CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Why is communication important? -
correct answer ✅Essential to your personal and professional
success
Nature of Communication -
correct answer ✅Unavoidable
Strategic
Relational
Instrumental
Identity management -
correct answer ✅How we desire to present ourselves
How is communication irreversible? -
correct answer ✅Once, we said it, we said it
How is communication a process? -
correct answer ✅A message isn't sent or received in isolation
What is the basic communication model? -
correct answer ✅Interaction model
,CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What does the interaction model include? -
correct answer ✅Sender, channel, noise, feedback
Sender -
correct answer ✅person who transmits the message
Channel -
correct answer ✅method used to deliver the message
Noise -
correct answer ✅factors that interfere with the message
Feedback -
correct answer ✅receivers response to the message
Transactional model/competent model -
correct answer ✅Expands by recognizing additional types of
contexts that affect communication (social, relational, cultural)
,CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Social context -
correct answer ✅refers to the social norms that guide
communication choices in certain situations
Relational context -
correct answer ✅refers to your relationship with those that you
are communicating with/audience
Cultural context -
correct answer ✅refers to the learned behaviors of a specific
culture
Three reasons why we communicate -
correct answer ✅Express affiliation, maintain relationships,
influence others
Express affiliation -
correct answer ✅The feeling of connectedness we have with other
people. Expressing our association with someone by expressing
liking, love, respect as well as dislike, hatred or disrespect.
, CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
How do we express affiliation? -
correct answer ✅Can be expressed verbally, nonverbally, or
mediated
Maintain relationships -
correct answer ✅What we do and say affects others and what
others say and do affects us
Influence others -
correct answer ✅Most communication is influential in one way or
another and some is intentional
Communication Apprehension -
correct answer ✅Someone's fear or anxiety associated with real or
anticipated communication. Varies person to person, context to
context.
Characteristics of Effective Communication -
correct answer ✅Strategic, professional, adaptable
Being strategic -
correct answer ✅purposeful , Audience-oriented ,Persuasive
Answers (Grade A+)
Why is communication important? -
correct answer ✅Essential to your personal and professional
success
Nature of Communication -
correct answer ✅Unavoidable
Strategic
Relational
Instrumental
Identity management -
correct answer ✅How we desire to present ourselves
How is communication irreversible? -
correct answer ✅Once, we said it, we said it
How is communication a process? -
correct answer ✅A message isn't sent or received in isolation
What is the basic communication model? -
correct answer ✅Interaction model
,CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What does the interaction model include? -
correct answer ✅Sender, channel, noise, feedback
Sender -
correct answer ✅person who transmits the message
Channel -
correct answer ✅method used to deliver the message
Noise -
correct answer ✅factors that interfere with the message
Feedback -
correct answer ✅receivers response to the message
Transactional model/competent model -
correct answer ✅Expands by recognizing additional types of
contexts that affect communication (social, relational, cultural)
,CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Social context -
correct answer ✅refers to the social norms that guide
communication choices in certain situations
Relational context -
correct answer ✅refers to your relationship with those that you
are communicating with/audience
Cultural context -
correct answer ✅refers to the learned behaviors of a specific
culture
Three reasons why we communicate -
correct answer ✅Express affiliation, maintain relationships,
influence others
Express affiliation -
correct answer ✅The feeling of connectedness we have with other
people. Expressing our association with someone by expressing
liking, love, respect as well as dislike, hatred or disrespect.
, CMN 003V Midterm 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
How do we express affiliation? -
correct answer ✅Can be expressed verbally, nonverbally, or
mediated
Maintain relationships -
correct answer ✅What we do and say affects others and what
others say and do affects us
Influence others -
correct answer ✅Most communication is influential in one way or
another and some is intentional
Communication Apprehension -
correct answer ✅Someone's fear or anxiety associated with real or
anticipated communication. Varies person to person, context to
context.
Characteristics of Effective Communication -
correct answer ✅Strategic, professional, adaptable
Being strategic -
correct answer ✅purposeful , Audience-oriented ,Persuasive
