Chapter 7: Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses

Chapter 7: Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple-Choice Questions

 

7.1-1.  The case of Sara in the opening vignette makes the point that

1. pain is a valuable source of information to the body.
2. pain hurts.
3. audition is an important source of information for deaf people.
4. deaf persons can use sign language to communicate with blind people.
5. people who feel no pain learn new things faster because they are not distracted.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 7.1-1

Page Ref: 208

Topic:  Opening Vignette

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. pain is a valuable source of information to the body.

Rationale: The case of Sara in the opening vignette makes the point that pain is a valuable source of information to the body.

 

7.1-2.  Humans can detect sound pressure waves that cycle between  ________ and ________ times per second.

1. 30; 700
2. 25; 4,000
3. 30; 20,000
4. 25; 9,000
5. 300; 45,000

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 7.1-2

Page Ref: 209

Topic:  Audition/The Stimulus

Skill:   Factual

Answer: c. 30; 20,000

Rationale: Humans can detect sound pressure waves that cycle between 30 and 20,000 times per second.

 

7.1-3.  Sound can best be thought of as

1. compression of air molecules by an object.
2. changes in air pressure produced by the vibration of an object.
3. particles of energy that travel at better than 20 miles per hour.
4. packets of energy.
5. expansion of air molecules produced by an object as it moves through air.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 7.1-3

Page Ref: 209

Topic:  Audition/The Stimulus

Skill: Factual

Answer: b. changes in air pressure produced by the vibration of an object.

Rationale: Sound can best be thought of as changes in air pressure produced by the vibration of an object.

 

7.1-4.  Which of the following pairs belong together?

1. amplitude; pitch
2. complexity; pitch
3. purity; timbre
4. amplitude; loudness
5. hue; wavelength

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 7.1-4

Page Ref: 209

Topic:  Audition/The Stimulus

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: d. amplitude; loudness

Rationale:  Changes in sound amplitude result in changes in sound loudness.

 

7.1-5.  The pitch of a sound stimulus is related to the physical characteristic of

1. vibration amplitude.
2. the distance between the sound source and the detector.
3. sound wave complexity.
4. frequency of vibration.
5. sound intensity.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 7.1-5

Page Ref: 209

Topic:  Audition/The Stimulus

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. frequency of vibration.

Rationale: The pitch of a sound stimulus is related to the physical characteristic of frequency of vibration.