Foundations of Communication Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Foundations of Communication introduces students to the basic principles, models, and processes integral to effective human communication across various contexts. The course explores verbal and nonverbal communication, listening skills, perception, and the role of culture in shaping interactions. Students examine interpersonal, group, and public communication, as well as the ethical and social implications of communication choices. Through theoretical frameworks and practical activities, the course aims to enhance students abilities to express ideas clearly, interpret messages accurately, and foster meaningful connections in both personal and professional settings.
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Floyd Interpersonal Communication 2nd Edition by Kory Floyd
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Chapter 1: About Communication
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Q1) Ethical communication generally involves treating people fairly, communicating honestly, and avoiding immoral behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In the communication process, noise can be either physical or psychological.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is an example of feedback that someone might provide in response to a message?
A) Nodding to show that he is paying attention to and understanding the message.
B) Looking at her watch anxiously as someone else is talking.
C) Rolling his eyes or sighing in the middle of someone's comments.
D) Each of these is an example of feedback.
Answer: D
Q4) Having empathy means feeling sorry for someone else.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Culture and Gender
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Q1) Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the attitude of someone from a low-power-distance culture?
A) it is necessary to look for the deeper meaning in someone else's statements
B) it is unacceptable to question a boss, especially in front of co-workers
C) it is acceptable to engage in aggressive behavior to achieve personal success
D) it is someone's individual right to question authority
Answer: D
Q2) Biological sex is genetically determined whereas gender roles are socially constructed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is not an example of an affiliation behavior?
A) head nods
B) warm vocal tones
C) talking in short phrases
D) each of these is an affiliation behavior
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Communication and the Self
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Q1) Your self-concept is made up of the perceptions you have about who you are as a person.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) When Jon and Ernesto met in their English class, they were both hesitant to share much about their personal lives. As the semester progressed and they became better friends, they felt comfortable sharing more and more with each other. Which element of self-disclosure is reflected in their relationship?
A) self-disclosure varies in breadth and depth
B) self-disclosure must be intentional
C) self-disclosure follows a process
D) self-disclosure varies among relationships
Answer: C
Q3) Research has shown that genetics have little or no influence on personality. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Interpersonal Perception
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Q1) Idealizing a romantic partner at the beginning of a new relationship is a common example of the __________ bias.
A) delusional
B) romantic
C) positivity
D) confirmatory
Q2) Think about a friend, teacher, or coworker of yours that you didn't like when you first met. What led your relationship with that person to get off on the wrong foot? What happened that made you change your mind about this person? If you had the experience over, what would YOU do differently in your relationship with this person?
Q3) Identify and briefly define each of the three stages of the perception-making process.
Q4) Which of the following statements is true with respect to the process of stereotyping?
A) Stereotypes are always unfair to women and minorities.
B) Stereotyping always leads to inaccurate assessments of others.
C) Stereotypes always cast people in a negative light.
D) Stereotypes are sometimes accurate.
Q5) What is mindfulness and how can we engage that process when making attributions?
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Chapter 5: Language
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Q1) Which of the following linguistic features was NOT identified in the textbook as affecting a speaker's credibility?
A) use of clichés
B) a speaker's dialect
C) incorrect diction
D) equivocal statements
Q2) Your text has made the suggestion that generally positive forms of language, like humor, can sometimes have negative consequences, and that generally negative forms of language, like profanity, can sometimes be positive. This point illustrates how much the effects of language depend on the context in which it is used. In a short essay, explain this point by using concrete examples of humor and profanity (as both positive and negative). Then, extend your discussion to the other forms of speech discussed in the chapter, including euphemism, slang, libel, slander, and hate speech. It is true that each of these forms of language could have either positive or negative effects, depending on the context?
Q3) Phonological rules deal with the correct pronunciation of words.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) Choose two of the following forms of gesticulation and describe each, using concrete examples: emblems, illustrators, regulators, affect displays, adaptors.
