COM205 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ACTUAL
PREDICTION EXAM 2024/2025
### 1. What is a source in communication?
a) The person who receives and interprets the message
b) The person who creates and encodes the message
c) The pathway through which the message is sent
d) The response to a message
**An...
COM205 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ACTUAL
PREDICTION EXAM 2024/2025
### 1. What is a source in communication?
a) The person who receives and interprets the message
b) The person who creates and encodes the message
c) The pathway through which the message is sent
d) The response to a message
**Answer: b) The person who creates and encodes the message**
### 2. What does encoding mean in communication?
a) Interpreting the message received
b) Translating ideas and thoughts into a code
c) Sending the message through a channel
d) Providing feedback on the message
**Answer: b) Translating ideas and thoughts into a code**
### 3. What does decoding refer to?
a) Creating a new message
b) Translating thoughts into words
c) Interpreting the words or signals received
d) Choosing the channel for the message
**Answer: c) Interpreting the words or signals received**
### 4. Who is the receiver in the communication process?
a) The person who sends the message
b) The person who decodes and makes sense of the message
c) The channel through which the message is sent
d) The feedback given to the sender
**Answer: b) The person who decodes and makes sense of the message**
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### 5. What are messages in communication?
a) The responses to communication
b) The codes used to send messages
c) The written, spoken, and unspoken elements to which people assign meaning
d) The physical settings for communication
**Answer: c) The written, spoken, and unspoken elements to which people assign meaning**
### 6. What is a communication channel?
a) The person who sends the message
b) The response to the message
c) The pathway through which messages are sent
d) The interpretation of the message
**Answer: c) The pathway through which messages are sent**
### 7. What does noise refer to in communication?
a) The feedback provided by the receiver
b) The interference that hinders accurate encoding or decoding of a message
c) The source of the message
d) The verbal and nonverbal elements of a message
**Answer: b) The interference that hinders accurate encoding or decoding of a message**
### 8. What is feedback in communication?
a) The interpretation of the message
b) The response to a message
c) The process of encoding a message
d) The channel through which the message is sent
**Answer: b) The response to a message**
### 9. What does context refer to in communication?
a) The physical, historical, and psychological environment
b) The pathway through which the message is sent
c) The code used to send the message
d) The response to the message
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**Answer: a) The physical, historical, and psychological environment**
### 10. How is communication defined as action?
a) Communication is a linear process from source to receiver
b) Communication occurs when the receiver gives feedback
c) Communication is a simultaneous exchange of ideas
d) Communication happens in real time
**Answer: a) Communication is a linear process from source to receiver**
### 11. How is communication defined as interaction?
a) Communication happens in a linear sequence of actions and reactions
b) Communication involves simultaneous sharing of ideas and feelings
c) Communication occurs with feedback from the receiver
d) Communication uses various channels
**Answer: a) Communication happens in a linear sequence of actions and reactions**
### 12. How is communication defined as transaction?
a) Communication is a linear process from source to receiver
b) Communication occurs with feedback in a sequence
c) Communication is simultaneous and involves concurrent sharing of ideas and feelings
d) Communication is mediated by technology
**Answer: c) Communication is simultaneous and involves concurrent sharing of ideas and feelings**
### 13. What is mediated communication?
a) Communication that happens in face-to-face interactions
b) Communication using channels other than face-to-face
c) Communication in small groups
d) Communication involving public speaking
**Answer: b) Communication using channels other than face-to-face**
### 14. What are the four differences between face-to-face and mediated communication?
a) Anonymity, distance, personal appearance, time
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