Communication

What happens to communication when the sender and the receiver apply different meanings to the same message?

• There will be no communication.

• The communication may succeed or fail.

• There will be a misunderstanding that leads to break-ups.

• The communication might not exist.

You have a headache whilst listening to the presenter. What type of noise is apparent?

• Psysiological

• semantic

• physical

• psychological

This type of public speaking requires the two opposite sides to solve a problem through arguments and arrive at a consensus.

• debate

• imprmoptu speaking

• oration

• extemporaneous

This refers to the receptive channel of communication which is realised by the sense of hearing.

• gustatory

• tactile

• olfactory

• aural

If the channel is the means by which the communication is delivered, what is the function of the medium then?

• It refines the message

• it amplifies the communication

• it replicates the message

• it clarifies the communication

Which communication model is correct, where there must be a common field of experience between the sender and the receiver so they would understand each other?

• Eugene White's

• Aristotle's

• Shannon-Weaver's

• Osgood-Schramm's

Answer explanation

Osgood-Schramm's model of communication is known as a circular model because it indicates that messages can go in two directions. Hence, once a person decodes a message, then they can encode it and send a message back to the sender. They could continue encoding and decoding into a continuous cycle.

Kris encountered signal interruption, while talking to Iqbal on the phone. Does this mean that message passes through?

• society

• channel

• medium

• path

The power of words, once spoken or written, can never be taken back. What principle of communication is observed?

• Communication is an interpretative act.

• communication is contextual.

• communication is powerful.

• communication is irreversible.