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MultiplewChoice
1. Inwmanywcollegeswandwuniversities,wdepartmentswrelatedwtowcommunicationwstudie
swdrawwwhichwofwthewfollowingwwithwregardwtownumberswofwmajors?
a. Equalwtowotherwdisciplines
b. Thewfewestwnumberwofwmajors
c. Thewlargestwnumberwofwmajors
d. Nowmajors—
communicationwclasseswusedwonlywaswelectivewclasseswAns:wC
FocuswQuestion:wHowwdidwthewmodernwcommunicationwdisciplinewdevelop?wAn
swerwLocation:wFuturewofwCommunicationwandwthewRelationalwPerspectivewDiffic
ultywLevel:wHard
2. Whichwofwthewfollowingwiswanwassumptionwofwthewsocialwscientificwapproach?
a. ThewTruthwexists.
b. ThewTruthwmustwbewhiddenwfromwothers.
c. ThewTruthwdoeswnotwexist.
d. ThewongoingwTruthwwillwneverwbewknown.
wAns:wA
FocuswQuestion:wWhatwiswthewsocialwscientificwapproachwtowcommunication?wAn
swerwLocation:wAssumptions
DifficultywLevel:wEasy
3. Whichwofwthewfollowingwiswawdisadvantage/criticismwofwthewsocialwscientificwapproach?
a. Thewapproachwfocuseswtoowmuchwonwincludingwagewandwsocioeconomicwstatuswi
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b. Educationwiswheavilywemphasizedwwhenwselectingwparticipants.
c. Race,wreligion,wsexuality,wandwotherwcharacteristicswofwparticipantswarewnotwalway
swtakenwintowaccount.
d. Collegewstudentswarewrarelywinvitedwtowparticipate.
wAns:wC
FocuswQuestion:wWhatwiswthewsocialwscientificwapproachwtowcommunication?wAn
swerwLocation:wCulturallywInsensitive
DifficultywLevel:wMedium
4. Whenwrespondentswinwawresearchwstudywtellwthewresearcherwwhatwtheywthinkwwillwmak
ewthemw“lookwgood”wtowthewresearcher,witwiswknownwaswthew .
a. socialwdesirabilityweffect
b. self-fulfillingwprophecyweffect
c. negative-attitudeweffect
d. socio-
egocentricweffectwAns:wA
FocuswQuestion:wWhatwiswthewsocialwscientificwapproachwtowcommunication?
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AnswerwLocation:wParticipantwAccuracywDif
ficultywLevel:wMedium
5. Groundedwtheorywiswoftenwusedwbywwhichwofwthewfollowing?
a. Socialwscientificwapproach
b. Groundedwapproach
c. Interpretivistwapproach
d. Criticalwapproach
wAns:wC
FocuswQuestion:wWhatwiswthewinterpretivistwapproachwtowcommunication?wAnsw
erwLocation:wMethods
DifficultywLevel:wMedium
6. Thewdecisionwdevelopmentwperspectivewwouldwbewstudiedwinwwhichwareawo
fwcommunication?
a. Groupwcommunication
b. Interpersonalwcommunication
c. Mediawcommunication/masswmedia
d. Rhetoricalwcriticism
wAns:wA
FocuswQuestion:wWhatwarewsomewofwthewmajorwareaswofwstudywinwthewcommunicationwdiscipl
ine?
AnswerwLocation:wGroupwCommunicationw
DifficultywLevel:wHard
7. Whichwstatementwaboutwpoliticalwcommunicationwiswcorrect?
a. Duewtowthewtemporarywnaturewofwtheirwwork,wcampaignwstaffwmemberswarewunablewt
owformwrelationships.
b. Candidateswcannotwstrivewforwpositivewrelationshipswwithwvoters.
c. Politicalwcommunicationwscholarswsometimeswstudywvoterwbehavior.
d. Politicalwcommunicationwscholarswhavewnowwaywtowstudywthewtalkwaboutwpoliticalwissue
swamongwfriends,wfamily,wandwacquaintances.
Ans:wC
FocuswQuestion:wWhatwarewsomewofwthewmajorwareaswofwstudywinwthewcommunicationwdiscipl
ine?
AnswerwLocation:wPoliticalwCommunication
wDifficultywLevel: wMedium
8. Thewstudywofwthewpersuasiveweffectwofwwritingwhistorywinwparticularwwayswandwthewreaso
nswwhywparticularwreportswandwanalyseswarewofferedwbywspecificwauthorswiswknownwaswwhic
hwofwthewfollowing?
a. Ethnography
b. Historiography
c. Genealogy
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d. Rhetoricalwstudies
wAns:wB
FocuswQuestion:wHowwdidwthewmodernwcommunicationwdisciplinewdevelop?wAns
werwLocation:wThewChallengeswofwWritingwHistory
DifficultywLevel:wHard
9. ThewfirstwdocumentedwessaywonwcommunicationwwaswaddressedwtowKagemni,wsonwo
fwPharaohwHuni,winwapproximatelywwhatwyear?
a. 300wBCE
b. 3000wCE
c. 300wCE
d. 3000wBCE
Ans:wD
FocuswQuestion:wHowwdidwthewmodernwcommunicationwdisciplinewdevelop?wAns
werwLocation:wThewDevelopmentwofwawDiscipline
DifficultywLevel:wEasy
10. ThewNationalwAssociationwofwAcademicwTeacherswofwPublicwSpeakingwlaterwbecam
ewwhichwofwthewfollowing?
a. InternationalwCommunicationwAssociation
b. NationalwCommunicationwAssociation
c. AmericanwCommunicationwAssociation
d. GlobalwCommunicationwAssociation
wAns:wB
FocuswQuestion:wHowwdidwthewmodernwcommunicationwdisciplinewdevelop?wAns
werwLocation:wThewDevelopmentwofwawDiscipline
DifficultywLevel:wEasy
13. Whichwiswonewofwthewtwowmostwimportantwtaskswofwacademicwassociationswnotedwi
nwChapterw2?
a. Collectwmembershipwdues
b. Havewlocalwsocialwgatherings
c. Publishwacademicwjournals
d. Discreditwotherwassociations
wAns:wC
FocuswQuestion:wHowwdidwthewmodernwcommunicationwdisciplinewdevelop?wAns
werwLocation:wThewDevelopmentwofwawDiscipline
DifficultywLevel:wEasy
14. Thewearliestwfocuswofwthewcommunicationwdisciplinewwaswwhichwofwthewfollowing?
a. Publicwspeaking,wdebate,wandwperformance
b. Masswcommunication
c. Interpersonalwcommunication
d. Groupwcommunication
wAns:wA
FocuswQuestion:wHowwdidwthewmodernwcommunicationwdisciplinewdevelop?
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