CBMT Music Therapy Interventions and Techniques 3

Question 1

A music therapist uses music-facilitated progressive muscle relaxation. The music is chosen to:

Accepted Answer

Pace and support the relaxation sequence

Answer

In music-facilitated progressive muscle relaxation, music is selected and paced to support and deepen each stage of the relaxation process.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a receptive music therapy intervention?

Accepted Answer

Guided imagery with recorded music

Answer

Receptive interventions involve the client listening to music rather than actively performing; guided imagery with recorded music is a classic receptive technique.

Question 3

Therapeutic singing in a medical setting is MOST often used to target which goal?

Accepted Answer

Breath support, respiratory function, and mood

Answer

Therapeutic singing is used clinically to improve breath support and respiratory function, and to enhance mood and emotional well-being in medical populations.

Question 4

A music therapist uses Vocal Psychotherapy techniques. The focus of this intervention is on:

Accepted Answer

Using the voice as a medium for emotional exploration and healing

Answer

Vocal Psychotherapy uses the voice as a vehicle for emotional and psychological exploration, with therapeutic rather than performative goals.

Question 5

Music therapists use the 'tempo-matching' technique during gait training to:

Accepted Answer

Provide an external rhythm that cues and regulates walking speed

Answer

Tempo-matching provides an external auditory rhythm that entrains to and regulates the client's walking speed, a core mechanism in Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation.

CBMT - Certification Board for Music Therapists Practice Test

CBMT - Certification Board for Music Therapists Practice Test

CBMT Music Therapy Interventions and Techniques 3