CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Communication -
correct answer ✅the process of sending and receiving messages
(verbal and non-verbal; speech, writing, signs, symbols, behaviors)
Pryamid of Communication -
correct answer ✅Societal Communication > history
Institutional Communication > politics, religion
Group Communication > family, fanclub
Interpersonal Communication > talking between 2 ppl
Intrapersonal Communication > thinking, internalizing
Theory -
correct answer ✅A statement about reality that seeks to explain or
predict a relationship, not just a guess
Model -
correct answer ✅A representation of theorized relationships
(general or specific)
How do we get theories? -
correct answer ✅- Based on evidence
,CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
- Natural Observation
- Systematic Observation
- Surveys
- Experiments
Basic Transmission Model (Laswell) -
correct answer ✅who → what → channel → whom → effect
only effective when the desired effect is reached, when the
message is successfully reaches and is interpreted correctly by
reciever
Noise -
correct answer ✅Outside nosies, other people, pronunciations
that can disrupt communication
Berlo's SMCR Model -
correct answer ✅Sender/Source (encodes) → Channel (medium,
message mule in which message is traveled) → Receiver (decodes)
feedback loop is not in model
,CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Polysemic -
correct answer ✅having many meanings
Theory of Encoding and Decoding (Hall) -
correct answer ✅Production:
- ideas encoded into a message
- based on senders experiences, beliefs
- based on senders perceptions of receivers experiences/beliefs
Circulation:
- message is made available to the receiver
Use:
- attention, decoding, interpretation
- based on experiences
- informed by assumptions about senders experience
Reproduction:
- the effects or consequences of use
, CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Meanings of Decoding -
correct answer ✅Dominant: decoding matches encoding →
agreement b/w sender & receiver
Negotiated: shares some traits w/dominant meaning → unique
based on receivers agreement
Oppositional: Fundamentality different from or in opposition to
dominant meaning
Civic Engagement -
correct answer ✅Working with others formally and informally, in
small or large groups to identify the needs of communities and
society and then finding ways of meeting those needs
Communication is.... -
correct answer ✅- A process → ongoing & dynamic
- Takes place within systems
- Relies on symbols → abstract, arbitrary, ambiguous
representations of other things
Answers (Grade A+)
Communication -
correct answer ✅the process of sending and receiving messages
(verbal and non-verbal; speech, writing, signs, symbols, behaviors)
Pryamid of Communication -
correct answer ✅Societal Communication > history
Institutional Communication > politics, religion
Group Communication > family, fanclub
Interpersonal Communication > talking between 2 ppl
Intrapersonal Communication > thinking, internalizing
Theory -
correct answer ✅A statement about reality that seeks to explain or
predict a relationship, not just a guess
Model -
correct answer ✅A representation of theorized relationships
(general or specific)
How do we get theories? -
correct answer ✅- Based on evidence
,CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
- Natural Observation
- Systematic Observation
- Surveys
- Experiments
Basic Transmission Model (Laswell) -
correct answer ✅who → what → channel → whom → effect
only effective when the desired effect is reached, when the
message is successfully reaches and is interpreted correctly by
reciever
Noise -
correct answer ✅Outside nosies, other people, pronunciations
that can disrupt communication
Berlo's SMCR Model -
correct answer ✅Sender/Source (encodes) → Channel (medium,
message mule in which message is traveled) → Receiver (decodes)
feedback loop is not in model
,CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Polysemic -
correct answer ✅having many meanings
Theory of Encoding and Decoding (Hall) -
correct answer ✅Production:
- ideas encoded into a message
- based on senders experiences, beliefs
- based on senders perceptions of receivers experiences/beliefs
Circulation:
- message is made available to the receiver
Use:
- attention, decoding, interpretation
- based on experiences
- informed by assumptions about senders experience
Reproduction:
- the effects or consequences of use
, CMN 010 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Meanings of Decoding -
correct answer ✅Dominant: decoding matches encoding →
agreement b/w sender & receiver
Negotiated: shares some traits w/dominant meaning → unique
based on receivers agreement
Oppositional: Fundamentality different from or in opposition to
dominant meaning
Civic Engagement -
correct answer ✅Working with others formally and informally, in
small or large groups to identify the needs of communities and
society and then finding ways of meeting those needs
Communication is.... -
correct answer ✅- A process → ongoing & dynamic
- Takes place within systems
- Relies on symbols → abstract, arbitrary, ambiguous
representations of other things
