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The Basics of Communication

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Why do people make a phone call, send text message, like a Facebook post, or send email?

a)

It's a hobby.

b)

They are bored.

c)

They want to communicate.

d)

They like it.

2.

Which of the following are the elements in communication?

a)

source, message, noise, channel

b)

source, channel receiver, code

c)

code, receiver, source, message

d)

source, message, channel, receiver

3.

It is the information or subject matter the source is intending to share.

a)

message

b)

sender

c)

channel

d)

receiver

4.

It could include poor audio quality or too much sound, poor image quality, too much or too little light, etc.

a)

context

b)

environment

c)

source

d)

interference

5.

It is the physical and psychological space in communication

a)

source

b)

environment

c)

message

d)

channel

6.

He is the person whom the message is intended.

(a)  

7.

Which of the following is NOT an element of the transmission model of communication?

a)

participants

b)

messages

c)

encoding

d)

interference

8.

The (a)   can be verbal or non-verbal being conveyed from sender to receiver.

9.

The internal cognitive process that allows participants to send, receive, and understand messages are the (a)   and the decoding process.

10.

The process of turning thoughts into communication is called (a)   .

11.

We always communicate verbally.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

12.

Most communication occurs through visual (sight) or (a)   (sound).

13.

The (a)   communication model is a one-way process communication.

14.

The linear transmission model of communication focuses on the receiver and the message.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

15.

(a)   proposed that communication has only three basic elements: speaker, message, hearer.

16.

The model influenced technologies such as telegraphy and radio were proposed by (a)   .

17.

The model described as a process in which participants alternate positions as sender and receiver is called (a)   .

18.

The model that incorporates feedback which make communication interactive is (a)   process.

19.

The interactive model is more message focused and less interaction focus.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

20.

When many messages are sent at one time, many of them may not even be received.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

21.

Which model takes physical and psychological context into account?

a)

linear

b)

interactive

c)

transaction

22.

The (a)   context includes environmental factors in a communication encounter.

23.

(a)   context includes the mental and emotional factors in a communication encounter.

24.

The (a)   model of communication describes communication as a process in which communicators generate social realities.

25.

In the transaction model, the participants in the communication encounter are referred to as (a)   .