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Business and Professional Excellence MCQ

When announcing good news, you should use the __________ approach.

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Correct Answer: Direct

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Use the ________ if you must deliver bad news that will shock or surprise your audience.

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Correct Answer: Indirect approach

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To achieve an effective design, pay careful attention to __________ by striving for simplicity.

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Correct Answer: Restraint

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Elements of human diversity include all of the following except ________.

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Correct Answer: Priorities and time management.

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Don't ________ in the closing section of a business report.

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Correct Answer: Introduce new material to expand the scope

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In a formal report, the letter or memo of transmittal usually ________.

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Correct Answer: Highlights the report's findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

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________ automatically tweets posts published on a blog using rss technology.

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Correct Answer: TweetDeck

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______ is the conflict-handling style that both parties give up something to gain something.

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Correct Answer: Compromising

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When making claims or requesting adjustments, you should ________.

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Correct Answer: Always maintain a professional tone

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When conveying negative organizational news, you should ________.

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Correct Answer: Consider the unique needs of every group that is affected

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The direct approach to organize negative news messages should be used when ________.

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Correct Answer: The reader has ignored repeated messages

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The bulk of your persuasive business messages will involve ______________.

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Correct Answer: Persuasive requests for action

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Improvements in _____ technology have helped make globalization possible.

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Correct Answer: Communication

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An important benefit of “flat” organizational structures is that ________.

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Correct Answer: Decision makers can react more quickly to market changes

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Which of the following best describes integrity for your communication interactions?

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Correct Answer: Discerning right from wrong

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Having your manager evaluate your presentation to your team is an example of which type of cause for communication apprehension?

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Correct Answer: Subordinate status

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A person’s fear of speaking to certain people or groups is called ______ apprehension.

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Correct Answer: Audience-based

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The KEYS acronym for the workplace includes which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Know yourself

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A fear of public speaking is an example of what type of communication apprehension?

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Correct Answer: Context-based

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______ are the variety of factors important for us to consider in any scenario in which we’re making a decision, conducting an evaluation, or making a selection.

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Correct Answer: Ethical considerations

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Which of the following is the best example of internal noise?

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Correct Answer: Being tired

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Which of the following is the best example of external noise?

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Correct Answer: A clock ticking loudly

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Context refers to the ______ in which communication occurs.

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Correct Answer: Location, time, and occasion

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When you send messages, you ______ them; when you receive messages, you ______ them.

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Correct Answer: Encode; decode

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Communication skills are necessary competencies in the workplace.

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Correct Answer: True

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Competent communicators have the ability to adhere to the rules and norms of different communication situations.

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Correct Answer: True

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Face-to-face communication is always superior to other channels of communication.

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Correct Answer: False

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The feeling that all eyes are on you is referred to as conspicuousness.

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Correct Answer: True

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Those who think their communication is effective when others view it as ineffective have what is referred to as communication bravado.

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Correct Answer: True

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Moral principles or rules that determine ethical behaviors are called as_____

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Correct Answer: Values

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_____means that one possesses a “shy trait”.

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Correct Answer: Trait communication apprehension

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_____refers to apprehension to communicate in specific sets of circumstances.

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Correct Answer: Situational communication apprehension

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The person initiating the exchange is called_____

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Correct Answer: Sender

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The listener who interprets the message is called_____

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Correct Answer: Receiver

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Along with being recognized for your skills as a communicator, serving as a role model to those around you, recognizing your strengths and developing your weaknesses_____is included in professional excellence.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Organizational values refer to specific principles or guidelines such as _____or ownership that are typically outlined in support of any given organizational mission or goal.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Noise is the _____ disruption to the context.

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Correct Answer: Both

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The information or feedback that is communicated is called_____

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Correct Answer: Message

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Internal noise means the internal conditions or distractions that interfere with the message.

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Correct Answer: True

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Human communication is the process of making sense of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of _____messages.

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Correct Answer: Both

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Feedback is the Information or messages communicated_____

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Correct Answer: Between sender and receiver

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External noise refers to outside distractions that _____the message.

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Correct Answer: Interfere

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Ethics means the discussion, determination, and deliberation processes that attempt to decide what is right or wrong, what others should or should not do, and what is considered appropriate in our_____lives.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Ethical dilemmas are the situations that perfectly present clear choices between right and wrong or good and evil.

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Correct Answer: False

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Ethical consideration refers to the variety of factors important for us to consider in any scenario in which we’re_____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Use of verbal and nonverbal cues to help others understand what we mean refers to_____

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Correct Answer: Encode

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When we make meaning out of verbal and nonverbal cues others send it is called_____

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Correct Answer: Decode

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_____describes a fear of communicating in certain contexts, for example, a fear of public speaking.

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Correct Answer: Context-based communication apprehension

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Context refers to the_____where communication occurs

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Communication bravado means having a positive view of one’s own communication which is also good in reality.

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Correct Answer: False

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An individual’s level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons is called_____

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Correct Answer: Communication apprehension

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_____explains a person’s fear of speaking to certain people or groups.

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Correct Answer: Audience-based communication apprehension

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