Pre-Assessment Exam 1 With Questions And Correct Answers
Fred and Angel are both colleagues who regularly horse around in the workplace. Fred
has taken Jordan out to dinner at Fred's home with Fred's family. Angel makes a
somewhat off-color joke and is carefully watching how everyone in Fred's family reacts
as a way to figure out what kinds of humor are and are not acceptable in Fred's home.
Which one of the 4 main obstacles to communication does Angel's behaviors overcome?
It takes a lot of intellectual and psychological resources to communicate effectively
3 choices
Eden works part-time for a local software company and is a full-time student at a
university. In order to stay connected to co-workers, classmates, family, and friends,
Eden uses multiple social media sites, email, and texts daily. Sometimes, Eden becomes
overwhelmed by the vast amount of communication she is using. Which one of the 4
major barriers to communication is this scenario illustrating?
We rely too heavily on digitally mediated communication
3 choices
Sawyer is teaching a section of communication class at a state college. At the start of the
first day of class, she reviews her expectations and mentions that she does expect
everyone to be on time and participate, part of their grade includes this fact. She sees
looks of alarm from a couple of students, and one wonders if this is simply their dislike
for the expectation of being timely, participating, or something more. The two students,
coming from a school environment that never encouraged in-class participation, are
feeling concern that their grades will suffer due to shyness. Which of the 4 main barriers
to communication does this illustrate?
Intercultural understanding can be complex
3 choice questions
Mateo has graduated from college and is looking for a job. Mateo sends the exact same
letter and résumé to some 20 different companies but does not get any responses. Blake
thinks this must be because those companies cannot recognize talent when they see
it. Which of the following concepts best describes Mateo's conclusion?
,Self-serving bias
3 choice questions
According to the linear model, which of the following is an example of complete and
effective communication?
You notice that someone you pass in public is wearing a garment bearing your favorite
team's logo.
3 choices
What is an example of the transactional model of communication?
You observed that someone smiled at you to show that they liked the team jersey that
you wear.
3 choices
Lucas opens his mailbox and finds a letter from a friend. Because Lucas is on his way to
an appointment, he places the letter on a table so that he can read it when he returns
home. Which step of the linear model of communication is being shown here?
Perceiving
3 choices
Two friends go to a baseball game. Throughout the game, they talk constantly and don't
spend much time watching the baseball game itself. They have a really good time talking,
and only later do they learn what the score of the game had been-their team lost it. Which
of the following principles of perception is demonstrated in this example?
Selective attention
3 choices
A college student is on the Internet trying to find a source for their research paper. They
encounter a website that doesn't support their thesis, so the student thinks the website
isn't worth reading immediately. Which stage of perception does this illustrate?
, Selection
3 multiple choice options
Lincoln savior Mohammad leaving the synagogue. Lincoln believes that Mohammad is
Jewish. Which of the following organizing stimuli is illustrated in this situation?
Proximity
3 choice questions
The individual is exposed to a photographic figure of a hotel receptionist widely beaming
while standing behind a hotel reception desk and perceive only the smiling receptionist
and fail to see the fuzzy plaques of hotel information behind the receptionist. Which
figure ground rule is illustrated in this?
Figure
3 choice questions
This is an invitation by a former professor to visit a class for small-business
entrepreneurs and make a presentation to the students about business networking. The
small business owner asks the professor to provide him with some information about the
students in his class: how many students are in the class and what ideas they have for
their own businesses. Which of the following steps is the business owner using in the
plan for effective self-presentation according to Waldeck, Kearney, and Plax?
Formulating a strategy
3 choices
Percy requested a meeting with his supervisor to discuss a promotion to one of the new
supervisor positions that would be available. Percy would like to be promoted because he
would receive an increase in pay; however, he feels he is too young and inexperienced to
oversee others. Therefore, he thinks his application will be rejected by his boss.
According to this scenario, what do Percy's reflections illustrate?
