GCOM Online Questions ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Ethics in the communication competence model is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a set of
standards for judging the moral correctness of communication behavior.
Which of the following is not a weakness of the linear model of communication has: -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅doesn't include noise
Noise from a communication perspective includes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅startling
sounds, biases and assumptions, confusing word choices
fields of experience refer to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅cultural background, geographic
location, ethnicity
research on communication abilities of americans reveals that - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅managers see themselves as good or very good listeners, but most of their
employees rate most of their managers as poor on listening skills
the interactive model provides the following insights about human communication -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fields of experience can significantly affect the understanding of
messages transmitted
communication is a proces that means - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅we must adapt to
inevitable change when we communicate with others, no relationship stands still ,frozen in
time
rules - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅socially constructed, never perfectly shared, only
approximately shared.
if everyone who works in the office leaves early on days when the boss is not there, but no
one reports it. this represents a - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅implicit rule
,meaning is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅socially constructed, never perfectly shared, only
approximately shared, shared both verbally and nonverbally
your communication can be appropriate without being effective - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
there are rules associated with every communication context - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
rules determine appropriateness of our communication with others - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
by age 6, if language has not been learned, it is hopeless to try to teach a child language -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
a persons communication is either competent or incompetent - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅false
Perception is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅both a and b. a. inherently, unavoidably selective.
b. shaped by our limited sensory capabilities.
Which of the following is not necessarily a characteristic of empathy - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅accepting the viewpoint of others..
Stimuli that we attend to is influenced by - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅all of the above. the
intensity of the stimuli
b. the novelty of the stimuli
c. the repetition of the stimuli
You meet a person for lunch and he offers to shake your hand. You don't ask him, "What are
you doing?" because you already know that you should shake his hand as a greeting gesture.
This is an example of a - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅script
, Which of the following is true of prototypes? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅they are the best
example of a given phenomenon or person.
Which of the following is not true of self-disclosure - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅it is the
sharing any information about yourself with another person..
When we formulate perceptions of others which of the following is not true? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅positive more than negative information influences the perception..
Selective memory bias - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅occurs when we tend to remember
information that supports our stereotypes of others and to forget information that contradicts
our stereotypes of others..
Perception is . . . - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅culturally influenced
Attribution is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅all of the above. a. assigning causes to people's
behavior
b. influenced by the consistency of a person's behavior
c. often incorrect because personal traits are assumed to cause bad behavior when situations
often influence behavior more strongly
You're competing in a tennis championship and you lose in a final set tie-breaker. You
attribute your loss to bad officiating and distractions from crowd noise, not to your
opponent's superior skill. This is an example of the self-serving bias. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
Self-disclosure is most effective in building a relationship when it is done all at once, not
drawn out over time. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
The problem with stereotypes is that they always present false, incorrect information about a
group. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Ethics in the communication competence model is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a set of
standards for judging the moral correctness of communication behavior.
Which of the following is not a weakness of the linear model of communication has: -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅doesn't include noise
Noise from a communication perspective includes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅startling
sounds, biases and assumptions, confusing word choices
fields of experience refer to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅cultural background, geographic
location, ethnicity
research on communication abilities of americans reveals that - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅managers see themselves as good or very good listeners, but most of their
employees rate most of their managers as poor on listening skills
the interactive model provides the following insights about human communication -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fields of experience can significantly affect the understanding of
messages transmitted
communication is a proces that means - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅we must adapt to
inevitable change when we communicate with others, no relationship stands still ,frozen in
time
rules - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅socially constructed, never perfectly shared, only
approximately shared.
if everyone who works in the office leaves early on days when the boss is not there, but no
one reports it. this represents a - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅implicit rule
,meaning is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅socially constructed, never perfectly shared, only
approximately shared, shared both verbally and nonverbally
your communication can be appropriate without being effective - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
there are rules associated with every communication context - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
rules determine appropriateness of our communication with others - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
by age 6, if language has not been learned, it is hopeless to try to teach a child language -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
a persons communication is either competent or incompetent - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅false
Perception is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅both a and b. a. inherently, unavoidably selective.
b. shaped by our limited sensory capabilities.
Which of the following is not necessarily a characteristic of empathy - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅accepting the viewpoint of others..
Stimuli that we attend to is influenced by - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅all of the above. the
intensity of the stimuli
b. the novelty of the stimuli
c. the repetition of the stimuli
You meet a person for lunch and he offers to shake your hand. You don't ask him, "What are
you doing?" because you already know that you should shake his hand as a greeting gesture.
This is an example of a - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅script
, Which of the following is true of prototypes? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅they are the best
example of a given phenomenon or person.
Which of the following is not true of self-disclosure - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅it is the
sharing any information about yourself with another person..
When we formulate perceptions of others which of the following is not true? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅positive more than negative information influences the perception..
Selective memory bias - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅occurs when we tend to remember
information that supports our stereotypes of others and to forget information that contradicts
our stereotypes of others..
Perception is . . . - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅culturally influenced
Attribution is - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅all of the above. a. assigning causes to people's
behavior
b. influenced by the consistency of a person's behavior
c. often incorrect because personal traits are assumed to cause bad behavior when situations
often influence behavior more strongly
You're competing in a tennis championship and you lose in a final set tie-breaker. You
attribute your loss to bad officiating and distractions from crowd noise, not to your
opponent's superior skill. This is an example of the self-serving bias. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅true
Self-disclosure is most effective in building a relationship when it is done all at once, not
drawn out over time. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
The problem with stereotypes is that they always present false, incorrect information about a
group. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅false
