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Field 16: Music
Sample Multiple-Choice Questions

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Music Theory and Analysis

Objective 0005
Understand musical composition, arranging, and improvising.

1. Which of the following forms is most likely to occur in the third movement of a Classical symphony?

  1. sonata-allegro
  2. rounded binary
  3. minuet and trio
  4. concert rondo
Answer
Correct Response: C.

Correct Response: C.

Music History, Literature, and Culture

Objective 0012
Demonstrate knowledge of Western (European) music from the Middle Ages through 1750.

2. Which of the following characteristics of Renaissance music most strongly influenced the development of functional harmony?

  1. emergence of four-voice texture
  2. use of the plagal cadence
  3. retention of church modes
  4. continuously overlapping phrases
Answer
Correct Response: A.

Correct Response: A.

Objective 0017
Demonstrate knowledge of music from various world cultures.

3. Which of the following statements best describes Indian classical music?

  1. Singing is a springboard for improvisations that make up most of the musical performance.
  2. Musicians follow strict adherence to a single tempo.
  3. Percussionists are the most valued musicians because they provide the beat for dances.
  4. Rhythmic emphasis is placed on beats 2 and 4.
Answer
Correct Response: A.

Correct Response: A.

Objective 0024
Demonstrate knowledge of music criticism and aesthetics.

4. Aesthetic valuing in music is most concerned with the:

  1. knowledge of the form of a piece of music.
  2. interaction between listener and music.
  3. application of harmonic analysis to music.
  4. relationship between text and music.
Answer
Correct Response: B.

Correct Response: B.

Music Education

Objective 0025
Understand choral and instrumental literature.

5. Which of the following 30-minute daily practice routines would best develop comprehensive proficiency on a wind instrument?

  1. 5 minutes of orchestral excerpts; 5 minutes of scales; 10 minutes of etudes; 10 minutes on a concerto
  2. 5 minutes of long tones; 10 minutes of scales; 5 minutes of articulations; 10 minutes of etudes
  3. 5 minutes of scales; 10 minutes of orchestral excerpts; 5 minutes of etudes; 10 minutes of articulations
  4. 10 minutes of etudes; 10 minutes of scales; 5 minutes on a concerto; 5 minutes improvising variations on a multicultural folk song
Answer
Correct Response: B.

Correct Response: B.

Objective 0029
Identify and understand methodologies in music education.

6. A middle school music teacher is introducing the topic of timbre to a general music class. Which of the following concepts from the visual arts is most closely related to this musical topic?

  1. the role of themes and symbols
  2. the creation of perspective
  3. the use of color
  4. the creation of unity and contrast
Answer
Correct Response: C.

Correct Response: C.