Chapter 13 Test Items
Chapter 13 Multiple-choice Items
1. Despite the opportunities these offer to address arts integration and equity, arts education curricula do not
usually emphasize this.
A) new standards
B) new strategies
C) new literacies
D) new technologies
2. Until states begin requiring that teacher candidates demonstrate proficiency with this, teacher preparation
programs in music will have a difficult time making a case for including required courses in it in their curricula.
A) keyboarding
B) technology
C) performance
D) notation
3. The sharing of files is so readily available today that many students don’t view this as illegal.
A) hacking into sites
B) uploading music illegally
C) downloading music illegally
D) stealing art files
4. If a music teacher wants to start a program on rock, hip hop, or other pop genres, that teacher must have or have
access to extensive knowledge of this.
A) desktop music production
B) ways to download files
C) strategies for integrating technology
D) computer-based notation
5. In typical secondary school music program that involves hundreds of students and large budgets, information
management software can help the music director fulfill this role.
A) music production manager
B) students’ music agent
C) small business administrator
D) school arts coordinator
6. For financial reasons, many schools that have to choose between these two music resources, though they really
need both.
A) computer lab and keyboard lab
B) computer lab and musical instruments
C) computers and music synthesizers
D) keyboards and computer software
7. These two broad categories of computer-based tools play a primary role in serving the needs of music teachers.
A) music sequencers and notation programs
B) productivity labs and music labs
C) computer keyboards and computer software
D) instructional software and music production software
8. With this resource, students can select a piece from either an ensemble or solo literacy library and practice along
with it.
A) computer synthesizer
B) accompaniment system
C) notation system
D) computer keyboard
9. MIDI is an acronym for this technology resource.
A) Major Digital Information Interface
B) Musical Interface Digital Information
C) Musical Instrument Digital Interface
D) Morphing Instrument Digital Information
10. Using this technology resource, one can simulate the functions of the physical recording studio in which music
is recorded on tracks and assigned to channels for playback and editing.
A) sequencing program
B) accompaniment system
C) notation system
D) interface program
11. With this kind of software, teachers can create theory lessons, quizzes, and other handouts that combine music
notation with text and other graphics.
A) MIDI
B) notation
C) playback
D) sequencing
12. In addition to PowerPoint presentations, videos, electronic books, and blogs, this can be a good way for students
to show their individual creative works in a portfolio.
A) website
B) synthesizer
C) database
D) wiki
13. Though they are readily available on the Internet, students must be taught to research copyright information on
them before using these in their graphic design or other art projects.
A) fonts
B) compositions
C) images
D) websites
14. This new resource makes it possible for museums to provide a better, more realistic “visit” for their
virtual visitors.
A) morphing software
B) 3-D imagery
C) immersion software
D) haptic interfaces
Chapter 13 Short-Answer Items
1. This professional organization created Areas of Music Technology Competency that all music
teachers should have.
2. In music education, this term usually means an ability to read standard music notation.
3. These tools allow the user to record, edit, and play back digital audio and MIDI data.
4. These resources generally have fewer recording and playback options than sequencers but offer more flexibility
in score and page setup, part extraction, text formatting, and other print-related issues.
5. This software is to voice audio what word processing software is to text.
6. Vocal processing software makes possible this unique and increasingly-popular vocal distortion technique.
7. This is a standard that has been adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices such as
synthesizers and sound cards.
8. These technology tools support music production and are available in both hardware and software form.
9. During the past decade, the piano lab has given way to this, where students can develop much more than
keyboard skills.
10. This is where students can access databases, electronic books, journals, archived and current newspaper articles,
audio and MIDI files, video clips, databases of thousands of out-of-print books, and discussion groups on
almost any topic imaginable.
11. As a result of lean economic times and emphasis on accountability in mathematics and reading, funding for this
is at an all-time low.
12. When students create these as an art form, they use a combination of images, digital video, and sound for the
purpose of reports, assignments, and entertainment.
13. Since many art museums around the world have sites that allow a virtual tour through their works, these have
become a popular substitute for actual excursions to museums, which may not be possible for many schools.
14. This is an example of a feature made possible by advanced animation programs and allows a user to
transform images smoothly from one shape or image to another.
Chapter 13 Essay Items
1. Discuss some ways that teachers can use technologies to use music skills in interdisciplinary projects.
2. Discuss some of the strategies and resources that arts educators can use to increase their proficiency as
technology-using teachers.
Chapter 13 Test Item Answer Key
Chapter 13 Multiple-choice Items
Chapter 13 Short-Answer Items
Chapter 13 Essay Items
