Test Bank for Communication in Everyday Life 4th Edition McMahan

COMMUNICATION IN
EVERYDAY LIFE 4TH EDITION
MCMAHAN TEST BANK

, Instructor Resource
Duck, Communication in Everyday Life: A Survey of Communication, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Chapter 1: An Overview of Communication
Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The perspective that “communication is interaction” is limited because it fails to
______.
a. account for the correct timing of a message
b. account for the exchange of information between two or more individuals
c. account for the exchange of information between a sender and receiver
d. fully capture what happens when people communicate
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.7: Explain what it means to view communication as a transaction.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Communication as Interaction
Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The perspective of “communication as transaction” is more accurate than other
perspectives because it accounts for the ______.
a. correct timing of a message
b. exchange of information between two or more individuals
c. creation of shared meanings and understandings through communication
d. intention to send a message
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.7: Explain what it means to view communication as a transaction.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Communication as Transaction
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The use of symbols in communication is complicated because they ______.
a. have only one meaning
b. have multiple meanings
c. are not affected by culture and context
d. are not representational
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain how communication is symbolic.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Communication Is Symbolic
Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Which of the following is true of symbols and communication?
a. Symbols have the potential for only one meaning.
b. Symbols are used to deflect meaning.

, Instructor Resource
Duck, Communication in Everyday Life: A Survey of Communication, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
c. The meaning applied to symbols may change.
d. Symbols preclude meaning.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain how meaning is established.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Communication Requires Meaning
Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Communication is presentational because it is ______.
a. never neutral
b. always objective
c. not always effective
d. always effective
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.6: Explain what it means to view communication as both
representational and presentational.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Communication Is Both Presentational and Representational
Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Frames can enhance communication by helping to ______.
a. open up unlimited meanings
b. determine outcomes
c. draw a boundary around the conversation
d. completely terminate communication interactions
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.5: Explain the use of communication frames.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Communication Involves Frames
Difficulty Level: Medium

7. One characteristic of framing in communication is that ______.
a. every part of the message must be explicitly stated
b. frames pull attention toward certain things and away from others
c. every part of the message can be ignored
d. not every part of the message can be ignored
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.5: Explain the use of communication frames.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Communication Involves Frames
Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The means through which a message is conveyed is the ______.
a. message
b. module
c. method