GECC105 PRELIM QUIZ
PART 1. Nature and Functions of Communication
Identify the function of communication in the following
situations:
(Regulation, Social Interaction, Motivation, Information)
1. Doctors’ Prescription: “Take your medicine 3 times a
day.”
2. Invitation: “Would you like some coffee, tea, or me?”
3. “Did you know that there’s a secret apartment at the
top of the Eiffel tower?”
4. Parents’ Instruction to their child: “Wash the dishes now,
or else I won’t allow you to go to the party later.”
5. Teacher to student: “You did well in my class today,
keep it up!”
PART 2. Aristotle’s Model Communication.
Supply the following with the correct answer:
1. This model was proposed before ______ B.C
2. Aristotle’s Model is mainly focused on ______ and
speech.
3. It is the speaker’s role and responsibility to influence
the audience through __________ speaking.
4. He believed __________ is the study of communication
and persuasion.
5. It can be broadly divided into five primary elements:
Speaker, Speech, Occasion, Audience and ____________.
PART 3. Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication.
Supply the following with the correct answer:
1. This is often called the _____________ since it was
developed because of the technology of the telephone
and the experience of “noise” coming from the
switchboard.
2. As Shannon was an engineer, this model was first
made to improve _____________communication, mainly
for telephonic communication.
3. The ______________ encodes the message and sends it
to the receiver.
4. The channel can have __________and the receiver
might not have the capacity to decode which might
cause problems in the communication process.
5. The model was created by American engineer
Shannon & Weaver in the year _____________
PART 4. Schramm’s Model of Communication.
True or False
______ 1. The Schramm Communication Model offers a
classic approach to and explanation of communication.
______ 2. Schramm Communication Model, is a linear
communication model containing all the basic principles
of communication.
______ 3. The cyclical communication model is based on
the theory and belief that communication is a one-way
street.
______ 4. The recipient and sender can also be one and
the same.
______ 5. The Schramm Communication Model is circular.
PART 5. Eugene White’s Stages of Oral Communication
Matching Type
A.
______ 1. the coding of ideas into the oral language
______ 2. paying attention to signs on how your listener
understands your message
______ 3. the receiver’s response to the message
______ 4. the sound waves reaches the receiver’s ears,
after which the resulting nerve impulses reaches the
brain through the auditory nerves
______ 5. the sound waves carry the sender’s message to
the receiver
B.
A. Thinking
B. Symbolizing
C. Expressing
D. Transmitting
E. Receiving
F. Decoding
G. Feedback
H. Monitoring
Part 1. 10/10
1. Regulation or Control
2. Social interaction
3. Information
4. Regulation or Control
5. Motivation
Part 2. 2 points each 10/10
1. 300
2. Speaker
3. Public
4. Rhetoric
5. effect
Part 3
2 points each 10/10
1. “Telephone Model”
2. technical
3. sender
4. noise
5. 1948
Part 4
2 points each 10/10
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
Part 5
2 points each 10/10
1. B
2. H
3. G
4. E
5. D