Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION IX, ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
KATIPUNAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
KATIPUNAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

MIDTERM Exam in Oral Communication

Name: ________________________________________ Grade & Section: __________________

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided by shading the
letter corresponds to your answer.
1. All of the following define communication, EXCEPT? only if there is an overlap between the field of
A. Communication involves a transaction. experience of the speaker and of the listener?
B. Communication is sharing of ideas among a A. Shannon-Weaver’s model
group of people. B. Schramm’s
C. Communication is a confusion of ideas in C. Aristotle’s
the mind of another. D. White’s
D. Communication is a transfer of messages 10. Based on Eugene White’s model of communication,
from one person to another. which of the following is NOT true?
2. Oral communication is the interchange of ________ A. Feedback is the perception by the Speaker
between the sender and the receiver. about the response of the listener.
A. Signs and gestures B. It is impossible for communication to be
B. Cues and clues actually observed from any point in the
C. Verbal messages circle.
D. Written messages C. The speaker can only receive feedback if the
3. Body talk is also known as _____________ Speaker is monitoring the listener.
A. Overflow D. The Speaker will know what the Listener’s
B. Physical communication Response is only if he/she is paying
C. Leakage attention.
D. noise 11. The content of the communication is called a:
4. In oral communication, what matters most A. Message
is_______ B. Noise
A. Where you say it C. Media richness
B. How you say it D. Jargon
C. When you say it 12. To convert a message into groups of words,
D. What you say it symbols, gestures, or sounds that present ideas or
5. The limitation of oral communication is that: concept is called ________.
A. It is not affected by the speaker’s feelings or A. Encoding
stress or excitement levels B. Feedback
B. It is easy to be aware of our body language C. Noise
C. It does not require on-the-spot thinking D. Media richness
D. It is irreversible – what is said cannot be 13. Any communication that conveys a message
taken back consisting of words is called:
6. Can communication still take place even without the A. Verbal communication
Speaker? B. Oral communication
A. Yes, if there’s a written source of C. Written communication
information. D. Nonverbal communication
B. Yes, if the Speaker decides to be the 14. Due to insufficiency of available classrooms, the
listener. covered court of Katipunan NHS is now being used
C. No, the Speaker is always a must in the to hold classes temporarily. This real scenario is an
communication process. example of which element of communication?
D. No, communication fails if the speaker is A. Message
missing. B. Physical location of communicative
7. Complete the analogy: situation
Listener: receiver of the message:: ____:is a C. Channel
means by which the message is sent D. Psychological setting of communicative
A. Speaker situation
B. Channel 15. A politician says that he is a man of people, but
C. Response many observe that he refuses to shake hands with
D. Feedback the poor. What dimension of communication is
8. If your seat mate is talking to you while your violated in this case?
teacher is explaining the lesson, then you have A. Verbal/Non-Verbal
experienced what type of noise? B. Oral/Written
A. physical C. Formal/Informal
B. physiological D. Intentional/Unintentional
C. psychological 16. A certain look or gaze is an example of:
D. mental A. Verbal communication
9. Which of the following models of communication B. Oral communication
asserts that communication can take place if and C. Written communication
D. Nonverbal communication
17. It is the process by which the receiver interprets the 19. Noise is NOT a problem at which stage of the
symbols used y the source of the message by communication?
converting them into concepts and ideas. A. Source
A. Decoding B. Receiver
B. Listing C. Decoding
C. Encoding D. None of the above (noise is a problem at all
D. Feedback stages)
18. The _____________ is the individual or group that 20. It shows how time is viewed differently in various
develops the message to be communicated to countries.
internal and external parties. A. Chronemics
A. Source B. Haptics
B. Encoder C. Proxemics
C. Decoder D. Gestures
D. Jargon
21. The use of space provides us with ideas about how
close or how far people are from the center of A. Haptics
power or where a person is in the social ladder. B. Gesture
A. Chronemics C. Chronemics
B. Haptics D. Proxemics
C. Proxemics 26. He made the cyclical model that tells us that
D. Gestures communication is circular and continuous, without
22. It is a type of nonverbal communication that assists beginning or end.
the listener in understanding the message better A. Wilbur Schramm
which serves as the listener’s gauge as to whether B. Eugene White
the speaker treats the listener with affective or with C. Aristotle
contempt. D. Claude Shannon
A. Posture 27. This model gave us the concept of noise and this is
B. Facial expression often called the TELEPHONE MODEL.
C. Gesture A. Aristotelian Model of Communication
D. Chronemics B. Schramm Model of Communication
23. These are deliberate movement and signals to C. Shannon- Weaver Model of Communication
communicate meaning without words. D. Eugene White Model of Communication
A. Eye gaze 28. He was considered the father of Mass
B. Gesture Communication.
C. Facial expression A. Wilbur Schramm
D. Appearance B. Eugene White
24. These are the means by which the message is sent. C. Aristotle
A. Channels D. Claude Shannon
B. Feedback 29. A situation involving talking to or writing to oneself.
C. Response a. Intrapersonal communication
D. Noise b. Interpersonal communication
25. It is a communication through touch and is c. Public communication
considered as one of the most powerful of the types d. Small group communication
of nonverbal communication.
30. When talking to one’s self (Intrapersonal), which of A. REGULATION/ CONTROL
the following is most used? B. SOCIAL INTERACTION
a. Skill at remembering C. MOTIVATION
b. Capability to analyze D. INFORMATION
c. Ability to summarize E. EMOTIONAL EPRESSION
d. Awareness of the topic F. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
31. Communication breakdown or miscommunication is
32. The father looks sharply at his children who are
brought about by the lack of awareness of the
quarrelling.
________.
a. dimensions of communication 33. Rosie greets Rave; then, they start talking about
b. elements of communication their plans for the holidays.
c. nonverbal communication 34. Mary shares her personal frustrations to her aunt.
d. models of communication 35. The geometry teacher lectures about mathematical
concepts.
36. A customer plead for a price cut or discount of his
purchased goods
There is always a reason why people 37. The police officer warns the people not to smoke in
communicate. For numbers 32-40, choose what any public places.
is being used in the following instances of 38. A friend hugs you when you are down and troubled.
communication from the given five functions of 39. The mother hugs the crying baby.
communication. 40. The father tells his children not to go out with their
friends.
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being
said”. - Peter F. Drucker