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UNL COMM 101 EXAM 3 FINAL 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. Limitations of the Linear Model - correct answer -Depicts
communication as one-directional with a passive receiver; no
context or dynamics
2. Interactive Model - correct answer -Depicted communication as
a process where listeners give feedback.
3. Limitations of the Interactive Model - correct answer -It fails to
capture the dynamic nature of communication, missing noise
and environment
4. Transactional model - correct answer -Emphasizes the
dynamism of interpersonal communication and the multiple
roles people assume during the process.
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5. Limitations of the Transactional Model - correct answer -does
not fully capture outside influences and present influences
6. I-It - correct answer -We treat others very impersonally, almost
as objects.
7. I-You - correct answer -We acknowledge one another as more
than objects.
8. I-Thou - correct answer -The highest form of human dialogue;
we affirm each other and meet others in their wholeness and
individuality.
9. Definition of interpersonal communication - correct answer -
Selective, systematic, unique, processual transactions that
allow people to reflect and build personal knowledge of one
another and create shared meanings
10. Selective - correct answer -We do not want to communicate
intimately with most people we encounter.
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11. Systematic - correct answer -Takes place within various
systems.
12. Unique - correct answer -Special communication between
individuals
13. Processual - correct answer -An ongoing and continuous
process that evolves.
14. Transactional - correct answer -An exchange between
people that accumulates.
15. Individual - correct answer -engaging others as people who
are unlike anyone else, not part of a group
16. Personal knowledge - correct answer -To connect as unique
individuals, we must get to know others personally.
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17. Meaning Creating - correct answer -The heart of
interpersonal communication is shared meanings between
people
18. Content meaning - correct answer -Deals with literal or
denotative meaning.
19. Relational meaning - correct answer -Deals with what
communication expresses about relationships between
communicators.
20. Rhetoric - correct answer -The craft of producing reason-
giving discourse that is grounded in social truth.
21. Reasons to Study Communication - correct answer -improve
the ways others and you see you, succeed professionally,
strong and meaningful relationships, health, advocate for ideas,
better understand culture and society, communicate with
diverse audiences, negotiate and understand conflict, learn
critical thinking
UNL COMM 101 EXAM 3 FINAL 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. Limitations of the Linear Model - correct answer -Depicts
communication as one-directional with a passive receiver; no
context or dynamics
2. Interactive Model - correct answer -Depicted communication as
a process where listeners give feedback.
3. Limitations of the Interactive Model - correct answer -It fails to
capture the dynamic nature of communication, missing noise
and environment
4. Transactional model - correct answer -Emphasizes the
dynamism of interpersonal communication and the multiple
roles people assume during the process.
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5. Limitations of the Transactional Model - correct answer -does
not fully capture outside influences and present influences
6. I-It - correct answer -We treat others very impersonally, almost
as objects.
7. I-You - correct answer -We acknowledge one another as more
than objects.
8. I-Thou - correct answer -The highest form of human dialogue;
we affirm each other and meet others in their wholeness and
individuality.
9. Definition of interpersonal communication - correct answer -
Selective, systematic, unique, processual transactions that
allow people to reflect and build personal knowledge of one
another and create shared meanings
10. Selective - correct answer -We do not want to communicate
intimately with most people we encounter.
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11. Systematic - correct answer -Takes place within various
systems.
12. Unique - correct answer -Special communication between
individuals
13. Processual - correct answer -An ongoing and continuous
process that evolves.
14. Transactional - correct answer -An exchange between
people that accumulates.
15. Individual - correct answer -engaging others as people who
are unlike anyone else, not part of a group
16. Personal knowledge - correct answer -To connect as unique
individuals, we must get to know others personally.
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17. Meaning Creating - correct answer -The heart of
interpersonal communication is shared meanings between
people
18. Content meaning - correct answer -Deals with literal or
denotative meaning.
19. Relational meaning - correct answer -Deals with what
communication expresses about relationships between
communicators.
20. Rhetoric - correct answer -The craft of producing reason-
giving discourse that is grounded in social truth.
21. Reasons to Study Communication - correct answer -improve
the ways others and you see you, succeed professionally,
strong and meaningful relationships, health, advocate for ideas,
better understand culture and society, communicate with
diverse audiences, negotiate and understand conflict, learn
critical thinking
