Midterm for SPC1017 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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SPC1017
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SPC1017
Midterm for SPC1017 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
People are either ethnocentric or not ethnocentric. - answerFalse
Competence refers to your interpersonal communication abilities rather than to small-group or
public-speaking abilities. - answerFalse
Choice points are moments when you ha...
Midterm for SPC1017 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
People are either ethnocentric or not ethnocentric. - answer✔✔False
Competence refers to your interpersonal communication abilities rather than to small-group or
public-speaking abilities. - answer✔✔False
Choice points are moments when you have to make choices regarding your communication -
answer✔✔True
All messages involve content and relationship dimensions - answer✔✔True
The punctuation of communication is the segmenting of the continuous stream of communication
into smaller pieces - answer✔✔True
Which of the following myths of communication is identified in your book? - answer✔✔The
more you communicate, the better your communication skills will be.
When Henri wants to share information with Chantal but not with others in the room, he
switches from speaking English to speaking French, which Chantal understands. Which of the
following best describes what Henri does to keep his comments to Chantal private? -
answer✔✔He encodes his message in a way he thinks only Chantal will understand
The information on the cover of a magazine that entices a reader to buy it is an example of -
answer✔✔feedforward
Bobby: "I got a new bat!" Jan: "That's great. I can't wait to see you swing it at the game next
Saturday." Bobby: "Not that kind of bat! His name is Del and he's my new pet." This exchange
between Bobby and Jan best illustrates which principle of communication? -
answer✔✔Communication is ambiguous.
__________ communication is the general term used to describe communication from one
source to many receivers, some of which may be scattered throughout the world. -
answer✔✔Mass
Individualistic cultures put more emphasis on self-reliance, __________, and __________. -
answer✔✔independence; individual achievement
Christina and DeAnna were having a quiet conversation over drinks before the band started to
play, but now they have to shout and even then can't really hear what the other is saying. We can
assume that once the band started to play, the signal-to-noise ratio in this scenario __________. -
answer✔✔went from high signal/low noise to low signal/high noise
"You cannot not communicate" expresses which principle of communication? -
answer✔✔Communication is inevitable.
The linear model of communication is analogous with a(n)______________ - answer✔✔tennis
game
According to your book, competent communicators __________. - answer✔✔think critically and
mindfully
Ethnic identity refers to __________. - answer✔✔one's commitment to the beliefs and
philosophy of one's own culture
Which of the following is true of communication contexts? - answer✔✔All communication takes
place within contexts.
E-mailing, blogging, and posting on Google+ and Facebook are all examples of __________
communication - answer✔✔computer-mediated
The tendency to divide the various communication transactions into sequences of stimuli and
responses is referred to as __________. - answer✔✔punctuation
The vehicle through which we send messages is referred to as the __________. -
answer✔✔channel
Biases or prejudices of senders-receivers are examples of what kind of noise? -
answer✔✔psychological
The temporal dimension of context is __________. - answer✔✔a message's position within a
sequence of events
During a department meeting, Antonio's boss was discussing the new software that will be
implemented in the department. Antonio was daydreaming about his upcoming vacation. We can
assume that his boss's message was distorted by __________ noise. - answer✔✔psychological
When someone sends a message in response to your initial message, such as laughing at your
joke, he or she is sending __________. - answer✔✔feedback
The statement "I may be wrong about this, but. . . ." best illustrates the element of
communication known as __________. - answer✔✔feedforward
Positive face is the desire to be viewed positively by others, to be thought of favorably. -
answer✔✔True
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