Comm 110 Midterm Exam questions
with complete solutions 2025/2026
Taking a course in public speaking will help do all of the following except:
-erase your fear of public speaking
-help you organize your ideas
-help you use visual aids effectively
-aid you in sparking and maintaining audience interest - ANS ✔✔erase your fear of public
speaking
According to Job Outlook 2016, employers listed:
-honesty/integrity as the most important characteristic of employees
-academic achievement as the most important characteristic of employees
-communication skills as the third most important characteristic of employees
-communication skills as the most important characteristic of employees - ANS
✔✔communication skills as the most important characteristic of employees
Which of the following is the BEST definition of communication, according to your textbook?
-the process of simultaneously sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal messages to create
shared meaning
-the process of persuading others to believe as you do through both verbal and nonverbal
means
-the one-way process of encoding and decoding verbal and nonverbal messages in a linear
nature - ANS ✔✔the process of simultaneously sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal
messages to create shared meaning
Which of the following is an example of intrapersonal communication?
,-saying "hello" to the cashier at the grocery store
-giving a speech
-telling a close friend about a personal problem
-talking yourself into asking your employer for a raise - ANS ✔✔talking yourself into asking your
employer for a raise
Which of the following is an example of interpersonal communication?
-giving a speech in public speaking class
-saying "hello" to a casual acquaintance
-talking to your family about vacation plans
-telling your best friend about the test you just failed - ANS ✔✔telling your best friend about
the test you just failed
According to Kolb, the learning cycle consists of which of the following stages?
-selective attention, selective exposure, selective recall
-orientation, conflict, emergence, reinforcement
-feeling, watching, thinking, doing
-attention, comprehension, retention - ANS ✔✔feeling, watching, thinking, doing
Which of the following would constitute an act of speaker plagiarism?
-giving a speech written by another person
-failing to give oral footnotes in a speech
-not giving credit for paraphrased evidence in a speech
-all of the above - ANS ✔✔all of the above
Which of the following is not true about the situation, which is one of the basic elements of the
communication process?
, -Situation is the place, time, occasion, and cultural context of the communication
-You need to determine the communication rules for a situation and then modify your message
or the situation to allow you to adhere to the rules
-Communication rules do not vary by culture
-Once you've determined the communication rules inherent in a situation, you might decide to
modify the situation or the message - ANS ✔✔Communication rules do not vary by culture
What is "frame of reference" in relation to the receiver in the communication process?
-the process of finding out who your listeners are and then adapting your speech to make it
relevant to their interests and desires
-the composite of the listener's goals, knowledge, experiences, values, and attitudes through
which the listener filter's the message
-discussion of a topic from a majority perspective as though that perspective is the only
legitimate one.
-the tendency to assume the values and beliefs of one's own culture are somehow better than
those of other cultures - ANS ✔✔the composite of the listener's goals, knowledge, experiences,
values, and attitudes through which the listener filter's the message
How does the transactional model differ from the interactive model of communication?
-The transactional model includes the communication situation as an important element.
-The transactional model includes the simultaneous sending and -receiving of messages by
senders and receivers.
-The transactional model is more simplistic than the interactive model.
-Both A and B - ANS ✔✔Both A and B
with complete solutions 2025/2026
Taking a course in public speaking will help do all of the following except:
-erase your fear of public speaking
-help you organize your ideas
-help you use visual aids effectively
-aid you in sparking and maintaining audience interest - ANS ✔✔erase your fear of public
speaking
According to Job Outlook 2016, employers listed:
-honesty/integrity as the most important characteristic of employees
-academic achievement as the most important characteristic of employees
-communication skills as the third most important characteristic of employees
-communication skills as the most important characteristic of employees - ANS
✔✔communication skills as the most important characteristic of employees
Which of the following is the BEST definition of communication, according to your textbook?
-the process of simultaneously sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal messages to create
shared meaning
-the process of persuading others to believe as you do through both verbal and nonverbal
means
-the one-way process of encoding and decoding verbal and nonverbal messages in a linear
nature - ANS ✔✔the process of simultaneously sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal
messages to create shared meaning
Which of the following is an example of intrapersonal communication?
,-saying "hello" to the cashier at the grocery store
-giving a speech
-telling a close friend about a personal problem
-talking yourself into asking your employer for a raise - ANS ✔✔talking yourself into asking your
employer for a raise
Which of the following is an example of interpersonal communication?
-giving a speech in public speaking class
-saying "hello" to a casual acquaintance
-talking to your family about vacation plans
-telling your best friend about the test you just failed - ANS ✔✔telling your best friend about
the test you just failed
According to Kolb, the learning cycle consists of which of the following stages?
-selective attention, selective exposure, selective recall
-orientation, conflict, emergence, reinforcement
-feeling, watching, thinking, doing
-attention, comprehension, retention - ANS ✔✔feeling, watching, thinking, doing
Which of the following would constitute an act of speaker plagiarism?
-giving a speech written by another person
-failing to give oral footnotes in a speech
-not giving credit for paraphrased evidence in a speech
-all of the above - ANS ✔✔all of the above
Which of the following is not true about the situation, which is one of the basic elements of the
communication process?
, -Situation is the place, time, occasion, and cultural context of the communication
-You need to determine the communication rules for a situation and then modify your message
or the situation to allow you to adhere to the rules
-Communication rules do not vary by culture
-Once you've determined the communication rules inherent in a situation, you might decide to
modify the situation or the message - ANS ✔✔Communication rules do not vary by culture
What is "frame of reference" in relation to the receiver in the communication process?
-the process of finding out who your listeners are and then adapting your speech to make it
relevant to their interests and desires
-the composite of the listener's goals, knowledge, experiences, values, and attitudes through
which the listener filter's the message
-discussion of a topic from a majority perspective as though that perspective is the only
legitimate one.
-the tendency to assume the values and beliefs of one's own culture are somehow better than
those of other cultures - ANS ✔✔the composite of the listener's goals, knowledge, experiences,
values, and attitudes through which the listener filter's the message
How does the transactional model differ from the interactive model of communication?
-The transactional model includes the communication situation as an important element.
-The transactional model includes the simultaneous sending and -receiving of messages by
senders and receivers.
-The transactional model is more simplistic than the interactive model.
-Both A and B - ANS ✔✔Both A and B
