CMST 2061 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Employees complain of feeling overwhelmed by e-mail and text messages, with
some employees checking their e-mail boxes up to 40 times per hour. Such
constant connection with others results in
Select one:
a. Stimulus apprehension
b. Mindless messaging
c. Perceptual "blasts"
d. Information overload
d. Information overload
Perception refers to
Select one:
a. Identifying incoming stimuli as information that must be processed
b. Identifying and classifying stimuli apprehended by the senses
c. Seeing, hearing or feeling something with the senses
d. Subjective responses to interactive phenomena
b. Identifying and classifying stimuli apprehended by the senses
According to Chapter 1, which business and professional communication
problem does office gossip fall under?
Select one:
,a. Communication apprehension
b. Ethical dilemmas
c. Mindless messaging
d. Self-Interest
b. Ethical dilemmas
Communication competence involves knowing what's appropriate and having the
requisite communication skills to perform. What is the third factor important to
defining communication competence?
Select one:
a. Perception
b. Interpretation
c. Motivation
d. Acknowledging feedback
c. Motivation
Some communication exchanges go poorly simply because we lack the
resources, like time, to think through them carefully. Such less-than-satisfying
interactions are characterized as
Select one:
a. Linear exchanges
b. Mindless messaging
c. Digital naivete
d. Communication apprehension
b. Mindless messaging
,Our constant connection by way of our smartphones, Internet, and social media
networks can easily put us in a state of
Select one:
a. Affinity-seeking
b. Information overload
c. Information distortion
d. Delirium
b. Information overload
The linear model of communication is a more realistic description than the
interactive model.
Select one:
a. False
b. True
a. False
One of the benefits of new media communication channels (smart phones, email,
social networking, etc.) is that they have virtually eliminated the majority of
communication challenges.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
b. False
Meanings of messages are subject to the interpretations of the people working
with them.
, Select one:
a. False
b. True
b. True
Identifying and classifying a stimulus apprehended by the senses refers to
transmission.
Select one:
a. False
b. True
a. False
A system of concepts with indications of the relationships among them that help
us to understand a phenomenon is the definition of:
Select one:
a. Informed hunch
b. Formal, scholarly theory
c. Hypothesis
d. Everyday way of knowing
b. Formal, scholarly theory
Max Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy is an example of
Select one:
a. Systems theory
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Employees complain of feeling overwhelmed by e-mail and text messages, with
some employees checking their e-mail boxes up to 40 times per hour. Such
constant connection with others results in
Select one:
a. Stimulus apprehension
b. Mindless messaging
c. Perceptual "blasts"
d. Information overload
d. Information overload
Perception refers to
Select one:
a. Identifying incoming stimuli as information that must be processed
b. Identifying and classifying stimuli apprehended by the senses
c. Seeing, hearing or feeling something with the senses
d. Subjective responses to interactive phenomena
b. Identifying and classifying stimuli apprehended by the senses
According to Chapter 1, which business and professional communication
problem does office gossip fall under?
Select one:
,a. Communication apprehension
b. Ethical dilemmas
c. Mindless messaging
d. Self-Interest
b. Ethical dilemmas
Communication competence involves knowing what's appropriate and having the
requisite communication skills to perform. What is the third factor important to
defining communication competence?
Select one:
a. Perception
b. Interpretation
c. Motivation
d. Acknowledging feedback
c. Motivation
Some communication exchanges go poorly simply because we lack the
resources, like time, to think through them carefully. Such less-than-satisfying
interactions are characterized as
Select one:
a. Linear exchanges
b. Mindless messaging
c. Digital naivete
d. Communication apprehension
b. Mindless messaging
,Our constant connection by way of our smartphones, Internet, and social media
networks can easily put us in a state of
Select one:
a. Affinity-seeking
b. Information overload
c. Information distortion
d. Delirium
b. Information overload
The linear model of communication is a more realistic description than the
interactive model.
Select one:
a. False
b. True
a. False
One of the benefits of new media communication channels (smart phones, email,
social networking, etc.) is that they have virtually eliminated the majority of
communication challenges.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
b. False
Meanings of messages are subject to the interpretations of the people working
with them.
, Select one:
a. False
b. True
b. True
Identifying and classifying a stimulus apprehended by the senses refers to
transmission.
Select one:
a. False
b. True
a. False
A system of concepts with indications of the relationships among them that help
us to understand a phenomenon is the definition of:
Select one:
a. Informed hunch
b. Formal, scholarly theory
c. Hypothesis
d. Everyday way of knowing
b. Formal, scholarly theory
Max Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy is an example of
Select one:
a. Systems theory
