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Communication Basics
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A quiz to test the basic terminology and concepts associated with communication studies.
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A _____ is an arbitrary sign used to represent a thing, person, idea, or relationship
channel
symbol
none of these
context
2
Meanings are in _____________ not in words.
people
symbols
ideas
names
3
Context or setting influences communication behavior and meaning
False
True
4
Competent communicators are
flexible, empathic, self monitors, cognitively complex
sympathetic, flexible, cognitively complex, self monitoring,
confident, predictable communicators, loyal, caring, honest
caring, predictable communicators, self monitoring, honest
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Social media and texting are both forms of
Mediated communication
Organization communication
Mass communication
Interpersonal communication
6
You can't take back communication anymore than you can unsqueeze a tube of toothpaste because
communication is symbolic
communication is relational
communication is a process
communication is irreversible
7
In _____ communication parties consider one another as unique individuals rather than objects
Group
Mediated
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
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Your five senses are examples of communication
encoders
channels
environments
mediators
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Communication competence is situational
True
False
10
The tendency to transmit messages without considering the consequences is called
stupidity
disinhibition
flaming
career killing
11
A headache is an example of
Physiological noise
Psychological noise
None of these
External noise
12
Tim didn't study for his math test. He can't focus now in History class because of anxiety.
Tim is experiencing biological noise
Tim is experiencing psychological noise
Tim is experiencing loss of bladder control
Tim is going to freak out and go to McD's
13
In _______ communication individuals must actively participate to reach a common goal
Mass
Group
Interpersonal
Organizational
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Communication solves every problem
True
False
15
Intrapersonal communication is talking to
a group
yourself
an audience
one other person face to face
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Fred interprets his wife's remarks through the lens of his childhood communication. This shows
that communication requires competence
that communication is a process
that communication is symbolic
that communication is relational
17
In the Transactional model communicators send and receive messages simultaneously
True
False
18
The ____ is the sender's planned and unplanned words and nonverbal behaviors
message
channel
noise
encoding
19
The media is the message means that
Marshall Mcluhan was very wise
the channel I communicate through says as much as what I say
All are correct
I should not always communicate through the same channel
20
Feedback is
what makes sending and receiving a simultaneous thing
Both 1 and 3
decoding a messge
the discernible response of a receiver to a sender's message
21
Communication is
symbolic, relational, a process, complete, unrepeatable
symbolic, relational, a process, irreversible, unrepeateable
symbolic, individual, a process, irreversible, unrepeatable
symbolic, repetitious, a process, irreversible, complete
22
Another name for the linear model of communication is the
bullet theory
interactional theory
transactional theory
bilateral theory
23
Each communicator brings with him or her a ________ that includes culture, interests, etc.
frame of reference
mediator
feedback
channel
24
The act of putting thoughts into meaningul symbols is called
channeling
sending
encoding
decoding
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Transmission of messages to widespread, unknown audience through TV, radio, newspapers, etc.
Organizational communication
Mass communication
Mediated communication
Public communication
