Final Exam Review Communications
According to research cited in your textbook concerning group size, how many people should be in a small group to increase the likelihood that it will be a productive group?
3 or 4
Which of the following is most likely an example of an assigned group?
A group of students asked by their resident advisor to repaint the cafeteria
Which of the following descriptions applies to someone with an interpersonal relationship as defined in the book?
A married couple that have quarreled with each other for years
The list of sources used in your presentation is called
A reference list
Which testimonial evidence best meets the criteria for evaluating such evidence?
A student cafeteria worker testifies about conditions in the cafeteria kitchen
In which of the following surveys should you place the most trust
A university study by known sociologists that concludes welfare payments are insufficient
Which of the following is NOT a component of communication?
Action
Which of the following statements about active listening is FALSE?
Active listening and empathic listening are exactly the same thin
Two men are arguing at a bar when one says something unkind about the other's mother. The second man glares straight ahead at his opponent and clenches his fists. He is using a nonverbal signal that is best described as an
Affect display
Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of a small group according to the textbook?
All of the communication interaction in the group is oral, verbal communication
Which statement below is NOT an example of ethnocentrism?
American workers get high pay for less work than most people in the world
Which statement about nonverbal use of space is FALSE?
Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries
In reference to chronemics, polychronic people might ________, whereas monochronic people might ________.
Arrive and leave late; arrive and leave on time or early
If someone in a marginalized group tries to fit in with the dominant group, he or she is striving for what goal of intercultural communication?
Assimilation
Which guideline should you follow when choosing a topic?
Avoid those that involve demonstrating with banned visual resources
Which of the following is NOT a general interviewing strategy?
Be prepared to discuss salary at your interview
"The ability to alter behavior in order to adapt to new situations and to relate in new ways when necessary" is a definition of
Behavioral flexibility
The definition of dynamism is that the speaker is perceived as
Bold, energetic, active and assertive
Which of the following does pitch NOT do?
Breaks the fluency of a speech
When you paraphrase the speaker's message and intent, ask questions, or invite corrections, you are
Checking your understanding or perception of the speaker
All of the following are examples of individualistic cultures EXCEPT
China
If I notice that Heng and Yolanda are often together and I "fill in" my inference that they are now dating, then I am illustrating the concept of perception called
Closure
Which statement about clothing and the perceptions of others is NOT verified by research?
Clothing and artifacts are unrelated to how acceptable we find other peoples to be
The "systematic arrangement of symbols to create meaning in the mind of another" is known as
Code
Establishing a shared future trajectory—showing that we can all do something together for the betterment of others—is a way of establishing which dimension of source credibility?
Common ground
Which concept of group leadership assumes that interpersonal influence is the primary skill needed by an effective group leader?
Communicative competencies approach
lakopa is good at writing and understanding literature; Marian is a whiz at math and statistics. Together they make a great pair. The concept of friendship illustrated here is
Complementarity
Which of the following is NOT an aspect of the delivery concept vocal variety?
Correct articulation
When you analyze the speaker and the situation to make judgments about the message presented, you are engaging in
Critical Thinking
Americans have a cultural bias that favors which leadership style described in the book?
Democratic leadership
Swetha gave his persuasive speech on why you run a West Coast football offense to his general population speech class. Raymond likely didn't do which part of speech preparation?
Demographic analysis
Li, Sarena, and Elini are having an in-depth conversation about a previous relationship that was abusive. Each of the women is participating equally. What type of descriptor most accurately describes this conversation?
Dialogic
Which of the following is the best example of a high uncertainty-avoidance culture?
Egypt
Empathic listening differs from active listening in that
Empathic listening adds the goal of understanding
Which culture fears silence rather than embracing it?
European American
When other members value the knowledge or specialized skills of a person, that person has
Expert power
Statements by someone with special knowledge on a given subject are known as
Expert testimony
Raymond and Terry have a strong relationship and share many things with each other. At times, however, Raymond feels that Terry wants to know what he is doing at all times. Which dialectical tension is Raymond most likely experiencing?
Expression and privacy
Did the president of the United States really have the flu or was it a more serious malady?" This is a question of
Fact
Which of the following is NOT a context of communication?
Feedback
Relationships in which the two people are not romantically involved but have a sexual relationship are called
Friends with benefits
Which of the following is Not a function of the conclusion
Gaining audience attention
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a collectivist culture?
High levels of divorce
Which type of culture tolerates ambiguity and uncertainty?
High uncertainty avoiding
Messages between organizational members of the same power level are best described as
Horizontal
Conditions in the workplace that are sexually offensive or intimidating are known as
Hostile
Which of the following statements is descriptive as opposed to evaluative?
I counted twenty questions of which I was uncertain
If Anu was unable to control his communication in a way that presented an "idealized" version of himself, he would be lacking in
Impression management
The credibility of guest speakers in your class will be ________ if your instructor introduces them.
