Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION IX, ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
KATIPUNAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
KATIPUNAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

FINAL Exam in Oral Communication

Name: ________________________________________ Grade & Section: __________________

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. It is a type of speech style used between or 7. Ms. Aguilar has been invited to be a guest
among participants who have a very personal speaker at a graduating ceremony in Mariano
relationship. University. Which of the following lines is an
A. Intimate appropriate introduction in her commencement
B. Casual speech?
C. Consultative A. Hello Philippines and hello world!
D. Formal B. Hi there! How are you today?
E. Frozen C. Guests, faculty, parents and graduates,
2. What speech style is appropriate to use good morning.
between friends who are chatting about their D. Good morning friends and enemies.
dance number? 8. The following are statements that use the
A. Intimate frozen speech style Except _.
B. Casual A. Panunumpa sa Watawat
C. Consultative B. I, Juan dela Rosa, solemnly swear to do
D. Formal my duty.
E. Frozen C. What have you done to me, dear?
3. Which of the following requires an intimate D. Panatang makabayan.
speech style? 9. Which of the following statements is true about
A. When communicating to your the frozen speech style?
acquaintances A. Static, ritualistic, and archaic.
B. When delivering a Speech B. Used only for imparting information
C. When praying the rosary C. Non-public speech style that use
D. When talking to your partner about your private vocabulary
future plans D. Used among people who do not
4. Identify the type of speech style used in this share common experiences
statement: 10. President Benigno Aquino III is hosting a state
Oh well, I spose you cant have em all, dinner at the Malacaang Palace in honor of
yeah? the visiting US President Barack Obama. Which
A. Intimate of the following speech styles must be used on
B. Casual the occasion?
C. Consultative A. Intimate
D. Formal B. Casual
E. Frozen C. Consultative
5. This style is characterized by lack of listeners D. Formal
participation. Only the speaker is the source of 11. It is a speech act which also known as the
information. effect of the utterance toward the addressee.
A. Intimate This involves a change in the addressees
B. Casual behavior, attitude, or feelings.
C. Consultative A. Locutionary
D. Formal B. Illocutionary
E. Frozen C. Perlocutionary
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of D. Prelocutionary
a consultative style? 12. It is a type of illocutionary act that commits a
A. Used for people who do not have speaker to some future course of action such
shared experiences or meaning as offering and promising.
B. Requires two-way participation A. Assertives
C. Interruptions can occur during the B. Directives
communication C. Commissives
D. The use of slang is common D. Expressive

13. Which of the following utterances is not an
example of a directive illocutionary act?
A. Could you please buy me some food?
B. Please let me go.
C. What are you waiting for? Do it now.
D. Im deeply sorry for what I said to you
yesterday.
14-18 Categorize the following
utterances into their
corresponding category of
illocutionary act. Choose your
answer here.
A. Assertives
B. Directives
C. Commissives
D. Expressive
E. Declaration
14. I am wearing a tangerine blouse today.
15. Please help me here.
16. I will eat a balanced diet starting tomorrow.
17. Im so grateful you come to my party.
18. I nominate Mr. Go for class President.
19. John was watching TV when his mother arrived
from the market. Upon entering the door, she
says, These bags are so heavy! What do you
think should be the perlocutionary act for the
speech act to be successful?
A. Let me help you. Ill be the one to carry
them Mom.
B. What are those Mom?
C. Thank you! You arrive safely Mom.
D. Finally, you made it Mom!
20. Speakers who are assigned to control the flow
of the conversation are
called ________ authorities.
A. Low authorities
B. High authorities
C. With authorities
D. Weak authorities
21. Which of the following situations does not refer
to nomination?
A. Interviewer interrogates the applicant
about his personal, educational, and
professional backgrounds.
B. Panel discussion
C. Forum
D. Shifting back to the main topic
22. Which of the following should a lower authority
practice in a conversation?
A. Use nonverbal cues to initiate that
he/she wants to join the conversation.
B. Control the flow of the conversation.
C. Ask questions that will maintain the
quality and productivity of
communication.
D. Interrupt while the higher authority is
still speaking.
23. Sir Ralph is discussing the rock cycle. James,
his student, interrupts him by saying something
about the various types of rocks. Which of the
following is the appropriate way to express an
interest in joining or participating in a
discussion?
A. Raise ones hand in order to be
recognized by the teacher.
B. Stand and tell something about the topic.
C. Talk while the teacher is explaining.
D. Shout so that the teacher can recognize
you.
24. It refers to the process in which a participant
stops speaking and yields the floor to another
participant so he or she could begin to speak.
A. Keep-turn
B. Release-turn
C. Take-turn
D. Turn-over
25. Which is true about release-turn?
A. Another participant can take the role of
the speaker
B. Speaker must not stop until he fulfills his
purpose in a conversation
C. Speaker continues to speak
D. Speaker is finished talking and is ready to
yield the floor to another person
26. Which of the following verbal cues does NOT
imply that a speaker wants to keep his turn?
A. Additionally
B. Likewise
C. On the contrary
D. Thats all
27. Keeping the interaction going on by asking
questions and eliciting a response is
called_________.
A. Turn taking
B. Topic control
C. Topic shifting
D. Repair
28. This occurs when the speaker intentionally or
unintentionally changes the topic of the
conversation.
A. Turn taking
B. Topic control
C. Topic shifting
D. Repair
29. This happens when the speaker manipulates
the discussion to maintain its flow without
changing the topic.
A. Turn taking
B. Topic control
C. Topic shifting
D. Repair
30. Which of the following statements will be
helpful in shifting the topic back to the original
flow of the conversation?
A. I appreciate your comment.
B. I will respond to that after I have discussed
few more slides.
C. Okay, thank you. But, going back to our
topic.
D. Can I have the floor, please?
31. It is committed when a speaker is not able to fulfill his or her purpose because he or she was interrupted
by a participant who wants to take the floor.
A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead Air
32. It is committed when the speaker refuses to yield the floor to another participant who wants to join the
discussion.
A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead Air
33. Overlapping is somehow similar to grabbing the floor, except that _.
A. Both of them are talking at the same time
B. A speaker ignores others who try to join the discussion
C. A participant takes over the role of being a speaker
D. No one wants to take the floor.
34. Which of the following situations describe hogging the floor?
A. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody wants to join the discussion but the speaker ignores
him
B. While the speaker is keeping his turn somebody takes over his turn
C. While the speaker is talking, someone interrupts him and he is not able to fulfill his purpose
D. While the speaker is talking, he suddenly stops and gives his turn to another participant

35-40 Identify the following violations made in the following situations.

A. Grabbing the floor
B. Overlapping
C. Hogging the floor
D. Dead air
35. One of the students immediately shared his insight without letting the teacher finish the question. The
violation committed is described as _.
36. As Ralph was explaining about the immediate response they got from the rescuers, angry victims yelled to
express their dismay.
37. The teacher was discussing about the ecosystem when Calvin interrupted and shared what he had seen in
a documentary but the teacher ignores him.
38. During a debate, a member from the pro team keeps on interrupting the member from the anti.
39. Susie was in a board meeting. They were discussing how to double up their sales in the next six months.
She was explaining her report and proceeded to ask questions but nobody wants to answer or share their
insights.
40. The moderator of a panel discussion noticed that nobody among the participants would want to share their
thoughts.