COM 100 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which statement best reflects the text's view on disability identity? - Answer- Disability
identity reflects how society thinks about different abilities, rather than who we are.
When giving a friend directions to your home, you tell him/her to stop at the corner
market to pick up some soda. In telling your friend to pick up those beverages, you are
using _____ function of language - Answer- Regulatory (serving or intended to regulate
something)
3 types of communication apprehension: - Answer- Learned, skilled & heredity
This class is a Communications class - Answer- False
"Kind of" and "might" are examples of: - Answer- Hedging ( mitigating word, sound or
construction used to lessen the impact of an utterance due to constraints on the
interaction between the speaker and addressee)
Because the eyes communicate more than any other part of the face, scholars study
_____ as a separate nonverbal channel from facial behavior - Answer- Oculesics (refers
to the study of eye contact)
During Humanities class, the professor discusses how Mexico gained independence in
the 19th century. Margie misses the point, because when she hears the word Mexico,
she dreams of her Spring break vacation. Which listening barrier is most likely
contributing to Margie's lack of attention? - Answer- Mental Distraction
As class valedictorian you are expected to give a speech. You have never spoken in
front of your school's staff & faculty before, which makes you nervous even though
you've rehearsed your speech a hundred times. What is the cause of comm.
apprehension? - Answer- Audience based
Adam (7 ft tall) entered the house of Amy (5 ft tall) and upon seeing dust at higher levels
of the house that Amy couldn't see, he concluded that her house was dirty. However
Amy thought it was clean because she didn't see the dust. Which individual factor
influenced Adam's and Amy's perceptual process? - Answer- Physical differences
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which statement best reflects the text's view on disability identity? - Answer- Disability
identity reflects how society thinks about different abilities, rather than who we are.
When giving a friend directions to your home, you tell him/her to stop at the corner
market to pick up some soda. In telling your friend to pick up those beverages, you are
using _____ function of language - Answer- Regulatory (serving or intended to regulate
something)
3 types of communication apprehension: - Answer- Learned, skilled & heredity
This class is a Communications class - Answer- False
"Kind of" and "might" are examples of: - Answer- Hedging ( mitigating word, sound or
construction used to lessen the impact of an utterance due to constraints on the
interaction between the speaker and addressee)
Because the eyes communicate more than any other part of the face, scholars study
_____ as a separate nonverbal channel from facial behavior - Answer- Oculesics (refers
to the study of eye contact)
During Humanities class, the professor discusses how Mexico gained independence in
the 19th century. Margie misses the point, because when she hears the word Mexico,
she dreams of her Spring break vacation. Which listening barrier is most likely
contributing to Margie's lack of attention? - Answer- Mental Distraction
As class valedictorian you are expected to give a speech. You have never spoken in
front of your school's staff & faculty before, which makes you nervous even though
you've rehearsed your speech a hundred times. What is the cause of comm.
apprehension? - Answer- Audience based
Adam (7 ft tall) entered the house of Amy (5 ft tall) and upon seeing dust at higher levels
of the house that Amy couldn't see, he concluded that her house was dirty. However
Amy thought it was clean because she didn't see the dust. Which individual factor
influenced Adam's and Amy's perceptual process? - Answer- Physical differences
