CST 110 Introduction To Communication Test #1
Hello Class,Using your textbook Chapters 5, 6, and 7, answer the multiple choice and true/false questions. Thank you for your participation. S. GoodwinCST 110Introduction to Communication
- 1.The number of terms that a given culture has to describe a concept can indicate the controversial nature of that concept.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Disclaimers diminish a statement's importance.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Jargon is appropriate if the receiver is familiar with it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Symbols and what they represent are independent of one another.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Benjamin Whorf believed that our words determine the reality that we are able to see.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Margo chastised her brother for using negative words. She is practicing linguistic determinism.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Prejudiced language communicates a negative bias.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Culture determines a person's style of response - whether to be indirect and be concerned about the other person's saving face in public or be up front and direct.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9."A unified system of symbols that permits a sharing of meaning" describes
- A.
Words.
- B.
The tirangle of meaning.
- C.
Language.
- D.
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- 10.The "triangle of meaning" was developed by
- A.
Ogden and Richards.
- B.
Sapir and Whorf.
- C.
S. I. Hayakawa.
- D.
Lewis Carroll.
- 11.The "triangle of meaning" shows that
- A.
There is a direct relationship between words and things.
- B.
There is no direct relationship between words and things.
- C.
There can be a direct relationship between words and things if communication is effective.
- D.
Figure and ground are often ambiguous.
- 12.Which of the following statements about words is not true?
- A.
Words continually change meaning.
- B.
The word is the thing.
- C.
No one else will respond to a word exactly as you do.
- D.
A word is a symbol.
- 13.Denotation refers to
- A.
The triangle of meaning.
- B.
Dictionary meaning.
- C.
Personal meaning.
- D.
Extensional meaning.
- 14.The connotative meaning of a word is
- A.
Its personal meaning of someone.
- B.
Its dictionary definition.
- C.
An object associated with the word.
- D.
A "tag question" that could be aked about it.
- 15.Meaning is
- A.
Both denotative and connotative.
- B.
Affected by time and place.
- C.
Affected by gender and culture.
- D.
All of the above.
- 16.Sapir and Whorf postulated that in many ways
- A.
The Japanese language keeps women "in their place"
- B.
Men and women speak different "gender-lects"
- C.
Words help mold our perception of reality
- D.
All of the above
- 17.According to Robin Lakoff, which of the following groups has a tendency to use "tag questions"?
- A.
Men
- B.
Women
- C.
"powertalkers"
- D.
Doctors
- E.
None of the above
- 18.Which of the following statements about "powertalkers" is most accurate?
- A.
They make definite statements.
- B.
Their speech frequently includes "hedges."
- C.
They ask many "tag questions."
- D.
They do not hesitate to utter "nonfluencies."
- 19.When people "bypass" one another, they use
- A.
Different words to represent the same thing.
- B.
The same words to represent the same thing.
- C.
Different words to represent different things.
- D.
The same word but give it different meanings.
- E.
Different words to represent the same thing, and the same word but give it different meanings.
- 20.To avoid bypassing, you should
- A.
Be word-minded instead of person-minded.
- B.
Be person-minded instead of word-minded.
- C.
Think positively; consider it impossible for people to misunderstand one another
- D.
Remember that "the word is the thing."
- E.
None of the above; it is impossible to avoid bypassing.
- 21.When we take time to look beyond words and inspect the thing itself, our orientation is said to be
- A.
Triangular.
- B.
Denotative.
- C.
Connotative.
- D.
Extensional.
- E.
Intensional.
- 22.In market jargon, another term for labeling is
- A.
Naming.
- B.
Branding.
- C.
Conning.
- D.
Empowering.
- 23.Which of the following is true about "politically correct language"?
- A.
It means the same thing to everyone.
- B.
It may blunt the sharpness of the words we use.
- C.
It reveals our sensitivity to the preferences of those we converse with.
- D.
Both B and C
- 24."Snarl" words and "purr" words
- A.
Describe people or things we are talking about.
- B.
Describe our own feelings and attitudes.
- C.
Are sublanguages.
- D.
Are "nonfluencies."
- 25.Meanings are in
- A.
People.
- B.
Words.
- C.
Things.
- D.
All of the above.
Questions: 150 | Attempts: 17846 | Last updated: Oct 28, 2020
-
Sample QuestionWhat is the best shielding against gamma rays?
Questions: 110 | Attempts: 5460 | Last updated: Jan 9, 2013
-
Sample QuestionThe name of this instrument is a/an
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 5104 | Last updated: Feb 14, 2013
-
Sample QuestionThe use of heat to kill all microorganisms except spores is called
Back to top