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Unit 1 Test - Personal Communication

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Anything that blocks or distorts communication
a)
Body Language
b)
Interference
c)
Multi-channeled
d)
Idiom
2.
Verbal and nonverbal
a)
Perception
b)
Listening
c)

Multi-channeled

d)
Dialect
3.
Something you want to communicate
a)
Message
b)
Feedback
c)
Communication
d)
Interference
4.
One for whom a message is intended
a)
Message
b)
Feedback
c)
Receiver
d)
Context
5.
The process of turning ideas into messages
a)
Receiver
b)
Message
c)
Sender
d)
Encoding
6.
The receiver's response to the sender
a)
Encoding
b)
Receiver
c)
Decoding
d)
Feedback
7.

Process for exchanging ideas and creating meaning

a)

Communication

b)
Receiver
c)
Decoding
d)

Channel

8.

Time and place

a)

Communication

b)

Interference

c)

Context

d)

Channel

9.

One who communicates a message

a)

Channel

b)

Interference

c)

Context

d)

Sender

10.

The process of translating communication into meaning

a)

Channel

b)

Decoding

c)

Context

d)

Encoding

11.
A word's explicit, literal meaning, or dictionary definition, is it.
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Idiom
d)
Syntax
12.
A word's implied or suggested meaning is its
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Idiom
d)
Syntax
13.
An expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its words is a/an
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Idiom
d)
Clarity
14.
Another name for word order is
a)
Dialect
b)
Syntax
c)
Style
d)
Usage
15.

A regional language pattern is a

a)

Dialect

b)

Syntax

c)

Style

d)

Usage

16.

The way a message is expressed is its

a)

Dialect

b)

Syntax

c)

Style

d)

Usage

17.

The relationship of language to specific situation, purpose and audience is

a)

Dialect

b)

Syntax

c)

Style

d)

Usage

18.

A word that refers to general concepts or ideas is said to be

a)

Jargon

b)

Idiom

c)

Concrete

d)

Abstract

19.

A word that refers to specific items or processes is said to be

a)

Jargon

b)

Idiom

c)

Concrete

d)

Abstract

20.

A technical vocabulary uses

a)

Jargon

b)

Idiom

c)

Concrete

d)

Abstract

21.
Hearing is an intentional act and active process
a)
True
b)
False
22.

Active listening is one of the four stages of listening

a)
True
b)
False
23.
The most common mental barriers to listening is lack of concentration
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Critical listening is essentially negative.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

Empathetic listening requires concentration, retention, judgement, and empathy

a)
True
b)
False
26.

Listening barriers are caused by physical, mental, and cultural forms of interference

a)
True
b)
False
27.

Precision listening is the process of analyzing how practical the speaker's thoughts are

a)
True
b)
False
28.

In order to paraphrase, you must summarize ideas.

a)
True
b)
False
29.

The most common physical barrier to listening is a loud radio

a)
True
b)
False
30.
Oversimplified image or idea
a)
Perception
b)
Stereotype
c)
Mood
d)
Self-Concept
31.
Immediate, premature conclusion
a)
Snap Judgement
b)
Interpret
c)
Mood
d)
Self-Concept
32.
Flawed conclusion
a)
Attitude
b)
Interpret
c)
Self-concept
d)
Misperception
33.
Sorting information and ideas by characteristics
a)
Mood
b)
Interpret
c)
Organizing
d)
Misperception
34.

Exchanging with others that may affect self-concept

a)

Interactions

b)
Interpret
c)
Organizing
d)

Perception

35.

Opinion or general feeling

a)

Interactions

b)

Snap Judgment

c)

Attitude

d)

Perception

36.

How you would describe yourself

a)

Interactions

b)

Stereotype

c)

Attitude

d)

Self-Concept

37.

Feelings at a particular point in time

a)

Interpret

b)

Stereotype

c)

Mood

d)

Self-Concept

38.

To use your brain to assign meaning

a)

Interpret

b)

Stereotype

c)

Mood

d)

Organizing

39.

Using your senses to gather and interpret information

a)

Interpret

b)

Perception

c)

Mood

d)

Misperception

40.
Gesture, eye contact, posture, expression, and proxemics
a)
Body Language
b)
Listening
c)
Communication
d)
Idiom
41.

Regional language pattern

a)
Body Language
b)

Dialect

c)
Communication
d)

Interference

42.

A non-literal expression

a)

Jargon

b)

Dialect

c)

Idiom

d)

Interference

43.

Specialized vocabulary

a)

Jargon

b)

Dialect

c)

Idiom

d)

Interference

44.

Sensing, interpreting, evaluating, responding

a)

Jargon

b)

Listening

c)

Idiom

d)

Proxemics

45.

Use of space

a)

Jargon

b)

Communication

c)

Idiom

d)

Proxemics

46.

Process of exchanging ideas and meaning

a)

Jargon

b)

Communication

c)

Idiom

d)

Proxemics