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We can understand the importance of studying human communication by realizing that it is
_____.
A. A simple skill that is easily learned and mastered
B. An innate skill that comes easily for most people
C. An academic skill used primarily in formal settings
D. A complex skill that enables others to connect with us correct answers D. A complex skill that
enables others to connect with us
Which of the following is part of the process of critical thinking?
A. Responding automatically to other's communication and behavior
B. Asking others to adapt to your communication style and needs
C. Formulating an opinion about an assertion before hearing the evidence
D. Keeping an open mind for new evidence and new ways of evaluating the assertion correct
answers D. Keeping an open mind for new evidence and new ways of evaluating the assertion
Your text asserts that, fundamentally, your communication interactions with others allow you to
_____.
A. Make critical judgments about them
B. Change or conceal your self-identity
C. Identify hidden communication patterns
D. Establish who you are to them correct answers D. Establish who you are to them
Which of the following descriptions is NOT part of the modern understanding of human
communication?
A. Exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
B. A linear process
C. Meaning generated by people
,D. Influenced by individual and societal forces correct answers B. A linear process
When Daya arrives in class, she has a question about the upcoming exam. As Daya formulates
her specific question, what component of the communication process is taking place?
A. Encoding
B. Noise
C. Decoding
D. Feedback correct answers A. Encoding
Which statement supports the understanding that communication is symbolic?
A. There is an intrinsic connection between most words and their meaning.
B. Words and gestures are arbitrary, without inherent meaning.
C. Words and gestures are nearly universal in meaning.
D. The meaning of words and gestures does not change over time. correct answers B. Words and
gestures are arbitrary, without inherent meaning.
Generally, what are the three types of goals that are important during a communication
interaction?
A. identity, relationship, and content
B. logos, ethos, and pathos
C. context, content, and charisma
D. informing, persuading, and entertaining correct answers A. identity, relationship, and content
Communication competence is composed of which two elements?
A. informing and persuading
B. appropriateness and effectiveness
C. encoding and decoding
D. honesty and ethics correct answers B. appropriateness and effectiveness
,Carmen strongly believes that lying is wrong, but she is willing to let her children believe in the
Tooth Fairy while they are young. Carmen's view of ethical communication can be described as
_____.
A. absolute
B. fixed
C. unchanging
D. relative correct answers D. relative
Communication ethics refers to standards that help us evaluate _____.
A. what is effective or ineffective
B. what is informative or persuasive
C. what is right or wrong
D. what is private or secret correct answers C. what is right or wrong
In the context of communication, synergy is understood to mean that _____.
A. meaning is symbolic and is created by a combination of verbal and nonverbal symbols
B. different communication elements work together to create something different, and greater,
than the sum of its parts
C. the communication process reverses when a receiver decodes a message and then sends a
message back
D. each interaction participant is a sender and receiver at the same time correct answers B.
different communication elements work together to create something different, and greater, than
the sum of its parts
Which of the following terms refers to the setting, or aspects of the physical environment, in
which an interaction occurs?
A. content
B. culture
C. channel
D. context correct answers D. Context
, The education and experiences that a communicator possesses are known as his or her _____.
A. personal context
B. societal forces
C. culture
D. field of experience correct answers D. field of experience
An assumption of the linear model of communication is the belief that _____.
A. the audiences' understanding of messages is strongly influenced by context
B. messages are clear to the audience regardless of their own ages, experiences, and
interpretations
C. message encoding and decoding are affected by individual and societal forces
D. communication is a complex and transactional process correct answers B. messages are clear
to the audience regardless of their own ages, experiences, and interpretations
The manner in which you discipline your child may be different in the grocery store versus at
your home because of this component of human communication.
A. participants
B. setting
C. noise
D. message creation correct answers B. setting
The concrete meaning of a message, such as a dictionary definition, is known as its _____
meaning.
A. relationship
B. symbolic
C. connotative
D. denotative correct answers D. denotative
When Fernando sees the crossing guard extend a flat hand directly at him, he knows he must stop
the car until her hand is down. This interaction demonstrates the role of _____ in
communication.
