Test Bank for Interpersonal Communication and You, 5th Edition By
Steven McCornack (All Chapters Download link at the end of
chapters)
Chapter 01: Introducing Interpersonal Communication
Matching
Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
A. appropriateness
B. channel
C. communication
D. contexts
E. dyadic
F. effectiveness
G. ethics
H. feedback
I. fields of experience
J. high self-monitors
K. impersonal communication
L. instrumental goals
M. interactive communication model
N. interpersonal communication
O. interpersonal communication competence
P. intrapersonal communication
Q. linear communication model
R. low self-monitors
S. message
T. noise
U. online communication
V. receiver
W. relationship goals
X. self-presentational goals
Y. sender
Z. transactional communication model
1. The process through which people use messages to generate meanings within and across contexts,
cultures, channels, and media.
ANSWER: C. communication
,2. The person for whom a message is intended and delivered.
ANSWER: V. receiver
3. The degree to which communication matches situational, relational, and cultural norms. ANSWER:
A. appropriateness
4. A set of attitudes, values, beliefs, and experiences that communicators bring to an event.
ANSWER: I. fields of experience
5. Practical goals you want to achieve through communication. ANSWER: L. instrumental goals
6. People who are less sensitive to norms and appropriateness of communication and prefer to "act
like themselves."
ANSWER: R. low self-monitors
7. The endless variety of communication situations.
ANSWER: D. contexts
8. The moral principles that guide our communication behaviors.
ANSWER: G. ethics
9. Interaction via social networking, texting, or e-mail. ANSWER: U. online communication
10. A dynamic form of communication between two (or more) people in which messages exchanged
significantly influence their relationships, thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. ANSWER: N.
interpersonal communication
11. Portrays information as flowing in one direction, from a starting point to an end point. ANSWER:
Q. linear communication model
, 12. Communicating in ways that are appropriate, effective, and ethical. ANSWER: O. interpersonal
communication competence
13. An individual who generates information to be communicated.
ANSWER: Y. sender
14. The "package" of information. ANSWER: S. message
15. Factors that impede messages from reaching their destination.
ANSWER: T. noise
16. Communication goals that are designed to ensure that a communicator is perceived in a particular
way. ANSWER: X. self-presentational goals
17. Views communication as a process between senders and receivers, involving both feedback and
fields of experience.
ANSWER: M. interactive communication model
18. The sensory dimension along which communicators transmit information. ANSWER: B. channel
19. A view of communication that suggests communication is multidirectional. ANSWER: Z.
transactional communication model
20. The ability to use communication to achieve interpersonal goals. ANSWER: F. effectiveness
21. Involving pairs of people or dyads. ANSWER: E. dyadic
Steven McCornack (All Chapters Download link at the end of
chapters)
Chapter 01: Introducing Interpersonal Communication
Matching
Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
A. appropriateness
B. channel
C. communication
D. contexts
E. dyadic
F. effectiveness
G. ethics
H. feedback
I. fields of experience
J. high self-monitors
K. impersonal communication
L. instrumental goals
M. interactive communication model
N. interpersonal communication
O. interpersonal communication competence
P. intrapersonal communication
Q. linear communication model
R. low self-monitors
S. message
T. noise
U. online communication
V. receiver
W. relationship goals
X. self-presentational goals
Y. sender
Z. transactional communication model
1. The process through which people use messages to generate meanings within and across contexts,
cultures, channels, and media.
ANSWER: C. communication
,2. The person for whom a message is intended and delivered.
ANSWER: V. receiver
3. The degree to which communication matches situational, relational, and cultural norms. ANSWER:
A. appropriateness
4. A set of attitudes, values, beliefs, and experiences that communicators bring to an event.
ANSWER: I. fields of experience
5. Practical goals you want to achieve through communication. ANSWER: L. instrumental goals
6. People who are less sensitive to norms and appropriateness of communication and prefer to "act
like themselves."
ANSWER: R. low self-monitors
7. The endless variety of communication situations.
ANSWER: D. contexts
8. The moral principles that guide our communication behaviors.
ANSWER: G. ethics
9. Interaction via social networking, texting, or e-mail. ANSWER: U. online communication
10. A dynamic form of communication between two (or more) people in which messages exchanged
significantly influence their relationships, thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. ANSWER: N.
interpersonal communication
11. Portrays information as flowing in one direction, from a starting point to an end point. ANSWER:
Q. linear communication model
, 12. Communicating in ways that are appropriate, effective, and ethical. ANSWER: O. interpersonal
communication competence
13. An individual who generates information to be communicated.
ANSWER: Y. sender
14. The "package" of information. ANSWER: S. message
15. Factors that impede messages from reaching their destination.
ANSWER: T. noise
16. Communication goals that are designed to ensure that a communicator is perceived in a particular
way. ANSWER: X. self-presentational goals
17. Views communication as a process between senders and receivers, involving both feedback and
fields of experience.
ANSWER: M. interactive communication model
18. The sensory dimension along which communicators transmit information. ANSWER: B. channel
19. A view of communication that suggests communication is multidirectional. ANSWER: Z.
transactional communication model
20. The ability to use communication to achieve interpersonal goals. ANSWER: F. effectiveness
21. Involving pairs of people or dyads. ANSWER: E. dyadic