Q2) While talking to a friend at a party, you notice that your romantic partner has just arrived. Eager to greet your partner, you angle your posture away from your friend and toward your partner. That movement:
A) is culturally insensitive, especially to members of high-contact cultures
B) is a form of leave-taking behavior known as left-positioning
C) incorrectly suggests to your friend that your partner is more important than he or she is
D) each of these is correct
Q3) Effectively interpreting nonverbal communication includes all of the following except:
A) sensitivity to others' nonverbal messages
B) trying to decipher the correct meaning of nonverbal behavior
C) looking past cultural differences to understand the meaning
D) asking for clarification when necessary
Q4) Voices that have low amounts of inflection are said to be monotone.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Listening
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Q1) Your text discusses the confirmation bias as a barrier to effective informational listening, but it can actually be a barrier to critical and empathic listening as well. Explain what the confirmation bias is, and then use concrete examples to illustrate how it can impair each type of listening: informational, critical, and empathic.
Q2) Imagine that a close friend of yours just found out that his or her mother has died. How would you respond empathically to your friend's needs? Specifically, what communication behaviors would you try to incorporate into your actions with this person? What communication behaviors would you avoid?
Q3) Empathic listening means feeling sorry for someone else.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to your textbook, people might interrupt for all of the following reasons except:
A) to qualify a speaker's concerns
B) to take control of the conversation
C) to express enthusiasm for what the speaker is saying
D) to stop the speaker and ask for clarification
Q5) What is information overload? Where does it come from and how can it be avoided?
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Chapter 8: Social and Personal Relationships
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Q1) This display rule involves acting as though you're indifferent or emotionless when you are actually experiencing an emotion:
A) de-intensification
B) inhibition
C) simulation
D) masking
Q2) Remorse is a secondary emotion composed of disgust and fear.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People who score highly on this personality trait are more likely than others to experience anger, guilt, anxiety, and depression:
A) extroversion
B) psychoticism
C) neuroticism
D) agreeableness
Q4) In a brief essay, discuss the relative importance of sex and gender in the way that people experience and express their emotions. Provide clear, reasoned arguments and use concrete examples to illustrate the points that you are trying to make.
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Chapter 9: Family and Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Compare and contrast the concepts of comparison level and comparison level for alternatives, using examples for each.
Q2) Smoking cigarettes is worse for your health than not having close friendships.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify and briefly define each of the five relational maintenance behaviors described by Stafford and Canary.
Q4) Friendships and other social relationships often involve this type of rewards:
A) emotional
B) material
C) health
D) all of these
Q5) _______________ is the force that draws people together.
A) physical attraction
B) psychic attraction
C) task attraction
D) interpersonal attraction
Q6) Define the social and task dimensions of work relationships and indicate how they can make social relationships among co-workers challenging.
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Chapter 10: Conflict and Power
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Q1) Elizabeth and Aaron had been married for six months when Elizabeth started to feel dissatisfied in their relationship. Although Aaron was a nice person and fun to be around, he didn't do any of the cooking or cleaning despite the fact that both of them worked full time. Elizabeth's dissatisfaction was likely due to the fact that:
A) Aaron exhibited a lack of commitment in his behavior.
B) Elizabeth expected an equitable investment in household chores from Aaron.
C) Aaron was enjoying too much interdependence in their relationship.
D) Elizabeth was conflicted by her own dialectical tensions between work and home.
Q2) Dialectical tensions are rare in most intimate relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research indicates that most American households are headed by a married couple.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The experimenting stage of relationship development occurs when people meet and interact for the first time.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Interpersonal Deception
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Q1) When people engage in ________________, they use their words to attack or demean those around them.
A) verbal aggression
B) linguistic assault
C) high-dominance conflict
D) powerful language
Q2) Which of the following statements correctly defines the concept of flooding?
A) Flooding refers to a sudden rush of emotion and is commonly experienced by women during conflict.
B) Flooding happens when someone engaged in conflict is emotionally or psychologically unable to engage the discussion further.
C) Flooding is what happens to men in conflict when they experience a rapid increase in hormones that are responsible for stress and anger.
D) Flooding happens when someone engaged in a conflict experiences an increase in their stress hormones after the other person stonewalls.
Q3) Referent power derives from one's admiration for, and attraction to, another.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Emotion
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Q1) Explain the principle behind the motivation impairment effect. Provide a detailed example of motivation impairment.
Q2) Research indicates that the average person can detect deception approximately what percentage of the time?
A) 25%
B) 40%
C) 55%
D) 73%
Q3) In a survey of college students, researchers determined that more than _______ of the statements made in a week involved some form of deception.
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 90%
Q4) Many forms of politeness and discretion involve being deceptive.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the difference between omission and equivocation, and give concrete examples of each.
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