COMM 1130: Exam #1 Review
(Chapters 1-2, 5-6) 2025/2026 updated
already passed
communication - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the process through which people use messages to
generate meanings within and across contacts, culture, channels, and media
a process using symbols, sounds, words, pictures, sensory input/reaction, or movement to
convey a message
message - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the "package" of information transported during
communication
interaction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔when people exchange a series of messages, whether face-
to-face or online
contexts - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔situations; communication occurs in a seemingly endless
variety of these
channel - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the sensory dimension along which communicators transmit
information
auditory (sound), visual (sight), tactile (touch) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔most common
communication channels?
media - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔used to transmit information, very broad range; tools for
exchanging messages
,self-presentation goals
instrumental goals
relationship goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔three types of goals communication helps you
reach...
self-presentation goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔involve presenting yourself in certain ways so
that others will view you as you want them to
instrumental goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔practical objectives you want to achieve or tasks you
want to accomplish; presenting yourself in certain ways contributes the achievement of this
relationship goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔building, maintaining, or terminating bonds with
others; communicating to create relationships and emotional connections with others
linear model, interactive model, transactional model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔three different
ways of viewing the communication process? (examine and describe how the communication
process works)
linear communication model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔*Bell Labs
communication is an activity in which information flows in one direction, from a start point to
an end point
message, channel, sender, receiver, noise - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔component of linear
communication model?
sender - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the individual who generates the information to be
communicated, packages it into a message, and chooses one or more channels for sending it
, receiver - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the person (or people) for whom the message is intended for
noise - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔distractions that change how the message is received
interactive communication model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔communication is influenced by two
additional factors: feedback and field of experience; process involving senders and receivers;
describes a range of communication forms that you experience
i.e. classroom instruction, team meetings, group presentations
feedback - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the verbal and nonverbal messages coming from recipients in
response to messages; indicates approval or disapproval of messages
fields of experience - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔consist of beliefs, attitudes, values, and
experiences that each individual brings to a communication event
transactional communication model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔views communication as
multidirectional (participants mutually influence one another's communication behavior); no
senders or receivers, but a constant exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages and feedback
to collaboratively create meanings; key words or look instantly convey much shared information
the maxims of the Egyptian sage Ptahhotep (2200 B.C.E)
**encourages people to be kind, truthful, and tolerant in their communication. practice active
listening, mindfulness in using language - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔one of the earliest books every
written?
rhetoric - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the theory and practice of persuading others through speech;
formal discipline of study in Ancient Greece and Rome
(Chapters 1-2, 5-6) 2025/2026 updated
already passed
communication - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the process through which people use messages to
generate meanings within and across contacts, culture, channels, and media
a process using symbols, sounds, words, pictures, sensory input/reaction, or movement to
convey a message
message - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the "package" of information transported during
communication
interaction - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔when people exchange a series of messages, whether face-
to-face or online
contexts - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔situations; communication occurs in a seemingly endless
variety of these
channel - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the sensory dimension along which communicators transmit
information
auditory (sound), visual (sight), tactile (touch) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔most common
communication channels?
media - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔used to transmit information, very broad range; tools for
exchanging messages
,self-presentation goals
instrumental goals
relationship goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔three types of goals communication helps you
reach...
self-presentation goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔involve presenting yourself in certain ways so
that others will view you as you want them to
instrumental goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔practical objectives you want to achieve or tasks you
want to accomplish; presenting yourself in certain ways contributes the achievement of this
relationship goals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔building, maintaining, or terminating bonds with
others; communicating to create relationships and emotional connections with others
linear model, interactive model, transactional model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔three different
ways of viewing the communication process? (examine and describe how the communication
process works)
linear communication model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔*Bell Labs
communication is an activity in which information flows in one direction, from a start point to
an end point
message, channel, sender, receiver, noise - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔component of linear
communication model?
sender - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the individual who generates the information to be
communicated, packages it into a message, and chooses one or more channels for sending it
, receiver - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the person (or people) for whom the message is intended for
noise - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔distractions that change how the message is received
interactive communication model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔communication is influenced by two
additional factors: feedback and field of experience; process involving senders and receivers;
describes a range of communication forms that you experience
i.e. classroom instruction, team meetings, group presentations
feedback - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the verbal and nonverbal messages coming from recipients in
response to messages; indicates approval or disapproval of messages
fields of experience - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔consist of beliefs, attitudes, values, and
experiences that each individual brings to a communication event
transactional communication model - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔views communication as
multidirectional (participants mutually influence one another's communication behavior); no
senders or receivers, but a constant exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages and feedback
to collaboratively create meanings; key words or look instantly convey much shared information
the maxims of the Egyptian sage Ptahhotep (2200 B.C.E)
**encourages people to be kind, truthful, and tolerant in their communication. practice active
listening, mindfulness in using language - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔one of the earliest books every
written?
rhetoric - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the theory and practice of persuading others through speech;
formal discipline of study in Ancient Greece and Rome
