BCOM 275 Final Exam Guide All 4 Sets. Get an A++.

BCOM 275 Final Exam Guide All 4 Sets. Get an A++.

1) The term channel in communication means

    A.   the medium through which a message travels from sender to receiver
    B.   the context of the  communication
    C.   the volume at which a message is received
    D.   the process of changing thoughts into symbols
    

2) This preparation process involves looking at the characteristics of the receivers of the sender’s message.

    A.   Determining the message
    B.   Audience analysis
    C.   Channel evaluation
    D.   Receiver response analysis
    

3) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called

    A.   channel
    B.   feedback
    C.   encoding
    D.   decoding
    

4) This act is involuntary and  happens automatically.

    A.   Listening
    B.   Feedback
    C.   Hearing
    D.   Responding
    

5) This happens when you receive, construct meaning from, and respond to the sender’s message.

    A.   Responding
    B.   Attending
    C.   Listening
    D.   Hearing
    

6) With this type of response, you analyze or teach the sender about the cause of his or her concern.

    A.   Questioning
    B.   Interpreting
    C.   Paraphrasing
    D.   Evaluating 

7) Consider the following exchange: “How do I know God exists? How do you know he doesn’t?” Which fallacy does the second statement  

illustrate?

    A.   Inconsistency ad hominem
    B.   Slippery slope
    C.   Misplacing the burden of proof
    D.   Perfectionist fallacy
    

8) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?

    A.   Endorsement ads
    B.   Promise ads
    C.   Functional ads
    D.   Logical ads
    

9) A claim is generally  not considered credible if

    A.   it comes from a source assumed to be credible but who is not known to you
    B.   the claimant is an interested party
    C.   the claimant is a disinterested party
    D.   it seems likely
    

10) Consider the following statement: “Morgan, you’re down to earth and I trust your judgment. That’s why I know I can count on you to back me up 

at the meeting this afternoon.” This is an example of which fallacy?

    A.   Argument from pity
    B.   Slippery slope
    C.   Guilt trip
    D.   Apple polishing
    

11) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?

    A.   Genetic fallacy
    B.   False dilemma
    C.   Straw  man
    D.   Ad hominem
    

12) Stating someone has negative features and his claim is invalid is an example of which fallacy?

    A.   Genetic fallacy
    B.   False dilemma
    C.   Straw man
    D.   Ad hominem 

13) Audience analysis should occur at what point in the creation of a message?

    A.   Before the message is sent
    B.   Once feedback is received
    C.   After selecting the channel
    D.   Before the message is created
    

14) An effective message should be

    A.   audience-centered
    B.   topic-based
    C.   channel-focused
    D.   time-centered
    

15) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called

    A.   psychographics
    B.   pseudographics
    C.   statistics
    D.   demographics
    

16) Which informal communication channel involves its own abbreviations to accommodate the limited number of characters available in any given  

message?

    A.   Text message
    B.   E-mail
    C.   Handwritten letters
    D.   Voicemail message
    

17) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?

    A.   Encoding
    B.   Noise
    C.   Decoding
    D.   Channel
    

18) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would be

    A.   e-mail
    B.   face-to-face
    C.   team meeting
    D.   text message
    

19) When using expert testimonials, speakers should do which of the following?

    A.   Always quote the  expert’s exact words.
    B.   Share the expert’s credentials.
    C.   Use experts who have celebrity status.
    D.   Protect the identity of experts by not naming them.
    

20) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?

    A.   Comparisons
    B.   Analyses
    C.   Definitions
    D.   Descriptions
    

21) What type of language is used when communicating with classmates, coworkers, family, and friends?

    A.   Official
    B.   Informal
    C.   Ceremonial
    D.   Formal 

22) The connotation of words such as skinny or thin focuses on the

    A.   actual  meaning
    B.   denotative meaning
    C.   contextual meaning
    D.   emotional meaning
    

23) The individuals you are most likely to influence with your persuasive presentation are referred to as your

    A.   peer audience
    B.   leading audience
    C.   target audience
    D.   general audience
    

24) If you try to persuade your classmates to donate canned goods for the hungry in your community, your topic is  one of

    A.   policy
    B.   fact
    C.   pathos
    D.   value
    

25) When you lead, instruct, challenge, or introduce your audience to act on or accept your solution, you are at which step of Monroe’s Motivated 

Sequence?

