First Long Quiz in Oral Communication

(40 items)

NOTE: Do not write anything on this paper, simply read the instruction and questions on this paper but
write your answers on a separate paper.

I. TRUE or FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.
1. Communication can only be done orally.
2. Text messages are examples of nonverbal communication.
3. Lisa is having a conversation with Mara, they are showing transactional model of communication.
4. Transactional model of communication talks about sending a message without expecting any
response.
5. Newspaper ad is an example of linear model of Communication.
6. Joan had a job interview on phone, this showed interactional model of communication.
7. Linear model communication depicts a message sent without expecting an immediate response.
8. Written communication can only be seen in snail mails and emails.
9. Nonverbal communication is not as important as oral communication.
10. There are alternatives to oral communication.
11. Pragmatics is the study of the variety of language the speaker is using.
12. When we read or hear a piece of language, we try to understand two things: what the words mean,
and what the writer or the speaker intended to convey.

II. Varied Type

1. The meaning (sense) of a word is:

a. what it refers to
b. what it sounds like
c. what it connotes
d. what it co-occurs with th e. none of the above
2. Your friend is saying Its cold in here. Is it: a.
a statement
b. a complaint
c. a request
d. a command

III. Read the situations below and identify at which level of communication it went wrong
(communication breakdown)
1. Students failed to pass the project on time because Professor Tim said that the deadline is on July,
without saying the specific date of the month.
2. The couple argue because messages were not received on Valentines Day due to a network interruption.

IV. Illustrate the following models of communication (3pts each)

a. Linear Model of Communication.
b. Interactional Model of Communication.
c. Transactional Model of Communication.

V. Enumerate the following

1-4. Four levels at which communication could go wrong.

5-13. Nine elements of communication.

VI. Define Communication (2 points)