Self esteem
3 options
Fred and Angel are both colleagues who regularly horse around in the workplace. Fred
has taken Jordan out to dinner at Fred's home with Fred's family. Angel makes a
somewhat off-color joke and is carefully watching how everyone in Fred's family reacts
as a way to figure out what kinds of humor are and are not acceptable in Fred's home.
Which one of the 4 main obstacles to communication does Angel's behaviors overcome?
It takes a lot of intellectual and psychological resources to communicate effectively
3 choices
Eden works part-time for a local software company and is a full-time student at a
university. In order to stay connected to co-workers, classmates, family, and friends,
Eden uses multiple social media sites, email, and texts daily. Sometimes, Eden becomes
overwhelmed by the vast amount of communication she is using. Which one of the 4
major barriers to communication is this scenario illustrating?
We rely too heavily on digitally mediated communication
3 choices
Sawyer is teaching a section of communication class at a state college. At the start of the
first day of class, she reviews her expectations and mentions that she does expect
everyone to be on time and participate, part of their grade includes this fact. She sees
looks of alarm from a couple of students, and one wonders if this is simply their dislike
for the expectation of being timely, participating, or something more. The two students,
coming from a school environment that never encouraged in-class participation, are
feeling concern that their grades will suffer due to shyness. Which of the 4 main barriers
to communication does this illustrate?
Intercultural understanding can be complex
3 choice questions
Mateo has graduated from college and is looking for a job. Mateo sends the exact same
letter and résumé to some 20 different companies but does not get any responses. Blake
thinks this must be because those companies cannot recognize talent when they see
it. Which of the following concepts best describes Mateo's conclusion?
,Self-serving bias
3 choice questions
According to the linear model, which of the following is an example of complete and
effective communication?
You notice that someone you pass in public is wearing a garment bearing your favorite
team's logo.
3 choices
What is an example of the transactional model of communication?
You observed that someone smiled at you to show that they liked the team jersey that
you wear.
3 choices
Lucas opens his mailbox and finds a letter from a friend. Because Lucas is on his way to
an appointment, he places the letter on a table so that he can read it when he returns
home. Which step of the linear model of communication is being shown here?
Perceiving
3 choices
Two friends go to a baseball game. Throughout the game, they talk constantly and don't
spend much time watching the baseball game itself. They have a really good time talking,
and only later do they learn what the score of the game had been-their team lost it. Which
of the following principles of perception is demonstrated in this example?
Selective attention
3 choices
A college student is on the Internet trying to find a source for their research paper. They
encounter a website that doesn't support their thesis, so the student thinks the website
isn't worth reading immediately. Which stage of perception does this illustrate?
, Selection
3 multiple choice options
Lincoln savior Mohammad leaving the synagogue. Lincoln believes that Mohammad is
Jewish. Which of the following organizing stimuli is illustrated in this situation?
Proximity
3 choice questions
The individual is exposed to a photographic figure of a hotel receptionist widely beaming
while standing behind a hotel reception desk and perceive only the smiling receptionist
and fail to see the fuzzy plaques of hotel information behind the receptionist. Which
figure ground rule is illustrated in this?
Figure
3 choice questions
This is an invitation by a former professor to visit a class for small-business
entrepreneurs and make a presentation to the students about business networking. The
small business owner asks the professor to provide him with some information about the
students in his class: how many students are in the class and what ideas they have for
their own businesses. Which of the following steps is the business owner using in the
plan for effective self-presentation according to Waldeck, Kearney, and Plax?
Formulating a strategy
3 choices
Percy requested a meeting with his supervisor to discuss a promotion to one of the new
supervisor positions that would be available. Percy would like to be promoted because he
would receive an increase in pay; however, he feels he is too young and inexperienced to
oversee others. Therefore, he thinks his application will be rejected by his boss.
According to this scenario, what do Percy's reflections illustrate?
Self esteem
3 options
