CMT Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis 2

Question 1

Which assessment tool was designed specifically to evaluate awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness, such as vegetative or minimally conscious states?

Accepted Answer

MATADOC

Answer

The Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) was developed by Magee to assess responsiveness in patients with disorders of consciousness.

Question 2

A school district asks a music therapist to decide whether music therapy is needed for a student to benefit from their IEP goals. Which assessment process fits this request best?

Accepted Answer

Special Education Music Therapy Assessment Process (SEMTAP)

Answer

SEMTAP, developed by Brunk and Coleman, compares a student's performance with and without music to decide whether music therapy is needed as a related service under IDEA.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the six profiles in Bruscia's Improvisation Assessment Profiles?

Accepted Answer

Tonality

Answer

Bruscia's six profiles are integration, variability, tension, congruence, salience, and autonomy; tonality is not one of them.

Question 4

During assessment, a therapist records how many seconds pass between a verbal cue and the moment the client starts striking the drum. What is being measured?

Accepted Answer

Latency

Answer

Latency is the time between a stimulus or cue and the start of the response.

Question 5

An adult client with a recent left-hemisphere stroke speaks in effortful, halting phrases but understands speech well. Which intervention would the assessment most likely point toward?

Accepted Answer

Melodic Intonation Therapy

Answer

Melodic Intonation Therapy is best supported for nonfluent (Broca's) aphasia when comprehension is relatively intact.

CMT - Certified Music Therapist Practice Test

CMT - Certified Music Therapist Practice Test

CMT Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis 2