Comm101 Midterm, Quiz 1-13 SBCC
Chapter 1
The study of communication can help improve:
A. You as a person
b. The relationship you have with others
c. Your chances of succeeding in your career
d. Your social and civic world
e. All of these choices *****
That statement that communication is systematic, means that
a. Symbols construct our meanings
b. Communication changes over time
c. There is a content and a literal level of meaning
d. It is studied in an organized manner
e. The various parts affect each other ******
The most complex of the communication models is the
a. Interactive model
b. Double helix model
c. Passive model
d. Transactional model ******
e. Heisenberg model
In communication, each person is both a sender and receiver of messages.
-True
Communicating well with other people promotes personal health.
-True
Feedback may be intentional or unintentional.
-True
Careers in management tend to require more technical skill than communication skill.
-False
The literal level of meaning is referred to as:
a. Relational level
b. Connotative level ******
c. Bypassed meaning
d. Content level of meaning
e. Inferential level of meaning
The transactional model of communication best represents the processual character and the complexity of human communication.
-True
The abstract, arbitrary and ambiguous representations we use to represent our experiences are symbols.
-True
Chapter 2
Effective communication principles are the same across cultures.
-False
Which of the following is not an area of study in the communication discipline?
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Ethics and communication
c. Mass communication
d. Organizational communication
e. All of the above are fields of study in the discipline of communication ***
According to Aristotle, which of the following is not a persuasive "proof"?
a. logos
b. pathos
c. ethos
d. tanthos *****
e. all of the above are "proofs"
Communication with ourselves, or self talk, is
The study of communication can help improve:
A. You as a person
b. The relationship you have with others
c. Your chances of succeeding in your career
d. Your social and civic world
e. All of these choices *****
That statement that communication is systematic, means that
a. Symbols construct our meanings
b. Communication changes over time
c. There is a content and a literal level of meaning
d. It is studied in an organized manner
e. The various parts affect each other ******
The most complex of the communication models is the
a. Interactive model
b. Double helix model
c. Passive model
d. Transactional model ******
e. Heisenberg model
In communication, each person is both a sender and receiver of messages.
-True
Communicating well with other people promotes personal health.
-True
Feedback may be intentional or unintentional.
-True
Careers in management tend to require more technical skill than communication skill.
-False
The literal level of meaning is referred to as:
a. Relational level
b. Connotative level ******
c. Bypassed meaning
d. Content level of meaning
e. Inferential level of meaning
The transactional model of communication best represents the processual character and the complexity of human communication.
-True
The abstract, arbitrary and ambiguous representations we use to represent our experiences are symbols.
-True
Chapter 2
Effective communication principles are the same across cultures.
-False
Which of the following is not an area of study in the communication discipline?
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Ethics and communication
c. Mass communication
d. Organizational communication
e. All of the above are fields of study in the discipline of communication ***
According to Aristotle, which of the following is not a persuasive "proof"?
a. logos
b. pathos
c. ethos
d. tanthos *****
e. all of the above are "proofs"
Communication with ourselves, or self talk, is