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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR

Oral Communication in Context

Directions: Choose the letter that 7. A person’s head tilted to one side
corresponds to your answer. Write only the while listening to a speaker’s talk is
letter of your answer on your answer sheet displaying his ______________.
A. being cold
1. Which term refers to the act of B. being defensive
imparting or exchanging information C. being interested
or news? D. being in control
A. communication
B. demonstration 8. What is the term for a nonverbal
C. illustration symbol that makes use of the sense
D. interpretation of smell?
A. Gustorics - taste
2. Juan, without saying a word raised B. Haptics - touch
his eyebrow as a sign of C. Oculesics - seeing
disagreement. What type of D. Olfactics - smell
communication is characterized in
this situation? 9. Which description is NOT correct
A. oral communication about interpersonal communication?
B. verbal communication A. It is continuous.
C. written communication B. It is irreversible.
D. non-verbal communication C. It involves 1 person only.
D. It involves 2 or more people.
3. In communication, the sender is also
known as ___________________. 10.Which type of interference in
A. decoder communication refers to mistakes
B. encoder in grammar such as an abrupt
C. listener change in verb tense in a
D. receiver statement like this: The President
said, “I would give an award to those
4. This term refers to anything that who come early in the assembly
hinders the transmission or reception tomorrow.”?
of the message. A. environmental noise
A. channel B. semantic noise
B. feedback C. syntactic noise
C. noise D. psychological noise
D. source
11. Which among the options best
5. What is the key element that is explains the statement
transmitted in communication? “communication is irreversible.”
A. feedback A. Communication process is
B. listener endless.
C. message B. What was said already cannot be
D. speaker taken back.
C. If we said something, we could
6. When writing a journal, what type of always take it back.
intrapersonal communication are you D. We must be careful in our words
exemplifying? when we speak.
A. external
B. internal
C. solo vocal
D. solo written
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17.Based on Aristotle’s model of

12.Significant anger, happiness or communication, what is the
sadness, or a feeling of being unwell occasion in the scenario?
can make communication difficult. A. conquering stage fright
What type of interference are these? B. Miss Sanchez
A. environmental noise C. speech class
B. semantic noise D. students
C. syntactic noise
D. psychological noise 18.According to Wilbur Schramm, which
elements in communication take
13.Clapping of hands, nodding, walking turn in playing the role of the
out, and raising of thumbs are encoder and decoder when it
examples of __________________. comes to communication?
A. external noise A. message and feedback
B. internal noise B. sender and receiver
C. non-verbal symbols C. signal and field of experience
D. verbal symbols D. signal and noise source

14.Analyze the examples of noise and 19.Which model of communication is

determine which of them are internal shown below?
noise.
1. daydreaming
2. stomachache
3. howling storm
4. anxiety and nervousness

A. 1, 2, and 3
B. 1, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2, and 4 A. Aristotle’s Model
D. 2, 3, and 4 B. Berlo’s Model
C. Schramm’s Model
15. Ana is thinking that the decision of D. Shannon-Weaver’s Model
the judges was unjust and unfair.
What is she experiencing? 20.Among the models of
A. external noise communication, which of them
B. internal noise highlights the importance of the
C. semantic noise field of experience?
D. syntactic noise A. Aristotle’s Model
B. Berlo’s Model
16.Which model/s of communication C. Schramm’s Model
include/s channel as an element in D. Shannon-Weaver’s Model
the communication process?
A. Aristotle’s 21.Vince participated in their class
B. Berlo’s debate unprepared and nervous. He
C. Laswell’s and Berlo’s hinted that he might underperform.
D. Schramm’s and Aristotle’s When it was his turn for rebuttal, he
failed to present a strong argument.
Read the scenario below and answer He stuttered and failed to show
no. 17. eloquence. What should Vince do to
Miss Sanchez gave a lecture to her improve his performance?
students in the Speech class about A. He should learn to listen.
overcoming stage fright. B. Take care of his body language and
tone.
C. Have clarity of thought/ideas before
speaking.
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D. Build up his confidence by asking for D. Adaptors are a form of feedback,

