Midterm Exam for Purposive Communication

Test I. Multiple Choice

1. Creating and transmitting meanings through verbal and nonverbal messages in particular
context.

A. Conversation

B. Communication

C. Interview

D. Broadcast

2. Includes face-to-face interaction with another person, on the phone, during meetings,
delivering speeches synchronously or asynchronously, transmitting messages using word
symbols to represent ideas and objects.

A. Oral communication

B. Verbal communication

C. Written communication

D. Non-verbal communication

3. Uses symbols that are hand-written or printed with an electronic device which can include
letters, memos, bulletins, reports, manuals and emails. Symbols can range from letters in the
alphabet to the use of identifiable images.

A. Oral communication

B. Verbal communication

C. Written communication

D. Non-verbal communication

4. Refers to the sending of messages to another person using methods or means other than the
spoken language.

A. Oral communication

B. Verbal communication

C. Written communication

D. Non-verbal communication
5. An element of the communication process that initiates the exchange of information. This
entity is initially responsible for the success of the message.

A. Sender

B. Receiver

C. Barrier

D. Channel

6. This is the pathway or medium through which message travels to reach its destination that
may be oral, written or visual.

A. Sender

B. Receiver

C. Barrier

D. Channel

7. This is the return process which the receiver provides both in verbal and non-verbal from to
show whether the message is understood or not.

A. Sender

B. Feedback

C. Barrier

D. Channel

8. A form of distortion or obstacle that occurs in any of the phases of the communication process.

A. Noise

B. Culture

C. Individual differences

D. Status

9. It is one of the barriers of communication.

A. Chronemics

B. Individualism from collectivism

C. Past experiences
D. Long term and short-term communication

10. The core value of ethics in communication.

A. Honesty

B. Integrity

C. Superstitious

D. Deviance

Test II. True or False

11. Global communication is not directly affected by the process of globalization, and helps to
increase business opportunities, remove cultural barriers and develop a global village.

True

False

12. Sociolinguistic competence refers to an understanding of the social context in which

communication takes place, including role relationships, the shared information of the
participants and the communicative purpose of their interaction.

True

False

13. Communication competence is the synthesis of the underlying system of knowledge and skill
needed for communication.

True

False

14. Individual factors do not affect our ability to do anything, much less in communicating.

True

False

15. In global communication context, competence requires people to be equipped with the ability
to acknowledge, respect, tolerate, and integrate cultural differences in order to be qualified for
enlightened global citizenship.

True

False
16. What is communicatively competent or not varies based on social and cultural context.

True

False

17. Language is a cultural component that is linked to cultural understanding.

True

False

18. The true value of a message is held primarily in a conversation

True

False

19. Intercultural communication does not necessarily apply equally to domestic cultural
differences (ethnicity and gender) and international differences (those associated with
nationality or world region).

True

False

20. Communication context refers to the personal, physical, social, psychological and cultural
circumstances in which communication occurs.

True

False

Test III. Enumeration

21.-26. List the 6 different barriers of communication.

Culture

Individual differences

Language use

Noise

Past experiences

Status

27.-33. List the 7 cultural dimensions in communication.

Individualism from collectivism

Context

Chronemics

Uncertainty avoidance

Power distance

Masculinity or femininity

Long term or short-term communication

34.-40. List the 7 C’s of effective communication which are applicable to both written as well as
oral communication.

Completeness

Conciseness

Consideration

Clarity

Concreteness

Courtesy

Correctness