Business Communication (Eng301)

Spring 2019
Assignment No. 1
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 1-10

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Q1. A communication barrier is anything that prevents a person from receiving and
understanding the messages that others use to convey their information, ideas and
thoughts. Since all people in the world are not alike, and every culture and country is not
the same, these differences cause problems in understanding messages. A sender’s message
and the receiver’s response are affected by different barriers. Analyze the given images and
identify the correct type of communication barrier from the given choices.
(5*2 = 10 Marks)

a.

1. Semantic barrier
2. Physical barrier
3. Social barrier
4. Perception barrier

b.

1. Physical barrier
2. Semantic barrier
3. Emotional barrier
4. Perception barrier

c.

1. Physical barrier
2. Social barrier
3. Emotional barrier
4. Perception barrier
d.

1. Perception barrier
2. Emotional barrier
3. Physical barrier
4. Social barrier

e.

1. Perception barrier
2. Emotional barrier
3. Physical barrier
4. Social barrier
Q2. Wordiness is a common error in communication. It means expressing your point in
more words than required. Keeping this in mind, eliminate the wordy expression of the
following sentences and write them in a concise way in the table provided below.

(5*2=10 Marks)

Sr. Wordiness Concise form

No.
1 We will endeavor to assist you. We will assist you.
2 He has the ability to perform several tasks at He is multi tasker
the same time.
3 It would appear that they have already They already arrived before me.
arrived before me.
4 It is probable that his father made all the Probably his father made all the
arrangements for his wedding. arrangements for his wedding.
5 You seem to be quiet busy as of late.