COMM 101 - Midterm Study Guide comprehensive Questions
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
*What are the differences between public speaking and ordinary conversation?
Correct Answer: Public speaking is much simpler, more rhythmic, more repetitive,
and more interactive than either conversation or writing. Public speaking is also more
interactive and inclusive of the audience than ordinary conversation. In ordinary
conversation, you do not need to practice saying the words, but in public speaking
you have to practice.
Question 2.
*Describe/draw the Linear Model of Communication.
Correct Answer: Goes from Sender to Receiver
Question 3.
*Describe/draw the Transactional Model of Communication.
Correct Answer: Goes from sender to receiver. The receiver becomes the sender and
the sender becomes the receiver
Question 4.
*What is the "first principal" of communication?
Correct Answer: Knowing your audience
Question 5.
*What three things will help with communication anxiety (i.e. what is KOP)?
Correct Answer: Knowledge, Organization, Practice
Question 6.
*What are Aristotle's Five Canons of Rhetoric?
Correct Answer: Invention, Arrangement, Style, Delivery, and Memory.
Question 7.
*What are Aristotle's three Sources of Proofs?
Correct Answer: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
Question 8.
*What are four sources of values?
Correct Answer: conscience, law, tradition, and personal experience
, Question 9.
*What is the cycle of listening?
Correct Answer: Receive, Understand, Remember, Evaluate, Respond
Question 10.
*What are causes of poor listening?
Correct Answer: 1. We do not want to make the effort. 2. We are bombarded with
stimuli. 3. Rapid thought, unable to focus. 4. Hearing problems. 5. Faulty
assumptions. 6. Cultural differences. 7. Media influences.
Question 11.
*What can help with listening skills?
Correct Answer: Eliminate external and internal distractions, focus attention on
speaker, and stay open minded.
Question 12.
sending or re- ceiving information
Correct Answer: communication
Question 13.
is any interference with the message
Correct Answer: noise
Question 14.
the audience's re- sponse to the message.
Correct Answer: feedback
Question 15.
the value system by which someone or community operates.
Correct Answer: ethics
Question 16.
values deemed as universal or applicable to all.
Correct Answer: absolute values
Question 17.
to steal someone else's work and claim as your own.
Correct Answer: plagiarism
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
*What are the differences between public speaking and ordinary conversation?
Correct Answer: Public speaking is much simpler, more rhythmic, more repetitive,
and more interactive than either conversation or writing. Public speaking is also more
interactive and inclusive of the audience than ordinary conversation. In ordinary
conversation, you do not need to practice saying the words, but in public speaking
you have to practice.
Question 2.
*Describe/draw the Linear Model of Communication.
Correct Answer: Goes from Sender to Receiver
Question 3.
*Describe/draw the Transactional Model of Communication.
Correct Answer: Goes from sender to receiver. The receiver becomes the sender and
the sender becomes the receiver
Question 4.
*What is the "first principal" of communication?
Correct Answer: Knowing your audience
Question 5.
*What three things will help with communication anxiety (i.e. what is KOP)?
Correct Answer: Knowledge, Organization, Practice
Question 6.
*What are Aristotle's Five Canons of Rhetoric?
Correct Answer: Invention, Arrangement, Style, Delivery, and Memory.
Question 7.
*What are Aristotle's three Sources of Proofs?
Correct Answer: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
Question 8.
*What are four sources of values?
Correct Answer: conscience, law, tradition, and personal experience
, Question 9.
*What is the cycle of listening?
Correct Answer: Receive, Understand, Remember, Evaluate, Respond
Question 10.
*What are causes of poor listening?
Correct Answer: 1. We do not want to make the effort. 2. We are bombarded with
stimuli. 3. Rapid thought, unable to focus. 4. Hearing problems. 5. Faulty
assumptions. 6. Cultural differences. 7. Media influences.
Question 11.
*What can help with listening skills?
Correct Answer: Eliminate external and internal distractions, focus attention on
speaker, and stay open minded.
Question 12.
sending or re- ceiving information
Correct Answer: communication
Question 13.
is any interference with the message
Correct Answer: noise
Question 14.
the audience's re- sponse to the message.
Correct Answer: feedback
Question 15.
the value system by which someone or community operates.
Correct Answer: ethics
Question 16.
values deemed as universal or applicable to all.
Correct Answer: absolute values
Question 17.
to steal someone else's work and claim as your own.
Correct Answer: plagiarism
