San Fabian National High School

ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT

First Quarter Quiz # 3
Name: __________________________________________ Date:_________________
Section: _____________________________ Score:________________

I. IDENTIFICATION: Read each statement carefully, afterwards identify what is referred to or required,
to complete the following statements. Write your answers on the space before each number.
_______________________1. One of the founding fathers of the Mass Communications field.
_______________________ 2. Describes communication as a process in which participants alternate
positions as sender and receiver.
_______________________ 3. The response or reaction of the receiver after perceiving or understanding
the message.
_______________________ 4. It is the nature of communication in the Schramm’s Model of Com.
_______________________ 5. Refers to any physical noise present in a communication encounter.
_______________________ 6. Refers to the environmental factors in a communication encounter.
_______________________ 7. Refers to life experiences, attitudes, values, and beliefs that each
communicator brings to an interaction and that shape how messages are
sent and received.
_______________________ 8. It includes the mental and emotional factors in a communication
encounter.
_______________________ 9. Refers to noise that occurs when participants do not understand a symbol.
_______________________ 10. Depicted communication process in Schramm’s Com. Model
II. TRUE OR FALSE: Determine whether the following statements are correct or faulty. Write TRUE if the
statement is correct and FALSE if it is not. (IMC- Interactional Model of Communication/ SMC-
Schramm’s Model of Communication)
_______________________1. In the IMC, feedback includes messages sent in response to
messages.
_______________________2. The IMC acknowledges that there are so many messages being sent at
one time but a part of it may only be received.
_______________________3. Stress, anxiety, and emotions are examples of physical influences that can
affect our communication.
_______________________4. Each participant in the IMC retains roles as sender and receiver in order to
keep a communication encounter going.
_______________________5. The field of experience as an essential part in the IMC/ SMC enables the
communication encounter to keep on going.
_______________________6. Messages are always intentionally sent, therefore should be properly
decoded.
_______________________7. The incorporation of the human behavior in the IMC/ SMC makes the
model dynamic.
_______________________8. The SMC is focused on the message not to the interaction.
_______________________9. There is no separate sender and receiver, sender and receiver is the same
person in the IMC/ SMC.
________________________10. Redundancy is an essential part of the SMC/ IMC.

III. Essay: Answer the following question briefly.

1. What makes the Schramms/ Interactional Model of Communication different from the
Shannon- Weaver Com. Model. Cite atleast 3 differences.

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