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Nonverbal Communication

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you say you are excited and display a big smile, that is an example of

a)

regulating

b)

contradicting

c)

repeating

d)

substituting

2.

When you hug and tell somebody you care it is stronger than when using only one or the other alone-example of ...

a)

emphasizing

b)

contradicting

c)

substituting

d)

regulating

3.

Holding your hand up to indicate stop during an intense conversation is an example of ...

a)

contradicting

b)

complementing

c)

chronemics

d)

verbal code

4.

Stating that you are fine, but your body or facial expressions show otherwise is an example of

a)

substituting

b)

regulating

c)

contradicting

d)

objectics

5.

Using gestures like rolling your eyes instead of verbalizing is an example of

a)

regulating

b)

complementing

c)

emphasizing

d)

substituting

6.

Walking away from somebody while they are talking is an example of

a)

regulating

b)

substituting

c)

kinesics

d)

repeating

7.

The ambiguity of nonverbal communication occurs only because people use a variety of codes to communicate the same meaning.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

An example of using the same code to communicate a variety of meanings is raising your right hand.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

The study of bodily movements, including posture, gestures, and facial expressions

a)

emblems

b)

kinesics

c)

objectics

d)

proxemics

10.

Nonverbal movements that substitute for words and phrases

a)

physical attraction

b)

chronemics

c)

tactile communication

d)

emblems

11.

The study of the human use of space and distance

a)

chronemics

b)

proxemics

c)

tactile communication

d)

jingle

12.

the variety of changes in pitch

a)

rate

b)

pitch

c)

inflection

d)

silence

13.

whether or not your mouth, tongue, and teeth coordinate to make a word understandable to others

a)

enunciation

b)

articulation

c)

quality

d)

pitch

14.

the highness or lowness of your voice

a)

rate

b)

articulation

c)

pronunciation

d)

pitch

15.

ornaments or adornments you display that hold communicative potential

a)

artifacts

b)

emblems

c)

audience

d)

feedback

16.

the use of touch in communication

a)

objectics

b)

kinesics

c)

adaptors

d)

tactile communication

17.

Game in which you act out cues

a)

pictionary

b)

charades

c)

pantomime

d)

scrabble

18.

characteristics needed by a game show host include all EXCEPT

a)

charming

b)

sarcastic

c)

quick thinkers

d)

funny

19.

Catchy advertising phrase or a verse set to music

a)

game show

b)

lip sync

c)

jingle

d)

pantomime

20.

Actor relies on his acting ability and use of nonverbal cues to create the illusion in the audience's minds.

a)

game show

b)

jingle

c)

lip sync

d)

pantomime