SCOM 123 FINAL NEWEST EXAM JMU ACTUAL 2026
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND GRADED A+
What are the most common myths about communication?
1. Communication is a cure all
2. Communicating is just common sense
3. Communication quantity equals quality
Linear
One way channel; sender sends a message through a channel to a receiver
in an atmosphere of noise
Interactive
two way channel that incorporates feedback
Transactional
Everyone is a sender and a receiver; it affects all parties involved
Channel
Medium through which a message travels, such as oral or written
Sender
The initiator and encoder of messages; person sending message
Receiver
the decoder of the message
Message
Stimulus that produces meaning; what the senders want the receivers to
get
Encode
,Putting ideas into spoken language
Decode
Translating the spoken ideas
Context
The environment in which communication occurs; the who, what, where,
when, why, and how of communication.
Fields of Experience
Cultural background, ethnicity, geographic location, extent of travel, and
general personal experiences accumulated over the course of a lifetime
that influence messages.
Noise
Interference with effective transmission and reception of a message.
Feedback
The receiver's verbal and nonverbal response to the message
Content
What is actually being said or done
Relationship
How the message defines or redefines the association between individuals
Constructive
Open and supportive
Destructive
Closed off and Defensive
Communication Competence
Engaging in communication with others that is perceived to be both
effective and appropriate
, How does culture influence nonverbal communication?
Emotions are expressed differently in different cultures
Structure
form or shape characterized by an interrelationship among its parts
Productivity
capacity of language to transform a small number of phonemes into
whatever words, phrases, and sentences that you require to communicate
your abundance of thoughts and feelings
Displacement
ability to use language to talk about objects events, ideas, that don't just
exist in the here now and may only be in our minds
Self-Reflexiveness
ability to use language to talk about language
Skills needed in order to be a competent communicator
1. Progress towards the achievement of their goal
2. Know that even the best communicators make errors
3. Communication focuses on the "we" aspect instead of the "me"
Explain the role of rules in communication contexts
Rules create expectations for appropriate behavior. Some rules are
explicitly stated, others are implied.
List the characteristics of an ethical communicator
Respect, honesty, fairness, choice, and responsibility.
Selecting
A strategy for managing dialectics in which one contradictory impulse is
given attention and another is ignored
Organizing
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND GRADED A+
What are the most common myths about communication?
1. Communication is a cure all
2. Communicating is just common sense
3. Communication quantity equals quality
Linear
One way channel; sender sends a message through a channel to a receiver
in an atmosphere of noise
Interactive
two way channel that incorporates feedback
Transactional
Everyone is a sender and a receiver; it affects all parties involved
Channel
Medium through which a message travels, such as oral or written
Sender
The initiator and encoder of messages; person sending message
Receiver
the decoder of the message
Message
Stimulus that produces meaning; what the senders want the receivers to
get
Encode
,Putting ideas into spoken language
Decode
Translating the spoken ideas
Context
The environment in which communication occurs; the who, what, where,
when, why, and how of communication.
Fields of Experience
Cultural background, ethnicity, geographic location, extent of travel, and
general personal experiences accumulated over the course of a lifetime
that influence messages.
Noise
Interference with effective transmission and reception of a message.
Feedback
The receiver's verbal and nonverbal response to the message
Content
What is actually being said or done
Relationship
How the message defines or redefines the association between individuals
Constructive
Open and supportive
Destructive
Closed off and Defensive
Communication Competence
Engaging in communication with others that is perceived to be both
effective and appropriate
, How does culture influence nonverbal communication?
Emotions are expressed differently in different cultures
Structure
form or shape characterized by an interrelationship among its parts
Productivity
capacity of language to transform a small number of phonemes into
whatever words, phrases, and sentences that you require to communicate
your abundance of thoughts and feelings
Displacement
ability to use language to talk about objects events, ideas, that don't just
exist in the here now and may only be in our minds
Self-Reflexiveness
ability to use language to talk about language
Skills needed in order to be a competent communicator
1. Progress towards the achievement of their goal
2. Know that even the best communicators make errors
3. Communication focuses on the "we" aspect instead of the "me"
Explain the role of rules in communication contexts
Rules create expectations for appropriate behavior. Some rules are
explicitly stated, others are implied.
List the characteristics of an ethical communicator
Respect, honesty, fairness, choice, and responsibility.
Selecting
A strategy for managing dialectics in which one contradictory impulse is
given attention and another is ignored
Organizing
