WGU C464 EXAMINATION PREP 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED
◍ Statement is true of communication. Answer: When
communication is unsuccessful, others do not interpret our meanings
as we intend and a state of misunderstanding results.
◍ Purpose of communication. Answer: Communication helps us
manage our problems, create opportunities, make decisions, and
connect with others in meaningful and productive ways.
◍ Challenges of Communication. Answer: Effective communication
requires significant intellectual and psychological resources.
Not everyone we encounter will appreciate the value of
communication.
We may over-rely on digitally mediated communication.
We live in a diverse world where intercultural understanding can be
difficult.
◍ Linear Model of Communication. Answer: Phase 1: Deciding on
the message.
Phase 2: Encoding the message.
Phase 3: Transmitting the message.
Phase 4: Perceiving the message.
,Phase 5: Decoding and assigning meaning to the message.
◍ Transactional Model of Communication. Answer: Feedback, along
with consideration of the factors that make accurate decoding of
messages difficult.
◍ Context. Answer: The environment and situation in which
communication occurs.
◍ feedback. Answer: The verbal or nonverbal message that a receiver
provides to sender as her or she receives and assigns meaning to the
senders message
◍ Role. Answer: describes the expectations on a person in a particular
setting
◍ Rules. Answer: are guidelines that people are expected to follow
◍ Communication competence. Answer: refers to one's ability to
"choose among available communicative behaviors to accomplish
one's goals during an encounter"
Comprised of three interrelated skill sets or dimensions:
appropriateness
communication skills
motivation
, ◍ *When we communicate successfully and stimulate meaning in the
minds of others, we achieve.. Answer: Understanding
◍ *Which of the following best descides unsuccessful
communication. Answer: Someone does not interpret the meaning you
intended
◍ *Which of the following is not one of the primary challenges of
communication?. Answer: Our desire to persuade others.
◍ *Which of the following is not necessary for effective
communication?. Answer: The ability to persuade someone and
change his or her mind
◍ *When we constantly communicate by email, text, or tweet we.
Answer: become more avoidant of sensitive or difficult conversations.
We can become overloaded with information and unable to process
and respond to all of the messages we are exposed to.
◍ *The finals step of the linear model of communication is....
Answer: decoding and assigning meaning to the message.
◍ *The linear model fails to recognize that when an individual is
sending a message to someone:. Answer: the receiver is
simultaneously sending her own messages to that individual.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED
◍ Statement is true of communication. Answer: When
communication is unsuccessful, others do not interpret our meanings
as we intend and a state of misunderstanding results.
◍ Purpose of communication. Answer: Communication helps us
manage our problems, create opportunities, make decisions, and
connect with others in meaningful and productive ways.
◍ Challenges of Communication. Answer: Effective communication
requires significant intellectual and psychological resources.
Not everyone we encounter will appreciate the value of
communication.
We may over-rely on digitally mediated communication.
We live in a diverse world where intercultural understanding can be
difficult.
◍ Linear Model of Communication. Answer: Phase 1: Deciding on
the message.
Phase 2: Encoding the message.
Phase 3: Transmitting the message.
Phase 4: Perceiving the message.
,Phase 5: Decoding and assigning meaning to the message.
◍ Transactional Model of Communication. Answer: Feedback, along
with consideration of the factors that make accurate decoding of
messages difficult.
◍ Context. Answer: The environment and situation in which
communication occurs.
◍ feedback. Answer: The verbal or nonverbal message that a receiver
provides to sender as her or she receives and assigns meaning to the
senders message
◍ Role. Answer: describes the expectations on a person in a particular
setting
◍ Rules. Answer: are guidelines that people are expected to follow
◍ Communication competence. Answer: refers to one's ability to
"choose among available communicative behaviors to accomplish
one's goals during an encounter"
Comprised of three interrelated skill sets or dimensions:
appropriateness
communication skills
motivation
, ◍ *When we communicate successfully and stimulate meaning in the
minds of others, we achieve.. Answer: Understanding
◍ *Which of the following best descides unsuccessful
communication. Answer: Someone does not interpret the meaning you
intended
◍ *Which of the following is not one of the primary challenges of
communication?. Answer: Our desire to persuade others.
◍ *Which of the following is not necessary for effective
communication?. Answer: The ability to persuade someone and
change his or her mind
◍ *When we constantly communicate by email, text, or tweet we.
Answer: become more avoidant of sensitive or difficult conversations.
We can become overloaded with information and unable to process
and respond to all of the messages we are exposed to.
◍ *The finals step of the linear model of communication is....
Answer: decoding and assigning meaning to the message.
◍ *The linear model fails to recognize that when an individual is
sending a message to someone:. Answer: the receiver is
simultaneously sending her own messages to that individual.
