American Sentinel COM220 Unit 1 Pre-Assessment Quiz Latest 2024

COM220 Unit 1 Pre-Assessment Quiz

Question 1

While listening to the Communication Professor’s explanation, Maria occasionally smiled and nodded her head to offer _______ to her professor that she understand the lecture.

a. Message

b.Noise

c. Feedback

d.Feedforward

Question 2

What context refers to stated rules or unstated norms that guide communication?

a. Academic Context

b. Relational Context

c. Cultural Context

d. Social Context

Question 3

___________ refers to noise that occurs in the encoding and decoding process when participants do not understand a symbol or a word.

a. Feedback Channel

b. Environmental Noise

c. Semantic Noise

d.Physical Context

Question 4

Each ___________ you cite in your paper should appear in your reference list.

a. Thought

b.Source

c. Image

d.Idea

Question 5

All of the words in the title of a journal article should be capitalized.

True

False

Question 6

What percentage do you need to achieve on the assessment and assignment to meet the competency?

a.50%

b.80%

c.100%

d.70%

Question 7

Jose could not hear his friend John tell the funny story that happened in Group Communication class today because the air conditioning unit was so loud. This is an example of what kind of noise?

a. Troublesome Noise

b. Semantic Noise

c. Channel Noise

d. Environmental Noise

Question 8

If you achieve a 60% on the pre-assessment, then you do not need to take the post-assessment.

True

False

Question 9

Cassidy got evicted from her apartment so she asked her friend Delaney if she could stay at her place for a few days. Cassidy’s ______ needs were met in this exchange.

a. Relational

b. Instrumental

c.Identity

d. Physical

Question 10

If Sean tells a joke and it offends his classmate Quinn, Sean can’t just say “Oh, forget I said that.” The message has been sent and it can’t be taken back which illustrates communication is irreversible.

True

False

Question 11

APA establishes standards of written communication concerning all of the following except:

a.Citing references

b.Locating research

c.Writing style

d.The organization of content

Question 12

What context includes various aspects of identities such as race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class and ability?

a.Relational Context

b. Cultural Context

c. Academic Context

d. Social Context

Question 13

An essay should have _______ inch margins on all sides.

a.1

b.1.5

c.2

d.3

Question 14

When you choose to send an email to your neighbor to RSVP to their 4th of July party, you are choosing the ______, or the sensory route on which the message travels.

a.Communication

b. Complex Process

c. Common Elements

d. Channel

Question 15

What interpersonal need includes our need to present ourselves to others and be thought of in particular or desired ways?

a.Relational

b.Instrumental

c.Identity

d.Physical

Question 16

How much weight will assignments have toward the final grade in the course?

a.30%

b. 60%

c.70%

d. 100%

Question 17

Which of the following is the correct APA in-text citation for a direct quotation from the source:

a.(Martinez, 2014, p. 9)

b. Martinez, 2014, pg. 9

c. Martinez (2014) p. 9

d. (Martinez, 2014, pg. 9)

Question 18

Which of the following is the correct APA in-text citation for a direct quotation from the source that uses multiple pages:

a.(Monroe, 2019, pp. 105-107)

b. Monroe, 2019, pages 105-107

c. (Monroe, pp. 105-107, 2019)

d. (Monroe, 2019, pgs. 105-107)

Question 19

Every unit includes one chapter reading.

True

False

Question 20

When mentioning the title of a source in your paper, you should match the reference list and not capitalize each word.

True

False

Question 21

Each quiz will have how many questions?

a.40

b.25

c.30

d.60

Question 22

Communicating in which communicators generate social realities with social, relational, and cultural contexts to create relationships is called?

a. Transaction Model of Communication

b. Interaction Model of Communication

c. Cultural Model of Communication

d.Transmission Model of Communication

Question 23

APA does not specify a single font or set of fonts for professional writing.

True

False

Question 24

When Won’s best friend got engaged, she organized an engagement party to celebrate their engagement. This act is an example of meeting a(n) _____ need.

a.Identity

b. Relational

c.Instrumental

d.Physical

Question 25

What context includes previous interpersonal history and type of relationships that we have with a person?

. Academic Context

b. Relational Context

c. Social Context

d. Cultural Context