Multiple Choice Questions
1 The word communication comes from the Latin word ‘Communis’ meaning
A) Community B) Common
C) Communality D) Speech
2 Most important element in the communication process
A) Receiver B) Communicator
C) Message D) Channel
3. Communication involves
A) Interdependence B) Independence
C) Isolation D) None of these
4. Feedback is basically
A) Message oriented B) Receiver oriented
C) Source oriented D) Medium oriented
5. The percentage of communication that takes pace through body language
A) 10 B) 20
C) 30 D) 40
6. Speaking and Writing involves which communication skills
A) Knowledge B) Decoding
C) Feedback D) Encoding
7. Credibility means
A) Trustworthiness B) Fidelity
C) Empathy D) Sympathy
8. Listening in order to evaluate and judge, forming opinion about what is being
said.
A) Critical listening B) Biased listening
C) Comprehension listening D) Appreciative listening
9. The element of speech is often used to refer to as a ‘Paralanguage’
A) Vocal B) Verbal
C) Non Verbal D) None of these
10. ............ type of writing is one of the most common type of writing
A) Persuasive B) Expository
C) Narrative D) Narrative & Persuasive
11. It is a tremendous tool for presentation
A) Poster presentation B) Oral presentation
C) Radio talk D) Microsoft PowerPoint
12. The main style of writing used in academic papers
A) Expository B) Persuasive
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C) Descriptive D) Narrative
13. In which you record your thoughts, ideas, questions and concerns as you are
conducting the observation
A) Active information B) Descriptive information
C) Reflective information D) Passive information
14. Information can be measured by which of the following?
A) Entropy B) Redundancy
C) Fidelity D) Canopy
15. GDP
A) Give Documentary Practices B) Glossary Documentary Practices
C) Graphic Documentary Practices D) Good Documentary Practices
16. It refers to qualitative notes recorded by scientists or researchers in the course
of field research, during or after their observation of a specific phenomenon they
are studying
A) Field diary B) Lab record
C) diary D) notes
17. Communication is a non-stop
A) Paper B) Programme
C) Process D) Plan
18. Which distortion gives extra unwanted information
A) Fog B) Mirage
C) Systematic D) None of these
19. Grapevine communication is also known as
A) Informal communication B) Official communication
C) Formal communication D) Mass communication
20. Who among the following identified four levels of communication?
A) Thayer B) Aristotle
C) Berlo D) Festinger
21. These notebooks are the means for keeping a permanent record of the details
of an individual’s day-to-day research and development work in the laboratory or
office
A) Field diary B) Notes
C) Diary D) Lab record
22. The command and instructive functions of communication are more observable
in
A) Formal organizations B) Informal
C) Lateral D) Private
23. Evaluative listening is also called as ------------------------------.
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A) Interpretive listening B) Empathetic listening
C) Sympathetic listening D) Appreciative listening
24. Communication without words is termed as ------------------
A) Gesture B) Non-verbal communication
C) Telepathy D) Sign language
25. According to Berlo, the sole purpose of communication is to
A) Oder B) Influence
C) Persuasion D) Direct
26. ......... is the first enemy of communication
A) Clarity B) Completeness
C) Politeness D) Noise
27. What is the term used to describe words or expressions used by a specific
group of people?
A) Terminology B) Jargon
C) Lingo D) Paraphrasing
28. _____ is the quick reading of the text to get overall meaning or gist of the text
A) Kinesics B) Skimming
C) Deciphering D) Conciseness
29. SMCR model indicates whose model of communication
A) Schramm’s model B) Leagan’s model
C) Berlo’s model D) New Comb’s model
30. Shortest document among technical written documents, known as
A) Report B) Website
C) Summary D) Paragraph
