MIDTERM 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. All of the following define communication, EXCEPT?
A. Communication involves a transaction.
B. Communication is sharing of ideas among a group of people.
C. Communication is a confusion of ideas in the mind of another.
D. Communication is a transfer of messages from one person to another.
2. Oral communication is the interchange of ________ between the sender and the receiver.
A. Signs and gestures
B. Cues and clues
C. Verbal messages
D. Written messages
3. Body talk is also known as _____________
A. Overflow
B. Physical communication
C. Leakage
D. noise
4. Oral communication is better than written communication for ________________
A. saving time
B. conveying facts and opinion
C. providing opportunity to refer back
D. conveying feelings and emotions
5. In oral communication, what matters most is_______
A. Where you say it
B. How you say it
C. When you say it
D. What you say it
6. The limitation of oral communication is that:
A. It is not affected by the speaker’s feelings or stress or excitement levels
B. It is easy to be aware of our body language
C. It does not require on-the-spot thinking
D. It is irreversible – what is said cannot be taken back
7. Can communication still take place even without the Speaker?
A. Yes, if there’s a written source of information.
B. Yes, if the Speaker decides to be the listener.
C. No, the Speaker is always a must in the communication process.
D. No, communication fails if the speaker is missing.
8. Complete the analogy:
Listener: receiver of the message:: ____:is a
means by which the message is sent
A. Speaker
B. Channel
C. Response
D. Feedback
9. If your seat mate is talking to you while your teacher is explaining the lesson, then you have experienced what
type of noise?
A. physical
B. physiological
C. psychological
D. mental
10. Which comparison of verbal and nonverbal communication is accurate?
A. Both verbal and nonverbal communication are formally taught
B. The sender has more control over verbal communication
C. More channels are used for verbal communication
D. The setting is more restricted in nonverbal communication
11. Which of the following models of communication asserts that communication can take place if and only if there
is an overlap between the field of experience of the speaker and of the listener?
A. Shannon-Weaver’s model
B. Schramm’s
 C. Aristotle’s
D. White’s
12. Based on Eugene White’s model of communication, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Feedback is the perception by the Speaker about the response of the listener.
B. It is impossible for communication to be actually observed from any point in the circle.
C. The speaker can only receive feedback if the Speaker is monitoring the listener.
D. The Speaker will know what the Listener’s Response is only if he/she is paying attention.
13. The content of the communication is called a:
A. Message
B. Noise
C. Media richness
D. Jargon
14. To convert a message into groups of words, symbols, gestures, or sounds that present ideas or concept is called
________.
A. Encoding
B. Feedback
C. Noise
D. Media richness
15. Any communication that conveys a message consisting of words is called:
A. Verbal communication
B. Oral communication
C. Written communication
D. Nonverbal communication
16. Due to insufficiency of available classrooms, the covered court of Katipunan NHS is now being used to hold
classes temporarily. This real scenario is an example of which element of communication?
A. Message
B. Physical location of communicative situation
C. Channel
D. Psychological setting of communicative situation
17. A politician says that he is a man of people, but many observe that he refuses to shake hands with the poor.
What dimension of communication is violated in this case?
A. Verbal/Non-Verbal
B. Oral/Written
C. Formal/Informal
D. Intentional/Unintentional
18. A certain look or gaze is an example of:
A. Verbal communication
B. Oral communication
C. Written communication
D. Nonverbal communication
19. It is the process by which the receiver interprets the symbols used y the source of the message by converting
them into concepts and ideas.
A. Decoding
B. Listing
C. Encoding
D. Feedback
20. The _____________ is the individual or group that develops the message to be communicated to internal and
external parties.
A. Source
B. Encoder
C. Decoder
D. Jargon
21. Noise is NOT a problem at which stage of the communication?
A. Source
B. Receiver
C. Decoding
D. None of the above (noise is a problem at all stages)
22. It shows how time is viewed differently in various countries.
A. Chronemics
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
23. The use of space provides us with ideas about how close or how far people are from the center of power or
where a person is in the social ladder.
 A. Chronemics
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
24. It is a type of nonverbal communication that assists the listener in understanding the message better which
serves as the listener’s gauge as to whether the speaker treats the listener with affective or with contempt.
A. Posture
B. Facial expression
C. Gesture
D. Chronemics
25. These are deliberate movement and signals to communicate meaning without words.
A. Eye gaze
B. Gesture
C. Facial expression
D. Appearance
26. These are the means by which the message is sent.
A. Channels
B. Feedback
C. Response
D. noise
27. It is a communication through touch and is considered as one of the most powerful of the types of nonverbal
communication.
A. Haptics
B. Gesture
C. Chronemics
D. Proxemics
28. This model gave us the concept of noise and this is often called the TELEPHONE MODEL.
A. Aristotelian Model of Communication
B. Schramm Model of Communication
C. Shannon- Weaver Model of Communication
D. Eugene White Model of Communication
29. He was considered the father of Mass Communication.
A. Wilbur Schramm
B. Eugene White
C. Aristotle
D. Claude Shannon
30. This involves only two participants exchanging thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Dyadic communication
c. Public communication
d. Small group communication
31. When talking to one’s self (Intrapersonal), which of the following is most used?
a. Skill at remembering
b. Capability to analyze
c. Ability to summarize
d. Awareness of the topic
32. When communicating with other person (Dyad), which speech style can be used?
a. Intimate – uses private vocabulary and shares meaning due to long relationship
b. Casual – used among friends because there is no need for background information
c. Formal – only for imparting information: well- organized and correct in grammar and diction
d. Frozen – style whose quality is static, ritualistic, and may even be archaic
33. When making and delivering speech, which speech style works best?
a. Intimate
b. Casual
c. Formal
d. Frozen
34. Communication break down or miscommunication is brought about by the lack of awareness of the ________.
a. dimensions of communication
b. elements of communication
c. nonverbal communication
d. models of communication
There is always a reason why people
communicate. For numbers 37 – 50, choose
what is being used in the following instances of
communication from the given five functions of
communication.
 A. REGULATION/ CONTROL
B. SOCIAL INTERACTION
C. MOTIVATION
D. INFORMATION
E. EMOTIONAL EPRESSION
35. The father looks sharply at his children who are quarrelling.
36. The boys calling out to a friend to come over and joined them.
37. A candidate for Brgy. Councilor conducts a house-to-house campaign for election.
38. The school dentist tells the kindergarten class on how to brush one’s teeth properly.
39. Kuya Kim provides information about the weather update.
40. People sympathizing with the bereaved family.
41. Friends are talking with each other and exchanging ideas.
42. Talking with the family during dinner.
43. A customer plead for a price cut or discount of his purchased goods
44. The police officer warns the people not to smoke in any public places.
45. A friend hugs you when you are down and troubled.
46. The girls are discussing what happened at the party they all attended last night.
47. The doctor is giving instructions to the patient in taking his medicine.
48. The mother hugs the crying baby.
49. The father tells his children not to go out with their friends

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