Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
Write your answer on the answer sheet provided by shading the
letter corresponds to your answer.
1. All of the following define communication, A. physical
EXCEPT? B. physiological
A. Communication involves a transaction. C. psychological
B. Communication is sharing of ideas among a D. mental
group of people. 10. Which comparison of verbal and nonverbal
C. Communication is a confusion of ideas in communication is accurate?
the mind of another. A. Both verbal and nonverbal communication
D. Communication is a transfer of messages are formally taught
from one person to another. B. The sender has more control over verbal
2. Oral communication is the interchange of communication
________ between the sender and the receiver. C. More channels are used for verbal
A. Signs and gestures communication
B. Cues and clues D. The setting is more restricted in nonverbal
C. Verbal messages communication
D. Written messages 11. Which of the following models of
3. Body talk is also known as _____________ communication asserts that communication can
A. Overflow take place if and only if there is an overlap
B. Physical communication between the field of experience of the speaker
C. Leakage and of the listener?
D. noise A. Shannon-Weaver’s model
4. Oral communication is better than written B. Schramm’s
communication for ________________ C. Aristotle’s
A. saving time D. White’s
B. conveying facts and opinion 12. Based on Eugene White’s model of
C. providing opportunity to refer back communication, which of the following is NOT
D. conveying feelings and emotions true?
5. In oral communication, what matters most A. Feedback is the perception by the Speaker
is_______ about the response of the listener.
A. Where you say it B. It is impossible for communication to be
B. How you say it actually observed from any point in the
C. When you say it circle.
D. What you say it C. The speaker can only receive feedback if the
6. The limitation of oral communication is that: Speaker is monitoring the listener.
A. It is not affected by the speaker’s feelings or D. The Speaker will know what the Listener’s
stress or excitement levels Response is only if he/she is paying
B. It is easy to be aware of our body language attention.
C. It does not require on-the-spot thinking 13. The content of the communication is called a:
D. It is irreversible – what is said cannot be A. Message
taken back B. Noise
7. Can communication still take place even C. Media richness
without the Speaker? D. Jargon
A. Yes, if there’s a written source of 14. To convert a message into groups of words,
information. symbols, gestures, or sounds that present ideas
B. Yes, if the Speaker decides to be the or concept is called ________.
listener. A. Encoding
C. No, the Speaker is always a must in the B. Feedback
communication process. C. Noise
D. No, communication fails if the speaker is D. Media richness
missing. 15. Any communication that conveys a message
consisting of words is called:
8. Complete the analogy: A. Verbal communication
Listener: receiver of the message:: ____:is a B. Oral communication
means by which the message is sent C. Written communication
A. Speaker D. Nonverbal communication
B. Channel 16. Due to insufficiency of available classrooms, the
C. Response covered court of Katipunan NHS is now being
D. Feedback used to hold classes temporarily. This real
9. If your seat mate is talking to you while your scenario is an example of which element of
teacher is explaining the lesson, then you have communication?
experienced what type of noise? A. Message
B. Physical location of communicative message better which serves as the listener’s
situation gauge as to whether the speaker treats the
C. Channel listener with affective or with contempt.
D. Psychological setting of communicative A. Posture
situation B. Facial expression
17. A politician says that he is a man of people, but C. Gesture
many observe that he refuses to shake hands D. Chronemics
with the poor. What dimension of 25. These are deliberate movement and signals to
communication is violated in this case? communicate meaning without words.
A. Verbal/Non-Verbal A. Eye gaze
B. Oral/Written B. Gesture
C. Formal/Informal C. Facial expression
D. Intentional/Unintentional D. Appearance
18. A certain look or gaze is an example of: 26. These are the means by which the message is
A. Verbal communication sent.
B. Oral communication A. Channels
C. Written communication B. Feedback
D. Nonverbal communication C. Response
19. It is the process by which the receiver interprets D. noise
the symbols used y the source of the message 27. It is a communication through touch and is
by converting them into concepts and ideas. considered as one of the most powerful of the types
A. Decoding of nonverbal communication.
B. Listing A. Haptics
C. Encoding B. Gesture
D. Feedback C. Chronemics
20. The _____________ is the individual or group D. Proxemics
that develops the message to be communicated 28. He made the cyclical model that tells us that
to internal and external parties. communication is circular and continuous,
A. Source without beginning or end.
B. Encoder A. Wilbur Schramm
C. Decoder B. Eugene White
D. Jargon C. Aristotle
21. Noise is NOT a problem at which stage of the D. Claude Shannon
communication? 29. This model gave us the concept of noise and
A. Source this is often called the TELEPHONE MODEL.
B. Receiver A. Aristotelian Model of Communication
C. Decoding B. Schramm Model of Communication
D. None of the above (noise is a problem at all C. Shannon- Weaver Model of Communication
stages) D. Eugene White Model of Communication
22. It shows how time is viewed differently in 30. He was considered the father of Mass
various countries. Communication.
A. Chronemics A. Wilbur Schramm
B. Haptics B. Eugene White
C. Proxemics C. Aristotle
D. Gestures D. Claude Shannon
23. The use of space provides us with ideas about 31. This involves only two participants exchanging
how close or how far people are from the thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
center of power or where a person is in the a. Intrapersonal communication
social ladder. b. Dyadic communication
A. Chronemics c. Public communication
B. Haptics d. Small group communication
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
24. It is a type of nonverbal communication that
assists the listener in understanding the
32. When talking to one’s self (Intrapersonal), which of the following is most used?
a. Skill at remembering
b. Capability to analyze
c. Ability to summarize
d. Awareness of the topic
33. When communicating with other person (Dyad), which speech style can be used?
a. Intimate – uses private vocabulary and shares meaning due to long relationship
b. Casual – used among friends because there is no need for background information
c. Formal – only for imparting information: well- organized and correct in grammar and diction
d. Frozen – style whose quality is static, ritualistic, and may even be archaic
34. When making and delivering speech, which speech style works best?
a. Intimate
b. Casual
c. Formal
d. Frozen
35. Communication break down or miscommunication is brought about by the lack of awareness of the ________.
a. dimensions of communication
b. elements of communication
c. nonverbal communication
d. models of communication
There is always a reason why people
communicate. For numbers 37 – 50, choose
what is being used in the following instances of
communication from the given five functions of
communication.
A. REGULATION/ CONTROL
B. SOCIAL INTERACTION
C. MOTIVATION
D. INFORMATION
E. EMOTIONAL EPRESSION
F. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
36. The father looks sharply at his children who are quarrelling.
37. The boys calling out to a friend to come over and joined them.
38. A candidate for Brgy. Councilor conducts a house-to-house campaign for election.
39. The school dentist tells the kindergarten class on how to brush one’s teeth properly.
40. Kuya Kim provides information about the weather update.
41. People sympathizing with the bereaved family.
42. Friends are talking with each other and exchanging ideas.
43. Talking with the family during dinner.
44. A customer plead for a price cut or discount of his purchased goods
45. The police officer warns the people not to smoke in any public places.
46. A friend hugs you when you are down and troubled.
47. The girls are discussing what happened at the party they all attended last night.
48. The doctor is giving instructions to the patient in taking his medicine.
49. The mother hugs the crying baby.
50. The father tells his children not to go out with their friends
“The most important thing in
communication is to hear what isn’t
being said”. - Peter F. Drucker