COM 380 CH. 1 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
T/F: The United States is anticipated to be a "majority minority" nation by 2050 - Answers True
T/F: Organizations should be as complicated as the problem they seek to address - Answers True
T/F: The exact consequence and extent of a global warming is relatively simple to predict. - Answers
False
Organizational communication scholars can address issues related to global warming by helping local,
state, national, and international agencies coordinate their activities to cope with the human
consequences of global warming - Answers
T/F: The organizational world is less complicated than it was 100 years ago - Answers False
_____________ organizations can be characterized as service organizations for both profit and
nonprofit organizations - Answers More and more
Jasprit is the new manager of Burger Barn. During his first meeting with his employees, he
emphasized his many years of experience as a manager of fast food restaurants to assure the
employees he knows what he is doing in a time of change. His message could most easily be studied
through a _______________ approach to communication. - Answers Rhetorical
Josh is a nurse at a hospital in Ames, Iowa. He is working on a patient who appears to be suffering
from flu-like symptoms from a bacterial infection. Yolanda is a scientist for the Center for Disease
Control. She has been studying bacteria samples that were found in Ames which appear to be traces
of a biological terrorist weapon that creates the flu-like symptoms Josh has been observing in his
patient. The difficulty of getting Yolanda and Josh to exchange helpful information through the work
of the Department of Homeland Security is really a problem of _______, according to the text. -
Answers Organizational Communication
T/F: The U.S. population like its traditional competitors is experiencing stagnant population growth
and is anticipated to begin declining int he next ten years - Answers False
T/F The rhetorical model of communication views communication as the practical art of discourse. -
Answers True
Investigating communication in the workplace by finding optimal ways to set up a communication
network system for employees who telecommute represents a(n) ____________ approach to
communication. - Answers Cybernetic
T/F The percentage of households consisting of married couples with their own children is increasing -
Answers False
The collapse of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage and the reversal of the housing boom which then had a
ripple effect around the world shows how much the interconnectedness of a ___________ economy
matters - Answers Global
T/F The number of people supervised by a manager is known as his/her span of control - Answers
True
The Theory of Scientific Management sought to climate - Answers Uneven work and systematic
soldiering
T/F Fayol's Principles of Management provide an accurate description of what managers actually do
on the job - Answers False
T/F Taylor's Theory of Scientific Management proposes that time and motion studies can determine
the most time-efficient way to do a job - Answers True
with this type of authority, power rests not in the individual but rather in the expertise that has
created a system of rules and norms - Answers Rational-legal authority
At the turn of the 20th century, piecework pay was the typical organizational reward system. If an
organization with a bunch of brick layers typical laid bricks at the rate of 100 bricks an hour, but
someone new begins work and lays bricks at the rate of 260 bricks and hour, the manager might
conclude everyone should by laying bricks at this rate and _________, or lower the pay per brick laid.
- Answers "Bust the rate"
Fredrick Taylor wanted to replace the initiatives and incentives system with his system of
___________ management - Answers scientific
Taylor advocated a strict ______________ _____ ______________ in which workers perform physical
labor that is planned and directed by management - Answers Division of labor
Although she couldn't tell a woofer from a tweeter, Jacqueline had a great deal of power at Hear It
Here Stereo Shop because her family had owned the business for many years. What type of authority
does Jacqueline hold? - Answers Legitimate power
T/F: The United States is anticipated to be a "majority minority" nation by 2050 - Answers True
T/F: Organizations should be as complicated as the problem they seek to address - Answers True
T/F: The exact consequence and extent of a global warming is relatively simple to predict. - Answers
False
Organizational communication scholars can address issues related to global warming by helping local,
state, national, and international agencies coordinate their activities to cope with the human
consequences of global warming - Answers
T/F: The organizational world is less complicated than it was 100 years ago - Answers False
_____________ organizations can be characterized as service organizations for both profit and
nonprofit organizations - Answers More and more
Jasprit is the new manager of Burger Barn. During his first meeting with his employees, he
emphasized his many years of experience as a manager of fast food restaurants to assure the
employees he knows what he is doing in a time of change. His message could most easily be studied
through a _______________ approach to communication. - Answers Rhetorical
Josh is a nurse at a hospital in Ames, Iowa. He is working on a patient who appears to be suffering
from flu-like symptoms from a bacterial infection. Yolanda is a scientist for the Center for Disease
Control. She has been studying bacteria samples that were found in Ames which appear to be traces
of a biological terrorist weapon that creates the flu-like symptoms Josh has been observing in his
patient. The difficulty of getting Yolanda and Josh to exchange helpful information through the work
of the Department of Homeland Security is really a problem of _______, according to the text. -
Answers Organizational Communication
T/F: The U.S. population like its traditional competitors is experiencing stagnant population growth
and is anticipated to begin declining int he next ten years - Answers False
T/F The rhetorical model of communication views communication as the practical art of discourse. -
Answers True
Investigating communication in the workplace by finding optimal ways to set up a communication
network system for employees who telecommute represents a(n) ____________ approach to
communication. - Answers Cybernetic
T/F The percentage of households consisting of married couples with their own children is increasing -
Answers False
The collapse of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage and the reversal of the housing boom which then had a
ripple effect around the world shows how much the interconnectedness of a ___________ economy
matters - Answers Global
T/F The number of people supervised by a manager is known as his/her span of control - Answers
True
The Theory of Scientific Management sought to climate - Answers Uneven work and systematic
soldiering
T/F Fayol's Principles of Management provide an accurate description of what managers actually do
on the job - Answers False
T/F Taylor's Theory of Scientific Management proposes that time and motion studies can determine
the most time-efficient way to do a job - Answers True
with this type of authority, power rests not in the individual but rather in the expertise that has
created a system of rules and norms - Answers Rational-legal authority
At the turn of the 20th century, piecework pay was the typical organizational reward system. If an
organization with a bunch of brick layers typical laid bricks at the rate of 100 bricks an hour, but
someone new begins work and lays bricks at the rate of 260 bricks and hour, the manager might
conclude everyone should by laying bricks at this rate and _________, or lower the pay per brick laid.
- Answers "Bust the rate"
Fredrick Taylor wanted to replace the initiatives and incentives system with his system of
___________ management - Answers scientific
Taylor advocated a strict ______________ _____ ______________ in which workers perform physical
labor that is planned and directed by management - Answers Division of labor
Although she couldn't tell a woofer from a tweeter, Jacqueline had a great deal of power at Hear It
Here Stereo Shop because her family had owned the business for many years. What type of authority
does Jacqueline hold? - Answers Legitimate power
