Intro to Communications Final- WGU
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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The accumulation of various types of mass communication (radio,
television, newspapers, internet, etc.) into one medium is called
a. technological convergence
b. organizational convergence
c. inherent convergence
d. media convergence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. media convergence
,The tendency to fill in missing information to complete an otherwise
incomplete figure or statement is called:
a. closure
b. proximity
c. similarity
d. verbal communication
e. perception checking - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. closure
Which of the following is NOT a context of communication?
a. feedback
b. intrapersonal
c. interpersonal
d. public - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. feedback
The word communication comes from the Latin communicare, which
means
,a. "to speak with understanding."
b. "to make common."
c. "to form a community of believers."
d. "to care for others." - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. to make common
Public communication is best defined as:
a. the process of using messages to generate meanings in a mediated
system, between a source and a large number of unseen receivers.
b. the process of using messages to generate meanings in a small group of
people.
c. the process of using messages to generate meanings in a situation in
which a speaker transmits a message to a number of receivers.
d. two person communication
e. the process of using messages to generate meaning between at least
two people in a situation that allows musk opportunities for both speaking
and listening. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. the process of using messages to
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, generate meanings in a situation in which a speaker transmits a message
to a number of receivers.
Saying "uh huh" to indicate you understand is using what is classified as
a. verbal code
b. nonverbal code
c. language code
d. linguistic code - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. nonverbal code
Li, Sarena, and Elini are having an in-depth conversation about a previous
relationship that was abusive. Each of the women is participating equally.
What type of descriptor most accurately describes this conversation?
a. persuasive
b. dialogic
c. transmission
d. failure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. dialogic
Communication begins with the
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| A+ Score Assured
The accumulation of various types of mass communication (radio,
television, newspapers, internet, etc.) into one medium is called
a. technological convergence
b. organizational convergence
c. inherent convergence
d. media convergence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. media convergence
,The tendency to fill in missing information to complete an otherwise
incomplete figure or statement is called:
a. closure
b. proximity
c. similarity
d. verbal communication
e. perception checking - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. closure
Which of the following is NOT a context of communication?
a. feedback
b. intrapersonal
c. interpersonal
d. public - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. feedback
The word communication comes from the Latin communicare, which
means
,a. "to speak with understanding."
b. "to make common."
c. "to form a community of believers."
d. "to care for others." - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. to make common
Public communication is best defined as:
a. the process of using messages to generate meanings in a mediated
system, between a source and a large number of unseen receivers.
b. the process of using messages to generate meanings in a small group of
people.
c. the process of using messages to generate meanings in a situation in
which a speaker transmits a message to a number of receivers.
d. two person communication
e. the process of using messages to generate meaning between at least
two people in a situation that allows musk opportunities for both speaking
and listening. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. the process of using messages to
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, generate meanings in a situation in which a speaker transmits a message
to a number of receivers.
Saying "uh huh" to indicate you understand is using what is classified as
a. verbal code
b. nonverbal code
c. language code
d. linguistic code - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. nonverbal code
Li, Sarena, and Elini are having an in-depth conversation about a previous
relationship that was abusive. Each of the women is participating equally.
What type of descriptor most accurately describes this conversation?
a. persuasive
b. dialogic
c. transmission
d. failure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. dialogic
Communication begins with the
