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-Weaver’s model
C. When you say it
B. Schramm’s
D. What you say it
C. Aristotle’s
6. The limitation of oral communication is that:
D. White’s
A. It is not affected by the speaker’s feelings or
12. Based on Eugene White’s 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
without the Speaker?
C. The speaker can only receive feedback if the
A. Yes, if there’s a written source of
Speaker is monitoring the listener.
information.
D. The Speaker will know what the Listener’s
B. Yes, if the Speaker decides to be the
Response is only if he/she is paying
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
c
a
14. To convert a message into groups of words,
symbols, gestures, or sounds that present ideas
or concept is called ________.
A. Encoding
B. Feedback
C. Noise
D. Media richness
15. Any communication that conveys a message
consisting of words is called:
A. Verbal communication
B. Oral communication
C. Written communication
D. Nonverbal communication
16. Due to insufficiency of available classrooms, the
covered court of Katipunan NHS is now being
used to hold classes temporarily. This real
scenario is an example of which element of
communication?
A. Message
B. Physical location of communicative
situation
C. Channel
D. Psychological setting of communicative
situation
17. A politician says that he is a man of people, but
many observe that he refuses to shake hands
with the poor. What dimension of
communication is violated in this case?
A. Verbal/Non-Verbal
B. Oral/Written
C. Formal/Informal
D. Intentional/Unintentional
18. A certain look or gaze is an example of:
A. Verbal communication
B. Oral communication
C. Written communication
D. Nonverbal communication
19. It is the process by which the receiver interprets
the symbols used y the source of the message
by converting them into concepts and ideas.
A. Decoding
B. Listing
C. Encoding
D. Feedback
20. The _____________ is the individual or group
that develops the message to be communicated
to internal and external parties.
A. Source
B. Encoder
C. Decoder
D. Jargon
21. Noise is NOT a problem at which stage of the
communication?
A. Source
B. Receiver
C. Decoding
D. None of the above (noise is a problem at all
stages)
22. It shows how time is viewed differently in
various countries.
A. Chronemics
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
23. The use of space provides us with ideas about
how close or how far people are from the
center of power or where a person is in the
social ladder.
A. Chronemics
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
24. It is a type of nonverbal communication that
assists the listener in understanding the
message better which serves as the listener’s
gauge as to whether the speaker treats the
listener with affective or with contempt.
A. Posture
B. Facial expression
C. Gesture
D. Chronemics
25. These are deliberate movement and signals to
communicate meaning without words.
A. Eye gaze
B. Gesture
C. Facial expression
D. Appearance
26. These are the means by which the message is
sent.
A. Channels
B. Feedback
C. Response
D. noise
27. It is a communication through touch and is
considered as one of the most powerful of the types
of nonverbal communication.
A. Haptics
B. Gesture
C. Chronemics
D. Proxemics
28. He made the cyclical model that tells us that
communication is circular and continuous,
without beginning or end.
A. Wilbur Schramm
B. Eugene White
C. Aristotle
D. Claude Shannon
29. This model gave us the concept of noise and
this is often called the TELEPHONE MODEL.
A. Aristotelian Model of Communication
B. Schramm Model of Communication
C. Shannon- Weaver Model of Communication
D. Eugene White Model of Communication
30. He was considered the father of Mass
Communication.
A. Wilbur Schramm
B. Eugene White
C. Aristotle
D. Claude Shannon
31. This involves only two participants exchanging
thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Dyadic communication
c. Public communication
d. Small group communication
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