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Human Communication 100

Fall 2004 Final Exam

Multiple Choice: Choose only one answer and mark the corresponding letter on your scantron.

Each question is worth 2 points.

1. The relationship stage in which you begin to spend more time together, begin depending

upon each other or sel!conirmation, and increase the "ariety o acti"ities you participate in

together is the ##########.$. initiation stage

%. intensiication stage

C. e&ploration stage'. intimacy stage

2. (eslie and )at ha"e reached a stage in their relationship in which they understand one

another to the point that they can almost inish one another*s sentences, openly discuss anyissue, and are recogni+ed among riends and amily members as a committed couple. This

would be an e&ample o what stage in relational escalation$. e&ploration

%. intensiication

C. initiation'. intimacy

-. uan cringed as he thought about going home ater work. (ately, he and Cassandra spend

e"ery minute together ighting. /e used to think the way she played with her ood was cute0

now he inds it annoying. hat stage o relational de!escalation are uan and Cassandraacing$. indi"iduali+ation stage

%. turmoil stage

C. stagnation stage'. separation stage

. $ccording to the deinition o interpersonal conlict gi"en in the te&tbook, the intensity o a

conlict relates to the intensity o ##################.

$. unmet needs

%. sel!disclosuresC. personality dierences

'. emotional e&pression


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11. hich approach to leadership assumes that leaders are born, not made

$. trait approach

%. unctional approachC. styles approach

'. situational approach

12. $ leader who guides and acilitates discussion rather than dominating it demonstrates which

style o leadership$. democratic

%. authoritarian

C. passi"e

'. laisse+!aire

1-. an is the leader o a group. >he rarely lets other group members oer suggestions and

always controls how much gets accomplished. hat is the term or an*s leadership style$. democratic

%. laisse+!aireC. authoritarian

'. participati"e

1. $ transormational leader inluences the group by ######################.

$. pro"iding a structure to help the group accomplish critical thinking

%. gi"ing the group a new "ision or energi+ing its cultureC. using democratic leadership style

'. understanding the leadership style that is appropriate or the gi"en situation

13. Most meetings include one to three types o goals. The types o goals discussed at most

meetings include the ollowing.$. gi"ing inormation, managing conlict, sol"ing a problem

%. researching a topic, taking action, managing conlict

C. gi"ing inormation, discussing inormation, taking action

'. discussing inormation, managing conlict, sol"ing a problem

17. $n inormati"e speech has been assigned, so amal starts to worry about what he canpossibly present to his class. That night, he takes out a blank sheet o paper and 9ust starts

writing down e"ery possible idea or a speech topic that he can think o. hat is amal

doing$. e&periencing inormation o"erload

%. brainstorming

C. inding logical di"isions in his thinking

'. using a categorical approach to topic selection


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18. ?ai was asked to make a presentation to his raternity on the history o their national

organi+ation. /is three main points co"ered the ounders, the original charter, and the origin

o some o the traditions. The general purpose o this speech was most likely to #########.$. inorm

%. persuade

C. entertain'. demonstrate

1. 'eborah is reaching or a presentation on orld ar @@. >he "isits a retirement home to speak

with people who were adults during that time period. /er inter"iew sub9ects are a rich source

or ##############.

$. e&pert testimony%. lay testimony

C. literary quotations

'. literal analogies

1;. A$s a result o my presentation, my audience will recycle regularly.B This is an e&ample o a###############.

$. speciic purpose statement

%. central ideaC. general purpose

'. thesis statement

25. 'iana was using the internet to ind sources on parasailing. >he ound se"eral interesting

articles, but none o them contained a date, author, or publishing organi+ation. hat should

'iana do$. @ the article has interesting inormation that is applicable to her speech, use it

anyway.

%. 'isregard those sources and continue looking or more sources that aredocumented.

C. Create an author and date that seems reasonable.

'. one o the abo"e.

21. 'e>hay is writing a speech on the media*s propagation o eating disorders in women.

$lthough she eels that she has written a good speech, she eels that her topic is lackingconcrete e"idence. hich o the ollowing should 'e>hay employ to add credibility to her

speech

$. deinitions%. opinions

C. statistics

'. analogies


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22. @n his speech on "arying e&planations on how the earth came into e&istence, Eduardo begins

with opinions, mo"es to inerences, and uses scientiic acts in support o his last point. hat

principle o supporting material organi+ation is Eduardo using in his speech$. primacy!recency

%. AsotB to AhardB e"idence

C. comple&ity'. the speciicity principle

2-. %eore mo"ing to your ne&t point in your speech you say, Ae ha"e discussed what sleep

depri"ation is and why it can be a problem or college students.B This is an e&ample o a


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28. e wants to de"elop a speech about the i"e bases o interpersonal power


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-2. @nstead o simply saying, AThe dog slept on the chair,B Emily said, AThe lethargic dachshund

snoo+ed contentedly on the o"erstued armchair.B This best illustrates what principle o

eecti"e "erbal deli"ery$. use unbiased words

%. use "i"id words

C. use simple words'. use correct words

--. hen Ge"erend esse ackson says, Ae must relate instead o debate0 we must inspire

instead o retire0 and we must repair instead o despair,B what linguistic de"ice is he using

$. repetition

%. articulationC. omission

'. personiication

-. Margarite knew that most o her audience knew "ery little about creating a

)ower)oint presentation, so she related her presentation to what her audience already knewabout using word processing programs, and the principles they had learned about creating

"isual aids. >he is using what technique to make her presentation clear

$. pace your inormation low%. relate new inormation to old inormation

C. relate to your audience*s interests

'. use attention!catching supporting material

-3. @n /ugh*s speech about "olcanoes, he used technical terms that he learned rom a

book written by "olcano researchers. hat goal o inormati"e speaking did /ugh "iolate$. making your message simple

%. making your message accurate

C. making your message "i"id and interesting'. making your message persuasi"e

-7. @, during a speech to a group o police oicers, a speaker talks about 9ob stress, what tactic isthe speaker using to make the presentation interesting

$. using eecti"e supporting materials

%. building in redundancyC. reinorcing key ideas "erbally and non"erbally

'. presenting inormation that relates to listeners


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. $ group member with high status generally talks more than a low status member. T

3. 4ne o the ad"antages o working in groups is that groups typically sol"e a problem more

quickly than indi"iduals can do alone. I

7. $ccording to the trait approach, eecti"e leaders are those who are intelligent, good

communicators, and ha"e social skills. T

8. The primary purpose o lay testimony is to stir the audience*s emotions by helping them

identiy with the a"erage person. T

. @ you are trying to con"ince your audience to eat a balanced diet and you want to gi"e them

some practical suggestions or college students, a problem!solution organi+ation would be anappropriate speech structure to use. T

;. $ccording to your te&tbook, it is better or a speaker to use no mo"ement than to use random,

distracting mo"ement. T

35. >peeches about ideas are usually more abstract than other types o speeches. T

Extra cr$it %u"tion&

31. A)eople should watch less tele"ision because they don*t eat healthy ood,B is an e&ample o

which o the ollowing logical allacies

$. hasty generali+ation%. non sequitur

C. post hoc

'. ad hominem

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