Listening Skills Quiz

Alan and Alex were at a concert. Alan was just hearing the music while Alex was listening to it. What is the difference between Alan's and Alex's experiences?

• Hearing, like Alan's experience, is accidental and automatic, while listening, like Alex's experience, is purposeful and focused.

• Hearing, like Alan's experience, requires effort, while listening, like Alex's experience, does not.

• Hearing, like Alan's experience, is focused, while listening, like Alex's experience, is accidental.

• Hearing, like Alan's experience, is active, while listening, like Alex's experience, is passive.

What are the benefits of effective listening?

• Becoming a better singer, improving memory, being perceived as less intelligent, helping with public speaking.

• Becoming a better student, becoming a better friend, being perceived as intelligent, helping with public speaking.

• Becoming a better athlete, improving memory, being perceived as less intelligent, helping with writing.

• Becoming a better student, improving memory, being perceived as less intelligent, helping with writing.

What is the nature of the people listening style?

• Focused on the speaker's personality or experience.

• Focused on reaching the end of the message.

• Focused on what is expected of the listener.

• Focused on the information and meanings in the message.

Gabriela is listening to Tiago's presentation. If Gabriela is focusing on the information and meanings in Tiago's message, what is the nature of her listening style?

• Time listening style

• People oriented listening style

• Content listening style

• She is focused on Tiago's personality or experience.

Alastair is listening to Andrew explain a complex physics concept. What is the nature of Alastair's content listening style?

• He is focused on Andrew's personality and experience.

• He is focused on reaching the end of Andrew's explanation.

• He is focused on what is expected of him as a listener.

• He is focused on the information, rationale and meanings in Andrew's explanation.

How does Zion, who has a time listening style, typically listen when Ava is sharing her ideas?

• He focuses on the information and meanings in Ava's message.

• He focuses on Ava's personality or experience.

• He focuses on reaching the end of Ava's message.

• He focuses on what is expected of him as a listener.

Who is Sabrina, a people-oriented listener, most likely to focus on?

• The underlying rationale of the discussion

• The message being conveyed in the discussion

• Reaching the end of the discussion

• The speaker, in this case, Valentina

During a group discussion, Abby is known to be an action-oriented listener. What would be the primary focus of Abby's attention?

• Reaching the end of the discussion

• Understanding the underlying rationale of the discussion

• Grasping what needs to be done

• Focusing on the speaker

While Sky's group is presenting, what is the preferred focus of Nico, a content-oriented listener's, attention?

• The speaker, in this case, Jude

• The message being conveyed by Sky

• Reaching the end of the message from Sabrina

• The underlying rationale in Ashley's argument

Jude, a time-oriented listener, is most likely to focus on what aspect of a group discussion?

• The underlying rationale of the discussion

• Reaching the end of the discussion

• The content of the discussion

• The speaker, Daniel