Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Schools Division Office of Biñan City
BIÑAN CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Sto. Tomas Campus)
Tagbilaran St., Susana Homes, Brgy. Sto. Tomas, City of Biñan, Laguna

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, C. No, the Speaker is always a must in the
EXCEPT? communication process.
A. Communication involves a transaction. D. No, communication fails if the speaker is
B. Communication is sharing of ideas among a missing.
group of people.
C. Communication is a confusion of ideas in 8. Complete the analogy:
the mind of another. Listener: receiver of the message:: ____:is a
D. Communication is a transfer of messages means by which the message is sent
from one person to another. A. Speaker
2. Oral communication is the interchange of B. Channel
________ between the sender and the receiver. C. Response
A. Signs and gestures D. Feedback
B. Cues and clues 9. If your seat mate is talking to you while your
C. Verbal messages teacher is explaining the lesson, then you have
D. Written messages experienced what type of noise?
3. Body talk is also known as _____________ A. physical
A. Overflow B. physiological
B. Physical communication C. psychological
C. Leakage D. mental
D. noise 10. Which comparison of verbal and nonverbal
4. Oral communication is better than written communication is accurate?
communication for ________________ A. Both verbal and nonverbal communication
A. saving time are formally taught
B. conveying facts and opinion B. The sender has more control over verbal
C. providing opportunity to refer back communication
D. conveying feelings and emotions C. More channels are used for verbal
5. In oral communication, what matters most communication
is_______ D. The setting is more restricted in nonverbal
A. Where you say it communication
B. How you say it 11. Which of the following models of
C. When you say it communication asserts that communication can
D. What you say it take place if and only if there is an overlap
6. The limitation of oral communication is that: between the field of experience of the speaker
A. It is not affected by the speaker’s feelings or and of the listener?
stress or excitement levels A. Shannon-Weaver’s model
B. It is easy to be aware of our body language B. Schramm’s
C. It does not require on-the-spot thinking C. Aristotle’s
D. It is irreversible – what is said cannot be D. White’s
taken back 12. Based on Eugene White’s model of
7. Can communication still take place even communication, which of the following is NOT
without the Speaker? true?
A. Yes, if there’s a written source of A. Feedback is the perception by the Speaker
information. about the response of the listener.
B. Yes, if the Speaker decides to be the B. It is impossible for communication to be
listener. actually observed from any point in the
circle.
 C. The speaker can only receive feedback if the B. Receiver
Speaker is monitoring the listener. C. Decoding
D. The Speaker will know what the Listener’s D. None of the above (noise is a problem at all
Response is only if he/she is paying stages)
attention. 22. It shows how time is viewed differently in
13. The content of the communication is called a: various countries.
A. Message A. Chronemics
B. Noise B. Haptics
C. Media richness C. Proxemics
D. Jargon D. Gestures
14. To convert a message into groups of words, 23. The use of space provides us with ideas about
symbols, gestures, or sounds that present ideas how close or how far people are from the
or concept is called ________. center of power or where a person is in the
A. Encoding social ladder.
B. Feedback A. Chronemics
C. Noise B. Haptics
D. Media richness C. Proxemics
15. Any communication that conveys a message D. Gestures
consisting of words is called: 24. It is a type of nonverbal communication that
A. Verbal communication assists the listener in understanding the
B. Oral communication message better which serves as the listener’s
C. Written communication gauge as to whether the speaker treats the
D. Nonverbal communication listener with affective or with contempt.
16. Due to insufficiency of available classrooms, the A. Posture
covered court of Katipunan NHS is now being B. Facial expression
used to hold classes temporarily. This real C. Gesture
scenario is an example of which element of D. Chronemics
communication? 25. These are deliberate movement and signals to
A. Message communicate meaning without words.
B. Physical location of communicative A. Eye gaze
situation B. Gesture
C. Channel C. Facial expression
D. Psychological setting of communicative D. Appearance
situation 26. These are the means by which the message is
17. A politician says that he is a man of people, but sent.
many observe that he refuses to shake hands A. Channels
with the poor. What dimension of B. Feedback
communication is violated in this case? C. Response
A. Verbal/Non-Verbal D. noise
B. Oral/Written 27. It is a communication through touch and is
C. Formal/Informal considered as one of the most powerful of the types
D. Intentional/Unintentional of nonverbal communication.
18. A certain look or gaze is an example of: A. Haptics
A. Verbal communication B. Gesture
B. Oral communication C. Chronemics
C. Written communication D. Proxemics
D. Nonverbal communication 28. He made the cyclical model that tells us that
19. It is the process by which the receiver interprets communication is circular and continuous,
the symbols used y the source of the message without beginning or end.
by converting them into concepts and ideas. A. Wilbur Schramm
A. Decoding B. Eugene White
B. Listing C. Aristotle
C. Encoding D. Claude Shannon
D. Feedback 29. This model gave us the concept of noise and
20. The _____________ is the individual or group this is often called the TELEPHONE MODEL.
that develops the message to be communicated A. Aristotelian Model of Communication
to internal and external parties. B. Schramm Model of Communication
A. Source C. Shannon- Weaver Model of Communication
B. Encoder D. Eugene White Model of Communication
C. Decoder 30. He was considered the father of Mass
D. Jargon Communication.
21. Noise is NOT a problem at which stage of the A. Wilbur Schramm
communication? B. Eugene White
A. Source C. Aristotle
 D. Claude Shannon c. Public communication
31. This involves only two participants exchanging d. Small group communication
thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Dyadic communication
32. When talking to one’s self (Intrapersonal), which of the following is most used?
a. Skill at remembering
b. Capability to analyze
c. Ability to summarize
d. Awareness of the topic
33. When communicating with other person (Dyad), which speech style can be used?
a. Intimate – uses private vocabulary and shares meaning due to long relationship
b. Casual – used among friends because there is no need for background information
c. Formal – only for imparting information: well- organized and correct in grammar and diction
d. Frozen – style whose quality is static, ritualistic, and may even be archaic
34. When making and delivering speech, which speech style works best?
a. Intimate
b. Casual
c. Formal
d. Frozen
35. Communication break down or miscommunication is brought about by the lack of awareness of the ________.
a. dimensions of communication
b. elements of communication
c. nonverbal communication
d. models of communication
There is always a reason why people
communicate. For numbers 37 – 50, choose
what is being used in the following instances of
communication from the given five functions of
communication.

A. REGULATION/ CONTROL
B. SOCIAL INTERACTION
C. MOTIVATION
D. INFORMATION
E. EMOTIONAL EPRESSION
F. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
36. The father looks sharply at his children who are quarrelling.
37. The boys calling out to a friend to come over and joined them.
38. A candidate for Brgy. Councilor conducts a house-to-house campaign for election.
39. The school dentist tells the kindergarten class on how to brush one’s teeth properly.
40. Kuya Kim provides information about the weather update.
41. People sympathizing with the bereaved family.
42. Friends are talking with each other and exchanging ideas.
43. Talking with the family during dinner.
44. A customer plead for a price cut or discount of his purchased goods
45. The police officer warns the people not to smoke in any public places.
46. A friend hugs you when you are down and troubled.
47. The girls are discussing what happened at the party they all attended last night.
48. The doctor is giving instructions to the patient in taking his medicine.
49. The mother hugs the crying baby.
50. 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