Purdue CM206 2019 February Unit 3 Quiz Latest

CM206 Interpersonal Communications

Unit 3 Quiz    

All communication is _____.

Question options:

1)            Symbolic

2)            Rational

3)            Inherent

4)            Intrinsic

Question 2          Juan and Jessica plan to meet for lunch. However, Juan’s version of lunch is 2 p.m. and grabbing something quick, while Jessica’s version of lunch is around 11:30 a.m., and she had planned to sit down and order something. Although they used the same word, “lunch,” it produced different interpretations or _____, in terms of Ogden & Richard’s Triangle of Meaning.

Question options:

1)            Thoughts

2)            Symbols

3)            Referents

4)            Signs

Question 3When I say the word bird, you think of a sweet canary calling outside your window and I think of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds. This is an example of what?

Question options:

1)            Connotative meaning

2)            Denotative meaning

3)            Halo effect

4)            Horn effect

Question 4The statement, “Professional grammar has been decreasing,” is an example of which of the following types of linguistic expressions?

Question options:

1)            Feelings

2)            Needs

3)            Thoughts

4)            Observations

Question 5          “You are never going to finish school” is an example of which type of unsupportive message?

Question options:

1)            Global label

2)            Sarcasm

3)            Dragging up the past

4)            Judgmental “you” messages

Question 6          “All millennials are lazy.” This is an example of what type of language?

Question options:

1)            Polarizing

2)            Civil

3)            Evocative

4)            Swearing

Question 7“Don’t hit my car, she has feelings too” is an example of which type of language?

Question options:

1)            Simile

2)            Metaphor

3)            Personification

4)            Grammar

Question 8          In the U.S., things like turn-taking and greetings could be considered ______.

Question options:

1)            Rules for using language

2)            Guidelines for interactions

3)            Social norms

4)            Refferents

Question 9Glenn is from NY and recently moved to TX. He finds that when he is out and about in his new hometown, his accent may change and he uses different words to describe objects then when he lived in NY. This is an example of what?

Question options:

1)            Convergence

2)            Code-switching

3)            Divergence

4)            Denotative Definitions

Question 10        Which cultural bias is being reflected in the following statement: “This is for the good of all mankind.”

Question options:

1)            Age

2)            Gender

3)            Race

4)            Sexual Orientation