Saylor Academy: BUS210 Questions and
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Kate and Leo are sitting in the company cafeteria, watching the streaming video of a business
program on Kate's laptop. Their boss Joshua, in his office, has the same streaming video on his
desktop computer, while Martin, who is using the photocop...
Kate and Leo are sitting in the company cafeteria, watching the streaming video of a business
program on Kate's laptop. Their boss Joshua, in his office, has the same streaming video on his
desktop computer, while Martin, who is using the photocopier in the room next door, is listening
to it on his iPod. The four colleagues are all listening to the same program, because a fifth
colleague is being interviewed by the program's host. At this moment in time, the streaming
video represents which of the following communication contexts? b. Interpersonal
communication
c. Mass communication
d. Public communication
You are in a restaurant in New York City and want a sandwich on a long roll for lunch. You are
from Philadelphia and order a hoagie. The waiter does not understand your request. Which
aspect of the constructivist model of communication must be addressed in order to properly
communicate your order to the waiter? b. Receiver/source
Which of the following are challenges associated with communicating ethically? b.
Egalitarianism
, Saylor Academy: BUS210 Questions and
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For which of the following individuals does nonverbal communication play a larger role in how
the recipient perceives what that person is saying? c. Politician
Which of the following words might indicate that we are trying to intentionally manipulate the
meaning of our message? b. Preowned
Which of the following statements about connotative meaning is correct? c. Connotative
terms can be found in the community of users
A company has grouped all of its salespeople into one division and its marketing people into
another, even though many of the salespeople work on the same projects as the marketing
people. Which of the following statements about language applies to these groupings? a.
Groups are organized without bias or stereotype
b. Our ability to organize is useful and a natural process
d. Maintaining these groupings enables us to communicate successfully
Mike has two groups of friends. Each group has both invented words and re-purposed existing
words in unconventional ways. If either group were to overhear the other, Mike believes they
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