2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
PRECISE VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Divergent thinking. Answer: Focuses on producing a broad variety of
ideas
⩥ interpersonal communication. Answer: the exchange of thoughts,
feelings, and beliefs between two or more people
⩥ Why do we communicate interpersonally?. Answer: Share and collect
business data.
Express our ideas and opinions and understand those of others.
Give and receive emotional support.
Make decisions and solve problems.
Influence the attitudes and behaviors of others.
Establish and maintain relationships.
Collaborate and achieve goals.
⩥ Types of communication. Answer: verbal and nonverbal.
Email, phone, memos, IM, social media, face to face.
,One on one and one to many.
⩥ Levels of Communication. Answer: 1. Casual
2. Critical
3. Crucial
casual communication: low intensity and casual. "Did you see the show
last night?"
Critical communication: a higher level of importance, having a phone
call with a project owner about a status update.
Crucial communication: opposing opinions, high stakes strong emotions,
EX: Performance reviews. Job offer scenario. Negotiations.
Effective communicators adjust their communication based on the level
of intensity and where they are on the communication scale. You have to
adapt as the convo ebbs and flows.
⩥ Crucial Communication Components. Answer: Opposing opinions,
high stakes, strong emotions
⩥ Communication Cycle. Answer: Sender > Message > Receiver
,Sender sends and receiver receives.
Sender encodes the message and sends it.
Receiver decodes the message and interprets it.
The receiver responds and becomes the sender.
⩥ Main 3 Components of Communication. Answer: 1. Word Choice
2. Tone of Voice
3. Body Language
⩥ components of communication. Answer: Words - 10% importance, but
still important.
Tone - 35% - Becomes important on the telephone. We can read tone of
voice in an email as well.
Body language - 55% VERY IMPORTANT when doing face to face
convo.
Context and listening are still important.
⩥ Word Choice (% of meaning). Answer: 10%
⩥ Tone of Voice (% of meaning). Answer: 35%
, ⩥ Body Language (% of meaning). Answer: 55%
⩥ Word Choice. Answer: Choose words wisely. Words to avoid are:
Vague words, unclear words, buzzwords, jargon, obscure, too many
words. Indirect. Overly technical and complicated words.
"per my last email" is bad
"first of all"
"what I said was"
These are all bad.
WE WANT TO BE PRECISE IN ALL COMMUNICATION AND
CLEAR TO THE RECEIVER. WE DONT WANT TO USE TOO
MANY WORDS TO CONVERY MESSAGE
⩥ Tone of Voice Elements. Answer: Pitch, Pace, Volume, Inflection,
Emphasis
Pitch - good voice high or low
Pace - quick or slow talking
Volume - loud or quiet voice
Inflection - up and down of voice
Emphasis - stress on certain words of importance