COM 100 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Control
Answer:
The ability of one person, group, or organization to influence others and the manner in which their
interactions are conducted
Question:
2. Symbol
Answer:
In English, the word refrigerator describes an electronic device used to store food and keep it cold. In other
words, English speakers use the word refrigerator as a
Question:
3. competent
Answer:
Someone who communicates in a way that is effective and appropriate for a given situation is what type of
communicator?
Question:
4. Ethics
Answer:
Someone who studies the moral choices individuals make in their relationships with others is studying:
Question:
5. Communication skills are defined as:
Answer:
behavioral abilities based on social understandings that are used to achieve particular goals
Question:
6. Which model of communication depicts communication as involving a sender who originates a message
and sends it through a channel to a receiver, without any kind of feedback taken into consideration?
Answer:
linear model
Question:
7. Which communication model incorporates communicators, relationships, situation, and cultural setting
into the communication process?
Answer:
competent communication model
,Question:
8. Which area of the communication discipline is most concerned with the delivery of messages to groups
and how audiences respond critically to those messages?public speaking
Answer:
public speaking
Question:
9. The MSU Spartan helmet is an example of which of the following characteristics of communication?
Answer:
Communication is symbolic
Question:
10. Dr. Eden is telling you about the spartan she saw on campus, we know she is talking about the
Michigan State Spartan and not the Gerard Butler Spartan from the movie 300 because of which of the
following characteristics of communication?
Answer:
Communication is shared code
Question:
11. What occurs when electronic networks use data and numerical codes to transmit messages in the form
of text, image, video, or voice?
Answer:
digital communication
Question:
12. Internet experts suggest that the fourth digital revolution, in which artificial intelligence, virtual
enhancements of reality, and big data will be embedded into many facets of everyday life, is called:
Answer:
internet of things.
Question:
13. Because they occur at the same time and use shared communication patterns, face-to-face
conversations, video chat, and telephone conferencing have a high degree of which concept?
Answer:
synchronicity
Question:
14. Rohan chose to break up with his long-distance romantic partner over video chat because it allows for
high-speed visual and vocal exchanges that make it more like face-to-face conversation. The form of
digital communication Rohan chose has more:
Answer:
naturalness.
Question:
15. Alisha was overwhelmed after she posted her big news on social media because people from different
areas of her life commented on and liked her post, including her friends, relatives, classmates, coworkers,
and colleagues. This most exemplifies:
, Answer:
context collapse.
Question:
16. Which is an example of crowdsourcing?
Answer:
encouraging others to make an online donation to the shelter where you adopted your dog
Question:
17. Which might be an instance of phishing?
Answer:
A bank that you don't have an account with sends you an email telling you to change your password.
Question:
18. The use of emojis in order to compensate for a lack of nonverbal cues when online ispredicted by what
theory?
Answer:
Social Information Processing Theory
Question:
19. Which of the following is NOT one of the digital revolutions discussed in lecture orreading?
Answer:
Home Computer Adoption
Question:
20. Which of the below is the form of communication with the highest level of naturalness?
Answer:
Video Chat
Question:
21. What refers to being aware of yourself and tuning out distractions to focus?
Answer:
mindfulness
Question:
22. Jane is watching her classmate give a presentation discussing the varied beliefs about global warming.
By the end of the presentation, she only remembers her classmate's discussion of how many believe global
warming is caused by human activity. Which appears to be challenging Janet's perception?
Answer:
selective perception
Question:
23. What occurs when we use personal characteristics to explain other people's behavior?
Answer:
attribution
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Control
Answer:
The ability of one person, group, or organization to influence others and the manner in which their
interactions are conducted
Question:
2. Symbol
Answer:
In English, the word refrigerator describes an electronic device used to store food and keep it cold. In other
words, English speakers use the word refrigerator as a
Question:
3. competent
Answer:
Someone who communicates in a way that is effective and appropriate for a given situation is what type of
communicator?
Question:
4. Ethics
Answer:
Someone who studies the moral choices individuals make in their relationships with others is studying:
Question:
5. Communication skills are defined as:
Answer:
behavioral abilities based on social understandings that are used to achieve particular goals
Question:
6. Which model of communication depicts communication as involving a sender who originates a message
and sends it through a channel to a receiver, without any kind of feedback taken into consideration?
Answer:
linear model
Question:
7. Which communication model incorporates communicators, relationships, situation, and cultural setting
into the communication process?
Answer:
competent communication model
,Question:
8. Which area of the communication discipline is most concerned with the delivery of messages to groups
and how audiences respond critically to those messages?public speaking
Answer:
public speaking
Question:
9. The MSU Spartan helmet is an example of which of the following characteristics of communication?
Answer:
Communication is symbolic
Question:
10. Dr. Eden is telling you about the spartan she saw on campus, we know she is talking about the
Michigan State Spartan and not the Gerard Butler Spartan from the movie 300 because of which of the
following characteristics of communication?
Answer:
Communication is shared code
Question:
11. What occurs when electronic networks use data and numerical codes to transmit messages in the form
of text, image, video, or voice?
Answer:
digital communication
Question:
12. Internet experts suggest that the fourth digital revolution, in which artificial intelligence, virtual
enhancements of reality, and big data will be embedded into many facets of everyday life, is called:
Answer:
internet of things.
Question:
13. Because they occur at the same time and use shared communication patterns, face-to-face
conversations, video chat, and telephone conferencing have a high degree of which concept?
Answer:
synchronicity
Question:
14. Rohan chose to break up with his long-distance romantic partner over video chat because it allows for
high-speed visual and vocal exchanges that make it more like face-to-face conversation. The form of
digital communication Rohan chose has more:
Answer:
naturalness.
Question:
15. Alisha was overwhelmed after she posted her big news on social media because people from different
areas of her life commented on and liked her post, including her friends, relatives, classmates, coworkers,
and colleagues. This most exemplifies:
, Answer:
context collapse.
Question:
16. Which is an example of crowdsourcing?
Answer:
encouraging others to make an online donation to the shelter where you adopted your dog
Question:
17. Which might be an instance of phishing?
Answer:
A bank that you don't have an account with sends you an email telling you to change your password.
Question:
18. The use of emojis in order to compensate for a lack of nonverbal cues when online ispredicted by what
theory?
Answer:
Social Information Processing Theory
Question:
19. Which of the following is NOT one of the digital revolutions discussed in lecture orreading?
Answer:
Home Computer Adoption
Question:
20. Which of the below is the form of communication with the highest level of naturalness?
Answer:
Video Chat
Question:
21. What refers to being aware of yourself and tuning out distractions to focus?
Answer:
mindfulness
Question:
22. Jane is watching her classmate give a presentation discussing the varied beliefs about global warming.
By the end of the presentation, she only remembers her classmate's discussion of how many believe global
warming is caused by human activity. Which appears to be challenging Janet's perception?
Answer:
selective perception
Question:
23. What occurs when we use personal characteristics to explain other people's behavior?
Answer:
attribution
