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COMM 201 FINAL Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
During this 5,000 year period, the ability to read and write did not spread beyond the most
privileged in society.
A. Manuscript Era
B. Print Era
C. Talking Era - Answer✔A. Manuscript Era
This form of communication is usually unplanned and doesn't include a clearly defined goal.
A. Group communication
B. Intrapersonal communication
C. Interpersonal communication - Answer✔B. Intrapersonal communication
Which model of communication views communication as a turn-taking process in which
communicators alternate between senders and receivers?
A. Interaction Model of Communication
B. Transmission Model of Communication
C. Transactional Model of Communication - Answer✔A. Interaction Model of Communication
This context refers to the stated rules or unstated norms that guide our communication.
A. Social context
B. Cultural context
C. Relational context - Answer✔A. Social context
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When did the study of speech communication begin?
A. During the Renaissance
B. Early 20th century
c. Over two thousand years ago - Answer✔C. Over two thousand years ago
Researching candidates and proposals, participating in political discussions, and voting are all
parts of:
A. Civic engagement
B. Rhetoric
C. political Action Committees - Answer✔A. Civic Engagement
A generic greeting is classified as
A. public communication
B. phatic communication
C. interpersonal communication - Answer✔B. phatic communication
Competence is measured in effectiveness and:
A. efficiency
B. completenes
C. appropriateness - Answer✔C. appropriateness
The two types of public speaking anxiety are:
A. psychological & physiological
B. conscious & unconscious
C. severe & mild - Answer✔A. psychological & physiological
Julio works hard to be good at public speaking, and is good at it when he focuses on it. For Julio,
public speaking is:
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A. conscious incompetence
B. unconscious competence
C. conscious competence - Answer✔C. conscious competence
When you see rows of desks and a chalkboard in a room, you think of a classroom, based on
your:
A. schema
B. personal constructs - Answer✔A. schema
The cognitive schema that predicts a person's behavior based upon the group the person belongs
to is called:
A. personal construct
B. stereotype
C. prototype - Answer✔B. stereotype
The attribution that connects a person's behavior to situational factors is called:
A. self-serving bias
B. internal attribution
C. external attribution - Answer✔C. external attribution
Our tendency to assign negative attributions to someone we have heard negative things about is
called:
A. horn effect
B. recency effect
C. primacy effect - Answer✔A. horn effect
Primacy and recency effect influence:
A. impressions
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COMM 201 FINAL Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
During this 5,000 year period, the ability to read and write did not spread beyond the most
privileged in society.
A. Manuscript Era
B. Print Era
C. Talking Era - Answer✔A. Manuscript Era
This form of communication is usually unplanned and doesn't include a clearly defined goal.
A. Group communication
B. Intrapersonal communication
C. Interpersonal communication - Answer✔B. Intrapersonal communication
Which model of communication views communication as a turn-taking process in which
communicators alternate between senders and receivers?
A. Interaction Model of Communication
B. Transmission Model of Communication
C. Transactional Model of Communication - Answer✔A. Interaction Model of Communication
This context refers to the stated rules or unstated norms that guide our communication.
A. Social context
B. Cultural context
C. Relational context - Answer✔A. Social context
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When did the study of speech communication begin?
A. During the Renaissance
B. Early 20th century
c. Over two thousand years ago - Answer✔C. Over two thousand years ago
Researching candidates and proposals, participating in political discussions, and voting are all
parts of:
A. Civic engagement
B. Rhetoric
C. political Action Committees - Answer✔A. Civic Engagement
A generic greeting is classified as
A. public communication
B. phatic communication
C. interpersonal communication - Answer✔B. phatic communication
Competence is measured in effectiveness and:
A. efficiency
B. completenes
C. appropriateness - Answer✔C. appropriateness
The two types of public speaking anxiety are:
A. psychological & physiological
B. conscious & unconscious
C. severe & mild - Answer✔A. psychological & physiological
Julio works hard to be good at public speaking, and is good at it when he focuses on it. For Julio,
public speaking is:
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A. conscious incompetence
B. unconscious competence
C. conscious competence - Answer✔C. conscious competence
When you see rows of desks and a chalkboard in a room, you think of a classroom, based on
your:
A. schema
B. personal constructs - Answer✔A. schema
The cognitive schema that predicts a person's behavior based upon the group the person belongs
to is called:
A. personal construct
B. stereotype
C. prototype - Answer✔B. stereotype
The attribution that connects a person's behavior to situational factors is called:
A. self-serving bias
B. internal attribution
C. external attribution - Answer✔C. external attribution
Our tendency to assign negative attributions to someone we have heard negative things about is
called:
A. horn effect
B. recency effect
C. primacy effect - Answer✔A. horn effect
Primacy and recency effect influence:
A. impressions
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