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