CMN 1148 - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2026-2027
Source Credibility Appeals - correct answer-
Appeals based on the personal attractiveness of a communicator to the audience
Trustworthiness - correct answer-One's integrity or character
Competency - correct answer-One's expertise in aCgiven area
Status - correct answer-One's boldness, energy, and assertiveness
Sociability - correct answer-One's likability
Logical Appeals - correct answer-Appeals basedCon the logic and reasoning
Emotional Appeals - correct answer-Appeals based on the expected emotional responses of an audience
Channel - correct answer-The medium used to transmit a message
Effects - correct answer-The intended or unintended impact(s) of a message
Information Source - correct answer-Where the message is conceived
Transmitter - correct answer-Mechanism for encoding the message
Signal - correct answer-The message
Receiver - correct answer-Mechanism for decoding the message
,Destination - correct answer-Where the message ends up
Noise - correct answer-Interference that occurs in the transmitting or receiving of signals
Feedback - correct answer-Response to a message or activity
External Noise - correct answer-Interference from an internal source
Physiological Noise - correct answer-Interference from a biological condition or function
Psychological Noise - correct answer-Interference from a mental state
Field of Experience - correct answer-The totality of all we are at the moment of communication
Culture - correct answer-
The shared ideas, traditions, norms, symbols, and values that define a community
Transactional Theory - correct answer-
Theory that sees communication as a dynamic process, involving continuous changes in communication
s and environments
Paralanguage - correct answer-Elements of speech that are not recognized as language
Standpoint Theory - correct answer-
Theory that holds that our background and experiences determine our perspective
Reward Power - correct answer-Power that comes from offering gifts or benefits
Legitimate Power - correct answer-
PowerCthat comes from holding an office, title orCotherClegitimate position
Expert or Information Power - correct answer-Power that comes from knowledge or expertise
, Coercive Power - correct answer-Power that comes from making threats or intimidations
Referent Power - correct answer-Power that comes from personal attractiveness
Trickle-Down Access - correct answer-
Controlled and restricted access to information, flowing mostly downward
Simultaneous Access - correct answer-
Unrestricted access to information flowing from mass media and reaching everyone at the same time
Open Access - correct answer-
Unrestricted and uncontrolled sharing of information on open platforms, accessible to everyone
Perception - correct answer-The process of sensing, interpreting and reacting to the physical world
Breadth of Perceptual Field - correct answer-
The amount of information we take into our visual or other perceptual systems
Optical Communities - correct answer-A social group that shares a similar view of the world
Own-Race Bias - correct answer-
The idea that accuracy increases when we identify specific members of our own race
Out-Group - correct answer-
The idea that accuracy increases when we identify specific members of our own race
Selective Perception - correct answer-
The process by which owe see and retain certain kinds of information while ignoring or discarding othe
r kinds of information
Load-Induced Blindness - correct answer-
Inability to see as a result of information overload in the visual field
WITH SOLUTIONS 2026-2027
Source Credibility Appeals - correct answer-
Appeals based on the personal attractiveness of a communicator to the audience
Trustworthiness - correct answer-One's integrity or character
Competency - correct answer-One's expertise in aCgiven area
Status - correct answer-One's boldness, energy, and assertiveness
Sociability - correct answer-One's likability
Logical Appeals - correct answer-Appeals basedCon the logic and reasoning
Emotional Appeals - correct answer-Appeals based on the expected emotional responses of an audience
Channel - correct answer-The medium used to transmit a message
Effects - correct answer-The intended or unintended impact(s) of a message
Information Source - correct answer-Where the message is conceived
Transmitter - correct answer-Mechanism for encoding the message
Signal - correct answer-The message
Receiver - correct answer-Mechanism for decoding the message
,Destination - correct answer-Where the message ends up
Noise - correct answer-Interference that occurs in the transmitting or receiving of signals
Feedback - correct answer-Response to a message or activity
External Noise - correct answer-Interference from an internal source
Physiological Noise - correct answer-Interference from a biological condition or function
Psychological Noise - correct answer-Interference from a mental state
Field of Experience - correct answer-The totality of all we are at the moment of communication
Culture - correct answer-
The shared ideas, traditions, norms, symbols, and values that define a community
Transactional Theory - correct answer-
Theory that sees communication as a dynamic process, involving continuous changes in communication
s and environments
Paralanguage - correct answer-Elements of speech that are not recognized as language
Standpoint Theory - correct answer-
Theory that holds that our background and experiences determine our perspective
Reward Power - correct answer-Power that comes from offering gifts or benefits
Legitimate Power - correct answer-
PowerCthat comes from holding an office, title orCotherClegitimate position
Expert or Information Power - correct answer-Power that comes from knowledge or expertise
, Coercive Power - correct answer-Power that comes from making threats or intimidations
Referent Power - correct answer-Power that comes from personal attractiveness
Trickle-Down Access - correct answer-
Controlled and restricted access to information, flowing mostly downward
Simultaneous Access - correct answer-
Unrestricted access to information flowing from mass media and reaching everyone at the same time
Open Access - correct answer-
Unrestricted and uncontrolled sharing of information on open platforms, accessible to everyone
Perception - correct answer-The process of sensing, interpreting and reacting to the physical world
Breadth of Perceptual Field - correct answer-
The amount of information we take into our visual or other perceptual systems
Optical Communities - correct answer-A social group that shares a similar view of the world
Own-Race Bias - correct answer-
The idea that accuracy increases when we identify specific members of our own race
Out-Group - correct answer-
The idea that accuracy increases when we identify specific members of our own race
Selective Perception - correct answer-
The process by which owe see and retain certain kinds of information while ignoring or discarding othe
r kinds of information
Load-Induced Blindness - correct answer-
Inability to see as a result of information overload in the visual field
