IAAP CAP Exam Study Guide –
Practice Questions with
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Podcasts - Answer✔✔-Prerecorded audio clips used to inform the audience
about an issue, product, or service.
Downloadable presentations of webinars.
Certification - Answer✔✔-A credential awarded by a certification body when
an individual demonstrates through an examination process that he or she has
acquired the designated knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform a specific
job; independent of a specific class, course, or other educational or training
program.
License - Answer✔✔-A credential awarded by a licensing agency based on
predetermined criteria.
Educational Certificate - Answer✔✔-A credential awarded by a training
provider, association, or educational institution based on completion of all
requirements for a program of study, including coursework and a test or other
performance evaluations.
,Assessment-Based Professional Certification - Answer✔✔-A voluntary process
by which individuals are evaluated against predetermined standards for
knowledge, skills, or competencies -- time-limited credential
Assessment-Based Certificate - Answer✔✔-Focus is on education/training and
demonstrates mastery of intended learning outcomes of a specific class,
course, educational program, or training program.
Certificate of attendance or participation - Answer✔✔-Provided to individuals
who have attended or participated in classes, courses, other educational or
training programs or events
Certificate of completion - Answer✔✔-Denotes achievement of specific
learning outcomes, tested through something such as a final exam,
demonstrating the competencies learned during a program of study.
Organization - Answer✔✔-A group of people, who, through coordinated
activities, work to achieve both individual and collective goals.
Communication - Answer✔✔-The sharing of symbolic meaning between two
or more people.
Business Communication - Answer✔✔-Formal Communications
Informal Communications
,Written Communications
Oral Communications
Visual Communications
Nonverbal Communication
Audio-visual Communications
Computer-based Communications
Formal Communication - Answer✔✔-Messages spread through the
organization's communications, possibly downward, upward, or horizontal
Downward Communications - Answer✔✔-Messages sent from management to
employees.
This type of communication is necessary to clarify goals, share information,
educate, and guide.
Upward Communications - Answer✔✔-Messages sent from employees to
management.
This type of communication often informs management about project progress
and challenges.
Horizontal Communications - Answer✔✔-Messages traveling from employee
to employee, manager to manager, or executive to executive.
Informal Communications - Answer✔✔-Conversations people have with each
other (can be based on speculation, rumors, or overheard conversations.)
, Written Communication - Answer✔✔-Anything put on paper, such a memos,
letters, manuals, forms, and flyers
Oral Communication - Answer✔✔-Face-to-face communications, as well as
meetings, telephone calls, and radio broadcasts.
Visual Communications - Answer✔✔-Refers both to the (1) physical
expressions someone makes while communicating an idea and (2) materials
that are visual such as charts, posters, and diagrams.
Nonverbal Communication - Answer✔✔-Communication without the use of
spoken language, including gestures, facial expressions, and body positions
Audio-Visual Communication - Answer✔✔-Combines two media such as
television or film and narration
Computer-Based Communication - Answer✔✔-Video conferences, websites,
and e-mail
Frame of Reference - Answer✔✔-The overall context in which a problem or
situation is place, viewed, or interpreted. The values, experiences, customs,
etc., which someone sues to evaluate data, communicate ideas, and guide
behavior
Interpersonal Communication - Answer✔✔-The way information is exchanged
with others - not just what is said, but how it is said, especially with the tone of
voice and facial expressions, gestures, and body language.
Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
Podcasts - Answer✔✔-Prerecorded audio clips used to inform the audience
about an issue, product, or service.
Downloadable presentations of webinars.
Certification - Answer✔✔-A credential awarded by a certification body when
an individual demonstrates through an examination process that he or she has
acquired the designated knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform a specific
job; independent of a specific class, course, or other educational or training
program.
License - Answer✔✔-A credential awarded by a licensing agency based on
predetermined criteria.
Educational Certificate - Answer✔✔-A credential awarded by a training
provider, association, or educational institution based on completion of all
requirements for a program of study, including coursework and a test or other
performance evaluations.
,Assessment-Based Professional Certification - Answer✔✔-A voluntary process
by which individuals are evaluated against predetermined standards for
knowledge, skills, or competencies -- time-limited credential
Assessment-Based Certificate - Answer✔✔-Focus is on education/training and
demonstrates mastery of intended learning outcomes of a specific class,
course, educational program, or training program.
Certificate of attendance or participation - Answer✔✔-Provided to individuals
who have attended or participated in classes, courses, other educational or
training programs or events
Certificate of completion - Answer✔✔-Denotes achievement of specific
learning outcomes, tested through something such as a final exam,
demonstrating the competencies learned during a program of study.
Organization - Answer✔✔-A group of people, who, through coordinated
activities, work to achieve both individual and collective goals.
Communication - Answer✔✔-The sharing of symbolic meaning between two
or more people.
Business Communication - Answer✔✔-Formal Communications
Informal Communications
,Written Communications
Oral Communications
Visual Communications
Nonverbal Communication
Audio-visual Communications
Computer-based Communications
Formal Communication - Answer✔✔-Messages spread through the
organization's communications, possibly downward, upward, or horizontal
Downward Communications - Answer✔✔-Messages sent from management to
employees.
This type of communication is necessary to clarify goals, share information,
educate, and guide.
Upward Communications - Answer✔✔-Messages sent from employees to
management.
This type of communication often informs management about project progress
and challenges.
Horizontal Communications - Answer✔✔-Messages traveling from employee
to employee, manager to manager, or executive to executive.
Informal Communications - Answer✔✔-Conversations people have with each
other (can be based on speculation, rumors, or overheard conversations.)
, Written Communication - Answer✔✔-Anything put on paper, such a memos,
letters, manuals, forms, and flyers
Oral Communication - Answer✔✔-Face-to-face communications, as well as
meetings, telephone calls, and radio broadcasts.
Visual Communications - Answer✔✔-Refers both to the (1) physical
expressions someone makes while communicating an idea and (2) materials
that are visual such as charts, posters, and diagrams.
Nonverbal Communication - Answer✔✔-Communication without the use of
spoken language, including gestures, facial expressions, and body positions
Audio-Visual Communication - Answer✔✔-Combines two media such as
television or film and narration
Computer-Based Communication - Answer✔✔-Video conferences, websites,
and e-mail
Frame of Reference - Answer✔✔-The overall context in which a problem or
situation is place, viewed, or interpreted. The values, experiences, customs,
etc., which someone sues to evaluate data, communicate ideas, and guide
behavior
Interpersonal Communication - Answer✔✔-The way information is exchanged
with others - not just what is said, but how it is said, especially with the tone of
voice and facial expressions, gestures, and body language.
