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Communication

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Communication can be defined as the exchange of information, feelings, thoughts and ideas.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is this called?

a)

cell phone

b)

telegraph

c)

television

d)

radio

3.

What are these called?

a)

newspapers

b)

magazines

c)

movies

d)

books

4.

What is this type of communication called?

a)

fingers

b)

hands

c)

sign language

d)

picture

5.

What are these called?

a)

books

b)

letters

c)

movies

d)

magazines

6.

What is this called?

a)

sign language

b)

acting

c)

body language

d)

talking

7.

What type of communication do you see in the picture?

a)

worrying

b)

thinking

c)

speaking

d)

smiling

8.

What type of communication is this?

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

9.

What type of communication is this?

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

10.

What type of communication is this?

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

11.

Non-verbal communication is never effective.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What are these?

a)

Magazines

b)

Letters

c)

Newspapers

d)

Mail

13.

We can say that nonverbal communication is

a)

Communicating using gestures

b)

Using body language to convey information

c)

Getting messages across through facial expressions

d)

All of the above

14.
If you spent time before class talking to a friend, texted a friend last night after you finished your homework, emailed your sister in another city, snap chatted with your best friend, and by reading this question on Quizizz, you are doing this.
a)
transportating
b)
speaking
c)
communicating
d)
dreaming
15.
What should you do if you have an important idea?
a)
keep it to yourself
b)
share it with a friend
c)
write it down
d)
share it with a local newspaper
16.
How does technology affect the way people communicate?
a)
it allows people to communicate with others quickly and at a low cost
b)
it makes people less motivated to communicate with others
c)
it does not affect the ways people communicate
d)
it makes it difficult to maintain privacy when communicating with others
17.
Guglielmo Marconi was only 21 years old when he increased the distance that radio signals could be sent without wires.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
"Watson, come over here - I need you." were the first words spoken over a telephone.  Who said these words when he invented the first phone?
a)
Guglielmo Marconi
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Christopher Sholes
d)
Samuel Morse
19.
Of the four inventions listed, why are the telegraph and typewriter no longer things that people use?
a)
they were both expensive and dangerous to use
b)
the only people who knew how they worked died a long time ago
c)
other inventions such as the telephone and computers have made it useless
d)
they both required several people to operate 
20.
Christopher Sholes invented the ___________ in 1868 and changed the way people communicate.
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
typewriter
d)
computer
21.
The “e” in “email” stands for what?
a)
express
b)
electronic
c)
easy
d)
eager
22.
The simplest way to communicate is to 
a)
send an e-mail
b)
text someone
c)
open your mouth
d)
snap chat
23.
Which of these is not a way of communicating?
a)
internet
b)
driving your car
c)
watching the news
d)
writing a letter
24.
 The code used in telegraphs that has dashes and dots is called...
a)
Morse Code
b)
Samuel Code
c)
Sholes Code
d)
Bell Code
25.
Before Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, the fastest way to send messages was by ____________. 
a)
car
b)
airplane
c)
horseback
d)
bicycle
26.
There are hundreds of _____________________________ orbiting the Earth. They carry our voices from one place to another when we call on the telephone.
a)
satellites 
b)
telephone wires
c)
signals
d)
space stations
27.
IT employees specialize in software creation, programming, database, web design, and hardware maintenance.  IT stands for ...
a)
Important technicians
b)
Information technology
c)
Informal teachers
d)
Important tools
28.
Between 1900 and 1902, on Roanoke Island, near where Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists settled, a Canadian guy experimented with sending the human voice over radio waves.  Who was this?
a)
Guglielmo Marconi
b)
Reginald Fessenden
c)
Christopher Sholes
d)
William Sydney Porter
29.

Communication can be defined as the exchange of information, feelings, thoughts and ideas.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What is this called?

a)

cell phone

b)

telegraph

c)

television

d)

radio

31.

What are these called?

a)

newspapers

b)

magazines

c)

movies

d)

books

32.

What is this type of communication called?

a)

fingers

b)

hands

c)

sign language

d)

picture

33.

What are these called?

a)

books

b)

letters

c)

movies

d)

magazines

34.

What is this called?

a)

sign language

b)

acting

c)

body language

d)

talking

35.

