Deck 1: Communication Models, Concepts, and Theories: Part A

Question 1

The Shannon and Weaver model of communication is

A)modular
B)circular
C)linear
D)non linear

Answer 1

linear

Question 2

Which of the following is not a part of seven C's of communication?

A)channel
B)content
C)curiosity
D)clarity

Answer 2

curiosity

Question 3

Cinema is a/an

A)visual medium
B)audiovisual medium
C)audio medium
D)print medium

Answer 3

audiovisual medium

Question 4

Dyadic communication is the transfer of messages from a person

A)to another person and vice versa
B)to a group of persons
C)to a mass audience
D)none of these

Question 5

The MMU is a/an

A)visual medium
B)audiovisual medium
C)audio medium
D)none of these

Question 6

A group discussion is a form of

A)dyadic communication
B)group communication
C)mass communication
D)none of these

Question 7

The word communication is derived from

A)french
B)german
C)latin
D)persian

Question 8

Sadharanikaran is a equivalent to the original concept of

A)commonality
B)communion
C)communism
D)communication

Question 9

The Indian Institute of Mass Communication was established in

A)1955
B)1964
C)1965
D)1946

Question 10

Communication involves active interaction with our environments

A)physically
B)biologically
C)socially
D)all the above

Question 11

The evolution of symbolic communication is called

A)information
B)language
C)gesture
D)none of these

Question 12

The right to information has been declared a fundamental right by UN in

A)may 1997
B)april 1998
C)may 1998
D)april 1997

Question 13

Who defines communication as process which increases commonality -but also equires elements of commonality for it to occur at all.

A)aristotle
B)shannon
C)denis mcquaill
D)wilbur schramm

Question 14

_____________ is individual reflection ,contemplation and meditation.

A)intrapersonal communication
B)interpersonal communication
C)mass communication
D)group communication.

Question 15

Interpersonal communication is direct face-to-face communication between

A)mass
B)two persons
C)group of persons
D)oneself

Question 16

Rhetorics is a term related with

A)plato
B)aristotle
C)denis mcquaill
D)marshal mcluhan

Question 17

Rhetoric is made up of ------------------ elements

A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four

Question 18

According to Aristotle rhetoric is made up of

A)the speaker
B)the speech
C)the listener
D)all the above

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of hot mediaum as envisaged by Marshal McLuhan.

A)cartoon
B)telephone
C)radio
D)tv

Question 20

A mass medium is essentially a working group organized around some device for circulating the same message at about the same time to large number of people is a definition given by

A)george gerbner
B)wilbur schramm
C)marshal mcluhan
D)harold lasswell

Question 21

Receiver in Shannon and Weaver model of communication is

A)person who receives message
B)a component of telephone
C)person who sends feed back
D)the telephone exchange that retransmits message

Question 22

The mathematical model of communication was put forwarded by

A)shannon and weaver
B)osgood and schramm
C)lasswell
D)aristotle

Question 23

The Circular model of communication was put forwaded by

A)james carey
B)harold d.lasswell
C)shannon and weaver
D)osgood and schramm

Question 24

Massline communication is a term related with

A)gandhiji
B)mao zedong
C)nehru
D)churchill

Question 25

Communication is the transmission of information, ideas, emotions, skill etc by use of symbols, words, figures, graph etc. This definition was given by

A)osgood
B)berelson &steiner
C)harold lasswell
D)wilbur schramm