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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, 8. Complete the analogy:
EXCEPT? Listener: receiver of the message:: ____:is a
A. Communication involves a transaction. means by which the message is sent
B. Communication is sharing of ideas among a A. Speaker
group of people. B. Channel
C. Communication is a confusion of ideas in C. Response
the mind of another. D. Feedback
D. Communication is a transfer of messages 9. If your seat mate is talking to you while your
from one person to another. teacher is explaining the lesson, then you have
2. Oral communication is the interchange of experienced what type of noise?
________ between the sender and the receiver. A. physical
A. Signs and gestures B. physiological
B. Cues and clues C. psychological
C. Verbal messages D. mental
D. Written messages 10. Which comparison of verbal and nonverbal
3. Body talk is also known as _____________ communication is accurate?
A. Overflow A. Both verbal and nonverbal communication
B. Physical communication are formally taught
C. Leakage B. The sender has more control over verbal
D. noise communication
4. Oral communication is better than written C. More channels are used for verbal
communication for ________________ communication
A. saving time D. The setting is more restricted in nonverbal
B. conveying facts and opinion communication
C. providing opportunity to refer back 11. Which of the following models of
D. conveying feelings and emotions communication asserts that communication can
5. In oral communication, what matters most take place if and only if there is an overlap
is_______ between the field of experience of the speaker
A. Where you say it and of the listener?
B. How you say it A. Shannon-Weavers model
C. When you say it B. Schramms
D. What you say it C. Aristotles
6. The limitation of oral communication is that: D. Whites
A. It is not affected by the speakers feelings or 12. Based on Eugene Whites model of
stress or excitement levels communication, which of the following is NOT
B. It is easy to be aware of our body language true?
C. It does not require on-the-spot thinking A. Feedback is the perception by the Speaker
D. It is irreversible what is said cannot be about the response of the listener.
taken back B. It is impossible for communication to be
7. Can communication still take place even actually observed from any point in the c
without the Speaker? C. The speaker can only receive feedback if the
A. Yes, if theres a written source of Speaker is monitoring the listener.
information. D. The Speaker will know what the Listeners
B. Yes, if the Speaker decides to be the Response is only if he/she is paying a
listener. 13. The content of the communication is called a:
C. No, the Speaker is always a must in the A. Message
communication process. B. Noise
D. No, communication fails if the speaker is C. Media richness
missing. D. Jargon
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 listeners
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
B. Receiver D. Claude Shannon
C. Decoding 31. This involves only two participants exchanging
D. None of the above (noise is a problem at all thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
stages) a. Intrapersonal communication
22. It shows how time is viewed differently in b. Dyadic communication
various countries. c. Public communication
A. Chronemics d. Small group communication
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
32. When talking to ones 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 ones 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
isnt being said. - Peter F. Drucker

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