1st Semester, 1st Quarter Examination in

Oral Communications

Name:______________________________ Grade & Section: ___________________ Score: ______

I. Read the questions carefully then encircle the letter of your answer.
1. The term communication comes from which latin word?
a. Communicate c. Communicar
b. Communicare d. Communicat
2. Which of the following is defined a process of sharing and conveying messages or
information from one person to another within and across channels, contexts, media, and
cultures?
a. Transmission c. Communication
b. Feedback d. Decoding
3. Which of the following statements about communication is true?
a. Communication is a process in which a source/speaker sends and encodes a
message through a channel to a destination/receiver.
b. Communication is always linear in nature
c. Communication is more effective through the use written words.
d. All of these.
4. What is the function of communication in this situation: A tourist guide orients a group of
tourists about a heritage site?
a. control c. motivation
b. information dissemination d. social interaction
5. This function is always present whenever you talk with other people at home, at school or in
your community.
a. control c. motivation
b. information dissemination d. social interaction
6. Which function of communication is meant for sharing and conveying messages, expressions
and information?
a. control c. motivation
b. information dissemination d. social interaction
7. Which of the following functions of communication helps regulate actions and behavior.
a. control c. motivation
b. information dissemination d. social interaction
8. Which of the following statements explains the fact that communication occurs between
two or more people?
a. Communication is basically an exchange of ideas or information. There is a source of
the message and a destination.
b. Communication takes place with the combination of verbal and nonverbal elements
as one kind complements the other.
c. Communication occurs always with noise which affects the entire process in one
way or another.
d. None of these
9. This form of noise come in the form of worries, problems, and anxieties.
a. Physical noise c. Semantic noise
b. Psychological noise d. Physiological noise
10. During Mary’s first virtual class, the teacher oriented them about the rules in the conduct of
virtual classes. Who is the receiver of the message?
a. google meet c. students
b. laptop d. teacher
11. Which among the following situations is an example of non-verbal communication?
a. The secretary wrote the letter to close the deal.
b. The teacher read her instructions for the students.
c. His grandfather patted his back after doing a great job.
d. Michael asked his seatmate about the assignment for the day.
12. When you come across a friend who is so down and sad, your instincts would tell you to
share positive words in order to provide encouragement. What function of communication
are you fulfilling in the situation given?
a. Control c. Motivation
b. Emotional expression d. Social interaction
13. A police officer called your attention when you violated a traffic rule. Which function of
communication is used by the police officer?
a. Motivation c. Control
b. Social Interaction d. Emotional expression
14. If you are to announce a sudden suspension of classes through social media due to heavy
rain, which of the following functions of communication should you use?
a. Motivation c. Control
b. Information Dissemination d. Social Interaction
15. Which of the following communication situations is an example of a verbal communication?
a. Randy wrote a very long letter of apology.
b. Manny sat so close to Irene because he likes her.
c. The deaf-mute boy used sign language to express his thoughts
d. The little girl pointed at the teddy bear which she likes at a toy store.
16. Which of the following models communication shows that communication is linear where
the audience’s role is merely the receiver of the speech
a. Aristotle’s model c. Transactional model
b. Shannon-Weaver model d. Eugene White’s model
17. In which model of communication is feedback first included as an element of
communication?
a. Aristotle’s model c. Transactional model
b. Shannon-Weaver model d. Eugene White’s model
18. Which of these communication models describes communication as a process in which
communicators generate social realities within social, relational, and cultural contexts.
a. Aristotle’s model c. Transactional model
b. Shannon-Weaver model d. Eugene White’s model
19. This is the element of communication where the message originates.
a. source c. channel
b. transmitter d. receiver
20. Which model of communication as criticized for not having an element to know whether the
destination understood the message sent by the source, which makes this model one-way as
well.

a. Shannon-Weaver model c. Eugene White’s model

b. Transactional model d. None of these
 21. Which of the following statements is not true about Aristotle’s model of communication?
a. Aristotle’s model is speaker-centered since the audience remains passive.
b. Aristotle’s model is considered as the first model of communication.
c. Aristotle’s model is more focused on public speaking than interpersonal
communication.
d. None of these
22. These are barriers to communication that are distractive to our senses, maybe our sense of
sight, hearing, or others.
a. Physical Barriers c. Socio-Psychological Barriers
b. Semantic and Language Barriers d. Cross Cultural Barriers
23. Attitudes and opinions, emotions, status difference and closed mindedness are among the
causes of which type of barrier?
a. Physical Barriers c. Socio-Psychological Barriers
b. Semantic and Language Barriers d. Cross Cultural Barriers
24. A doctor used specialized or technical words during the symposium which made it hard for
the listeners to comprehend. Which of the following factors affected the flow of
communication in this situation?
a. Environmental c. Technological
b. Jargons d. Organizational
25. Distraction from the ambulance’s siren is an example of barrier?
a. Environmental c. Technological
b. Jargons d. Organizational
26. Not talking to a superior or boss due to shyness is an example of which barrier?
a. Environmental c. Technological
b. Jargons d. Organizational

For numbers 27-30. Write the letter of your answer on the space given.

27. Which of the following diagrams illustrates the Aristotle’s communication model? ________
28. Which of the following diagrams illustrates the Shannon-Weaver communication model?
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29. Which of the following diagrams illustrates the Transactional communication model?
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30. Which of the following diagrams illustrates the Schramm’s communication model? ________

a.
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Speaker
SPEECH AUDIENCE
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d.