We can understand the importance of studying human communication by realizing that it is
_____.
A. A simple skill that is easily learned and mastered
B. An innate skill that comes easily for most people
C. An academic skill used primarily in formal settings
D. A complex skill that enables others to connect with us correct answers D. A complex skill that
enables others to connect with us
Which of the following is part of the process of critical thinking?
A. Responding automatically to other's communication and behavior
B. Asking others to adapt to your communication style and needs
C. Formulating an opinion about an assertion before hearing the evidence
D. Keeping an open mind for new evidence and new ways of evaluating the assertion correct
answers D. Keeping an open mind for new evidence and new ways of evaluating the assertion
Your text asserts that, fundamentally, your communication interactions with others allow you to
_____.
A. Make critical judgments about them
B. Change or conceal your self-identity
C. Identify hidden communication patterns
D. Establish who you are to them correct answers D. Establish who you are to them
Which of the following descriptions is NOT part of the modern understanding of human
communication?
A. Exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
B. A linear process
C. Meaning generated by people
,D. Influenced by individual and societal forces correct answers B. A linear process
When Daya arrives in class, she has a question about the upcoming exam. As Daya formulates
her specific question, what component of the communication process is taking place?
A. Encoding
B. Noise
C. Decoding
D. Feedback correct answers A. Encoding
Which statement supports the understanding that communication is symbolic?
A. There is an intrinsic connection between most words and their meaning.
B. Words and gestures are arbitrary, without inherent meaning.
C. Words and gestures are nearly universal in meaning.
D. The meaning of words and gestures does not change over time. correct answers B. Words and
gestures are arbitrary, without inherent meaning.
Generally, what are the three types of goals that are important during a communication
interaction?
A. identity, relationship, and content
B. logos, ethos, and pathos
C. context, content, and charisma
D. informing, persuading, and entertaining correct answers A. identity, relationship, and content
Communication competence is composed of which two elements?
A. informing and persuading
B. appropriateness and effectiveness
C. encoding and decoding
D. honesty and ethics correct answers B. appropriateness and effectiveness
,Carmen strongly believes that lying is wrong, but she is willing to let her children believe in the
Tooth Fairy while they are young. Carmen's view of ethical communication can be described as
_____.
A. absolute
B. fixed
C. unchanging
D. relative correct answers D. relative
Communication ethics refers to standards that help us evaluate _____.
A. what is effective or ineffective
B. what is informative or persuasive
C. what is right or wrong
D. what is private or secret correct answers C. what is right or wrong
In the context of communication, synergy is understood to mean that _____.
A. meaning is symbolic and is created by a combination of verbal and nonverbal symbols
B. different communication elements work together to create something different, and greater,
than the sum of its parts
C. the communication process reverses when a receiver decodes a message and then sends a
message back
D. each interaction participant is a sender and receiver at the same time correct answers B.
different communication elements work together to create something different, and greater, than
the sum of its parts
Which of the following terms refers to the setting, or aspects of the physical environment, in
which an interaction occurs?
A. content
B. culture
C. channel
D. context correct answers D. Context
, The education and experiences that a communicator possesses are known as his or her _____.
A. personal context
B. societal forces
C. culture
D. field of experience correct answers D. field of experience
An assumption of the linear model of communication is the belief that _____.
A. the audiences' understanding of messages is strongly influenced by context
B. messages are clear to the audience regardless of their own ages, experiences, and
interpretations
C. message encoding and decoding are affected by individual and societal forces
D. communication is a complex and transactional process correct answers B. messages are clear
to the audience regardless of their own ages, experiences, and interpretations
The manner in which you discipline your child may be different in the grocery store versus at
your home because of this component of human communication.
A. participants
B. setting
C. noise
D. message creation correct answers B. setting
The concrete meaning of a message, such as a dictionary definition, is known as its _____
meaning.
A. relationship
B. symbolic
C. connotative
D. denotative correct answers D. denotative
When Fernando sees the crossing guard extend a flat hand directly at him, he knows he must stop
the car until her hand is down. This interaction demonstrates the role of _____ in
communication.
