IPC Test #1 (ch 1-3) questions and
answers already passed
Key principles of IPC (7/8 of them) - correct answer ✔✔1. Communication is purposeful
2. communication is transactional
3. communication is a package of signals
4. communication is a process adjustment
5. communication involves content and relationship dimensions
6. communication is ambiguous,
7. communication is punctuated
8. communication is inevitable, irreversible, and unrepeatable
Key principles of IPC: Communication is purposeful - correct answer ✔✔communication may
serve a variety of purposes, for ex: to learn, relate, help, influence or play.
Key principles of IPC: Communication is transactional - correct answer ✔✔communication
elements are always changing, and interdependent, communication messages depend on the
individual for their meaning and effect, each person is both speaker and listener. they are
responding to one another.
Key principles of IPC: Communication is a package of signals - correct answer
✔✔verbal/nonverbal messages usually work together in packages to communicate the same
meaning, but sometimes they create different or even opposing meanings
Key principles of IPC: Communication is a process of adjustment (extra one) - correct answer
✔✔comm can take place only to the extent that the communicators use the same system of
signals
, Key principles of IPC: Comm involves content and relationship dimensions - correct answer
✔✔messages may refer to the real world, to something external to both speaker and listener
(the content), and to the relationships between the parties
Key principles of IPC: Communication is ambiguous - correct answer ✔✔All messages and all
relationships are potentially ambiguous
Key principles of IPC: Communication is punctuated - correct answer ✔✔Communication events
are continuous transactions, punctuated into causes and effects for convenience
Key principles of IPC: Communication is inevitable, irreversible, and unrepeatable - correct
answer ✔✔Messages are almost always being sent, cannot be uncommunicated and are always
unique (one-time) occurrences
Key principles of IPC: may be symmetrical or complementary - correct answer ✔✔When
symmetrical, you mirror each other's behaviors. In a complementary relationship you mesh
well, one such as a teacher/student.
2 Reasons we should study IPC - correct answer ✔✔Personal success: close friendships and
romantic relationships are developed, maintained and sometimes destroyed through
interpersonal interactions-- satisfying convo is important
Professional success: employers want good interpersonal skills so you can communicate with
coworkers and customers!
Nature of IPC 6 - correct answer ✔✔1. Interpersonal comm involves interdependent individuals
2. Interpersonal communication is inherently relational
3. Interpersonal communication exists on a continuum
4. Interpersonal communication involves verbal and nonverbal messages
5. Interpersonal communication takes place in varied forms
6. Interpersonal communication involves choices
answers already passed
Key principles of IPC (7/8 of them) - correct answer ✔✔1. Communication is purposeful
2. communication is transactional
3. communication is a package of signals
4. communication is a process adjustment
5. communication involves content and relationship dimensions
6. communication is ambiguous,
7. communication is punctuated
8. communication is inevitable, irreversible, and unrepeatable
Key principles of IPC: Communication is purposeful - correct answer ✔✔communication may
serve a variety of purposes, for ex: to learn, relate, help, influence or play.
Key principles of IPC: Communication is transactional - correct answer ✔✔communication
elements are always changing, and interdependent, communication messages depend on the
individual for their meaning and effect, each person is both speaker and listener. they are
responding to one another.
Key principles of IPC: Communication is a package of signals - correct answer
✔✔verbal/nonverbal messages usually work together in packages to communicate the same
meaning, but sometimes they create different or even opposing meanings
Key principles of IPC: Communication is a process of adjustment (extra one) - correct answer
✔✔comm can take place only to the extent that the communicators use the same system of
signals
, Key principles of IPC: Comm involves content and relationship dimensions - correct answer
✔✔messages may refer to the real world, to something external to both speaker and listener
(the content), and to the relationships between the parties
Key principles of IPC: Communication is ambiguous - correct answer ✔✔All messages and all
relationships are potentially ambiguous
Key principles of IPC: Communication is punctuated - correct answer ✔✔Communication events
are continuous transactions, punctuated into causes and effects for convenience
Key principles of IPC: Communication is inevitable, irreversible, and unrepeatable - correct
answer ✔✔Messages are almost always being sent, cannot be uncommunicated and are always
unique (one-time) occurrences
Key principles of IPC: may be symmetrical or complementary - correct answer ✔✔When
symmetrical, you mirror each other's behaviors. In a complementary relationship you mesh
well, one such as a teacher/student.
2 Reasons we should study IPC - correct answer ✔✔Personal success: close friendships and
romantic relationships are developed, maintained and sometimes destroyed through
interpersonal interactions-- satisfying convo is important
Professional success: employers want good interpersonal skills so you can communicate with
coworkers and customers!
Nature of IPC 6 - correct answer ✔✔1. Interpersonal comm involves interdependent individuals
2. Interpersonal communication is inherently relational
3. Interpersonal communication exists on a continuum
4. Interpersonal communication involves verbal and nonverbal messages
5. Interpersonal communication takes place in varied forms
6. Interpersonal communication involves choices
