Communicating Effectively With Others MCQs

Communicating Effectively With Others MCQs

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1: The transmission of information from one party to another is known as ?

A.   Encoding

B.   Communication

C.   Suppression

D.   Withholding

2: The process by which a sender puts the message in a certain format.

A.   Decoding

B.   Encoding

C.   Frames of reference

D.   Semantics

3: The process by which the receiver interprets and translates the meaning of the sender’s message is known as ______.

A.   Decoding

B.   Encoding

C.   Frames of reference

D.   Semantics

4: ________ is the personal context we each bring to communications with others.

A.   Decoding

B.   Encoding

C.   Frames of reference

D.   Semantics

5: The difference between the meaning that the sender intends and the meaning that the receiver decodes is known as ____.

A.   Distortion

B.   Perfection

C.   Correction

D.   Chastisement

6: The study of the meaning conveyed by words or symbols are known as ?

A.   Semantics

B.   Bewilderment

C.   Disorientation

D.   Enigma

7: Shorthand language or terminology known to outsiders but mystifying to others are known as jargon.

A.   True

B.   False

8: ____ is manipulating the information that is being sent so that it will be received more favorably by the receiver .

A.   Filtering

B.   Defensiveness

C.   Adulterate

D.   Self-disclosure

9: ____ is a defensive behavior that occurs when people feel or anticipate some sort of threat and rush to defend themselves.

A.   Filtering

B.   Defensiveness

C.   Adulterate

D.   Self-disclosure

10: Disclosing to others what you think and how you feel about deep-seated personal matters is known as ______?

A.   Self-disclosure

B.   Vulnerability

C.   Prominence

D.   Limelight

11: ______ are the listening that involves the listener consciously engaging in a series of actions intended to clarify and confirm the meaning of the message he or she is receiving.

A.   Active listening

B.   Vulnerability

C.   Prominence

D.   Limelight

12: ______restating what you hear in your own words

A.   Paraphrasing

B.   Authentic

C.   Confusion

D.   Muddle

13: _______ is the lag of time between our thinking and our speech

A.   Thinking-speaking differential

B.   Supportive communication

C.   Paraphrasing

D.   None of these

14: _____ is an approach to communicating that recognizes both the need to transmit information and to enhance interpersonal relationships.

A.   Supportive communication

B.   Communication

C.   Thinking-speaking differential

D.   None of these

15: Communication is the transmission of information from one party to another.

A.   True

B.   False

16: _________ is the process by which a sender puts the message in a certain format.

A.   Encoding

B.   Decoding

C.   Filtering

D.   Semantics

17: _________ is the process by which the receiver translates the sender’s message.

A.   Encoding

B.   Decoding

C.   Filtering

D.   Semantics

18: The personal context we each bring to communications with others is ________________.

A.   Semantics

B.   Frame of reference

C.   Thinking-speaking differential

D.   Range of acceptance

19: __________ refers to the difference between the meaning that the sender intends and the meaning that the receiver decodes.

A.   Paraphrasing

B.   Self-disclosure

C.   Distortion

D.   Emotional dissonance

20: A range within which people are willing to entertain beliefs or attitudes different from their own is _______________.

A.   Range of acceptance

B.   Diversity

C.   Supportive communication

D.   Discrimination

21: ________ behavior occurs when a person feels or anticipates some sort of threat and rushes to defend themselves.

A.   Effective

B.   Defensive

C.   Offensive

D.   Supportive

22: Semantics is the study of the meaning conveyed by words or symbols.

A.   True

B.   False

23: Listening that involves the one who is on the receiving end of communication engaging in a series of conscious actions intended to clarify and confirm the meaning of the message being received is ________________.

A.   Positive communication

B.   Paraphrasing

C.   Active listening

D.   Encoding

24: Barriers to communication include

A.   Stereotyping

B.   Active listening

C.   Waiting before speaking

D.   Supportive communication

25: Supportive communication is specific, not general, which is more helpful.

A.   True

B.   False

26: Electronic communication ______________________________.

A.   Permits communication at different points in time

B.   Increases opportunities for face-to-face contact

C.   Enhances the trust that develops with shared experience and give-and-take.

D.   Humanizes the workplace

27: Which of the following is true of persuasive communication?

A.   The credibility of the source is key

B.   The expertise of the source has little effect on persuasiveness

C.   It is not affected by the character of the message

D.   It is not affected by the trustworthiness of the source

28: Self-disclosure is disclosing to others what you think and how you feel about deep-seated personal matters.

A.   True

B.   False

29: Thinking-speaking differential refers to the lag of time between our thinking and our speech.

A.   True

B.   False