Types Of Listening Quiz
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- 1.___________ is the ability to understand, analyze, respect, and respond to the meaning of another person's spoken and nonverbal messages.
- A.
Feedback
- B.
Listening
- C.
Self-centered listening
- D.
The Golden Listening Rule
- E.
Working memory
- 2.Studies have found that listening occupies __________ of a college student's communicating time.
- A.
Less than 10%
- B.
Less than 30%
- C.
More than 50%
- D.
More than 70%
- E.
About 95%
- 3.Several studies report that without listening training, most people listen at ____ efficiency.
- A.
15%
- B.
25%
- C.
35%
- D.
45%
- E.
55%
- 4.Unlike working memory theory, short term memory
- A.
Has large capacity, enabling group members to remember names, numbers, and discussion issues.
- B.
Is highly effective for listening to speeches and lectures.
- C.
Helps you remember about 7 (plus or minus 2) different items or bits of information at one time.
- D.
Allows you to sift through what you've heard to create new meaning.
- E.
Does all of the above.
- 5.Researchers conclude that the total time most people spend communicating in a given day, they spend about _______ % of that time listening.
- A.
10-20
- B.
20-40
- C.
30-50
- D.
40-60
- E.
40-70
- 6.Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of High Effective People, uses listening to illustrate the 3 components of an effective habit. According to Covey, which of the following answers is a critical component of an effective listening habit?
- A.
Hearing
- B.
Desire
- C.
Opportunity
- D.
Memory
- E.
Empathy
- 7.Suppose your group suggests having a meeting on Saturday morning. Nicole seems upset. You want to understand how she feels about the proposed meeting. When she explains her concerns, you should focus your efforts on
- A.
Analytical listening
- B.
Empathetic listening
- C.
Comprehensive listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 8.Two committee members make significantly different recommendations for the date and format of the company's annual picnic. Which type of listening will help you decide which suggestion to support?
- A.
Analytical listening
- B.
Empathetic listening
- C.
Comprehensive listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 9.What type of listening is most appropriate when you want to acknowledge a member's effective language skills, use of humor, or skillful presentation of arguments?
- A.
Critical listening
- B.
Empathetic listening
- C.
Comprehensive listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 10.What type of listening is most appropriate when you want to accurately understand the meaning of group members' spoken and nonverbal messages?
- A.
Comprehensive listening
- B.
Empathic listening
- C.
Analytical listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 11.What type of listening is most appropriate when you want to form appropriate opinions about the content of a message?
- A.
Comprehensive listening
- B.
Empathetic listening
- C.
Analytical listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 12.What type of listening is most appropriate when you want to understand and identify a person's feelings or motives?
- A.
Comprehensive listening
- B.
Empathetic listening
- C.
Analytical listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 13.What type of listening is so essential that it forms the basis for other 4 types of listening?
- A.
Comprehensive listening
- B.
Empathetic listening
- C.
Analytical listening
- D.
Appreciative listening
- E.
Discriminative listening
- 14.You can become a more empathic listener by
- A.
Being conscious of your feedback
- B.
Focusing on the speaker, not yourself
- C.
Avoiding talking about your own experiences and feelings
- D.
Monitoring your feedback to show concern
- E.
Doing all of the above
- 15.You can become a more effective analytical listener by
- A.
Avoiding evaluative reactions
- B.
Paying attention to the clarity of a member's words
- C.
Maintaining a strong belief in your own position
- D.
Evaluating the quality of arguments and evidence
- E.
Doing all of the above
- 16.You can become a more effective appreciative listener by
- A.
Setting aside time for appreciative listening
- B.
Preparing to listen appreciatively
- C.
Welcoming opportunities to hear something challenging
- D.
Both a and b
- E.
All of the above
- 17.When Ralph Nichols wrote "We must always withhold evaluation until our comprehension is complete," which listening strategy was he describing?
- A.
Listen for big ideas
- B.
Overcome distractions
- C.
"listen" to nonverbal behavior
- D.
Listen before you leap
- E.
Help your group listen
- 18.A study of ways in which the college students from differ cultures listen concludes that ____ students are less willing and less patient listeners than students from other cultures.
- A.
African
- B.
U.S. American
- C.
Asian
- D.
South American
- E.
European
- 19.Your textbook describes the dilemma students face when taking notes during a discussion or in the classroom. Which of the following statements best describes this dilemma?
- A.
Most of us listen at only 25% efficiency
- B.
The value of notes decreases as the volume of your notes increase
- C.
We are not flexible notetakers
- D.
A meeting's minutes or an instructor's handouts are better than the notes taken by a listener
- E.
Effective notetakers take notes in outline form
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