feedback. signaling the listener’s
disagreement with the speaker.
22.Which speech style is private and
only occurs between or among close 28.Which of the following is NOT a
family members or individuals? characteristic of nonverbal
A. casual communication?
B. consultative A. It utilizes words to convey
C. intimate information.
D. formal B. It utilizes signs to communicate
meaning.
23.A patient seeing a doctor exemplifies C. It utilizes gestures to express
what speech style? emotion.
A. casual D. It utilizes actions to articulate
B. consultative feelings.
C. intimate
D. formal 29.This term refers to the
communication of messages through
24.If a person intends to regulate the colors.
actions of a person, which function of A. chromatics
communication should he use? B. chronemics
A. emotional expression C. kinesics
B. motivation D. olfactorics
C. regulation and control
D. social interaction For items 30-32, read the following
scenarios and determine which speech
25.The geometry teacher lectures about context is being exemplified in it.
mathematical concepts. What
function of communication is shown? 30.You spent the night thinking and
A. information dissemination analyzing why your crush talked to
B. motivation you on the way home and you
C. regulation and control decided it probably meant nothing.
D. social interaction A. dyad communication
B. interpersonal communication
26.Angelo is very sad. Which function of C. intrapersonal communication
communication can help facilitate his D. mass communication
expression of his feelings and
emotions? 31.You are a student journalist
A. emotional expression articulating your stand on current
B. information dissemination issues through the school’s
C. motivation newspaper.
D. social interaction A. interpersonal communication
B. intrapersonal communication
27.Which of the following categories of C. mass communication
gestures is correctly defined? D. small group communication
A. Emblems are movements that
directly translate into words. 32.You are participating in an
B. Regulators control the rate of organizational meeting that aims to
speech at which the speakers are address the concerns of your fellow
talking. students.
C. Illustrators are movements that A. interpersonal communication
are universally recognized across B. intrapersonal communication
cultures. C. mass communication
D. small group communication
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33.The following are situations that 37.What choice of speech strategy will
exemplify various speech styles. you choose if you want to address
Which of them are examples of problems in speaking, listening, and
consultative speech style? comprehending that you might
encounter in a conversation?
1. Inquiring at a hotel A. nomination
2. Talking to a counselor B. repair
3. Delivering campaign speech C. restriction
4. Delivering an oratorical speech D. termination
5. Leading a prayer before a meal
38.When should a speaker use
A. 1 and 2 nomination as a communicative
B. 1 and 5 strategy?
C. 2 and 3 A. When a speaker points out the
D. 3 and 4 limitations that the people, he/she is
speaking to must follow.
34.What does the speaker mean when B. When a speaker wants to open a
he/she says to you, “Can you open topic with the people, he/she is
the door?” talking to.
A. The speaker does not make sense. C. When a speaker wants to give the
B. The speaker is requesting me to audience an equal opportunity to
open the door. speak.
C. The speaker is asking me if the D. When the speaker wants to move
door can be opened. from one topic to another.
D. The speaker wants to know if I
have the ability to open the door. 39.What would be the best suggestion
to a person who does not give others
35.Maria and her friend who has a fever the chance to speak?
enter a cafe. Maria shivers and tells A. End the conversation and assume
her friend, “It’s cold in here!” How that others don’t have any idea
should her friend interpret what she about the topic being talked about.
said? B. Dominate the whole conversation if
A. Maria needs a jacket. he/she knows a lot about the topic
B. She is complimenting the being discussed.
temperature in the cafe. C. Share the privilege to speak and
C. Maria wants her to lower the hear what others have to say since
temperature in the room. they also have something to say.
D. Maria is telling her that their D. Prohibit others from speaking if
friendship has become cold. he/she is confident that he/she can
share many bright ideas.
36.In which of the following statements
is the speaker making a 40.Which among the statements should
commitment? a speaker say if he/she wishes to end
A. “I checked her Facebook profile a conversation?
yesterday.” A. “Hey, how are you? I missed you!”
B. “I’m in love and I’m happy!” B. “Best regards to your parents! See
C. “I promise to love you for better or you around!”
for worse.” C. “Now, it’s your turn to ask
D. “I think following my suggestion questions.”
will get us a high grade.” D. “Do you have anything to say?”
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41.In a casual speech style, speakers 44.If someone utters the statement,
usually speak using informal “Please do the dishes” to a person,
language in an informal situation. If what is the illocutionary act of the
the speech style shifts from casual to statement?
formal, how is communication A. The speaker is requesting the
affected in terms of language use? person to make plates.
A. The speakers will use slang terms B. The speaker is requesting the
in a relaxed setting. person to throw away the plates.
B. The speakers will speak using a C. The speaker wants the person to
language that is fixed and wash the plates.
relatively static. D. The speaker wants the person to
C. The speakers will use a completely buy new plates.
private language such as certain
terms of endearment. 45.Which speech act should a person
D. The speakers will speak using a use if he/she wants to thank,
language that is often of standard apologize, welcome, or deplore
variety and avoid slang terms. someone?
A. assertive
Study the statements below and B. commissive
answer questions 42-43. C. directive
D. expressive
1. No one makes better pancakes than I
do. 46.When making requests or orders,
2. Please close the door. which speech act is appropriate for
3. From now, on I will participate in our these purposes?
group projects. A. assertive
4. I am so sorry for not helping with our B. commissive
group projects and letting you do all C. directive
the work. D. expressive
5. You are fired!
47.Read carefully through the
42.Assertive is a type of illocutionary act paragraph below and decide which of
in which the speaker suggests, puts the options A-D is wrong.
forward, swears, boasts, and
concludes. Which among the Audience analysis involves
statements above should a speaker identifying the audience and
say to exemplify an assertive speech adapting their interests, level of
act? understanding, attitudes, and beliefs.
A. 1 Taking an audience-centered
B. 2 approach is important because a
C. 4 speaker’s effectiveness will be
D. 5 improved if the presentation is
created and delivered in an
43.Andrew did not help in making the appropriate manner.
assignment. His classmates got so
mad at him. If he is to use an A. The word audience-centered
expressive speech act, which among should not be changed.
the options above should he say? B. The word adapting should be
A. 1 replaced by neglecting.
B. 3 C. Audience analysis will help the
C. 4 speaker deliver an audience-
D. 5 centered speech.
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D. Taking into account the profile of

the audience helps the speaker
deliver a meaningful message.

48.In preparing and delivering a speech,

which should the speaker consider
the least?
A. The profile of the audience
B. Building rapport with the audience
C. The audience’s preconceived
judgment
D. Diction and intonation while
speaking

49.When preparing a speech, which

should the speaker do first?
A. Write an outline
B. Rehearse the speech
C. Analyze the audience
D. Determine the purpose

50.In delivering a speech, which of

these will greatly help the speaker
deliver the message effectively?
A. Inserting jokes
B. Wearing a fancy costume
C. Articulating words appropriately
D. Disregarding inattentive audience