Student Name________________ Date _______________Instructor: Kathleen ConwayMidterm Exam: HCOM 1001. The number one reason for failure in a business setting is due to:a. Too much communicationb. Lack of interpersonal skillc. Not enough personal contact between sender and receiverd. A lack of empathy among the leadership2. Which of the following is an example of intrapersonal communication?a. A dyad sharing high levels of self-disclosureb. Any communication that is not face-to-facec. Your conscienced. Watching a videotaped speech3. Mass communications messages are:a. More personal than other types of messagesb. Lack personal contact between sender and receiverc. Messages that college students listen to almost 1/2 of their communication timed. All of the above4. John is trying to listen but his headache interferes. He is experiencing:a. External noiseb. Physiological noisec. Psychological noised. A distraction not classified as noise5. Math is your weakest subject. On the first day of college algebra you tell the student next to you, “I bet I’ll get a D in this course.” At the end of the semester you get a D. This is an example of:a. Self-denialb. Self-disclosurec. Self-fulfilling prophecyd. Self-motivation6. People usually judge themselves:a. More harshly than othersb. More positively than othersc. More honestly than othersd. Less often as they grow old7. The Whorf-Sapir hypothesis articulates that:a. Nouns are more powerful than verbsb. Pattern of thinking are shaped by the language people speakc. A language works better if it is process orientedd. Language changes slowly8. Language use reflects the speaker’s willingness to take responsibility for his/her statements. Which of the following categories reflects the highest amount of speaker responsibility?a. It statementsb. You statementsc. They statementsd. I statements9. Which of the following gains meaning by comparison:a. Equivocalb. Relativec. Emotived. Abstract10. Which of the following statements reveals the speaker’s willingness to accept responsibility for the message?a. “The job is not finished.”b. “Sometimes things just keep me from finishing the job.”c. “I didn’t get the job done.”d. “The job didn’t get done.”11. Cultures that value straight talk are said to be:a. Empathicb. Elaboratec. High contextd. Low context12. Which statement below best describes the relationship between listening and hearing?a. Listening and hearing always occur simultaneouslyb. You can listen and not hearc. You can hear and not listend. Listening and hearing are the same thing13. What is the relationship between the rate that people speak and the speed at which people listen?a. People can understand speech at rates much greater than people can speakb. People can speak at rates much greater than they can understand speechc. People speak and listen at approximately the same rated. No predictable relationship exists between speech rate and rate of understanding14. Which of the following behaviors does the text describe as a faulty listening behavior?a. Pseudolisteningb. Selective listeningc. Ambushingd. All of the above15. According to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, this type of listening is the first step in understanding someone:a. Attentive listeningb. Pretend listeningc. Empathic listeningd. Selective listening16. Which of the following statements most accurately expresses the relative strengths of verbal versus nonverbal communication?a. Nonverbal communication is better suited to expressing attitudes and feelings rather than ideas.b. Verbal communication is better suited to expressing attitudes and feelings rather than ideas.c. Nonverbal communication is better suited to expressing attitudes and ideas rather than feelings.e. Verbal communication is better suited to expressing attitudes and ideas rather than feelings.17. Which of the following statements would be the most difficult to express nonverbally?a. You’re afraid.b. You’re happy you earned an A on a class report.c. You wonder what will be on the midterm exam.d. Your angry that your friend is late.18. Personal distance is defined in your text as:a. 0 to 18 inchesb. 18 inches to 4 feetc. 4 feet to 12 feetd. 12 feet and beyond19. The study of body movement, posture and gesture is called:a. Proxemicsb. Artifactsc. Kinesicsd. Paralanguage20. According to Altman and Taylor, the degree of intimacy in a relationship depends on the:a. Depth of information sharedb. Breadth of information sharedc. Depth and breadth of information sharedd. The nature of the information shared does not affect intimacy21. Which of the following is true about self-disclosure?a. It is easy, especially among friends.b. It occurs best in new relationships.c. It is best when people tell everything.d. It is risky and often does not occur even among friends.22. Which of the following is an example of metacommunication?a. “I hate it when you yell at me.”b. “Let’s go to the movies.”c. “Please bring me a paper.”d. “Stop doing that.”23. When conflict exists in an interpersonal relationship and you ignore it, you are exhibiting:a. Indirect aggressionb. Assertionc. Self-sufficiencyd. Nonassertive behavior24. Speaker A says, “You’re late again. Supper is cold.” Which of the following is the most likely response if a spiral pattern occurs?a. “What do you mean?”b. “And you’re crabby again!”c. “I’m sorry.”d. “I got held up. Want to eat out?”25. According to the text’s definition, conflict would only exist between Vic and Joey if…?a. Vic and Joey were approximately the same age.b. Vic and Joey were physically in the same room at the same time during the dispute.c. Vic and Joey demonstrated some noticeable physiological changes during the dispute.d. Vic and Joey both knew that some disagreement existed.True/False26. Noise can be internal and/or external.27. Meanings rest in people, not in words.28. The self-concept is a set of relatively stable perceptions that other people hold about us.29. People are more influenced by negative than positive characteristics of others.30. In order to speak a language fluently, a speaker should be able to describe the rules that govern language.31. Equivocal language is troublesome because is has more than one correct definition.32. Paraphrasing means repeating exactly the same words that the other person said.33. Listening, like breathing, is automatic and
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