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WorksheetsProfessional Communications Semester Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A songwriter may have a ___________ on the song they wrote and that gives them ownership of that song.
a)
Digital footprint
b)
patent
c)
trademark
d)
copyright
2.
_________ dictates how business should be conducted.
a)
social responsibility
b)
filters
c)
cookies
d)
code of ethics
3.
____________is examining material and blocking or deleting anything considered inappropriate.
a)
Confidential
b)
censorship
c)
Hacking
d)
firewall
4.
_________ is overstating the features and benefits of products or services, making false claims about them.
a)
false advertising
b)
honesty
c)
code of ethics
d)
phishing
5.
________ are murals early humans painted to relate happenings and express ideas.
a)
Alphabet
b)
Cave drawings
c)
Block printing
d)
Symbols
6.
The __________ was invented by Gutenberg in Germany.
a)
Movable type
b)
Telecommunication
c)
Printing Press
d)
Ideograms
7.
________ is expressing thought through verbal language.
a)
Alphabet
b)
Symbols
c)
Writing
d)
Speech
8.
__________give a complete thought and could stand alone as a separate sentence.
a)
Phrase
b)
Independent clause
c)
Dependent clause
d)
Noun
9.
________ nouns describes a person, place, or thing in general terms.
a)
Common
b)
Possessive
c)
Clause
d)
Predicate
10.
The __________ describes an action or state of being for the subject.
a)
Predicate
b)
Subject
c)
conjunction
d)
antecedent
11.
The word that gets replaced with a pronoun is its __________.
a)
Subject
b)
conjunction
c)
antecedent
d)
clause
12.
__________ is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
a)
Complement
b)
adjective
c)
verb
d)
article
13.
An ________ is an adjective that limits the noun or pronoun it modifies.
a)
article
b)
tense
c)
verb
d)
complement
14.
_____________case pronouns show ownership.
a)
relative
b)
possessive
c)
tense
d)
indefinite
15.
An _____________ is a word that expresses strong emotion.
a)
Infinitive
b)
interjection
c)
terminal
d)
gerund
16.
___________punctuation marks are used at the end of a sentence.
a)
gerund
b)
correlative
c)
internal
d)
terminal
17.
A ___________________is used at the end of an interrogative sentence.
a)
period
b)
quotation mark
c)
question mark
d)
exclamation mark
18.
A gerund is a verb form used as a noun, formed by adding ______.
a)
–ed
b)
–ing
c)
–s
d)
–‘s
19.
__________ participle is a writing error in which a participle phrase modifies nothing or the wrong person or object.
a)
preposition
b)
silly
c)
dangling
d)
hanging
20.
____________ are used to enclose short, direct quotes and titles of some artistic or written works.
a)
parenthesis
b)
hashtags
c)
periods
d)
quotation marks
21.
When a word is divided at the end of a line of text, a ______ is used between parts of the word.
a)
Comma
b)
hyphen
c)
period
d)
tab
22.
A ______ is used to separate hours and minutes.
a)
Comma
b)
colon
c)
semi-colon
d)
period
23.
A ________ is used to separate two independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
a)
Comma
b)
colon
c)
semi-colon
d)
period
24.
Abbreviations of days of the week are NOT capitalized .
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Capitalization is used for proper nouns, for some abbreviations, in personal and professional titles, and for parts of business letters.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
___________ introduces the topic first followed by descriptive details
a)
outline
b)
indirect approach
c)
direct approach
d)
scope
27.
_________ is the person or group to whom the message is directed.
a)
demographics
b)
indirect audience
c)
direct audience
d)
audience
28.
When Prewriting, you should use the __________ approach.
a)
journalistic
b)
authoristic
c)
mediastic
d)
cannibalistic
29.
The writing process is a set of sequential steps for each writing task: prewriting, writing, prepublishing and publishing.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The writing process uses the four Cs of communication, they are: clarity, conciseness, courtesy and correctness.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Mr. Villacci’s favorite movie series is _________.
a)
Home Alone
b)
Star Trek
c)
Star Wars
d)
Twilight
32.
_____________________ the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services.
a)
Customer Advise
b)
a. Customer Service
c)
Company Criticism
d)
Company Goodwill
33.
_____________ is the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward.
a)
Time management
b)
Work Ethic
c)
a. Morals
d)
Team Work
34.
_________________ is the action of leading a group of people or an organization.
a)
Time management
b)
a. Project Management
c)
Leadership
d)
a. Team Work
35.
_________________ is the advantage an individual or an organization has due to its good reputation; it cannot be bought.
a)
Instruct
b)
Translation
c)
Good Will
d)
a. Lateral
36.
Professional Communication is usable in the workplace and is used to provide ______________.
a)
Factual Information
b)
Message
c)
Protocol
d)
Translation
37.
What tells the sender if a message was understood as intended?
a)
Encoding
b)
Decoding
c)
Feedback
d)
Protocol
38.
_________ is the attitude a person projects with the tone and pitch of his or her voice.
a)
Personal Space
b)
Context
c)
Paralanguage
d)
Haptics
39.
_____________ is anything that prevents clear, effective communication.
a)
Written Communication
b)
Paralanguage
c)
Haptics
d)
Barrier
40.
_________ is the environments or setting in which something occurs or is communicated.
a)
Paralanguage
b)
Context
c)
Personal Space
d)
Barrier
41.
___________ is the shared beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular group or nation.
a)
Customs
b)
Culture
c)
Traditions
d)
History
42.
A _____________is a belief or a generalization about a group of people with a given set of characteristics and is unacceptable.
a)
Stigma
b)
Diversity
c)
Stereotype
d)
Tradition
43.
______________ is the process of sending and receiving messages between people of various cultures.
a)
Intercultural Communication
b)
International Relations
c)
Public relations
d)
Aggressive Negotiations
44.
Which leadership style tends to let the team do as they independently decide to do?
a)
Democratic
b)
Autocratic
c)
Laissez-faire
45.
____________ is when two parties who are in disagreement come to discuss a compromise.
a)
Negotiation
b)
Mediation
c)
Conflict Management
d)
Consensus
46.
When a team is formed with team members who are all experts in the same subject the team is considered a ___________ team.
a)
Cross-functional
b)
functional
c)
special-ops
d)
informal
47.
________________is intentionally sending unwanted e-mails or flooding an individual’s social media site with unwanted messages.
a)
Plagiarism
b)
slander
c)
spamming
d)
libel
48.
_________ is publishing a false statement about someone that causes others to have a bad opinion of him or her.
a)
libel
b)
gossip
c)
slander
d)
netiquette
49.
__________ participle indicates action is in progress or ongoing.
a)
dangling
b)
gerund
c)
period
d)
present
50.
A ___________________is used at the end of an interrogative sentence.
a)
period
b)
quotation mark
c)
question mark
d)
exclamation mark
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