What type of communication do you see in the picture?

a)

worrying

b)

thinking

c)

speaking

d)

smiling

36.

What type of communication is this?

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

37.

What type of communication is this?

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

38.

What type of communication is this?

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

39.

Non-verbal communication is never effective.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

What are these?

a)

Magazines

b)

Letters

c)

Newspapers

d)

Mail

41.

We can say that nonverbal communication is

a)

Communicating using gestures

b)

Using body language to convey information

c)

Getting messages across through facial expressions

d)

All of the above

42.

What is communication?

a)

Two people talking

b)

Asking questions

c)

Expressing information that is clearly understood

d)

Expressing information that is not clearly understood

43.

When the person receiving a message interprets it the same way the sender meant it, it is __________________ communication.

a)

good

b)

misunderstood

c)

effective

d)

confusing

44.

Our facial expressions, tone of voice, movement, appearance, eye contact, gestures, and posture are called _____________________.

a)

verbal communication

b)

nonverbal communication

45.

65% of communication is ______________________.

a)

verbal

b)

nonverbal

46.

True or False?

Sometimes our body language can send a message that is different from what we meant to say.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

What is a misunderstanding?

a)

when two people agree on something

b)

when someone takes something in a way that it was not meant to be taken

c)

a fight

d)

a disagreement

48.

What is one way to avoid a misunderstanding?

a)

send the same verbal and nonverbal message

b)

be specific

c)

ask questions

d)

all of the above

49.

True or False?

Asking questions dramatically improves your understanding.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

What is the player's name on first base?

a)

What

b)

I Don't Know

c)

Who

51.

What is the player's name on third base?

a)

What

b)

I Don't Know

c)

Who

52.
If you spent time before class talking to a friend, texted a friend last night after you finished your homework, emailed your sister in another city, snap chatted with your best friend, and by reading this question on Quizizz, you are doing this.
a)
transportating
b)
speaking
c)
communicating
d)
dreaming
53.
What should you do if you have an important idea?
a)
keep it to yourself
b)
share it with a friend
c)
write it down
d)
share it with a local newspaper
54.
How does technology affect the way people communicate?
a)
it allows people to communicate with others quickly and at a low cost
b)
it makes people less motivated to communicate with others
c)
it does not affect the ways people communicate
d)
it makes it difficult to maintain privacy when communicating with others
55.
Guglielmo Marconi was only 21 years old when he increased the distance that radio signals could be sent without wires.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
"Watson, come over here - I need you." were the first words spoken over a telephone.  Who said these words when he invented the first phone?
a)
Guglielmo Marconi
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Christopher Sholes
d)
Samuel Morse
57.
Of the four inventions listed, why are the telegraph and typewriter no longer things that people use?
a)
they were both expensive and dangerous to use
b)
the only people who knew how they worked died a long time ago
c)
other inventions such as the telephone and computers have made it useless
d)
they both required several people to operate 
58.
Christopher Sholes invented the ___________ in 1868 and changed the way people communicate.
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
typewriter
d)
computer
59.
The “e” in “email” stands for what?
a)
express
b)
electronic
c)
easy
d)
eager
60.
The simplest way to communicate is to 
a)
send an e-mail
b)
text someone
c)
open your mouth
d)
snap chat
61.
Which of these is not a way of communicating?
a)
internet
b)
driving your car
c)
watching the news
d)
writing a letter
62.
 The code used in telegraphs that has dashes and dots is called...
a)
Morse Code
b)
Samuel Code
c)
Sholes Code
d)
Bell Code
63.
Before Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, the fastest way to send messages was by ____________. 
a)
car
b)
airplane
c)
horseback
d)
bicycle
64.
There are hundreds of _____________________________ orbiting the Earth. They carry our voices from one place to another when we call on the telephone.
a)
satellites 
b)
telephone wires
c)
signals
d)
space stations
65.
IT employees specialize in software creation, programming, database, web design, and hardware maintenance.  IT stands for ...
a)
Important technicians
b)
Information technology
c)
Informal teachers
d)
Important tools
66.
Between 1900 and 1902, on Roanoke Island, near where Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists settled, a Canadian guy experimented with sending the human voice over radio waves.  Who was this?
a)
Guglielmo Marconi
b)
Reginald Fessenden
c)
Christopher Sholes
d)
William Sydney Porter

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