1. 1st MONTHLY ASSESSMENT
Oral Communication
Name: __________________________________________________________
Grade & Section: ________________________________________________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each statement carefully and choose the appropriate answer for each. Encircle
the letter of your choice.
1. It is a process of sharing and conveying information from one person to another within and across channels,
contexts, media, and cultures.
a. transmission b. dissemination c. communication
2. "I want to be a billionaire" is a form expressing what function of communication.
a. motivation b. emotional c. social
3. In Shannon and Weaver’s Transmission Model, what element is considered as a dysfunctional factor?
a. noise b. transmitter c. channel
4. It refers to the idea transmitted by the sender to the receiver.
a. message b. decoder c. encoder
5. It is defined as a failure in communication due to barriers in communication.
a. communication breakdown
b. effective communication
c. verbal communication
6. What model demonstrates a one-way process of communication in which one person, the sender, gives a message
or speech to a person or group of people for a certain effect?
a. Aristotle’s Model of Communication
b. Transactional Model
c. Shannon – Weaver’s Model of Communication
7. It is the response or reaction given by the receiver to the sender of the message.
a. sender b. receiver c. feedback
8. Which element of communication answers, “What was Jay’s answer to the question?”
a. barrier b. channel c. feedback
9. When the audience started to lean forward, the speaker decided to crack a joke.
a. chronemics b. posture c. paralanguage
10. It hinders the participants of the communication process to understand one another.
a. noise b. transmitter c. channel
II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the function of communication used in each of the following situations. Write
R for Regulation, SI for Social Interaction, M for Motivation, ID for Information Dissemination and EE for
Emotional Expression. Write your answer in the space provided before the each number.
2. ________ 1. The lecturer reads and discusses policies to the audience before the orientation begins.
________ 2. Anton greets Annaliese; then they start talking about their plans for the holidays.
________ 3. Samuel shares his insights on how to live peacefully despite a complicated life.
________ 4. Andra shares her personal frustrations with Erickson.
________ 5. The Geometry teacher lectures about Mathematical concepts.
________ 6. Daniella delivers her valedictory speech.
________ 7. A television personality thanks the supportive moviegoers during an interview.
________ 8. The President delivers his last State of the Nation Address.
________ 9. The city mayor presents his strategies to execute the plans in a public forum.
________ 10. A tourist guide orients a group of tourists about a heritage site.
III. ESSAY. The situation in each item below may be a barrier to communication. In two to three sentences, think
of a strategy to avoid communication breakdown. (2 points each)
1. Your new classmate is a Japanese who doesn’t speak Filipino and English well.
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2. You are a lawyer and your neighbour who has not able to finish grade school asks you about a case.
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3. You are helping your little brother with his homework, but he seems not interested to study.
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4. A deaf is talking to you.
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5. You want your brother to help you with your math assignment, but he looks so tired because he just got home
from school.
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