Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V (Bicol)
Osmeña Colleges High School Department
City of Masbate, 5400, Philippines
Tel./Fax. (056) 333-2778

PRELIM EXAMINATION
SY: 2020-2021
For PURPOSIVE COMMUNIATION

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”
-PROVERBS 3:5

General Instruction: Read and analyze each item carefully. Write your answer in a 1 whole sheet
of paper. Avoid ERASURES and/or ALTERATIONS.

TEST I – MULTIPLE CHOICE (Write only the letter of your answer. (UPPERCASE)
(2 points for each correct item. 20 points in all)

1. What principle builds goodwill that involves being polite in terms of approach and manner of
addressing an individual?

A. Conciseness B. correctness C. courtesy D. creativity

2. The choices below are ethical considerations in communication except one. What is it?

A. Value truth C. Do not falsify information

B. Consdier the result of communication D. Use information incorrectly.

3. To become a good communicator, one must consider the components of communication process. What
component involves the expectations of the sender and the receiver and the common or shared
understanding through the environmental signals?

A. Context C. Source
B. Channel D. Message

4. Communication comes from the Latin term ________ meaning to share or to make ideas common.

A. kommunikaton C. communicares
B. comunicacion D. comunicaries

5. According to him, intercultural communication refers to interaction with people from diverse cultures.
Who is he?

A. Jandt, 1998 C. Jandth 1998

B. Gamble & Gamble 2008 D. Mahboob 2014

6. This is one of the forms of intercultural communication that deals with communicating between
representatives from different nations. What is it?

A. Intracultural communication C. Intercultural communication

B. International communication D. Interracial communication

7. What component of communication process is the reason behind any interaction. It is the meaning shared
between the sender and the receiver. What is it?

A. Context C. Source
B. Channel D. Message
8. Our need for _______ leads us to communicate not only our thoughts but also our feelings. What is it?

A. Attention C. Interaction
B. Self-evaluation D. Self - expression

9. According to __________, communication style among cultures differs and it may be high-context or
low-context communication. Who is he/she?

A. Lin 2016 C. Michael Osborn 2009

B. Gamble & Gamble 2008 D. Mahboob 2014

10. This may include instances of local everyday written usage found in the neighbourhood posters (e.g. a
poster looking for transients/bed spacers). What is it?

A. Local everyday written C. Global everyday written

B. Global specialized written D. Global specialized oral

TEST II
IDENTIFICATION
(15 points)

1. ________ expands to as many readers internationally, hence the non-usage of local colloquial
expressions (e.g. international research journal articles)

2.________ involves specialized discourses. For example, in a computer shop in the neighbourhood,
specialized local usage can be found (e.g. specialized computer game-related vocabulary is used).

3. _______ is interacting with members of the same racial or ethnic group or co-culture.

4. ________ in communication means having the ability to craft interesting messages in terms of sentence
structure and word choice.

5. ________ is also known as barrier or block that prevents effective communication to take place.

TEST III
ENUMERATION
(25 points)

Direction: Enumerate the 5 ethical considerations in communication

TEST IV

1. In what situations are the local and global varieties of spoken language used?
2. What registers are appropriate to such situations?

Prepared By:
Myla C. Gludo