. Deletion

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5. What is the airstream mechanism used in the production of most English sounds?

A. Velaric ingressive

B. Pulmonic egressive

C. Glottalic egressive

D. Pulmonic ingressive

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6. What is the place of articulation for the sounds /t/ and /d/?

A. Bilabial

B. Palatal

C. Velar

D. Alveolar

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7. Which of the following is an example of a preposition?

A. Jumped

B. Quickly

C. Between

D. And

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8. The position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth

A. The duration of the vowel

B. The rounding of the lips

C. The tension in the vocal cords

D. The position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth

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9. What is the term for a word that connects a noun to the rest of the sentence, often indicating location, direction, or time?

A. Article

B. Verb

C. Adverb

D. Preposition

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10. What is the primary focus of phonetics?

A. The organization of sounds in a language

B. The study of sound systems in specific languages

C. The physical production and acoustic properties of speech sounds

D. The study of meaning in language

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11. What is the main focus of phonology?

A. The physical production of speech sounds

B. The organization of sounds in a language to convey meaning

C. The study of sound waves

D. The perception of speech sounds by listeners

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12. What is the pitch range for typical human speech?

A. Less than 200 Hz

B. 80 Hz - 800 Hz

C. 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz

D. 100 Hz - 400 Hz

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13. Which of the following is a suprasegmental feature?

A. Place of articulation

B. Consonant clusters

C. Phonemes

D. Intonation

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14. Which part of speech modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb?

A. Conjunction

B. Adverb

C. Preposition

D. Pronoun

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15. Which branch of phonetics studies the perception and recognition of speech sounds?

A. Segmental phonetics

B. Articulatory phonetics

C. Auditory phonetics

D. Acoustic phonetics

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16. Which branch of phonetics is concerned with how sounds are perceived?

A. Articulatory phonetics

B. Suprasegmental phonetics

C. Acoustic phonetics

D. Auditory phonetics

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17. What is the place of articulation for the bilabial sound /m/?

A. Tongue and hard palate

B. Vocal cords

C. Lips

D. Tongue and alveolar ridge

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18. Identify the type of pronoun in the sentence: "This is mine."

A. Possessive pronoun

B. Demonstrative pronoun

C. Reflexive pronoun

D. Personal pronoun

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19. What is the unit of measurement for frequency in acoustic phonetics?

A. Nanosecond

B. Millisecond (ms)

C. Hertz (Hz)

D. Decibel (dB)

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20. What is the primary function of grammar in language?

A. To provide synonyms and antonyms

B. To convey emotions

C. To analyze sound systems

D. To arrange words into meaningful patterns

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21. What is a stress-timed language?

A. A language that relies on mora timing

B. A language where stressed syllables occur at regular intervals

C. . A language where each syllable takes the same amount of time

D. . A language that does not have phonotactic rules

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22. What is the function of an interjection in a sentence?

A. To describe a noun

B. To indicate possession

C. To express sudden emotions or feelings

D. To connect clauses

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23. Which of the following is a suprasegmental feature?

A. Place of articulation

B. Vowels

C. Stress

D. Voicing

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24. What is a compound sentence?

A. A sentence with one independent clause

B. A sentence with one dependent clause

C. A sentence with a subject and a predicate

D. A sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction

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25. What type of assimilation occurs when a voiceless sound becomes voiced due to a neighboring sound?

A. Voicing assimilation

B. Stress assimilation

C. Place assimilation

D. Manner assimilation

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26. What is an adjective?

A. A word that connects phrases or clauses

B. A word that shows action or state of being

C. A word that expresses a complete thought

D. A word that modifies nouns or pronouns

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27. What punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or contractions?

A. Semicolon

B. Comma

C. Colon

D. Apostrophe

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28. What is the syllable structure that contains an onset, nucleus, and coda?

A. Monosyllabic word

B. Prosodic unit

C. Phonotactic rule

D. Syllable segment

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29. Which of the following affects the duration of speech?

A. Distance from the source

B. Loudness

C. Pitch

D. Language

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30. In the sentence "He is taller than his brother," the word "taller" is an example of

A. A noun

B. A comparative adjective

C. . A verb

D. An adverb

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31. What is an allophone?

A. A phoneme that contrasts meaning

B. A process of vowel reduction

C. A segment of suprasegmental phonology

D. A variant of a phoneme that does not change meaning

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32. Which sentence uses a verb in the past tense?

A. We are reading a book.

B. She runs every morning.

C. He will visit the museum.

D. They played football yesterday

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33. What distinguishes phonemes like /p/ and /b/ in English?

A. Manner of articulation

B. Place of articulation

C. Nasalization

D. Voicing

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34. What type of sentence expresses a command or request?

A. Interrogative

B. Exclamatory

C. Imperative

D. Declarative

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35. The study of meaning in languagex link

A. The physical production and acoustic properties of speech sounds

B. The study of sound systems in specific languages

C. The organization of sounds in a language

D. The study of meaning in language

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36. What is the term for sounds made with the vibration of the vocal folds?

A. Voiced sounds

B. Voiceless sounds

C. Nasal sounds

D. Plosives

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37. Which of the following is an example of an auxiliary verb?

A. Run

B. Have

C. Quickly

D. Beautiful

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38. What type of sound is /ŋ/?

A. Voiceless velar nasal

B. Voiced velar nasal

C. Voiced alveolar nasal

D. Voiced bilabial nasal

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39. Which of the following best defines a noun?

A. word used to join sentences

B. A word that describes an action

C. word that modifies a verb

D. word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

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40. What is the name for a speech sound characterized by a complete closure in the vocal tract, followed by an explosive release?

A. Plosive

B. Fricative

C. Approximant

D. Nasal

Your score is

The average score is 60%

ENG 203 CBT PRACTICE

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