San Mateo Municipal College

Gen. Luna St., Guitnangbayan I, San Mateo, Rizal

MIDTERM EXAM
PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION – GE001
First Semester A.Y. 2023 - 2024

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _____________

Program/Year/Section _________________________________ Score: ____________

COMMUNICATION PROCESS & MODEL

I. True or False: Choose/select “A” if the statement is correct and if not, choose/select “B”. Write your
response on the sheet provided.
__________________1. Communication is a process of understanding and sharing meaning.
__________________2. The noise is the way in which a message travels between source and receiver.
__________________3. The receiver gets the message from the source, analyzing and interpreting the
message in ways both intended and unintended by the source.”
__________________4. When a receiver responds to the source, intentionally or unintentionally, it is
decoding.
__________________5. Effective communication happens when both verbal and nonverbal symbols are
understood differently by both communicators.
__________________6. If the flow of information is blocked for some reason or the parties cannot make
themselves understood, then communication fails.
__________________7. The communication process begins with the receiver, who is also called the
communicator.
__________________8. The message or content is the information that the sender wants to relay to the
receiver
of the message.
__________________9. The noise in the communication process can be any sort of interference that affect
the
message being sent, received, or understood.
_________________10. The medium or channel in the communication process is where the message will
pass
through.
_________________11. Feedback is the final point in the communication process where the message has
been successfully transmitted, received and understood.
_________________12. Context or field of experience is the setting and situation in which communication
takes place.
_________________13. Decoding is the process of turning thoughts into communication.
_________________14. Encoding is the process of turning communication into thoughts.
_________________15. Communication enables people to share ideas, express their feelings and contribute
to discussions and debates.

LANGUAGE REGISTERS

II. Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer in the blank space before each
item number.

16. It is a printed language that does not change and is found in published works, historical and religious
documents.
a. Frozen Register
b. Formal Register
c. Informal Register
d. None of the above
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17. It is a two-way participation of speech standard for work, business, and academe.
a. Frozen Register
b. Formal Register
c. Informal Register
d. None of the above

18. It uses complete sentences standard for work, business, and academe.
a. Frozen Register
b. Formal Register
c. Informal Register
d. None of the above

19. It is a language used in conversation with friends.

a. Frozen Register
b. Intimate Register
c. Informal Register
d. None of the above

20. It is a communication between loved ones.

a. Frozen Register
b. Intimate Register
c. Informal Register
d. None of the above

III. Direction: Read the following sample texts and identify the type of register used. Choose the letter of
the correct answer for each item. Please refer to the options found inside the box below.

a. Frozen b. Formal

c. Informal d. Intimate

e. Casual

21. Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, but the Israelites were exceedingly
fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers, and became so numerous that the land was
filled with them. – Exodus 1:6-7
22. Thank you so much for your recent upload in Tiktok. I find the content very entertaining and useful!
23. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law the bill suspending the 2022 barangay and
Sangguniang Kabataan elections originally scheduled for December 2022.
24. Good day! I am really excited to be working with you. It is an honor to be here in this prestigious
company, sir!
25. I love you very much, my son!
26. You’re the one I’ve always dreamed of.
27. Magellan was undoubtedly one of the most skilled sailors of the great age of European maritime
discoveries. Yet because he sailed in the service of the king of Spain, Portuguese historians have
tended not to grant him the credit given to other eminent Portuguese navigators, such as Bartolomeu
Dias and Vasco da Gama.
28. The entire Department of Education (DepEd) family is one with the nation in congratulating Vice
President Sara Zimmerman Duterte on her inauguration for the second-highest post in the country.
29. Piece by piece, the nation is getting a clearer picture of the damage wrought by Typhoon Odette (Rai),
which barreled through parts of Mindanao and the Visayas a week before Christmas.
30. Hi, Ryan! Would you like to visit the National Museum this weekend? Our classmates and our teacher
will join us.
31. I will do anything for you because you are so special to me.
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32. "The General (Aguinaldo) has given me a platoon of available men and has ordered me to defend this
pass. I am aware what a difficult task has been given to me. Nevertheless, I feel that this is the most
glorious moment of my life. I am doing everything for my beloved country. There is no greater
sacrifice." - An Acceptable Holocaust: Life and Death of a Boy General.
33. PAGASA warns of torrential rain from Tropical Depression Neneng.
34. I’m really looking forward to your fresh ideas on how we can achieve our goals for this year.
35. COVID-19: New XBB sub-variant likely to peak in mid-November, says MOH

MULTIMODAL TEXTS

IV. Direction: Identify the mode of communication in the given item. Choose the letter of the correct
answer. Write your answer in the blank space before each item number.

36. Word Choice

a. Linguistic
b. Visual
c. Gestural
d. Spatial

37. Sound Effects

a. Linguistic
b. Visual
c. Gestural
d. Audio

38. Body Language

a. Visual
b. Gestural
c. Audio
d. Linguistic

39. Layout, Style, and Size

a. Linguistic
b. Spatial
c. Gestural
d. Audio

40. Perspective
a. Linguistic
b. Visual
c. Gestural
d. Audio

41. Coherence
a. Linguistic
b. Visual
c. Gestural
d. Audio

42. Organization into sentences, phrases, paragraphs

a. Linguistic
b. Visual
c. Gestural
d. Audio

43. Proximity between people and objects

a. Audio
b. Visual
c. Spatial
d. Linguistic
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44. Color Elements

a. Audio
b. Visual
c. Spatial
d. Linguistic

45. Ambient, Noise and Sound

a. Visual
b. Gestural
c. Audio
d. Linguistic

V. Direction: Choose/select “A” if the given website in each item is LEGITIMATE/TRUSTWORTHY and
choose/select “B” if it is FAKE/UNTRUSTWORTHY. Write your response on the sheet provided.

46. Department of Health (https://doh.gov.ph)

47. Maharlika News (http://maharlikanews.com)
48. Hot News Philippines (http://hotnewsphil.bogspot.com)
49. House of Representatives (http://www.congress.com)
50. Province of Rizal (https://www.rizalprovince.ph/)

“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,

but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”
Proverbs 10:9
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Gen. Luna St., Guitnangbayan I, San Mateo, Rizal

MIDTERM EXAM
PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION – GE004
First Semester A.Y. 2022 - 2023

Answer Key

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. D
20. B
21. A
22. E
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. D
27. A
28. B
29. B
30. E
31. D
32. A
33. B
34. D
35. B
36. A
37. D
38. B
39. B
40. B
41. A
42. A
43. C
44. B
45. C
46. A
47. B
48. B
49. B
50. A