For the following phonetic repertoire question, select the phonetic sequence from the alternatives below: coat → [doʊt]; face → [beɪs]; garage → [dawad]; spool → [buo]; stop → [dɑp]; soup → [dup]; rabbit → [wæbɪt]; looking → [wʊtɪn]; standing → [dænɪn]; jar → [dao]; chase → [deɪs]; moon → [mun]; me → [mi].

• A. [m,n,p,b,t,d,s,w,i,ɪ,eɪ,æ,a,ɑ,o,oʊ,ʊ,u]
• B. [m,n,p,b,t,s,i,ɪ,eɪ,æ,a,ɑ,oʊ,ʊ,u]
• C. [m,n,ŋ,p,b,t,d,k,ɡ,f,s,ʧ,ʤ,l,ɹ,i,ɪ,eɪ,æ,a,ɑ,oʊ,ʊ,u]
• D. [m,n,p,b,t,d,s,w]

Answer: (A)

The main idea is to identify every phoneme that appears across all the given pronunciations—the complete phoneme inventory used in this set. By inspecting the transcriptions, the consonants that show up are m, n, p, b, t, d, s, and w. The vowels present include i, ɪ, eɪ, æ, a, ɑ, o, oʊ, ʊ, and u. Put together, these symbols form the full set: [m,n,p,b,t,d,s,w,i,ɪ,eɪ,æ,a,ɑ,o,oʊ,ʊ,u], which is the first option.

The other options either miss some symbols (for example, leaving out w or omitting certain vowels) or include phonemes not actually used here (such as k, ɡ, f, ʧ, ʤ, ŋ, l, ɹ). That’s why they don’t accurately reflect the phonetic repertoire shown by the given words.