UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Norms - (answer) Rules on what is expected in a given situation.
Types of Social Norms - (answer) Folkways, Mores, Taboos
Folkways - (answer) Lightly held norms. Not a big deal if you break them.
Mores - (answer) More strongly held norms. Breaking is a bigger deal.
Taboos - (answer) Most strongly held norms. Laws against such action.
Folkway Example - (answer) You should wear matching socks.
More Example - (answer) Adults playing naked on the front lawn.
Taboo Example - (answer) Having sex with a family member (incest). Having sex with a dead person
(Necrophilia).
Types of Pick Up Lines - (answer) Friendly, Offbeat, Humorous, Altar, Seductive.
Friendly Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "Would you mind some conversation while we wait?"
Offbeat Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "Do you think we are ever going to switch to the metric
system?"
Humorous Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "So what's a nice girl like you doing in an elevator like
this?"
Altar Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "You look just like my 3rd husband." (only had 2!)
,UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Seductive Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "You are the sexiest woman in the room."
SEMCDR Model - (answer) Source, Encoder, Message, Channel, Decoder, Receiver.
Source - (answer) The person with the thought/idea to communicate.
Encoder - (answer) Takes the thought/idea and puts it into some form that people can understand.
Message - (answer) Code-any system of symbols by which we communicate. Must be shared to be
understood. (language)
Content-What is being communicated. (the general idea)
Treatment-how you say what you say. (non-verbal things like tone and volume)
Double Bind - (answer) When the content and treatment of a message clash. (We tend to listen to the
treatment in these cases)
Channel - (answer) The medium used to get a message from source to receiver. (face to face, TV, etc.)
Receiver - (answer) Person who receives the message being sent.
Feedback - (answer) The receiver becoming the source.
Circular Model - (answer) Model in which there is a constant change of source and and reciever.
Feedback is involved.
Linear Model - (answer) Can only define communication that is one way. (SEMCDR Model)
Noise - (answer) Interferes with the nessage being sent. Interferes with the fidelity of the message.
, UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Types of Noise - (answer) Internal Noise- noise that is going on within you. (cannot be externally
removed)
External Noise- originates from the outside world.
Examples of Internal Noise - (answer) Hunger, sickness, distractions
Examples of External Noise - (answer) Jackhammer outside, 100 degrees in classroom, hot person
sitting next to you.
Types of Fidelity - (answer) High Fidelity Message-messgae getting through without distortion. (Noise)
Low Fidelity Message
High Fidelity Message Example - (answer) Face to face.
Low Fidelity Message Example - (answer) TV with a lot of static.
Systems of Communication - (answer) Intrapersonal, Interparsonal, Small Group, Mass
Intrapersonal Communication - (answer) Communication with one's self.
Interpersonal Communicaion - (answer) Communication between 2 people.
Small Group Communicaion - (answer) If you know the other members by name or sight and can
recognize when one member is missing or when a new person is there.
Mass Communication - (answer) Big group where there is too many people to know by sight. (often
linear form of communication)
Intrapersonal Communication Example - (answer) Thoughts, feelings.
ANSWERS
Norms - (answer) Rules on what is expected in a given situation.
Types of Social Norms - (answer) Folkways, Mores, Taboos
Folkways - (answer) Lightly held norms. Not a big deal if you break them.
Mores - (answer) More strongly held norms. Breaking is a bigger deal.
Taboos - (answer) Most strongly held norms. Laws against such action.
Folkway Example - (answer) You should wear matching socks.
More Example - (answer) Adults playing naked on the front lawn.
Taboo Example - (answer) Having sex with a family member (incest). Having sex with a dead person
(Necrophilia).
Types of Pick Up Lines - (answer) Friendly, Offbeat, Humorous, Altar, Seductive.
Friendly Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "Would you mind some conversation while we wait?"
Offbeat Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "Do you think we are ever going to switch to the metric
system?"
Humorous Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "So what's a nice girl like you doing in an elevator like
this?"
Altar Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "You look just like my 3rd husband." (only had 2!)
,UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Seductive Pick Up Line Example - (answer) "You are the sexiest woman in the room."
SEMCDR Model - (answer) Source, Encoder, Message, Channel, Decoder, Receiver.
Source - (answer) The person with the thought/idea to communicate.
Encoder - (answer) Takes the thought/idea and puts it into some form that people can understand.
Message - (answer) Code-any system of symbols by which we communicate. Must be shared to be
understood. (language)
Content-What is being communicated. (the general idea)
Treatment-how you say what you say. (non-verbal things like tone and volume)
Double Bind - (answer) When the content and treatment of a message clash. (We tend to listen to the
treatment in these cases)
Channel - (answer) The medium used to get a message from source to receiver. (face to face, TV, etc.)
Receiver - (answer) Person who receives the message being sent.
Feedback - (answer) The receiver becoming the source.
Circular Model - (answer) Model in which there is a constant change of source and and reciever.
Feedback is involved.
Linear Model - (answer) Can only define communication that is one way. (SEMCDR Model)
Noise - (answer) Interferes with the nessage being sent. Interferes with the fidelity of the message.
, UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
Types of Noise - (answer) Internal Noise- noise that is going on within you. (cannot be externally
removed)
External Noise- originates from the outside world.
Examples of Internal Noise - (answer) Hunger, sickness, distractions
Examples of External Noise - (answer) Jackhammer outside, 100 degrees in classroom, hot person
sitting next to you.
Types of Fidelity - (answer) High Fidelity Message-messgae getting through without distortion. (Noise)
Low Fidelity Message
High Fidelity Message Example - (answer) Face to face.
Low Fidelity Message Example - (answer) TV with a lot of static.
Systems of Communication - (answer) Intrapersonal, Interparsonal, Small Group, Mass
Intrapersonal Communication - (answer) Communication with one's self.
Interpersonal Communicaion - (answer) Communication between 2 people.
Small Group Communicaion - (answer) If you know the other members by name or sight and can
recognize when one member is missing or when a new person is there.
Mass Communication - (answer) Big group where there is too many people to know by sight. (often
linear form of communication)
Intrapersonal Communication Example - (answer) Thoughts, feelings.
