Communication Skills Quiz (With Answers)
1. Why is communication referred to as a process?
- ✅ A. It consists of the movement of different activities from the beginning to the end of an interaction
- B. It takes a lot of time
- C. It is complex
- D. It occurs between two people
2. Communication is considered as a system because…
- A. It may be hindered by certain barriers
- ✅ B. It involves a number of persons, resources and activities organized to make information exchange effective
- C. It differs from one context to the other
- D. The listener may not understand the speaker
3. All the following are useful terminologies used in the communication process except…
- A. Sender
- B. Receiver
- C. Channel
- ✅ D. Median
4. The presentation of ideas effectively and formally in a scholastic environment is known as…
- A. Domestic communication
- ✅ B. Academic communication
- C. Foreign communication
- D. Intercontinental communication
5. What are the two main types of communication based on channels of communication?
- A. Formal and non-formal communication
- ✅ B. Verbal and non-verbal communication
- C. Active and inactive communication
- D. Special and non-special communication
6. Which of these is not a characteristic of effective communication?
- A. Completeness
- B. Conciseness
- C. Concreteness
- ✅ D. Consequential
7. The concrete or abstract obstacles that interfere with effective exchange of ideas or thoughts are called…?
- A. Types of communication
- ✅ B. Barriers to communication
- C. Forms of communication
- D. Channels of communication
8. Which of these is not a type of barrier to effective communication?
- A. Language or semantic barriers
- ✅ B. Covid-19 barriers
- C. Attitudinal barriers
- D. Psychological barriers
9. When effective communication is impeded by poor sight, hearing problems, and speech disabilities, it is considered as…
- A. Cultural barriers
- B. Semantic or language barriers
- C. Psychological barriers
- ✅ D. Physiological barriers
10. Which of the barriers of communication listed below can be classified as a semantic barrier?
- ✅ A. Mispronunciation of words
- B. Anger
- C. Noise
- D. Faulty equipment
11. Which of the strategies below can be used to effectively overcome language or semantic barriers to communication?
- A. Flexibility in meeting targets
- ✅ B. Use simple language
- C. Ensure proper lighting
- D. Test equipment before use
12. To overcome psychological barriers of communication, one has to…
- ✅ A. Control his/her feelings
- B. Eat well
- C. Rest well
- D. Be serious and firm
13. The reception and understanding of a spoken material with an educational purpose is known as…
- A. Academic reading
- B. Academic writing
- ✅ C. Academic listening
- D. Academic speaking
14. The types of academic listening are discriminative listening and…
- ✅ A. Comprehensive listening
- B. Complementary listening
- C. Consequential listening
- D. Condemnatory listening
15. Any spoken material that is received and understood for an educational purpose is termed…
- A. Listening
- B. Speaking
- ✅ C. Academic listening
- D. None of the above
16. A speech on time management which is delivered to first year students of DACE is an example of non-interactive academic speaking.
- ✅ A. False
- B. True
- C. None of the above
- D. Not sure
17. A type of listening strategy that requires a student to review notes/topics before lecture, identify the organization pattern of the topics during the lecture and engage with the topic after the lecture is…
- A. Top-side listening strategy
- ✅ B. Bottom-up listening strategy
- C. Top-down listening strategy
- D. All of the above
18. Which of points listed below is an importance of academic listening?
- ✅ A. Effective academic listening can help one become a better student
- B. It makes students lazy
- C. It makes reading difficult
- D. It helps students to pass their exams
19. The following are academic listening skills except…
- A. Summarizing
- B. Paraphrasing
- C. Attentiveness
- ✅ D. Punctuating
20. Which of following is not a type of academic speaking?
- A. Interactive
- B. Partially interactive
- C. Non-interactive
- ✅ D. Communicative
By Simeon Leo ♌️ ❤️
