CBMT Clinical Applications and Interventions 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) technique Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) is primarily used to address:
- Anxiety reduction
- Gait rehabilitation in clients with movement disorders (Correct answer)
- Grief processing
- Cognitive memory deficits
Correct answer: Gait rehabilitation in clients with movement disorders
RAS uses rhythmic auditory cues to entrain and improve gait patterns in clients with Parkinson's disease, stroke, or TBI.
Question 2: Which music therapy method uses a client-preferred song to facilitate reminiscence and emotional processing?
- Lyric analysis
- Music-Assisted Relaxation
- Therapeutic Singing
- Musical Life Review (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Musical Life Review
Musical Life Review uses personally meaningful songs to facilitate reminiscence, meaning-making, and emotional processing across the lifespan.
Question 3: A music therapist using Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) must:
- Play only classical music
- Have completed advanced GIM training beyond MT-BC certification (Correct answer)
- Use only recorded music
- Work exclusively in hospice settings
Correct answer: Have completed advanced GIM training beyond MT-BC certification
GIM is an advanced practice requiring specialized training beyond the MT-BC credential due to its depth of psychotherapeutic work.
Question 4: Which intervention would be MOST appropriate for a nonverbal child with autism spectrum disorder?
- Lyric analysis of complex texts
- Instrumental improvisation to encourage turn-taking and joint attention (Correct answer)
- Music history lecture
- Silent music listening only
Correct answer: Instrumental improvisation to encourage turn-taking and joint attention
Instrumental improvisation supports nonverbal communication, turn-taking, and joint attention—core social skills targeted in ASD intervention.
Question 5: Therapeutic singing as a music therapy intervention can directly address:
- Bone density
- Dysarthria and respiratory support in clients with neurological conditions (Correct answer)
- Financial planning skills
- Visual perception deficits
Correct answer: Dysarthria and respiratory support in clients with neurological conditions
Therapeutic singing strengthens respiratory muscles, improves breath support, and addresses dysarthria in neurological populations.
Question 6: In music therapy with oncology patients, music-assisted relaxation is primarily intended to:
- Cure cancer
- Reduce anxiety, pain perception, and procedural distress (Correct answer)
- Improve musical skill
- Increase physical strength
Correct answer: Reduce anxiety, pain perception, and procedural distress
Music-assisted relaxation reduces anxiety and pain perception during medical procedures and treatment for oncology patients.
CBMT Clinical Applications and Interventions 1
Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) technique Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) is primarily used to address: