Models of Communication

1. According to the linear model of communication, at any given point in time a person is sending a message and receiving a message.

• TRUE

• FALSE

2. The dynamic process that involves participants decoding and encoding messages is called:

• Linear

• Transactional

3. We receive and respond to messages from another person at the same time that she or he is receiving and responding to us is an example of the _____________ model.

• Linear

• Transactional

4. You answer your first question at a job interview and the interviewer frowns. Which characteristic of communication best describes the situation?

• Feedback can be verbal or nonverbal

• Communication is dyadic

5. It is a model of communication that has become vey influential model

• David Berlo

• Eugene White

• Harold Laswell

• Shannon-Weaver

6. Which of the following ideas is NOT a proposition of the Transactional Model of Julia Wood?

• Meaning is in people, not in words.

• Communication is complete once the message has been sent and received.

• Communication creates shared meaning.

• Communication involves both content and relationship dynamic.

7. Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the linear model of communication has:

• It doesn't include feedback.

• It doesn't include noise.

• It assumes listeners are passive not active participants.

• It assumes sending and receiving are separate, not simultaneous activity

8. Shannon and Weaver’s (1949) model of communication has the following components: ______.

• precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

• product, price, place, promotion

• source, transmitter, channel, receiver, destination

9. It is known as the mother of all models of communication.

• Transactional Model

• Shannon-Weaver Model

• Schramm Model

10. Without the presence of this element, the speaker will not know whether the receiver understands the message or not.

• Feedback

• Channel

• Speaker