MIDTERM EXAM

IN
PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
SY 2022-2023

NAME: ________________________________ DATE: _______________

SECTION: _________________ SCORE: ___________

I. IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE THAT PERTAIN TO THE CONTEXT,

CHOOSE THE LETTER OF YOUR ANSWER, AND PUT IT IN THE SPACE PROVIDED
(ERASURE MEANS WRONG)
A. CULTURE IS LEARNED E. CULTURE IS DYNAMIC
B. CULTURE IS SHARED BY A GROUP OF F. CULTURE IS IDEATIONAL
PEOPLE
C. CULTURE IS CUMULATIVE G. CULTURE IS DIVERSE
D. CULTURE CHANGE H. CULTURE GIVE US A RANGE OF
PERMISSIBLE BEHAVIOR
____1. Culture knowledge is stored and passed on from one generation to next
____2. Culture can be acquired by learning
____3. Culture doesn't have a permanent state
____4. Culture needed to be shared by some population or group of individuals
____5. To consider it Culture, Culture needed to be commonly shared by some population
____6. Culture accumulated new traits or new knowledge thru time
____7. Culture consists of a great many separate cultures, each of them is different
____8. Culture has an ideal pattern that members expected to follow
____9. Culture perpetually added new to the old ones, or some of the old belief might be lost because it is
not useful anymore
____10. Culture allows us to know the different activities that we should conduct
____11. Culture is passed from one generation to the next generation
____12. Culture can be learned
____13. Culture is constantly changing because of new ideas and behavior
____14. Culture is the sum total of human culture consisting of a great many separates cultures
____15. culture allows a range of ways in which men know what he needs to do in society, culture tells us
the different activities that we should conduct, such as how one should act as a husband, wife, parent, child,
Etc.
II. IDENTIFY THE MEANING OF THE IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION THAT IS UNDERLINED IN
THE SENTENCE PROVIDED. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF YOUR ANSWER BY PUTTING IT
IN THE SPACE PROVIDED (ERASURE MEANS WRONG)
 _____16. Our top performer in class cheated in the exam, it is a hard-to-swallow information
A. Difficult to digest B. Difficult to believe C. Difficult to do
_____17. I am digging around important information about the issue that spreading on our campus
A. Looking for B. Burying C. Studying
_____18. My friend experienced an accident yesterday then today he kicked the bucket poor one
A. Hit a bucket B. Been hospitalized C. Died
_____19. That guy always hitting the books that’s why he is the top performer in our class
A. Swallowing B. Punching the book C. Studying hard
_____20. Break a Leg! In your concert tomorrow
A. Good luck B. Broken leg C. Eat a leg
_____21. They treat us with a warm welcome when we come home
A. A friendly welcome B. A hot welcome C. A welcome
_____22. It is crystal-clear information you barely need to read it
A. A transparent information B. Great news C. Easy to understand
_____23. She has a cold heart she doesn’t even shed a tear when her friend died
A. She is chilling B. Uncaring C. Lovable
_____24. When grandmother saw her grandson collecting coins like her son used to do, she knew he was
a Chip off the old block.
A. A person similar in behavior to his parents B. To remember again C. To Collect
_____25. Walter failed his examination but his dad came and said just one thing, “Son, don’t cry over
spilled milk.
A. Cry for help B. Be happy C. Don’t bother
_____26. They don’t talk about Olive anymore, turns out he was the Black sheep of the family, he married
someone else while he was still arranged with his fiancé. 
A. Crazy B. Not belong C. bad
_____27. Lester made the dance team by the skin of his teeth; you see the audition gates were about to get
closed.
A. Barely make it B. Angry C. By the skin of his face
_____28. My pet dog is down for the count after playing the whole day with the frisbee.
A. Confuse B. Tired C. Running
_____29. Tom felt like a fish out of water when his girlfriend took him to a Rollercoaster ride.
A. Out of comfort zone B. To swim C. To have fun
______30. When Chris turned forty, he decided to live his life in the fast lane and quit his job for his
hobbies.
A. In fast way B. In confusing C. In an exciting way
______31. Jennifer better step up her game if she wants to make big in Basketball.
A. To be faster B. To perform well C. to excite
______32. Our friend lost his marbles when his wife died, he went in asylum
A. Did Cry B. He Died C. Go insane
______33. He told his wife that he doesn’t want to rain on her parade, but they had to shift their vacation
dates.
A. Spoil the moment B. To dry C. to party
______34. She tells great tales but we take whatever she says with a grain of salt because she lied before

