UTK CCI 150 EXAM 3 EXAMINATION TEST
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ this type of noise happens to your classmate who is too hungover to
hear the lecture. Answer: physiological noise
⩥ this type of noise happens when you can't hear the lecture because
your classmate is talking. Answer: physical noise
⩥ this type of noise occurs when your english friend asks for the loo
instead of the bathroom. Answer: semantic noise
⩥ this type of noise occurs when you try to discuss politics with
someone who is uninterested but you can't hear them, anyway, because
you're sick and stopped up. Answer: psychological and physiological
noise
⩥ this type of noise occurs when a yankees fan and a red sox fan
disagree over which team is easier to hate. Answer: psychological noise
⩥ this is the term for media telling us what to think about. Answer:
agenda setting
, ⩥ true or false? in the US, advertising and mass media have a symbiotic
relationship. Answer: true
⩥ this term takes effect when I don't think I'm affected by violence in
media, but I do worry that it affects my neighbors. Answer: third person
effect
⩥ this term, thanks to George Gerbner, leads us to believe that people
who watch a lot of TV tend to be more fearful than those who watch
less. Answer: mean world syndrome
⩥ these opposing ideas theorize, respectively, that violent media is bad
for us, because it causes us to act, and that it's good for us, because it lets
us get our violent thoughts out of our systems. Answer: catalytic theory
and cathartic theory
⩥ these are AM stations that boost power at sundown to travel long
distances at night. Answer: clear channel radio stations
⩥ the American public first became aware of radio when this major
event was reported. Answer: the sinking of the titanic
⩥ he was the first inventor to successfully create a wireless telegraph.
Answer: Marconi
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ this type of noise happens to your classmate who is too hungover to
hear the lecture. Answer: physiological noise
⩥ this type of noise happens when you can't hear the lecture because
your classmate is talking. Answer: physical noise
⩥ this type of noise occurs when your english friend asks for the loo
instead of the bathroom. Answer: semantic noise
⩥ this type of noise occurs when you try to discuss politics with
someone who is uninterested but you can't hear them, anyway, because
you're sick and stopped up. Answer: psychological and physiological
noise
⩥ this type of noise occurs when a yankees fan and a red sox fan
disagree over which team is easier to hate. Answer: psychological noise
⩥ this is the term for media telling us what to think about. Answer:
agenda setting
, ⩥ true or false? in the US, advertising and mass media have a symbiotic
relationship. Answer: true
⩥ this term takes effect when I don't think I'm affected by violence in
media, but I do worry that it affects my neighbors. Answer: third person
effect
⩥ this term, thanks to George Gerbner, leads us to believe that people
who watch a lot of TV tend to be more fearful than those who watch
less. Answer: mean world syndrome
⩥ these opposing ideas theorize, respectively, that violent media is bad
for us, because it causes us to act, and that it's good for us, because it lets
us get our violent thoughts out of our systems. Answer: catalytic theory
and cathartic theory
⩥ these are AM stations that boost power at sundown to travel long
distances at night. Answer: clear channel radio stations
⩥ the American public first became aware of radio when this major
event was reported. Answer: the sinking of the titanic
⩥ he was the first inventor to successfully create a wireless telegraph.
Answer: Marconi
