WGU C464 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What are major parts to the Linear Model of Communication?
Answer: Deciding, Encoding, Transmitting, Perceiving, Decoding.
◍ What are the parts to the Transactional model of communication?
Answer: At the same time people are assigning words , symbols
sounds and gestures to the message.
Interactions between people affects us in our present conversations.
◍ What are the 3 interrelated skills sets or dimension of
communication competence? Answer: 1. Can sense what is
appropriate in each situation. Being aware of context and behaviors,
analyzing people, intended communication goal, nature of the
environment, physical setting.
2. Build and develop their communication skills, use a wide range of
communication skills, uses at various times based on the situation at
hand.
3. Requires motivation which is mood, energy level and state of
confidence.
◍ What are the 3 stages to the perception process? Answer: Selection,
Organization, Interpretation.
◍ What are the four principles that help us understand how selection
works? Answer: Exposure, Attention, Perception, Recall.
, ◍ What are 4 ways we organize information? Answer: Figure,
Ground, Closure, Similarity
◍ Self-Esteem Answer: Evaluation of who you are, approve of value
and like the concept you have of yourself.
◍ What is the difference between self-esteem and self-concept?
Answer: Self-Concept the way you define yourself, the person you
think you are. and self-esteem evaluation of judgment of the kind of
person you are in various communicative situations.
◍ What is attribution error? Answer: Interpreting our own of others
behavior, we rely on faulty explanations, reasons or info.
◍ What are two type of attribution errors? Answer: fundamental
attribution error, and self-serving bias
◍ What are the four steps to effective self-presentation according
Waldeck, Kearney and Plax? Answer: 1. Set a goal.
2. Create a strategy
3. Execute the strategy
4. Modify negative expressions.
◍ What are four cultures reflect the behaviors about people according
to Tylor? Answer: 1. Values and beliefs
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ What are major parts to the Linear Model of Communication?
Answer: Deciding, Encoding, Transmitting, Perceiving, Decoding.
◍ What are the parts to the Transactional model of communication?
Answer: At the same time people are assigning words , symbols
sounds and gestures to the message.
Interactions between people affects us in our present conversations.
◍ What are the 3 interrelated skills sets or dimension of
communication competence? Answer: 1. Can sense what is
appropriate in each situation. Being aware of context and behaviors,
analyzing people, intended communication goal, nature of the
environment, physical setting.
2. Build and develop their communication skills, use a wide range of
communication skills, uses at various times based on the situation at
hand.
3. Requires motivation which is mood, energy level and state of
confidence.
◍ What are the 3 stages to the perception process? Answer: Selection,
Organization, Interpretation.
◍ What are the four principles that help us understand how selection
works? Answer: Exposure, Attention, Perception, Recall.
, ◍ What are 4 ways we organize information? Answer: Figure,
Ground, Closure, Similarity
◍ Self-Esteem Answer: Evaluation of who you are, approve of value
and like the concept you have of yourself.
◍ What is the difference between self-esteem and self-concept?
Answer: Self-Concept the way you define yourself, the person you
think you are. and self-esteem evaluation of judgment of the kind of
person you are in various communicative situations.
◍ What is attribution error? Answer: Interpreting our own of others
behavior, we rely on faulty explanations, reasons or info.
◍ What are two type of attribution errors? Answer: fundamental
attribution error, and self-serving bias
◍ What are the four steps to effective self-presentation according
Waldeck, Kearney and Plax? Answer: 1. Set a goal.
2. Create a strategy
3. Execute the strategy
4. Modify negative expressions.
◍ What are four cultures reflect the behaviors about people according
to Tylor? Answer: 1. Values and beliefs
