CMS 100 Exam #1 2025 Questions and
Answers
Human Communication - ANSWER✔✔-The process of making sense out of the world and sharing
that sense with others by creating meaning through verbal and nonverbal messages.
Symbol - ANSWER✔✔-A word, sound, gesture, or visual image that represents a thought, concept,
object, or experience.
Ethics - ANSWER✔✔-The beliefs, values, and moral principles by which we determine what is
right or wrong.
Encoding - ANSWER✔✔-The process of translating ideas, feelings, and thoughts into a code.
Decoding - ANSWER✔✔-The process of interpreting ideas, feelings, and thoughts that have been
translated into a code.
Receiver - ANSWER✔✔-The person who decodes a message and attempts to make sense of what
the source has encoded.
Noise - ANSWER✔✔-Interference, either literal or psychological, that hinders the accurate
encoding or decoding of a message.
Context - ANSWER✔✔-The physical, historical, and psychological communication environment.
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, Mediated Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Any communication that is carried out using some
channel other than those used in face-to-face communication.
Asynchronous Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication in which timing is out of sync;
there is a time delay between when you send a message and when it is received.
Synchronous Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication in which messages occur in real
time - when you speak or write, someone immediately responds to your message.
Intrapersonal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication that occurs within yourself,
including your thoughts and emotions.
Language - ANSWER✔✔-The system of symbols (words or vocabulary) structured by rules
(grammar) that makes it possible for people to understand one another.
Nonverbal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication by means other than written or
spoken language that creates meaning for someone.
Other-Oriented - ANSWER✔✔-Being focused on the needs and concerns of others while
maintaining one's personal integrity.
Interpersonal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication that occurs simultaneously between
two people who attempt to mutually influence each other, usually for the purpose of managing
relationships.
Impersonal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication that treats people as objects or that
responds only to their roles rather than to who they are as unique people.
Self-Awareness - ANSWER✔✔-The capacity to observe and reflect on one's own mental status
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Answers
Human Communication - ANSWER✔✔-The process of making sense out of the world and sharing
that sense with others by creating meaning through verbal and nonverbal messages.
Symbol - ANSWER✔✔-A word, sound, gesture, or visual image that represents a thought, concept,
object, or experience.
Ethics - ANSWER✔✔-The beliefs, values, and moral principles by which we determine what is
right or wrong.
Encoding - ANSWER✔✔-The process of translating ideas, feelings, and thoughts into a code.
Decoding - ANSWER✔✔-The process of interpreting ideas, feelings, and thoughts that have been
translated into a code.
Receiver - ANSWER✔✔-The person who decodes a message and attempts to make sense of what
the source has encoded.
Noise - ANSWER✔✔-Interference, either literal or psychological, that hinders the accurate
encoding or decoding of a message.
Context - ANSWER✔✔-The physical, historical, and psychological communication environment.
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, Mediated Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Any communication that is carried out using some
channel other than those used in face-to-face communication.
Asynchronous Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication in which timing is out of sync;
there is a time delay between when you send a message and when it is received.
Synchronous Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication in which messages occur in real
time - when you speak or write, someone immediately responds to your message.
Intrapersonal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication that occurs within yourself,
including your thoughts and emotions.
Language - ANSWER✔✔-The system of symbols (words or vocabulary) structured by rules
(grammar) that makes it possible for people to understand one another.
Nonverbal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication by means other than written or
spoken language that creates meaning for someone.
Other-Oriented - ANSWER✔✔-Being focused on the needs and concerns of others while
maintaining one's personal integrity.
Interpersonal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication that occurs simultaneously between
two people who attempt to mutually influence each other, usually for the purpose of managing
relationships.
Impersonal Communication - ANSWER✔✔-Communication that treats people as objects or that
responds only to their roles rather than to who they are as unique people.
Self-Awareness - ANSWER✔✔-The capacity to observe and reflect on one's own mental status
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