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Week 1 Exercises (The answer key is below)
1- Communication is an ______ life requirement.
a. unavoidable
b. inessential
c. unimportant
d. undesired
2- Effective communication depends on the ________ of ideas.
a. amount
b. modernity
c. richness
d. rarity
3- __________ communication is used to provide well-thought and well-planned details. It can easily
be reviewed and cannot be altered right away.
a. Verbal
b. Non-verbal
c. Visual
d. Written
4- An animated GIF is an example of __________ communication.
a. verbal
b. non-verbal
c. visual
d. written
5- ______ communication is the most common type of conversation.
a. Verbal
b. Non-verbal
c. Visual
d. Written
6- Interpersonal communication is used to _______ relationships.
a. end or reconsider
b. maintain
c. initiate
d. develop
e. All of the above
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7- The __________ is the means by which the message is expressed to the receiver.
a. channel
b. source
c. noise
d. feedback.
e. context
8- The ________ of a message is the creator of the ideas and feelings expressed.
a. receiver
b. source
c. channel
d. context
9- One of the following is not of the five communication principles.
Interpersonal communication ___________.
a. connects us to others
b. is reversible
c. is complicated
d. governed by rules
e. involves both content and relationship dimensions
10- One of the following is incorrect about interpersonal communication and social media.
a. You can communicate interpersonally with people without meeting them face to face.
b. Social media enables us to both initiate and maintain relationships.
c. Developing interpersonal relationships through social media can be affected by distance.
d. Social media applications are also sometimes called electronically mediated communication
(EMC), which includes e-mails, texts, or any other electronic method of communication.
11- Communication breakdowns result in barriers against your ability to develop both professionally
and personally.
a. True
b. False
12- Non-verbal communication means sending wordless messages by using one’s body language,
gestures, eye-contacts, appearance, and tone of one’s voice etc.
a. True
b. False
13- A person doesn’t have to be careful of the words or expressions to be said. Any word that has been
spoken can be taken back, so it is not important to formulate expressions or sentences carefully.
a. True
b. False
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14- Your success or failure in a job often depends on how well you get along with your supervisors and
peers.
a. True
b. False
15- Losing a relationship is considered one of the top-rated sources of satisfaction and happiness in life.
a. True
b. False
16- The inclination among people to interact with others is said to be _________.
a. local and interpersonal
b. basic and universal
c. not necessary
d. national and inessential
17- Talking to a friend, listening to your teachers, shopping, talking to a partner at work, and
meeting for dinner with a partner or talking to your mother are all cases of _________.
a. interpersonal communication
b. intrapersonal relationships
c. professional communication
d. interpersonal relationships
18- Communication can be defined as the art and process of __________ ideas
a. predicting and disrupting
b. hiding and foretelling
c. creating and sharing
d. perceiving and absorbing
19- Communication skills are rated as ________ element used in choosing management staffs.
a. an unimportant
b. the major
c. a minor
d. an ineffective
20- Communication _________ result in barriers against your ability to develop both
professionally and personally.
a. breakdowns
b. skills
c. strategies
d. successes
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21- Many people find communication skills to be a block to their progress. They struggle to
convey their thoughts and ideas in an accurate manner. Such will make it ________for them to
progress and nearly _______ to lead well.
a. easy/ probable
b. a barrier/ possible
c. difficult/ impossible
d. non-difficult/ a challenge
22- In verbal communication, the ability to listen and think carefully before speaking is _____.
a. critical
b. usual
c. uncritical
d. All of the above
23- “A person must be careful of the words or expressions to be said.” This sentence is a
concern of ___________ communication.
a. visual
b. verbal
c. non-verbal
d. written
24- ‘The tone of one’s voice’ is an example of ______________ communication.
a. visual
b. verbal
c. non-verbal
d. written
25- Instant messages, e-mail, texts, and other sorts of fast messages appear to be essentially
used to ___________ existing relationships,
a. maintain
b. end
c. reconsider
d. All of the above
26- We are more convincing when communicating non-verbally than when communicating verbally.
a. True
b. False
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27- If it happens on- or offline, interpersonal communication helps you control your
relationships.
a. True
b. False
28- If you learn the principles and skills of interpersonal communication, you can develop more
options for replying when family communication challenges come out and be more able to
develop creative, constructive solutions to family conflicts.
a. True
b. False
29- The process of decoding occurs when the receiver puts a message into a code.
a. True
decoding, which occurs when the receiver explains the source’s words or nonverbal cues.
b. False
30- Text messaging, e-mail, phone, video conference, Facebook, or Twitter are examples of
means by which the message is expressed.
a. True
b. False
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Answer key
1- a
2- c
3- d
4- c
5- a
6- e
7- a
8- b
9- b
10- c
11- a
12- a
13- b
14- a
15- b
16- b
17- a
18- c
19- b
20- a
21- c
22- a
23- b
24- c
25- a
26- b
27- a
28- a
29- b
30- a
