COMD 133 Midterm 1 questions n
answers rated A+ passed (2025/2026)
What is communication? - correct answer ✔✔transmission of thought or feelings from the mind
of a speaker to the mind of a listener
Why do people communicate? - correct answer ✔✔social functions, academic functions,
spiritual functions, to get things, to share things, to protest, to share an emotion, to establish
and maintain relationships
regulatory (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔regulate someone else's
behavior (gru told agnes to not make annoying sounds)
interactional (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔talking or getting to
know someone (on a date)
personal (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔express a personal feeling
(i'm happy)
informative (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔teach someone how to
do something (bob ross videos)
heuristic (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔obtain information (dory
asking school of fish for directions)
instrumental (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔get someone to do
something for us, ask for something (ordering at a restaurant)
, imaginative (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔pretending (the floor is
lava)
communication depends on ______ (grice's maxims) - correct answer ✔✔cooperation, shared
conventions, shared understandings and knowledge, social rules
linguistic feedback - correct answer ✔✔speaking or vocalizing
non linguistic feedback (extra linguistic) - correct answer ✔✔eye contact, facial expression,
posture, proximity
paralinguistic feedback - correct answer ✔✔pitch, loudness, pausing
what do SLPs do? - correct answer ✔✔speech, language, voice, swallowing, fluency,
articulation, hearing, cognition
what do audiologists do? - correct answer ✔✔hearing screening, hearing testing, amplification
(hearing aids, cochlear implants), aural rehabilitation, treat vestibular disorders, communication
counseling
what is language? - correct answer ✔✔socially shared code that uses a rule-based system to
represent concepts to others
domains of language - correct answer ✔✔content, form, use
content - correct answer ✔✔words we use and meaning behind them
form - correct answer ✔✔how words and sounds are organized to convey content
answers rated A+ passed (2025/2026)
What is communication? - correct answer ✔✔transmission of thought or feelings from the mind
of a speaker to the mind of a listener
Why do people communicate? - correct answer ✔✔social functions, academic functions,
spiritual functions, to get things, to share things, to protest, to share an emotion, to establish
and maintain relationships
regulatory (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔regulate someone else's
behavior (gru told agnes to not make annoying sounds)
interactional (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔talking or getting to
know someone (on a date)
personal (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔express a personal feeling
(i'm happy)
informative (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔teach someone how to
do something (bob ross videos)
heuristic (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔obtain information (dory
asking school of fish for directions)
instrumental (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔get someone to do
something for us, ask for something (ordering at a restaurant)
, imaginative (Halliday's communicative functions) - correct answer ✔✔pretending (the floor is
lava)
communication depends on ______ (grice's maxims) - correct answer ✔✔cooperation, shared
conventions, shared understandings and knowledge, social rules
linguistic feedback - correct answer ✔✔speaking or vocalizing
non linguistic feedback (extra linguistic) - correct answer ✔✔eye contact, facial expression,
posture, proximity
paralinguistic feedback - correct answer ✔✔pitch, loudness, pausing
what do SLPs do? - correct answer ✔✔speech, language, voice, swallowing, fluency,
articulation, hearing, cognition
what do audiologists do? - correct answer ✔✔hearing screening, hearing testing, amplification
(hearing aids, cochlear implants), aural rehabilitation, treat vestibular disorders, communication
counseling
what is language? - correct answer ✔✔socially shared code that uses a rule-based system to
represent concepts to others
domains of language - correct answer ✔✔content, form, use
content - correct answer ✔✔words we use and meaning behind them
form - correct answer ✔✔how words and sounds are organized to convey content