    A.   Attention
    B.   Solution
    C.   Visualization
    D.   Action or approval
    

26) When you display ethos in your persuasive presentation, you have

    A.   credibility
    B.   logic
    C.   emotion
    D.   evidence
    

27) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?

    A.   Either/or  thinking
    B.   Slippery slope
    C.   Hasty generalization
    D.   Faulty comparison

28) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are
A. individualist
B. relationship oriented
C. hierarchical
D. informal 

29) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called
A. ethnocentrism
B. scapegoating
C. stereotyping
D. discriminating 

30) An attempt to characterize causes of events to either personalities or external situations is called
A. projection
B. halo effect
C. attribution error
D. selective attention 

31) The practice of using a case that has already been decided as a guide when deciding new cases is referred to as
A. legal morality
B. legal paternalism
C. causation principle
D. appeal to precedent 

32) A value judgment requires this type of assessment.
A. Worth or desirability
B. Consistency
C. Normative
D. Monroe’s Value  Sequence 

33) What is the belief that laws are justified if they prevent a person from harming him- or herself known as?
A. Offense principle
B. Harm principle
C. Legal paternalism
D. Legal moralism

__________________

1) The term channel in communication means


A.  the medium through which a message travels from  sender to receiver

B.  the context of the   communication

C.  the volume at which a message is received

D.  the process of changing thoughts into symbols




2) This preparation process involves looking at the characteristics of the receivers of the sender’s message.


A.  Determining the message

B.  Audience analysis

C.  Channel evaluation

D.  Receiver response analysis




3) A receiver’s response to a  sender’s message is called


A.  channel

B.  feedback

C.  encoding

D.  decoding




4) This act is involuntary and happens automatically.


A.  Listening

B.  Feedback
C.  Hearing

D.  Responding




5) This happens when you receive, construct meaning from, and respond to the sender’s message.


A.  Responding
B.  Attending
C.  Listening
D.  Hearing




6) With this type of response, you  analyze or teach the sender about the cause of his or  her concern.


A.  Questioning
B.  Interpreting
C.  Paraphrasing
D.  Evaluating

7) Consider the following exchange: “How do I know God exists? How do you know he doesn’t?” Which fallacy does the second statement illustrate?


A.  Inconsistency ad hominem
B.  Slippery slope
C.  Misplacing the burden of proof
D.  Perfectionist fallacy




8) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?


A.  Endorsement ads
B.  Promise ads
C.  Functional ads
D.  Logical ads




9) A claim is generally not  considered credible if


A.  it comes from a source assumed to be credible but who is not known to you
B.  the claimant is an interested party
C.  the claimant is a disinterested party
D.  it seems likely




10) Consider the following statement: “Morgan, you’re down to earth and I trust your judgment. That’s why I know I can count on you to back me up at the  meeting this afternoon.” This is  an example of which fallacy?


A.  Argument from pity
B.  Slippery slope
C.  Guilt trip
D.  Apple polishing




11) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?


A.  Genetic fallacy
B.  False dilemma
C.  Straw man
D.  Ad hominem




12) Stating someone has negative features  and his claim is invalid  is an example of which fallacy?


A.  Genetic fallacy
B.  False dilemma
C.  Straw man
D.  Ad hominem

13) Audience analysis should  occur at what point in the creation of a message?


A.  Before the message is sent
B.  Once feedback is received
C.  After selecting the channel
D.  Before the message is created




14) An effective message should be


A.  audience-centered
B.  topic-based
C.  channel-focused
D.  time-centered




15) Measurable or observable characteristics of your  audience are called


A.  psychographics
B.  pseudographics
C.  statistics
D.  demographics




16) Which informal communication channel involves its own abbreviations to accommodate the limited number of characters available in any given message?


A.  Text message
B.  E-mail
C.  Handwritten letters
D.  Voicemail message




17) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?


A.  Encoding
B.  Noise
C.  Decoding
D.  Channel




18) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would  be


A.  e-mail
B.  face-to-face
C.  team  meeting
D.  text message




19) When using expert testimonials, speakers should do which of the following?


A.  Always quote the expert’s exact words.
B.  Share the expert’s credentials.
C.  Use experts who have celebrity  status.
D.  Protect the identity of experts by not naming them.




20) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?


A.  Comparisons
B.  Analyses
C.  Definitions
D.  Descriptions




21) What type of language is used when communicating with classmates, coworkers, family, and friends?


A.  Official
B.  Informal
C.  Ceremonial
D.  Formal

22) The connotation of words such as skinny or thin focuses  on the


A.  actual meaning
B.  denotative  meaning
C.  contextual meaning
D.  emotional meaning




23) The individuals you are most likely to influence with your  persuasive presentation are referred to as your


A.  peer audience
B.  leading audience
C.  target audience
D.  general audience




24) If you try to persuade your classmates to donate canned goods for the hungry in your community, your topic is one of


A.  policy
B.  fact
C.  pathos
D.  value




25) When you lead, instruct, challenge, or introduce your audience to act on or accept your solution, you are at which step of Monroe’s Motivated   Sequence?


A.  Attention
B.  Solution
C.  Visualization
D.  Action or approval




26) When you display ethos in your persuasive presentation, you have


A.  credibility
B.  logic
C.  emotion
D.  evidence




27) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?


A.  Either/or thinking
B.  Slippery  slope
C.  Hasty generalization
D.  Faulty comparison

28) A concept proposing that negative cultural assumptions about a group can create for its members a belief in those assumptions is  called


A.  an attribution error
B.  a perceptual process
C.  a halo effect
D.  a stereotype threat




29) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are


A.  individualist
B.  informal
C.  hierarchical
D.  relationship  oriented




30) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called


A.  ethnocentrism
B.  discriminating
C.  stereotyping
D.  scapegoating




31) A value judgment requires this type of assessment.


A.  Worth or desirability
B.  Monroe’s Value   Sequence
C.  Consistency
D.  Normative




32) What is the belief that laws are justified if they prevent a person from  harming him- or herself known as?


A.  Offense principle
B.  Legal moralism
C.  Harm principle
D.  Legal paternalism




33) Utilitarianism is part of this perspective on moral reasoning.


A.  Deontology
B.  Virtue ethics
C.  Consquentialism
D.  Moral  relativism

_______________________

1) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called 
A. channel 
B. feedback 
C. decoding 
D. encoding 

2) The term channel in communication means
A. the medium through which a message travels from sender to receiver
B. the context of the communication
C. the process of changing thoughts into symbols
D. the volume at which a message is received 

3) The message refers to which of the following?
A. The receiver’s response to the  sender
B. The medium that carries the information
C. Ideas, thoughts, and feelings being communicated.
D. The context of the communication 

4) This happens when you receive, construct meaning from, and respond to the sender’s message.
A. Responding
B. Listening
C. Attending
D. Hearing 

5) When the receiver uses this response style, he clarifies or seeks more information.
A. Questioning
B. Paraphrasing
C. Supporting
D. Evaluating 

6) This response style normally does not help unless the sender has asked for your advice.
A. Questioning
B. Interpreting
C. Evaluating
D. Paraphrasing 

7) A claim is generally not considered credible if
A. it comes from a source assumed to be credible but who is not known to you
B. the claimant is a disinterested party
C. the claimant is an interested party
D. it seems likely 

8) Which of the following are the most common types of doubts people may have about a source?
A. Expertise and accuracy
B. Prominence in the field of study and experience
C. Occupation  and employer
D. Status and academic degree 

9) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?
A. Endorsement ads
B. Functional ads
C. Promise ads
D. Logical ads 

10) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?
A. Genetic fallacy
B. Straw  man
C. False dilemma
D. Ad hominem 

11) Consider the following statement: “Morgan, you’re down to earth and I trust your judgment. That’s why I know I can count on you to back me up 

at the meeting this afternoon.” This is an example of which fallacy?
A. Argument from pity
B. Apple polishing
C. Slippery slope
 D. Guilt trip 

12) Consider the following statement: “Studies confirm what everyone already knows: Smaller class sizes make better learners.” This is an example 

of which fallacy?
A. Begging the question
B. Argument from common practice
C. Slippery slope
D. Misplacing the burden of proof 

13) An effective message should be
A. audience-centered
B. topic-based
C. channel-focused
D. time-centered 

