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Straighterline Exam 1/243Questions and Answers 2024
All business communicators at an advanced level share essentially the same
vocabulary because they are all accomplished professionals - True or False? -
- False - While business communicators may share certain kinds of
knowledge and language, they often occupy different professional and
industrial fields that bring with them special concepts and terminology.
- Widespread use of the Internet has increased companies' attention to
social responsibility - True or False? - - True.
- The higher the position in an organization, the more important
communication skills become - True or False? - - True.
- Sensing a need for communication typically occurs at the recipient's end in
the business communication process - True or False? - - False.
- The ability to quickly assess the emotions of those around them and adapt
their words, tone, and gestures accordingly is called: - - Social intelligence.
- The informal network inside an organization is also referred to as: - - The
grapevine.
- No two people have identical contexts or mental "filters" - True or False? -
- True.
- The main lines of operational communication in a business is the: - -
Formal network.
- Interpretation of a message occurs at the recipient's end in the business
communication process - True or False? - - True.
- Imagination and creativity are for the creative disciplines. Business
communication problems should be solved using standard formulas - True or
False? - - False.
- Which of the following best illustrates a personal communication? - - A
mail to a supplier thanking him for the Christmas card he had sent
- Which of the following statements is true about personal communication? -
- An external-operational communication often contains elements of personal
communication.
, - During the course of their communication, Albert and Nathan attach
different meanings to the same word. This is an example of: - - bypassing.
- Which of the following is an example of internal-operational
communication? - - A memo containing the production and sales target for
an organization
- Which of the following is an example of external-operational
communication? - - Advertisements that companies put up on their websites
for the general public
- Which of the following statements is true about increasing globalism and
workplace diversity? - - Increase in globalism has resulted in the
requirement for cultural agility.
- Social intelligence, which is the ability of people to quickly assess the
emotions of those around them and adapt their words, tone, and gestures
accordingly, is a type of _____. - - Interpretive skill.
- _____ is a typical example of new media. - - Text messaging.
- Computational thinking is best defined as the ability to: - - Interact with
data, see patterns in data, make data-based decisions, and use data to
design for desired outcomes.
- In the context of the external audiences of today's businesses, suppliers,
contractors, distributors, shippers, and contract workers are referred to as: -
- Core business partners.
- You can make your verbs more active by using the active voice. - - True.
- The use of specialized language can signal to other specialists that you are
qualified to communicate on their level. - - True.
- "A customer who pays promptly is placed on our preferred list." This is an
example of a gender-neutral sentence. - - True.
- According to studies of readability, long words generally communicate
better than short words. - - False.
- "The project uses state of the art technologies." This sentence uses a
cliché. - - True.
- The word "affect" is used as a noun that means "a result" of something. - -
False.
, - Concrete words are vague in nature. - - False.
- "The students of the seventh grade scored well in their math test." This is
an example of a discriminatory sentence. - - False.
- "The report will be sent by 2.00 p.m." This sentence is vague. - - False.
- Using simple words that carry the intended meaning without offending the
readers' intelligence makes a message clear and effective. - - True.
- Which of the following sentences does not use a cliché? - - Expenditures
have risen by a total of two percent in the past five years.
- Which of the following is an example of a gender-neutral word? - -
Personnel.
- Which of the following sentences does not use slang or a cliché? - - They
made plans to go to the park in the evening.
- Which of the following is true about concrete words? - - Concrete words
stand for things the reader can see, feel, taste, smell, or count.
- For writing to be clear and effective, you should: - - avoid using stiff words.
- Which of the following sentences correctly uses the word "farther"? - -
Simon walked farther into the woods.
- Which of the following sentences correctly uses the word "affect"? - - The
major affect of the storm was felt by people settled near the shore.
- The best way to give your message coherence is to arrange its information
in a logical order. - - True.
- Using short sentences in communication increases miscommunications. - -
False.
- Business audiences tend to prefer long, complex sentences over simple
ones. - - False.
- The overuse of short sentences results in a choppy, elementary-sounding
effect. - - True.
- Redundancies increase the effectiveness of business messages. - - False.
- According to the standards for punctuation, the apostrophe is used to show
the possessive case of nouns and indefinite pronouns. - - True.
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