COLAND SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Cotabato City
ENGL111 PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
PRELIM EXAM SET B
Instructor: Nailah S. Gani
General Directions: NO PERMIT, NO EXAM
Any form of CHEATING means FAILED.
ERASURE is NOT ALLOWED.
Use Yellow Paper as your answer sheet. DO NOT WRITE anything in your
questionnaire.
I. Multiple Choice. Read each question carefully and write the LETTER that best describes each
statement. (1 POINT EACH)
1. The art of communication is the language of __________?
a. Leadership b. Speaker c. Speech
2. Who wrote the book oral communication?
a. Prof. Aristotle b. Prof. James Humes c. Prof. Ramona Flores
3. It is known as the earliest model of communication?
a. White’s stages of oral communication
b. Aristotle Model
c. Shannon-Weavers Model of Communication
4. The speech of the speaker can be said effective __________
a. If the audience cannot clearly understand the speech
b. If the audience affected the mood of the audience
c. If the audience get inspired because of the speech
5. In Shannon-Weaver’s Model of Communication the decoder is ______
a. sender b. telephone/cellphone c. signal
6. What specific element is the destination of the message in telephone model?
a. Encoder b. receiver c. reception
7. In white’s Stage of Oral Communication explains that any point the _______ can start
a. message b. respondents c. communication
8. It is the response of the receiver; this would also give sign if the receiver understands the message of the
sender.
a. semantic noise b. feedback c. noise
9. Has affected us in numerous ways
a. Globalization b. National Communication Association c. Communication Model
10. What model which explains that communication is a continous process?
a. White’s Stages of Oral Communication
b. Shannon’s Model of Communication
c. Aristotle Model of Communication
11. The proponent of “The New Rhetoric”
a. James Humes b. James Berlin c. Dennis Mcquil
12. The reception place of the signal which converts signal into message.
a. response b. encoder c. decoder
13. The kind of English that exist in the Philippines?
a. British English b. American English c. European English
14. How do communication perceive as successful?
a. When there are agreements between the elements.
b. When the sender and receiver have the same field of experience.
c. When the receiver understands the message of the sender.
15. The models of communication give us a vivid explanation on the process of communication in various
means. This further explains that?
a. Elements are continuous
b. Elements explain the flow of communication
c. Elements is part of model
16. The speech of the speaker must consider the ____ and ________
a. audience, occasion b. audience, content c. age, occasion
17. This model was developed because of the usage of technology such as telephone?
a. Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication
b. Osgood-Srhramm’s Model of Communication
c. Aristotle Model of Communication
18. It is the term used when the message cannot be understood because of the unstable signal.
a. semantic noise b. choppy c. noise
19. On one of the model, the message may succeed or fail, based on the interpreter’s ______ of the message.
a. appreciation b. speech c. explanation
20. For the sender, the best communication is the one that involves ________
a. feedback b. message c. income
21. It is important to understand that whatever we communicate it should be guided by certain ethical
principles
a. communication b. ethics c. communication ethics
22. It is essential in leading the nation or corporation
a. Writing skill b. communication skill c. listening skill
23. It is the ideas and feelings that sender and receiver want to share with each other.
a. noise b. message c. feedback
24. Effective communication can breach peace, spark revolutions and effect ________ in government.
a. change b. people c. communication
25. They discuss the Ethical Communication in their Credo.
a. media b. Eugene White c. NCA
II. True or False. Write T if the statement is correct; otherwise, write F. (1 POINT EACH)
1. There are only two things to be considered in achieving the effective communication these are SENDER
and RECEIVER.
2. Communication is a simple process.
3. Semantic noise has something to do with the unnecessary noise from the environment.
4. The message of the sender may vary depending on the understanding of the interpretation.
5. There are various models which explain the process of communication in different way.
6. The context of the message will still be the same even through the sender and receiver have
contradicting field of experience.
7. According to White’s Stages of Oral Communication, the process of communication always starts at
thinking.
8. Aristotle’s Model of Communication is best applied in Public Speaking.
9. Aristotle’s Model of Communication is the earliest model of communication.
10. All types of communication undergo the same process.
III. Enumeration. Enumerate what is being asked. (1POINT EACH)
1-5 Communication Model
6-10 Types of Communication
11-15 Purposes of Communication
IV. Interpret the communication model below. (10POINTS)