14) Audience analysis should occur at what point in the creation of a message?
A. Before the message is sent
B. Once feedback is received
C. After selecting the channel
D. Before the message is created 

15) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called
A. psychographics
B. pseudographics
C. statistics
D. demographics 

16) In this channel of communication, messages are carried by sound and light waves.
A. Teleconference
B. Hard copy  memos
C. Face-to-face
D. Voicemail 

17) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective channel to do this would be
A. e-mail
B. face-to-face
C. team meeting
D. text message 

18) Sound and light waves are an example of which part of the communication model?
A. Encoding
B. Noise
C. Decoding
D. Channel 

19) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?
A. Comparisons
B. Definitions
C. Descriptions
D. Analyses 

20) A framework for putting all of your information together in a logical sequence is called
A. an introduction
B. an outline
C. a central idea
D. a thesis 

21) What type of language is used when communicating with classmates, coworkers, family, and friends?
A. Official
B. Ceremonial
C. Formal
D. Informal 

22) The individuals you are most likely to influence with your persuasive presentation are referred to as your
A. peer audience
B. target audience
C. general audience
D. leading  audience 

23) Persuasive topics that attempt to show an audience that something is good, bad, right, or wrong are topics of
A. cause-effect
B. fact
C. value
D. policy 

24) If you try to persuade your classmates to donate canned goods for the hungry in your community, your topic is one of
A. policy
B. pathos
C. value
D. fact 

25) When you lead, instruct, challenge, or introduce your audience to act on or accept your solution, you are at which step of Monroe’s Motivated 

Sequence?
A. Attention
B. Visualization
C. Action or approval
D. Solution 

26) When you display ethos in your persuasive presentation, you have
A. credibility
B. logic
C. evidence
D. emotion 

27) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?
A. Either/or thinking
B. Slippery slope
C. Faulty comparison
D. Hasty generalization 

28) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are
A. individualist
B. relationship oriented
C. hierarchical
D. informal 

29) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called
A. ethnocentrism
B. scapegoating
C. stereotyping
D. discriminating 

30) An attempt to characterize causes of events to either personalities or external situations is called
A. projection
B. halo effect
C. attribution  error
D. selective attention 

31) The practice of using a case that has already been decided as a guide when deciding new cases is referred to as
A. legal morality
B. legal paternalism
C. causation principle
D. appeal to precedent 

32) A value judgment requires this type of assessment.
A. Worth or desirability
B. Consistency
C. Normative
D. Monroe’s Value  Sequence 

33) What is the belief that laws are justified if they prevent a person from harming him- or herself known as?
A. Offense principle
B. Harm principle
C. Legal paternalism
D. Legal moralism

_____________________

1) In which of the following communication activities do people spend the greatest percent of their day?

    A.   Listening
    B.   Speaking
    C.   Reading
    D.   Writing
    

2) The term channel in communication means

    A.   the volume at which a message is received
    B.   the process of changing thoughts into symbols
    C.   the medium through which a message travels from sender to receiver
    D.   the context of the communication
    

3) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called

    A.   encoding
    B.   decoding
    C.   channel
    D.   feedback
    

4) This response style normally does not help  unless the sender  has asked for your advice.

    A.   Paraphrasing
    B.   Evaluating
    C.   Questioning
    D.   Interpreting
    

5) With this type of response, you analyze or teach the sender about the cause of his or her concern.

    A.   Evaluating
    B.   Interpreting
    C.   Questioning
    D.   Paraphrasing
    

6) This act is involuntary and happens automatically.

    A.   Responding
    B.   Feedback
    C.   Listening
    D.   Hearing

7) Which of the following is a category of reasonless advertising?

    A.   Logical ads
    B.   Promise ads
    C.   Endorsement ads
    D.   Functional ads
    

8) Which of the following are the most common types of doubts people may have about a source?

    A.   Status and academic degree
    B.   Occupation and employer
    C.   Expertise and accuracy
    D.   Prominence in the field of study and experience
    

9) A claim is generally not considered credible if

    A.   it seems likely
    B.   the claimant is an interested party
    C.   it comes from a source assumed to be  credible but who is not known to you
    D.   the claimant is a disinterested party
    

10) Providing only two choices when others are available defines which fallacy?

