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SCOM 123 Practice Test

Question 1 of 20

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Rebecca says goodbye and wavers her hand at the same time. What part of nonverbal speech does this represent?

Select one of the following:

  • Accentuation

  • Repetition

  • Substitution

  • Contradiction

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

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Which of the following is not a myth about communication

Select one of the following:

  • Communication is a cure all

  • Communication is just common sense

  • Communication can ruin relationships

  • Communication quantity equals quality

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

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What is the proper definition for multiculturalism?

Select one of the following:

  • social intellectual movement that promotes the value of diversity as a core principle and insists that all cultural group be treated with respect and as equals

  • views cultures as merely different, not deficient

  • the notion that one's own culture is superior to any other, it is the idea that other cultures should be measured by the degree to which they live up to our cultural standards

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

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Humans have the ability to use language to talk about language. What is this called?

Select one of the following:

  • Descriptions

  • Self-reflexiveness

  • Displacement

  • Linguistic Determinism

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

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Identify the different types of listening

Select one or more of the following:

  • Informational

  • Involved

  • Critical

  • Testing

  • empathetic

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

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You have been given a prompt 2 weeks ago to prepare for your speech on April 10th, what type of speech are you giving?

Select one of the following:

  • Impromptu

  • Manuscript

  • Extemporaneous

  • Prepared

  • Memorized

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

( Critical, Empathetic, Emotional ) listening involved understanding the perspective of the other person while knowing how they feel and trying to help them

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Question 8 of 20

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: how we understand what is being said

keeping that information in our brains and remembering it for later

how we respond to those verbal or nonverbal messages

Drag and drop to complete the text.

    Comprehending
    Retaining:
    Responding:
    Retaining
    Understanding
    Learning
    Memorizing
    Questioning
    Processing
    Sensing

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

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Identify the 3 criteria for evaluating supporting material

Select one or more of the following:

  • Credibility

  • Ethical

  • Plagiarized

  • Relevance

  • Sufficiency

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

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You want to research miniature schnauzers, what search would provide the most results?

Select one of the following:

  • Miniature Schnauzers AND Dogs

  • Miniature Schn*

  • Miniature Schnauzers

  • Miniature Schnauzers OR Dogs

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

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Billy is writing a paper about a crime scene and is organizing by the times of the crime. What organizational pattern is he using?

Select one of the following:

  • Time

  • Spatial

  • Topical

  • Chronical

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

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Dr. Gilje is lecturing the class on nuclear chemistry, he speaks in a louder tone when talking about important things and a lower tone when giving general information.
What is Dr. Gilje using?

Select one of the following:

  • Verbal Fluency

  • Vocal Variety

  • Dynamism

  • Keeping the students awake

  • Excitement

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

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: claims that we are prisoners of our native language, unable to think certain thoughts or perceive in certain ways because of the grammatical structure and lexicon of our language
claims that the grammar and lexicon of our native language powerfully influences but does not imprison our thinking and perception

Drag and drop to complete the text.

    Linguistic Relativity:
    Linguisitic Determinism
    Linguistic Determinism
    Linguistic Relativity

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

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The Webster's Dictionary defines persuasion as the process of convincing someone to change their attitude or behavior on a certain topic.
What type of meaning is this?

Select one of the following:

  • Connotative

  • Denotative

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

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April's father recently died, instead of saying April's father kicked the bucket, we say April's father passed away.
What is this an example of?

Select one of the following:

  • Jargon

  • Slang

  • Metaphor

  • Euphemism

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

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Ethnocentrism views cultures as different, but not deficient

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

( Structure, Productivity, Displacement ): a form or shape characterized by an interrelationship among its part, foundations of a language
( Productivity, Structure, Displacement ): capacity of language to transform a small number of phonemes into whatever words, phrases, and sentences that we require to communicate our abundance of thoughts, ideas, and feelings
( Displacement, Productivity, Structure ) the human ability to use language to talk about objects, ideas, events, and relations that do not just exist in the here and now and may not exist at all except in our minds

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Question 18 of 20

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Sense experience is the selective and limited part of abstracting

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

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Jargon is informal works used with a common understanding of the meaning

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Match the 4 types of noise:
( Physical noise, Physiological noise, Semantic noise, Psychological noise ): external, environmental distractions
( Physiological noise, Physical noise, Semantic noise, Psychological noise ): biological influences ex. sweaty palms
( Psychological noise, Physical noise, Semantic noise, Physiological noise ): preconceptions, biases, and assumptions
( Semantic noise, Psychological noise, Physiological noise, Physical noise ): reflected in word choice that is confusing or distracting

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