San Bartolome Integrated High School

ORAL COMMUNICATION
QUIZ 1
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer and
write it on your answer sheet.
____1. The word communication is derived from ____9. Samantha asked her best friend Trina what
‘communis’ (Latin) which means: she would like to eat for merienda. Trina told
A. community C. common Samantha she wanted to eat banacue. Trina’s
B. message D. oral speech response to Samantha is called _____________.
____2. What is communication? A. participants C. feedback
A. A never-ending process of finding one’s B. channel D. context
purpose ____10. You speak more politely when talking to a
B. the transmission of ideas and emotions person of authority, but you talk more casually
between or among persons when
with the use of verbal and speaking with your best friend. This type of context
nonverbal cues falls under _____________.
C. unintentional choice of words A. physical C. psychological
D. leaving behind a memory for other’s to B. cultural D. social
remember ____11. A girl shouted at the top of her voice when
____3. Speakers usually experience difficulty in she saw a snake inside the house. This is an
ensuring that the message is:______________ example of ______________ context.
A. conveyed precisely A. cultural C. psychological
B. physical D. social
B. acted upon promptly and as desired
____12. The ____________________ context in
C. conveyed precisely, understood communication includes the beliefs and
correctly, and acted upon
promptly and as desired norms of the participants.
D. understood correctly A. physical C. psychological
B. cultural D. social
____4. Which among the following situations uses
verbal communication? ____13. Which is true about the linear model of
communication?
A. a student nodding his head to answer his
classmate A. It is a two-way process.
B. shaking of hands between two business B. There is an on-going sending, receiving
partners and providing feedback
among the participants.
C. an employee walking very fast because
she is already late for work C. The sender and the receiver have the
same role in the activity.
D. the principal discussing the school’s
policies to students D. Feedback is not a part of the process,
and the role of the receiver is
____5. Which is not an example of non-verbal only to accept information.
communication?
____14. What makes the interactive model of
A. shrugging of shoulders communication different from the linear model of
B. raising of eyebrows communication?
C. explain a lesson in biology A. There is a message
D. leaning forward to the person you are
talking to B. The model involves feedback.
____6. When a speaker is standing close to C. The receiver may or may not provide
someone he/she is talking to, it means the feedback.
participants share a close relationship. This type of D. This model takes into account that
non-verbal communication falls under communicators react to the situation
____________. based on their own past
A. haptics C. proxemics experiences, current
B. kinesics D. chronemics status, and anticipated future.
____7. Speaking very fast to indicate nervousness ____15. Which is true about the transactional
is an example of _______________. model of communication?
A. kinesics C. haptics A. one-way process
B. paralanguage D. proxemics B. two-way process
____8. This is the main point of having C. communication not only as a two-
communication. way process but also
A. feedback C. channel as a simultaneous activity
B. participants D. message D. the listener is passive