Any number of physical distractions can interfere with the effectiveness of

communication, including a telephone call, drop-in visitors, distances between people,

walls, and static on the radio.
True

Not all languages have slangs, taboo words, and euphemism for them, such as john for
“toilet.”
False

The vocabulary of a language can be expanded to include new words for new
True

The words we choose, how we use them, and the meaning we attach to them can
cause many communication barriers.
True

Noise is one of the five steps in the communication process. False All living languages
change through time.
True

People's backgrounds, perceptions, values, biases, needs, and expectations cannot

affect the decoding of the message.
False

Communication requires at least three elements: sender, message, and receiver. Agree
There are no “primitive” languages—all languages are equally complex and equally
capable of expressing an idea.
Agree

Wherever human exists, language exists. Agree If noise is introduced, then the received
message contains certain distortions, certain errors, certain extraneous material, that
would certainly lead one to say that the received message exhibits, because of the
effects of the noise, an increased uncertainty.
Agree

Effective communication may result to either goodwill or chaos.

Disagree
Effective communication has an audience that depends on Occasion and purpose How
do you call the communication problem identified by Dr. Claude E. Shannon that is
concerned with the accuracy of transference from sender to the receiver of sets of
symbols (written speech), or of a continuously varying signal (telephonic or radio
transmission of voice or music), or of a continuously varying two-dimensional pattern
(television), etc?
Technical problem

Which among the intents of communication is related to teaching? To instruct In the

theory of Shannon and Weaver, they identified a problem that is concerned with the
identity, or a satisfactorily close approximation, in the interpretation of meaning by the
receiver, as compared with the intended meaning of the sender. This is a very deep and
involved situation, even when one deals only with the relatively simpler problems of
communicating through speech.
Semantic problem

During a meeting, the failure of the Student Body Organization to ask any questions
causes the University President to wonder if any real understanding has taken place.
Which among the process barriers exemplifies the above-given scenario. Feedback
barrier This is a type of barrier that often involves a psychological distance between
people that is similar to actual physical distance.
Psychosocial barrier

Which among the following intents of communication is related to argumentation and

sales talk? To persuade In the theory of Shannon and Weaver, they identified a problem
that is concerned with the success with which the meaning conveyed to the receiver
leads to the desired conduct on his part.
Effectiveness problem

This communication term is popularized by the work of Carl Rogers and Richard Farson
(n.d.) and advocated by counsellors and therapists (Brownell, 2009; Burstein, 2010).
Active listening

Which barrier is being referred to in the following: The same word may mean different
things to different people.
Semantic barrier

This refers to any number of physical distractions can interfere with the effectiveness of
communication, including a telephone call, drop-in visitors, distances between people,
walls, and static on the radio.
Physical barrier