CMN 10V - Midterm 1 Exam 2026/2027 –
Realistic Practice Questions & Answers
Communication - correct answer-A process through which you send messages to
and receive messages from others
Transmit info
Technical media - correct answer-Used to amplify communication
Theory - correct answer-Predicts relationships of reality and how it happens
Model - correct answer-Representation of theorized relationships, can be general
or specific
Transmission model - correct answer-Shannon and weaver (1949)
Linear process
Sender ---> message --channel--> receiver ---> effect
Laswell (1948) - correct answer-Who ---> what ---> channel ---> whom ---> effect
,Only effective if it reaches the end
Can have disruptions/noise at any step
David Berlo's SMCR model (1960) - correct answer-Sender --encodes--> message -
---> channel --decodes--> receiver
Transfer of message is unidirectional
Feedback loop - correct answer-Added to berlo's model
Types of nonverbal communication - correct answer-Signs, symbols, behavior
Interpretation - correct answer-Depends on the decoding of the receiver of the
message
Due to many factors such as culture, age, experiences
Polysemic - correct answer-Multiple meanings
Theory of Encoding and Decoding - correct answer-Consists of production,
circulation, use, and reproduction
Production - correct answer-Ideas encoded into message
based on sender's experiences/beliefs and the sender's perceptions of the
receivers experiences/beliefs
Circulation - correct answer-Message made available to receiver
,Use - correct answer-Attention, decoding, interpretation
Based on experiences, informed by assumptions about sender's experiences
Reproduction - correct answer-Effects/consequences of use
Types of decoding - correct answer-Dominant, negotiated, oppositional
Dominant decoding - correct answer-Decode = encode
Agreement of sender and receiver
Negotiated decoding - correct answer-Shares some of dominant, but unique to
receiver
Oppositional decoding - correct answer-Fundamentally different/opposing
dominant
McAdams (1988) - correct answer-Through personal relationships, we find our
most profound experiences of security, anxiety, power and impotence, and unity
and separateness
Proxmire (vs. Berschield & Walster) - correct answer-1. Scientists could not
understand love
2. Even if they could, no one wanted to hear it
Interpersonal relationships - correct answer-Unique, irreplaceable, and requires
understanding a partner's psychological makeup
, Repeated interactions over time, influence one another, unique interactions
Role relationships - correct answer-Impersonal, based on jobs and stereotypes of
people involved
Some interdependence, not psychologically or behaviorally unique, replaceable
Miller (1976) - correct answer-Communication and relationships are dependent
on each other
Kelley (1956) - correct answer-Rewards and reciprocity
Rewards - correct answer-Positive outcomes of relationships
Reciprocity - correct answer-Behavior leads to similar response in another
Close relationship - correct answer-Enduring bonds, emotionally attached,
personal need fulfillment, irreplaceability
Interdependence becomes more enduring and diverse
interpersonal communication - correct answer-exchange of verbal and nonverbal
messages between two people, regardless of their relationship
1. Impact each other
2. Inherently relational- behavior impacts relationship
3. Continuum - of impersonal and interpersonal
4. Messages due to choices mad
5. Inevitable and irreversible
Realistic Practice Questions & Answers
Communication - correct answer-A process through which you send messages to
and receive messages from others
Transmit info
Technical media - correct answer-Used to amplify communication
Theory - correct answer-Predicts relationships of reality and how it happens
Model - correct answer-Representation of theorized relationships, can be general
or specific
Transmission model - correct answer-Shannon and weaver (1949)
Linear process
Sender ---> message --channel--> receiver ---> effect
Laswell (1948) - correct answer-Who ---> what ---> channel ---> whom ---> effect
,Only effective if it reaches the end
Can have disruptions/noise at any step
David Berlo's SMCR model (1960) - correct answer-Sender --encodes--> message -
---> channel --decodes--> receiver
Transfer of message is unidirectional
Feedback loop - correct answer-Added to berlo's model
Types of nonverbal communication - correct answer-Signs, symbols, behavior
Interpretation - correct answer-Depends on the decoding of the receiver of the
message
Due to many factors such as culture, age, experiences
Polysemic - correct answer-Multiple meanings
Theory of Encoding and Decoding - correct answer-Consists of production,
circulation, use, and reproduction
Production - correct answer-Ideas encoded into message
based on sender's experiences/beliefs and the sender's perceptions of the
receivers experiences/beliefs
Circulation - correct answer-Message made available to receiver
,Use - correct answer-Attention, decoding, interpretation
Based on experiences, informed by assumptions about sender's experiences
Reproduction - correct answer-Effects/consequences of use
Types of decoding - correct answer-Dominant, negotiated, oppositional
Dominant decoding - correct answer-Decode = encode
Agreement of sender and receiver
Negotiated decoding - correct answer-Shares some of dominant, but unique to
receiver
Oppositional decoding - correct answer-Fundamentally different/opposing
dominant
McAdams (1988) - correct answer-Through personal relationships, we find our
most profound experiences of security, anxiety, power and impotence, and unity
and separateness
Proxmire (vs. Berschield & Walster) - correct answer-1. Scientists could not
understand love
2. Even if they could, no one wanted to hear it
Interpersonal relationships - correct answer-Unique, irreplaceable, and requires
understanding a partner's psychological makeup
, Repeated interactions over time, influence one another, unique interactions
Role relationships - correct answer-Impersonal, based on jobs and stereotypes of
people involved
Some interdependence, not psychologically or behaviorally unique, replaceable
Miller (1976) - correct answer-Communication and relationships are dependent
on each other
Kelley (1956) - correct answer-Rewards and reciprocity
Rewards - correct answer-Positive outcomes of relationships
Reciprocity - correct answer-Behavior leads to similar response in another
Close relationship - correct answer-Enduring bonds, emotionally attached,
personal need fulfillment, irreplaceability
Interdependence becomes more enduring and diverse
interpersonal communication - correct answer-exchange of verbal and nonverbal
messages between two people, regardless of their relationship
1. Impact each other
2. Inherently relational- behavior impacts relationship
3. Continuum - of impersonal and interpersonal
4. Messages due to choices mad
5. Inevitable and irreversible
