Verbal Communication MCQs

Verbal Communication MCQs

Try to answer these 60 Verbal Communication MCQs and check your understanding of the Verbal Communication subject.
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1: Accommodation is when people keep their accent, their rate of speech, and e the words they use to indicate a relational connection with the person to whom they are talking

A.   True

B.   False

2: Accounts refer to the forms of communication that go beyond the facts and offer __________ expla­nations, or accusations

A.   Justifications

B.   Excuses

C.   Exonerations

D.   All of these

3: An element of the pentad involving_____happened is called an act.

A.   Where

B.   What

C.   When

D.   None of these

4: Agency is an element of the pentad involving

A.   When an act was accomplished

B.   How an act was accomplished

C.   Why an act was accomplished

D.   What act was accomplished

5: An element of the pentad involving who performed an act is called an agent

A.   True

B.   False

6: When a person____-a face-threatening act altogether

A.   Leaves

B.   Avoids

C.   Challenges

D.   None

7: Neg­ative politeness, off record, and positive politeness)

A.   When a person acts directly without concern for face needs it is called

B.   Avoidance

C.   Positive politeness

D.   Negative politeness

E.   Bald On Record

8: Collectivist talk is that which is characterized as stressing personal benefit and harmony rather than group needs and advancement

A.   True

B.   False

9: Connotative meaning refers to the _________, or addi­tional meanings associated with a word or an object

A.   Overtones

B.   Implications

C.   Both

D.   None

10: If a person moves toward the style of talk used by the other speaker it is referred as Convergence

A.   True

B.   False

11: _______messages within conversa­tion that an informed listener will effortlessly understand refer to conversational hypertext

A.   Coded

B.   Decoded

C.   Expanded

D.   None of these

12: Denotative meaning is the identification of something by

A.   Pointing it

B.   Seeing it

C.   Touching it

D.   All of these

13: If a person adopts another’s style of speech it is called divergence

A.   True

B.   False

14: The management of people’s________, is known as “facework”

A.   Dignity

B.   Self respect

C.   Both

D.   None

15: Feminine talk is that which is characterized as

A.   Nurturing

B.   Harmonious

C.   Compromising

D.   All of these

16: High code is a _________way of talking

A.   Informal,grammatical

B.   Informal,ungrammatical

C.   Formal,grammatical

D.   Formal,ungrammatical

17: Talk that is characterized as relying on the context in which it takes place, with words used sparingly and the relationship shared by interactants being extremely important is called High-context talk

A.   True

B.   False

18: Talk that is characterized as stressing individual needs and achievement is called Individualist talk

A.   True

B.   False

19: The formal grammatical structure of language is called langue

A.   True

B.   False

20: Low code is ____________l way of talking

A.   Informal,grammatical

B.   Informal,ungrammatical

C.   Formal,grammatical

D.   Formal,ungrammatical

21: Talk that is not straightfor­ward and the rela­tionship not separated from the message is called low-context talk

A.   True

B.   False

22: Talk that is characterized as tough, aggres­sive, and ________

A.   Nurturing

B.   Harmonious

C.   Compromising

D.   Competitive

23: Narrative is any organized story, report, or talk that has a plot, an argument, or a theme and in which speakers both relate facts and arrange the story in a way that provides an account, an explanation, or a ________

A.   Question

B.   Conclusion

C.   Both

D.   None

24: The desire not to be imposed on or treated as inferior is termed as positive face wants

A.   True

B.   False

25: When a person acknowledges the possibility of negative face, offering regrets or being pessimistic it is called

A.   Positive Politeness

B.   Negative Politeness

C.   Off Record

D.   Bald on record

26: When a person hints or presents a face-threatening act in a ______manner it is called Off record

A.   Definite

B.   Vague

C.   Explicit

D.   None of these

27: How people actually use language: where they often speak using informal and ungrammatical language structure that carries meaning to us all the same refers to

A.   Langue

B.   Parole

C.   Low code

D.   High code

28: Five components of narratives that explain the motivation of symbolic action

A.   _______components of narratives that explain the motivation of symbolic action

B.   Three

C.   Four

D.   Five

E.   Six

29: The fact that_________can be associ­ated with a given word or symbol rather than with just one unambiguous meaning

A.   Single meaning

B.   Multiple meanings

C.   Both

D.   None

30: The need to be seen and accepted as a worthwhile and reasonable person is called Positive face wants

A.   True

B.   False

31: When a person focuses on positive face, often through flattery or by offer­ing something in return it is called

A.   Positive Politeness

B.   Negative Politeness

C.   Bald on record

D.   Off record

32: Agency is an element of the pentad involving

A.   When an act was accomplished

B.   How an act was accomplished

C.   Why an act was accomplished

D.   What act was accomplished

33: An element of the pentad involving who performed an act is called an agent

A.   True

B.   False

34: When a person____-a face-threatening act altogether

A.   Leaves

B.   Avoids

C.   Challenges

D.   None

35: When a person acts directly without concern for face needs it is called

A.   Avoidance

B.   Positive politeness

C.   Negative politeness

D.   Bald On Record

36: Collectivist talk is that which is characterized as stressing personal benefit and harmony rather than group needs and advancement

A.   True

B.   False

37: Connotative meaning refers to the _________, or addi­tional meanings associated with a word or an object

A.   Overtones

B.   Implications

C.   Both

D.   None

38: If a person moves toward the style of talk used by the other speaker it is referred as Convergence

A.   True

B.   False

39: _______messages within conversa­tion that an informed listener will effortlessly understand refer to conversational hypertext

A.   Coded

B.   Decoded

C.   Expanded

D.   None of these

40: Denotative meaning is the identification of something by

A.   Pointing it

B.   Seeing it

C.   Touching it

D.   All of these

41: If a person adopts another’s style of speech it is called divergence

A.   True

B.   False

42: The management of people’s________, is known as “facework”

A.   Dignity

B.   Self respect

C.   Both

D.   None

43: Feminine talk is that which is characterized as

A.   Nurturing

B.   Harmonious

C.   Compromising

D.   All of these

44: High code is a _________way of talking

A.   Informal,grammatical

B.   Informal,ungrammatical

C.   Formal,grammatical

D.   Formal,ungrammatical

45: Talk that is characterized as relying on the context in which it takes place, with words used sparingly and the relationship shared by interactants being extremely important is called High-context talk

A.   True

B.   False

46: Talk that is characterized as stressing individual needs and achievement is called Individualist talk

A.   True

B.   False

47: The formal grammatical structure of language is called langue

A.   True

B.   False

48: Low code is ____________l way of talking

A.   Informal,grammatical

B.   Informal,ungrammatical

C.   Formal,grammatical

D.   Formal,ungrammatical

49: Talk that is not straightfor­ward and the rela­tionship not separated from the message is called low-context talk

A.   True

B.   False

50: Talk that is characterized as tough, aggres­sive, and ________

A.   Nurturing

B.   Harmonious

C.   Compromising

D.   Competitive