SHS 120 Exam 1, chapter 1 Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
The process of sharing information among individuals, can involve
speech and hearing, or just language i.e. sign language or writing -
correct answer ✅Communication
The neuromuscular process by which humans turn language into a
sound signal that is transmitted through the air to a receiver. Sound
produced by the vocal cords and articulated by muscle movements
of the mouth -
correct answer ✅Speech
A rule governed, code based tool shared by the members of a
community. Used to represent thoughts and ideas to other people
who know the code. It is symbolic, shared, conventional, and a tool.
-
correct answer ✅Language
Requires the precise activation of four systems, respiration (air
being expelled by the lungs), phonation (air going through the vocal
cords), resonation (air going through the nasal and oral cavities)
and articulation (manipulation of air by lips, tongue ect.) -
correct answer ✅Speech production
, SHS 120 Exam 1, chapter 1 Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
requires retrieval from mental dictionary, both it's symbols and
order of those symbols to convey intended meaning -
correct answer ✅Language production
putting thoughts and ideas into words to share with others -
correct answer ✅Formulation
fluently expressing thoughts and ideas to others -
correct answer ✅Transmission
receiving auditory information -
correct answer ✅Reception
making sense of the auditory information -
correct answer ✅Comprehension
Spoken words, manual signs, written words -
correct answer ✅Linguistic communication
Gestures, vocalizations, body language -
correct answer ✅Nonlinguistic communication
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
The process of sharing information among individuals, can involve
speech and hearing, or just language i.e. sign language or writing -
correct answer ✅Communication
The neuromuscular process by which humans turn language into a
sound signal that is transmitted through the air to a receiver. Sound
produced by the vocal cords and articulated by muscle movements
of the mouth -
correct answer ✅Speech
A rule governed, code based tool shared by the members of a
community. Used to represent thoughts and ideas to other people
who know the code. It is symbolic, shared, conventional, and a tool.
-
correct answer ✅Language
Requires the precise activation of four systems, respiration (air
being expelled by the lungs), phonation (air going through the vocal
cords), resonation (air going through the nasal and oral cavities)
and articulation (manipulation of air by lips, tongue ect.) -
correct answer ✅Speech production
, SHS 120 Exam 1, chapter 1 Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
requires retrieval from mental dictionary, both it's symbols and
order of those symbols to convey intended meaning -
correct answer ✅Language production
putting thoughts and ideas into words to share with others -
correct answer ✅Formulation
fluently expressing thoughts and ideas to others -
correct answer ✅Transmission
receiving auditory information -
correct answer ✅Reception
making sense of the auditory information -
correct answer ✅Comprehension
Spoken words, manual signs, written words -
correct answer ✅Linguistic communication
Gestures, vocalizations, body language -
correct answer ✅Nonlinguistic communication
