CMST 2061 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION GRADED A++
Our constant connection by way of our smartphones, Internet, and social media
networks can easily put us in a state of
a. Information distortion
b. Delirium
c. Information overload
d. Affinity-seeking
c. Information overload
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
a. Mindless messaging
b. Stimulus apprehension
c. Perceptual "blasts"
d. Information overload
d. Information overload
Jane works at a public relations firm and often finds herself almost
simultaneously checking email on her computer, looking at text messages on her
cell phone and attempting to converse with a team member on her office phone.
Jane is likely suffering from.
,Select one:
a. Simultaneous transaction effects
b. Digital nativism
c. Communication apprehension
d. Information overload
d. Information overload
Which of the following is primarily related to Stage 4 of the linear communication
model, perceiving the information as a message.
Select one:
a. Channeling
b. Attending
c. Deciding
d. Decoding
b. Attending
Which of the following media communicates the highest degree of personalness?
Select one:
a. Telephone
b. Pop-up text
c. E-mail
d. Text messaging
a. Telephone
Communication apprehension is defined as a "communication problem" in the
workplace. How are those with high communication apprehension often
, perceived at work?
Select one:
a. Lonely
b. As uncooperative and lacking contributions
c. Self interested
d. All the above
b. As uncooperative and lacking contributions
Ethical dilemmas are not necessarily issue of right or wrong, but rather the result
of communicators operating from different ethical frameworks.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
a. True
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:
COMPLETE SOLUTION GRADED A++
Our constant connection by way of our smartphones, Internet, and social media
networks can easily put us in a state of
a. Information distortion
b. Delirium
c. Information overload
d. Affinity-seeking
c. Information overload
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
a. Mindless messaging
b. Stimulus apprehension
c. Perceptual "blasts"
d. Information overload
d. Information overload
Jane works at a public relations firm and often finds herself almost
simultaneously checking email on her computer, looking at text messages on her
cell phone and attempting to converse with a team member on her office phone.
Jane is likely suffering from.
,Select one:
a. Simultaneous transaction effects
b. Digital nativism
c. Communication apprehension
d. Information overload
d. Information overload
Which of the following is primarily related to Stage 4 of the linear communication
model, perceiving the information as a message.
Select one:
a. Channeling
b. Attending
c. Deciding
d. Decoding
b. Attending
Which of the following media communicates the highest degree of personalness?
Select one:
a. Telephone
b. Pop-up text
c. E-mail
d. Text messaging
a. Telephone
Communication apprehension is defined as a "communication problem" in the
workplace. How are those with high communication apprehension often
, perceived at work?
Select one:
a. Lonely
b. As uncooperative and lacking contributions
c. Self interested
d. All the above
b. As uncooperative and lacking contributions
Ethical dilemmas are not necessarily issue of right or wrong, but rather the result
of communicators operating from different ethical frameworks.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
a. True
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:
