MAESTRIA EN COMUNICACIÓN EDUCATIVA

UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA CONVENIO UNIMINUTO

FINAL EXAMN
Name: _____________________________ date ___________
I. Read the following text.
Cheating and Plagiarism
Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with the University Code of
Student Conduct, as on enrollment with the University  the student has placed
themselves under the policies and regulations of the University and all of its duly
constituted bodies. Disciplinary authority is exercised through the Student Conduct
Committee. The Committee has procedures in place for hearing allegations of
misconduct. Copies of the student conduct code are available at the Student Services
Office. The University never condones academic dishonesty. This includes cheating and
plagiarism, which violate the Student Conduct Code and could result in expulsion or
failing the course.

Cheating includes but is not limited to obtaining or giving unauthorized help during an
examination, getting unauthorized information about the contents of an examination
before it is administered, using un authorised sources of information during an
examination, altering or falsifying the record of any grades, altering or supplying
answers after an examination has been handed in, falsifying any official University
record, and misrepresenting the facts to get exemptions from or extensions to course
requirements.

Plagiarism includes but is not limited to submitting any paper or other document, to
satisfy an academic requirement, which has been copied either in whole or in part from
someone else’s work without identifying that person; failing to identify as a quotation a
documented idea that has not been thoroughly assimilated into the student's language
and style, or paraphrasing a passage so closely that the reader could be misled as to the
source; submitting the same written or oral material in different courses without
obtaining authorisation from the lecturers involved; or 'dry-labbing', which includes
obtaining and using experimental data from fellow students without the express consent
of the lecturer, utilizing experimental data and laboratory write-ups from other parts of
the course or from previous terms during which the course was conducted, and
fabricating data to fit the expected results.

A. Read the statements and answer T ( true) F ( false)

1. The Student Services Office familiarises students with the student code. ______
2. Cheats will automatically be expelled because their behavior cannot be condoned.
______
3. The text lists all activities that are considered to be cheating._______
4. It is never acceptable to paraphrase closely._______
5. Students can submit the same work in different courses as long as they ask their
lecturer and it is not their own. _______
6. If students want to use other students' laboratory data, they must ask them and the
lecturer first. _______
B. Match the words with the definitions
1. Enrollment a. A statement or claim made with little or no proof:
2. Allegations b. List of people registered.  
3. Misconduct. C. To present for approval or consideration:
4. Available d. A need or necessity:
5. Cheating e. Any repeated word, phrase, sentence or passage
taken from a book.
6. Altering f. Falsify.
7. Misrepresenting g. Changing to be different or modified in some way,
as size, style and course
8. Submitting h. To take an examination in a dishonest way
9. Requirement i. Free or ready to be seen, spoken to, employed, etc
10. Quotation j. No agreeing behavior
C. Answer the following questions:
1. Who in charge of the complains and/or misbehavior? _________________________
2. Where do students find the student conduct code? __________________________
3. According to the text, what is plagiarism?
______________________________________________________________________
4. According to the Student Conduct Code, what is the penalization for cheating or
plagiarism? __________________________________________________________

II. Read and choose the best option.

Communication in Groups

The sheer number of people in a group affects the amount of communication. Consider
the difference between communication between two friends and communication in a
group of live people. When friends talk, there are two people sending and receiving
messages. In a group of live, there are live people doing the same thing. Four others,
who may also choose to respond, must understand each idea that is expressed.
Consequently, the greater number of people in a group, the fewer contributions any
individual may make. Because there are disadvantages to large groups, you might
assume that small groups would be the most effective. However, groups can be too
small as well as 100 large. With 100 few members, a group has limited resources, which
eliminates a primary advantage of groups for decision making. Also, in very small
groups, members may be unwilling to disagree or criticize each other's ideas. I believe
that five to seven members is the ideal size for a small group.

1. We can conclude from the reading that in large groups ----.

A) There is always a chaos at the end of each discussion
B) No one criticizes each other's ideas
C) Before a decision is made everyone has to express their ideas individually
D) Everyone is free to express their ideas as much as they want
E) There is less opportunity for each person to speak
2. According to the passage, small groups ----.
A) are always more successful than large groups in terms of decision making
B) can have some disadvantages as well
C) express their criticism more freely than large groups
D) have always infinite resources
E) are unable to make a decision at the end of discussions
3. The author of the article suggests that ----.
A) the number of people in a small group must not be more than five
B) large groups are always superior to small groups
C) the ideal size for a small group should be five to seven
D) small groups are better as members of them have a chance to criticize each other
E) everyone should listen to each other's ideas no matter how large the group is

III. Read and complete the blanks with one of the word in the list (a,b,c,d)

Factors That Influence Communication

For communication to work and get the response or reaction that you want, the receiver
must understand the message that the sender is sending. To make this possible the
message should be:
Clear
Simple
Accurate
 Complete
Relevant
This sounds easy enough to do but there are quite a few of those little gremlins that get
in the way of ____________ 1. communication.
• Understanding If you were told to "vat vir jou 'n boek en sit daar op die stoel" you
would not do so. Not ___________ 2., considering that the communication takes place
in a language you don't understand. (It is, by the way, in Afrikaans, which is one of
South Africa's 11 official languages). There has not been effective communication
between me, the sender, and you, the ___________ 3., because the medium used was
one you did not understand.
• Attitude
Your response to the request = "would you be able to stay this afternoon and help in the
office?" would be very different if the ____________ 4. was given by a sender you liked
and wanted to impress than it would be if the same message was given by a sender you
___________ 5. The communication from the sender you want to make a good
__________ 6. on would have got the desired result, you would have helped in the
office. The sender that you have a bad ____________ 7. towards would be doing the
work himself.
• Timing Teenagers are experts in 8. timing! Don't you just know the right time to ask
Dad for those new jeans? Even if your communication is clear, simple, accurate, relevant
and complete you know that it won't be effective (get the jeans) if you ask when the
receiver (Dad) is in a bad __________ 8., has just come home from a hectic day, has
just seen your report/ messy bedroom/you fighting with your sister.
• Method We have already said that in communicating we have a sender (you) a
message (I am dumping you) a receiver (your boyfriend, sorry, ex-boyfriend) and a
medium or method. In this case the notice board at school is not a good method. He will
understand the message but the __________ 9. may not be desirable.
• Tone The "Oh, go away" that you laughingly say to your friend who is teasing you is
communicating a very different message to the "Oh, go away" that you say to your
_________ 10. Little brother when he asks if he could borrow £2. Same message but
very different tones that convey very different meanings.
• Purpose In business, communicating is usually to remind, reprimand, persuade,
request, encourage or inform. Your reaction to any message would depend on the
purpose of it, what the sender was trying to convince you, the receiver, to do.
• Capability It is very important for the receiver to understand the message, given in
the right tone, at the right time for the right purpose, but useless if the desired result is
________ 11. his/her capabilities. Instructing you to split the atom is not effective
communication because you are not a __________ 12. physicist.
1. a) efficient b) effective c) effectual d) professional
2. a) extraordinary b) unexpected c) surprising d) astonishing
3. a) receiver b) recipient c) beneficiary d) addressee
4. a) demand b) request c) memo d) message
5. a) disliked b) hated c) detested d) disapproved
6. a) impact b) effect c) influence d) impression
7. a) feeling b) attitude c) inclination d) dislike
8. a) state b) humor c) disposition d) mood
9. a) reaction b) answer c) reply d) riposte
10. a) frustrating b) irritating c) vexing d) disturbing
11. a) within b) beyond c) in d) inside
12. a) accomplished b) skilled c) expert d) trained