Communication and Power MCQs

Communication and Power MCQs

Answer these 20+ Communication and Power MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of Communication and Power.
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1: In Cicero’s Canons of Rhetoric, this component is a message’s organization.

A.   Elocution

B.   Arrangement

C.   Delivery

D.   None of these

2: Critical/Cultural Turn in Communication is an effort in communication research that involves incorporating culture and working for social justice.

A.   True

B.   False

3: Delivery is in Cicero’s Canons of Rhetoric, this component is a message’s presentation.

A.   Elocution

B.   Arrangement

C.   Delivery

D.   None of these

4: __________ is a period in the history of the field when rhetoric became a field that only focused on delivery and style, producing schools that taught students to speak with poise and eloquence.

A.   Intersubjective

B.   Elocution

C.   Ethos

D.   None of these

5: Ethos is the rhetorical appeal that relies on appeals to a listener’s sense of speaker credibility.

A.   True

B.   False

6: An attempt to capture what happened in the world of communication that brought us to the present moment is known as:

A.   Intersubjective

B.   History of Communication

C.   Invention

D.   None of these

7: The way we, as Subjects (or agents, or sentient people capable of insight), create meanings together (“inter” suggests “between”) in interaction is called ___________.

A.   Intersubjective

B.   History of Communication

C.   Invention

D.   None of these

8: Invention means in Cicero’s Canons of Rhetoric, this component is a_____________ .

A.   Message’s content

B.   Intersubjective

C.   Elocution

D.   Ethos

9: Logos means rhetorical appeal that relies on appeals to a listener’s logical reasoning.

A.   True

B.   False

10: In Cicero’s Canons of Rhetoric, Memory means this component is a ___________ to be remembered.

A.   Message’s content

B.   Intersubjective

C.   Elocution

D.   Message’s ability

11: Pathos is the rhetorical appeal that relies on appeals to a listener’s emotions.

A.   True

B.   False

12: Uncovering, in any given situation, the available means of persuasion”

A.   Rhetoric

B.   Style

C.   Social Constructionism

D.   Social Science

13: Social Constructionism views communication as a process, as a messy enterprise that we all engage in, searching for meaning in ourselves and in each other as we make our way through the world.

A.   Rhetoric

B.   Style

C.   Social Constructionism

D.   Social Science

14: Social Science informed by scientific methods, this trend in communication research that values micro-analytic studies of communication.

A.   True

B.   False

15: In Cicero’s Canons of Rhetoric, this component is a message’s genre or mode is called ____________.

A.   Rhetoric

B.   Style

C.   Social Constructionism

D.   Social Science

16: Anthony gave a speech on the disappearance of low-income housing. During his introduction, he explained to the audience that his family qualifies for funding through Section 8 (a federal government program that assists low-income families to afford housing), but they have been on the waiting list for over 4 years. Anthony uses his personal experience as an effort to appeal to…

A.   Logos

B.   Pathos

C.   Ethos

D.   Both B and C

17: According to the text, the S M R and S M R model of the communication process, does not include…

A.   Context

B.   Feedback

C.   Listener responsibility

D.   Both A and B

18: According to the text, you should take _____________ into consideration when selecting a topi

A.   The assignment

B.   The audience

C.   What you believe in and what messages you desire to share

D.   All of the above

19: According to the text, “Once you select a topic, your process shifts from topic generation to forming that topic into a(n) __________ or overarching claim.”

A.   Speech

B.   Attention-getter

C.   Statement of significance

D.   Thesis

20: According to Warren and Fassett, Ancient Greece was primarily a(n) _____________ culture.

A.   Kinesthetic

B.   Visual

C.   Oral

D.   Auditory

21: The _________________ are considered to be our first public speaking teachers.

A.   Orators

B.   Sophists

C.   Spectators

D.   Platotians

22: True/False: Sophists believed there was one ultimate Truth.

A.   True

B.   False

23: True/False: Plato was a Sophist.

A.   True

B.   False

24: Aristotle was a student of __________________.

A.   Plato

B.   Socrates

C.   Protagoras

D.   Homer

25: True/False: Logos is a more important persuasive appeal than pathos.

A.   True

B.   False