Comm 2500 Mizzou Final Exam
Questions With Correct Answers 2026
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -the process of generating meaning by sending and
receiving symbols of signs that are influenced by multiple concepts
Communications - CORRECT ANSWER -distribution of messages
Source - CORRECT ANSWER -encodes the message
Message - CORRECT ANSWER -verbal or nonverbal content being conveyed from sender to
receiver
Channel - CORRECT ANSWER -sensory route in which a message travels to the receiver for
decoding
Medium - CORRECT ANSWER -technology in which the message flows (Ex: TV, radio)
Receiver - CORRECT ANSWER -decodes the message
Feedback - CORRECT ANSWER -verbal and non-verbal cues that the source receives
Noise - CORRECT ANSWER -anything that disrupts the message
Context - CORRECT ANSWER -conditions that surround and influence a communication act
Sign - CORRECT ANSWER -something we directly encounter but refers to something else
, Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER -sign with no natural connection to its referent- the connection to
meaning is an arbitrary social convention
Referent - CORRECT ANSWER -object being represented
Reference - CORRECT ANSWER -thought or connotation
Denotation - CORRECT ANSWER -denotative meaning: literal, "official" meaning of a symbol, the
dictionary definition
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER -connotative meaning: cluster of beliefs, feelings, value
positions, etc., that attach to our experience with a symbol
Ideology - CORRECT ANSWER -a coherent, integrated system of multiple, interrelated political
thoughts, beliefs, and values
Semantic triangle - CORRECT ANSWER -- consists of sign, referent, and reference
- relationship between symbol and referent is unstable
- relationship between references and the rest is social and individual
Transmission Model of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -- Describes communication as a
linear, one-way process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver
- Focuses on the sender and message within a communication encounter
- Receiver is more of a target in this model; we are left to presume that they understand or do
not understand the message
- Assumes receivers are passive
Questions With Correct Answers 2026
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -the process of generating meaning by sending and
receiving symbols of signs that are influenced by multiple concepts
Communications - CORRECT ANSWER -distribution of messages
Source - CORRECT ANSWER -encodes the message
Message - CORRECT ANSWER -verbal or nonverbal content being conveyed from sender to
receiver
Channel - CORRECT ANSWER -sensory route in which a message travels to the receiver for
decoding
Medium - CORRECT ANSWER -technology in which the message flows (Ex: TV, radio)
Receiver - CORRECT ANSWER -decodes the message
Feedback - CORRECT ANSWER -verbal and non-verbal cues that the source receives
Noise - CORRECT ANSWER -anything that disrupts the message
Context - CORRECT ANSWER -conditions that surround and influence a communication act
Sign - CORRECT ANSWER -something we directly encounter but refers to something else
, Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER -sign with no natural connection to its referent- the connection to
meaning is an arbitrary social convention
Referent - CORRECT ANSWER -object being represented
Reference - CORRECT ANSWER -thought or connotation
Denotation - CORRECT ANSWER -denotative meaning: literal, "official" meaning of a symbol, the
dictionary definition
Connotation - CORRECT ANSWER -connotative meaning: cluster of beliefs, feelings, value
positions, etc., that attach to our experience with a symbol
Ideology - CORRECT ANSWER -a coherent, integrated system of multiple, interrelated political
thoughts, beliefs, and values
Semantic triangle - CORRECT ANSWER -- consists of sign, referent, and reference
- relationship between symbol and referent is unstable
- relationship between references and the rest is social and individual
Transmission Model of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -- Describes communication as a
linear, one-way process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver
- Focuses on the sender and message within a communication encounter
- Receiver is more of a target in this model; we are left to presume that they understand or do
not understand the message
- Assumes receivers are passive