    A.   Ad hominem
    B.   False dilemma
    C.   Genetic fallacy
    D.   Straw man
    

11) Stating someone has negative features and his claim is invalid is an example of which fallacy?

    A.   Ad hominem
    B.   False dilemma
    C.   Genetic fallacy
    D.   Straw man
    

12) Consider the following statement: “So what if the Senator accepted a little kickback money—most politicians are corrupt after all.” This is an 

example of which fallacy?

    A.   Argument from envy
    B.   Straw man
    C.   Argument from tradition
    D.   Argument from common practice
    

13) Measurable or observable characteristics of your audience are called

    A.   pseudographics
    B.   statistics
    C.   psychographics
    D.   demographics
    

14) Behavior descriptions should meet which  of the following criteria?

    A.   Present inferences about another’s motives.
    B.   Focus on more than one behavior.
    C.   Describe only observable behaviors.
    D.   Include terms such as “never, always, or constantly.”
    

15) Demographics include which of the following?

    A.   Ethnicity, gender, race
    B.   Beliefs, feelings, likes
    C.   Attitudes, interests, values
    D.   Values, morals, opinions
    

16) You want to discuss your performance review and possible raise with your boss. The most effective  channel to do this would be

    A.   face-to-face
    B.   text message
    C.   e-mail
    D.   team meeting
    

17) Sound and light waves are an example of which  part of the communication model?

    A.   Noise
    B.   Channel
    C.   Encoding
    D.   Decoding
    

18) Which informal communication channel involves its own abbreviations to accommodate the limited number of characters available in any given 

message?

    A.   E-mail
    B.   Voicemail message
    C.   Text message
    D.   Handwritten letters
    

19) When are nonverbal messages sent?

    A.   Before verbal messages
    B.   Only in combination with verbal messages
    C.   Only when you want
    D.   After verbal messages
    

20) Which verbal support breaks down complex processes or concepts into their component parts to ensure understanding?

    A.   Descriptions
    B.   Analyses
    C.   Comparisons
    D.   Definitions
    

21) When using expert testimonials, speakers should do which of the following?

    A.   Share the expert’s credentials.
    B.   Protect the identity of experts by not naming them.
    C.   Always quote the expert’s exact words.
    D.   Use experts who have celebrity status.
    

22) When you use an expression like raining cats  and dogs, you are using

    A.   denotative language
    B.   connotative language
    C.   figurative language
    D.   contextual language
    

23) Persuasive topics that attempt to show an audience that something is good, bad, right, or wrong are topics of

    A.   value
    B.   policy
    C.   cause-effect
    D.   fact
    

24) The connotation of words such as skinny or thin focuses on the

    A.   emotional meaning
    B.   denotative meaning
    C.   actual meaning
    D.   contextual meaning
    

25) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences?

    A.   Faulty comparison
    B.   Slippery slope
    C.   Either/or thinking
    D.   Hasty generalization
    

26) If you use only a few examples to represent the whole of the conclusion, you are committing this logical fallacy.

    A.   Faulty causation
    B.   Hasty generalization
    C.   Either/or thinking
    D.   Slippery slope
    

27) When you display ethos in your persuasive  presentation, you have

    A.   evidence
    B.   credibility
    C.   logic
    D.   emotion

28) Deliberately blaming individuals or groups for things they really did not do is called

    A.   stereotyping
    B.   ethnocentrism
    C.   scapegoating
    D.   discriminating
    

29) A concept proposing that negative cultural assumptions about a group can create for its members a belief in those assumptions is called

    A.   a halo effect
    B.   an attribution error
    C.   a stereotype threat
    D.   a perceptual process
    

30) Groups that value higher power distance  believe relationships are

    A.   hierarchical
    B.   individualist
    C.   relationship oriented
    D.   informal
    

31) Utilitarianism is part of this perspective on moral reasoning.

    A.   Consquentialism
    B.   Deontology
    C.   Moral relativism
    D.   Virtue ethics
    

32) What is the belief that correct moral principles are those accepted by the correct religion known as?

    A.   Virtue ethics
    B.   Religious absolutism
    C.   Religious relativism
    D.   Moral relativism
    

33) The practice of using a case that has already been  decided as a guide when deciding new cases is referred to as

    A.   legal paternalism
    B.   legal morality
    C.   causation principle
    D.   appeal to precedent

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