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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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The tendency to transmit messages without considering the consequences is called
stupidity
career killing
flaming
disinhibition
2
Fred interprets his wife's remarks through the lens of his childhood communication. This shows
that communication is a process
that communication requires competence
that communication is relational
that communication is symbolic
3
Tim didn't study for his math test. He can't focus now in History class because of anxiety.
Tim is experiencing loss of bladder control
Tim is going to freak out and go to McD's
Tim is experiencing psychological noise
Tim is experiencing biological noise
4
A _____ is an arbitrary sign used to represent a thing, person, idea, or relationship
none of these
context
channel
symbol
5
Transmission of messages to widespread, unknown audience through TV, radio, newspapers, etc.
Public communication
Organizational communication
Mediated communication
Mass communication
6
Each communicator brings with him or her a ________ that includes culture, interests, etc.
mediator
frame of reference
channel
feedback
7
You can't take back communication anymore than you can unsqueeze a tube of toothpaste because
communication is irreversible
communication is symbolic
communication is relational
communication is a process
8
Meanings are in _____________ not in words.
people
names
symbols
ideas
9
Communication competence is situational
False
True
10
Feedback is
the discernible response of a receiver to a sender's message
Both 1 and 3
what makes sending and receiving a simultaneous thing
decoding a messge
11
Your five senses are examples of communication
mediators
environments
channels
encoders
12
The media is the message means that
All are correct
Marshall Mcluhan was very wise
the channel I communicate through says as much as what I say
I should not always communicate through the same channel
13
In _____ communication parties consider one another as unique individuals rather than objects
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Mediated
Group
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Communication solves every problem
False
True
15
Intrapersonal communication is talking to
an audience
a group
yourself
one other person face to face
16
Context or setting influences communication behavior and meaning
True
False
17
The act of putting thoughts into meaningul symbols is called
decoding
sending
encoding
channeling
18
Another name for the linear model of communication is the
bilateral theory
transactional theory
interactional theory
bullet theory
19
Communication is
symbolic, relational, a process, complete, unrepeatable
symbolic, individual, a process, irreversible, unrepeatable
symbolic, repetitious, a process, irreversible, complete
symbolic, relational, a process, irreversible, unrepeateable
20
Social media and texting are both forms of
Organization communication
Mediated communication
Interpersonal communication
Mass communication
21
In the Transactional model communicators send and receive messages simultaneously
True
False
22
In _______ communication individuals must actively participate to reach a common goal
Organizational
Interpersonal
Group
Mass
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Competent communicators are
flexible, empathic, self monitors, cognitively complex
sympathetic, flexible, cognitively complex, self monitoring,
caring, predictable communicators, self monitoring, honest
confident, predictable communicators, loyal, caring, honest
24
A headache is an example of
Psychological noise
Physiological noise
None of these
External noise
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The ____ is the sender's planned and unplanned words and nonverbal behaviors
encoding
noise
message
channel