Improved
According to William Schutz, three interpersonal needs that are satisfied through interaction with others are
Inclusion, affection and control
Paralinguistic cues can indicate all of the following EXCEPT
Intelligence
Which of the following is NOT a criterion for evaluating sources of information?
Is the supporting material personal?
Which of the following would be the reason an individual looking at a class picture might see his or her own face first?
It is figure and the rest of the class is ground
When a person leans forward and has a positive facial expression, he or she is exhibiting the concept of
Liking
What type of culture is most likely to tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity?
Low uncertainty avoidance
One mode that requires practice; allows ample eye contact, movement, and gestures; and discourages responding to audience feedback is the
Memorized mode
Which of the following is generally true about men's listening behaviors as compared to women's listening behaviors?
Men listen in order to take action and solve problems
Which of the following statements about touch is TRUE?
Men tend to initiate more than women do
Which of the following statements regarding gender and online group interaction is supported by research?
Mens influence decreases when multiple women are present
Which of the following is the best example of concreteness?
My hometown isIsle, Minnesota, population 409.
When you do not listen well because you are daydreaming, it is because of
Noise
which association is NOT part of the textbook definition of interpersonal relationships?
One between two or more people who exhibit affection toward each other
During a lecture Dr. Washington stated, "Now I will move on to my fourth topic." What type of lecture cue was Dr. Washington using?
Organizational
Which of the following findings is true of the relationship between dress and personality?
People who conform to current styles seek to be accepted and liked
________ occurs when you have a negative attitude toward a group of people just because of who they are.
Prejudice
Which of the following is NOT cited in the book as one of the three reasons differences in perception occur?
Present eating habits
Which of the following is NOT recommended in the book as a way to select a topic?
Psychic review
The great Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt was able to motivate her players because she had charisma and her players respected her a great deal. What type of power might she have possessed?
Referent Power
Pria's boyfriend Leonard doesn't tell her about his family anymore. This makes her upset with their relationship. What factor affecting self-disclosure can be identified here?
Relational satisfaction and disclosure are curvilinearly related
Engaging in small talk is a representative behavior illustrating which type of workplace communication competence?
Relationship maintenance
In reducing communication apprehension, which approach trains you to associate public speaking with positive thoughts?
Relaxation
Semantics can be defined as the
Science of meaning in language
Communication begins with the
Self
Which of the following is the best example of selective attention?
She immediately spotted the guy with the earring who looked so much like someone she had known before.
Dante was walking across campus in a hurry. On the way he saw his friend Aarav, whom he hadn't seen in quite some time. Dante stopped and told Aarav his cell phone number and told him to call him later. Just a few seconds after Dante left, Aarav already had forgotten the number. This happened because the information only went as far as Aarav's
Short-term memory
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of active perception?
Simplistic
Which approach to reducing anxiety would be best implemented through taking a public speaking course?
Skills approach
Which of the following is NOT one of the three stages in interpersonal relationships?
Social penetration
Which statement about stereotyping is true
Some stereotypes are positive.
Which of the following are NOT paralinguistic features?
Sounds with meaning and words without meaning
Which of the following does NOT relate to the term process?
Static
Information that summarizes numerical information or compares quantities is known as
Statistics
When trying to select a topic, Preston thought about what he had already experienced. What method did Preston use to select a topic?
Surveying interests
Rashi and Anita marry because they are of the same cultural background. This is most likely what type of relationship?
Symmetrical
Communication by touch is called
Tactile communication
Which of the following is NOT an example of a group norm?
The group is prohibited from meeting during the weekends
Which of the following is an example of a physical distraction to listening?
The two people talking in the row ahead of me kept me from catching very much of his lecture"
Which statement about eye contact is NOT correct?
There is not such thing as too much eye contact
Which of the following is NOT a function of a speech introduction?
To provide examples for the main arguments
Perception checking is a skill that helps us
Understand another persons and his or her messages more accurately
Which of the following is NOT an effective means of using verbal communication when listening?
Use evaluative, nondescript comments
One of the suggestions for being a better listener in the workplace is to "plan for nuggets." The strategy recommended for doing this involves
Using a separate column in your notes
Which of the following examples best depicts the denotative meaning of a word?
When you outsource services, you are paying others to do a service
Which of the following statements about distance is FALSE?
Women exhibit discomfort at the small space they are allowed by others
Which of the following best exhibits critical thinking?
You are able to use what you know to apply standards to what you hear and decided the merits of the message
Which of the following best typifies the meaning of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
Your language shapes your perception
A rough draft is best defined as
a tentative plan in the form of an outline for arranging the main points in your speech.
The method taught for organizing a speech is
an outline
Which type of web address would a "for profit" institution likely have?
.com
The word communication comes from the Latin communicare, which means
" to make common"
