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COM100 Final Exam 2025/2026 – 200+ Verified Questions on Communication Models, Perception, Public Speaking, Listening & Nonverbal Cues

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This document includes over 200 thoroughly answered and 100% correct final exam questions for COM100, covering all critical concepts for the 2025/2026 academic cycle. Topics include the action, interaction, and transactional communication models, perception stages, listening strategies (HURIER model), public speaking organization, audience analysis, persuasive appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), nonverbal communication (haptics, proxemics, oculesics), and speech delivery techniques. Ideal for students in Communication Studies, Media & Journalism, Psychology, Education, and Business Communication preparing for comprehensive finals or certification assessments in foundational communication courses. Keywords: COM100, final exam, communication models, public speaking, perception, listening skills, HURIER, ethos pathos logos, audience analysis, speech structure, group dynamics, nonverbal cues, oculesics, haptics, persuasion strategies, communication process

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Com100 Final 2025/2026 Exam
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Which term best describes the process by which signs, symbols, and behaviors are

used to exchange information and create meaning?

a. interaction

b. communication

c. talking


d. feedback - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. communication


Which of the following plays a critical role in the process of identity development?

a. adaptability

b. noise

c. communication


d. decoding - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. communication



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,Most of the communication we engage in daily is routine and not emotionally

charged, thus helping us to meet __________ needs.

a. physical

b. instrumental

c. spiritual


d. relational - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. instrumental


When you put your idea in the form of language or a gesture that the receiver can

understand, you are _________ the message.

a. decoding

b. channeling

c. encoding


d. interpreting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔c. encoding


Fatigue and hunger are examples of ________ noise.

a. physical

b. practical

c. psychological



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,d. physiological - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔d. physiological


According to the interaction model of communication, receivers are not passive,

instead, receivers offer various verbal and nonverbal responses to messages. What

are these responses called?

a. noise

b. feedback

c. context


d. channels - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. feedback


The _________ model of communication maintains that both people in a

conversation are simultaneously sources and receivers.

a. action

b. transaction

c. reaction


d. interaction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. transaction


Which model of communication best describes complex face-to-face

communication?

a. interaction
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, b. transaction

c. action


d. construction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔transaction


Where does the meaning of a word come from?

a. the object being discussed

b. the people using it

c. the symbol


d. the referent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. the people using it


Which of the following can make someone a more competent communicator by

enabling that person to see how his or her behavior fits, or doesn't fit, in a given

social situation?

a. self-monitoring

b. adaptation

c. action


d. cognitive complexity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. self-monitoring


What are the two types of rules that govern communication?


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