A. Enjoyed B. Do not believe C. Listen carefully

______35. Everyone took hours to write the code but Adam did it like a cakewalk it is too easy for him
A. Having a hard time B. Walkaway C. Done it easily
______36. Being a millionaire is a wild goose chase to do in today's world
A. It is challenging B. It is fast to get C. You need to run
______37. It is walk on thin ice if you want to get footage of the war that happening in Ukraine and Russia
A. It is slippery B. It is cold C. It is risky
______38. That guy pays his loan once in a blue moon
A. Every month B. Every Full Moon C. Rarely Happens
______39. Smoking is not my cup of tea it tastes really bad
A. Dislike B. A Bliss C. Awful
______40. Don’t beat around the bush, say what you want to say
A. To STOP B. To delay C. To annoy

III. IDENTIFY THE SEVEN C’S IN STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION THAT
PERTAINS TO THE CONTEXT, CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER IN THE TABLE, AND PUT IT IN
THE SPACE PROVIDED (ERASURE MEANS WRONG)
A. CLEAR B. CONCISE C. CONCRETE
D. CORRECT E. COHERENT F. COMPLETE
G. COURTEOUS

_____41. Stick to the point and keep it brief

_____42. The audience needs to visualize your statement or idea in conversation

_____43. Be clear on your goal or purpose of communication

 _____44. Your statement needs to be accurate to your audience, and grammar and spelling are correct

_____45. All relevant information like contact names, dates, times, locations, and so on need to be in the
conversation

_____46. The communication needs to be friendly, open, and honest communication.

_____47. The communication should be in a logical form

_____48. The communication needs the audience to have everything they need to be informed.

_____49. The communication needs that no hidden insults or passive-aggressive tones. keeping your
reader’s viewpoint in mind, and you’re empathetic to their needs.

_____50. The communication needs that all points are connected and relevant to the main topic

_____51. The communication which your audience has a clear picture of what you’re telling them

_____52. Make your communication short as much as possible

_____53. Make sure that your audience knows your goal or purpose of communication

_____54. Make sure that your conversation fits your audience’s level of education or knowledge

_____55. Do not include unnecessary sentences and do not repeat points several times, in different ways

IV. IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING, CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER IN THE TABLE, AND PUT IT IN
THE SPACE PROVIDED (ERASURE MEANS WRONG)
A. CIRCUMLOCUTION B. APPROXIMATION
C. WORD COINAGE D. NON-LINGUISTIC SIGNALS
E. LITERAL TRASLATION F. CODESWITCHING
G. APPEAL FOR HELP H. STALLING
I. TOPIC AVOIDANCE J. MESSAGE ABANDONMENT
K. COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

_____56. Creating a non-existing word to understand by your audience

_____57. Using an alternative term that expresses the meaning of the target lexical item as closely as possible

_____58. Describing or exemplifying the character of the target object of an action

_____59. Translating literally a lexical item, idiom, compound word, or structure

_____60. Using of mime, gesture, facial expression, or sound imitation

_____61. Using your first language and switching to a second language

_____62. Avoid the topic that you don't well know

_____63. Using fillers or hesitation devices to fill pauses and to gain time to think

_____64. Asking for aid from the crowd listening to your discussion

_____65. Leaving a message unfinished because of language difficulties.

_____66. Avoiding topic areas or concepts if it is impromptu

_____67. When you are talking in English and the audience cannot understand you will switch your language to
your native language Tagalog

_____68. Techniques of coping with difficulties in communicating

_____69. A systematic technique employed by a speaker to express his meaning when faced with some
difficulty

_____70. Literal translating idiomatic expression

V. ENUMERATE THE FOLLOWING

FIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE The seven Cs of Effective Communication

71. 82.
72. 83.
73. 84.
74. 85
75. 86.
Culture is transmitted through 87.
76. 88.
77. GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF FILLERS
78. 89.
FACTORS OF GLOBALIZATION 90.
79.
80.
81.

“Cheating is easy try something more challenging… Like being Honest.”

Prepared By: Merwin S. Manucum, LPT
College Faculty