This document contains a quiz on communication skills and soft skills. It includes 25 multiple choice questions related to topics like communication elements, types of communication, listening skills, resume writing, report writing, and effective communication. The questions are part of a module on personality development and soft skills for semester 3 students.
Personality Development and Soft skills Module 3 & 4.pdf
1. Subject Name : Personality Development and Soft skills
Subject Code: 21CV383
Semester: 3
MODULE 3 & 4
1. Communication is a part of ---------- skill?
a) Soft
b) Hard
c) Rough
d) Short
2. A well-organized talk is a ____ talk?
a) Short
b) Long
c) Structured
d) Random
3. Oral Communication is different from written communication as it is____
a) Spoken and structured
b) Spoken and transitory
c) Spoken and permanent
d) Spoken and time consuming.
4. Among the following elements, which element is the medium through which a message is sent?
a) Sender
b) Channel
c) Noise
d) Context
5. Which of the following is desired for effective communication?
a) Redundancy
b) Clarity
c) Cliches
d) Circumlocution
6. In communication, the observation of a receiver's a response is called____
a) Feedback
b) Channel
c) Channel
d) Message
7. Writing diary every day is an example of ______ communication.
a) Intra-personal
b) Extra-personal
c) Organizational
d) Interpersonal
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2. 8. Who encodes a message?
a) Sender
b) Receiver
c) Transmitting medium
d) Both A & B
9. Which of the following is oral communication?
a) Dictation
b) Brochures
c) Notices
d) Letters
10. No communication is complete without_____
a) Noise
b) Semantic barrier
c) Intra-personal
d) Feedback
11. Which is the best style of communication?
a) Assertive communication
b) Passive communication
c) Aggressive communication
d) Passive-Aggressive communication
12. Which of these types of listening lacks depth?
a) Appreciative listening
b) Superficial listening
c) Musical listening
d) Focused listening
13. Which of these should be avoided for effective listening?
a) Pre-listening analysis
b) Listening to structured talks
c) Team listening
d) Predicting
14. Generally speaking, in business we communicate:
a) Only to persuade
b) Only to inform
c) Both persuade and inform
d) None
15. Conversation, in general, differs from other forms of oral communication with respect to its
a) Technique
b) Tactics
c) Formality
d) Informality
16. At the workplace, to be a successful conversationalist, you should be:
a) Assertive
b) Submissive
c) Rude
d) Aggressive
17. What is prejudice?
a) Being afraid or jealous of another person
b) Prejudging people based on a particular characteristic, e.g. gender, religion, culture, etc.
c) Not liking people of other racial groups
d) Overthinking
3. 18. Which one is not barriers to speaking?
a) Emotional barriers
b) Mass barriers
c) Gender barriers
d) Physical barriers
19. Topic based and case based are the type of ______
a) Public speaking
b) GD
c) Letter
d) None
20. Which one is not personality traits of group discussion?
a) Listening
b) Writing
c) Leadership
d) Creativity
21. Which is the purpose of negotiation from the following?
a) To blame
b) To analyse
c) To inform
d) Exploratory
22. A well-organized talk is a ____ talk?
a) Short
b) Long
c) Structured
d) Random
23. Communication is a part of ---------- skill?
e) Soft
f) Hard
g) Rough
h) Short
24. The --------- is a person who transmits the message?
a) Receiver
b) Driver
c) Sender
d) Cleaner
Sender is a person who transmits the message. The person who transferred a message to another
person is called a sender and the person who receives the message is called as a receiver with
communication, there is two-way traffic. This means that the receiver is a sender as well because the
receiver always reacts on the sender
25. ----------- is a person who notices and decodes and attaches some meaning to a message.
a) Receiver
b) Driver
c) Sender
d) Cleaner
Receivers suppose and who notices, decodes, and attaches some meaning to the messages.
The receiver is the listener, reader or observer. that is the individual to whom a message is directed.
4. Q.No QUESTIONS CO/ 1M
1 1. Listening is the ability to _ and appropriately respond to the
meaning ofanother person’s spoken and nonverbal messages.
(a) Understand (c) Respect
(b) Analyze (d) all of the above
2 2. Types of Memory
(a) Short Term Memory (c) Both a and b
(b) Working Term Memory (d) none
3 3. Sadness can be judged by:
(a) Slow speed of voice (c) Nervousness
(b) Carelessness (d) Pauses
4 Good speakers have the ability of:
(a) Quick analysis (c) Paraphrasing
(b) Understanding (d) All of them
5 75% of your personality is based on:
(a) Dressing (b) Education
(c) Physical features (d) Confident speaking
6 When audience lose interest when:
(a) You take more time (c) You can’t explain properly
(b) You get nervous (d) No words selection
7 Your resume is a tool with one specific purpose:
(a) To get a job (c) To discuss salary
(b) To win an interview (d) To know about work
8 Which of the following is not a necessary part of a resume?
(a) Religion (c) Contact Information
(b) Education (d) Employment history
9 9. The data proceed to support in Report should be:
(a) Average (c) Reliable
(b) Accurate (d) Realistic
10 Check your grammar, capitalization punctuation and spelling error called?
(a) Drafting (c) Revising
(b) Correcting (d) Editing
11 The sentences that follow further explain and support the topic sentence called?
(a) Narrative sentence (c) Drafting
(b) Descriptive sentence (d) Supporting sentence
12 Which of these should not be avoided for effective communication:
(a) Noise (c) Semantic Barrier
(b) Planning (d) Wrong Assumptions