REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
SALVACION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

ORAL COMMUNICATION
SUMMATIVE TEST

Name: ________________________________ Gr. & Sec: __________________Score: ______________

Teacher: MS. RHODA JANE T. DAGUM Date: _______________

TEST I: MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST (15 points)

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Shade the circle that corresponds to the letter of your answer.
Any alteration or superimposition will invalidate your answer. Use black/blue ballpen only.

This is correct: A B C D This is superimposition: ABCD

X
A BCD
O O O O 1. This nonverbal cue refers to one’s body position when standing, sitting or walking.
a. Appearance b. Posture c. Gesture d. Facial Expression
O O O O 2. This voice quality refers to how quickly or slowly something is said.
a. Pitch b. Rate c. Vocal Quality d. Volume
O O O O 3. This nonverbal cue shows one’s movement of the arms, hands, head and body.
a. Appearance b. Posture c. Gesture d. Facial Expression
O O O O 4. This voice quality pertains to how high or low the tone of the voice is.
a. Pitch b. Rate c. Vocal Quality d. Volume
O O O O 5. This voice quality refers to the loudness or softness of a voice
a. Pitch b. Rate c. Vocal Quality d. Volume
O O O O 6. All of the following define communication, EXCEPT?
a. Communication involves transaction
b. Communication is sharing of ideas among a group of people
c. Communication is a confusion of ideas in the mind of another
d. Communication is a transfer of messages from one person to another
O O O O 7. Oral communication is the interchange of ___________ between the sender and the receiver
a. Signs and gestures b. Cues and clues c. Verbal Messages d. Written messages
O O O O 8. Body talk is also known as
a. Overflow b. Physical communication c. Leakage d. Noise
O O O O 9. The content of communication is called a:
a. Message b. Noise c. Media Richness d. Jargon
O O O O 10. Complete the analogy:
Listener: receiver of the message: : ______: is a means by which means the message is sent
a. Speaker
b. Channel
c. Response
d. Feedback.
O O O O 11. _________ is the inability to accept another culture’s world view
a. Stereotyping
b. Discrimination
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Cultural blindness
O O O O 12. This is the belief that everyone should conform to the majority.
a. Cultural Imposition
b. Stereotyping
c. Discrimination
d. Cultural Blindness
O O O O 13. What is Stereotyping?
a. Limited to only seeing one’s own as the best
b. Does not consider differences of race, gender and culture
c. Generalizing about a person while ignoring presence of individual difference
d. Impose one’s belief as the universal ideology
O O O O 14. This is differential treatment of an individual due to minority status, both actual and perceived.
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Discrimination
c. Stereotyping
d. Cultural Blindness
O O O O 15. All of the following are examples of communication, EXCEPT?
a. Noise b. Jargon c. Language d. Message

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TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE (10 points)
Directions: Write T if the statement is correct and write F if otherwise on the blank spaces provided
before each number.

________16. Communication is a process which involves sending and receiving messages.

________17. In a communication process, the speaker and the listener have interchangeable roles.
________18. Meanings rest in people- not words.
________19. Meanings are effectively expressed only through verbal means.
________20. The denotative meaning of a word is based on one’s emotional or personal reaction to a word.
________21. Nonverbal messages are meanings ones perceives from a person’s appearance and gestures.
________22. Noise in communication refers to both external and internal noise.
________23. For communication to be effective, feedback should be given in a form of a verbal message.
________24. Culture has an effect on people’s behavior and attitude.
________25. Because of their differences, people belonging to different cultures would not be able to
communicate well.

TEST III. IDENTIFICATION (5 points)

Directions: Choose the correct classification where the following signal words belong. Write your
answer on the spaces provided before each number.
Appearance Eye contact Posture
Facial Expression verbal messages Voice
Nonverbal messages Rate Pitch
Vocal Quality

_________26. Makes initial judgement based on clothes, hairstyle and other items
_________27. The tone or sound of the voice
_________28. Person’s facial movement such as smile, frown, or yawn
_________29. The eyes are the windows to one’s soul
_________30. People communicate without using words

TEST IV. ESSAY (5 points each)

Define Communication:

Draw the Communication Process:

Bonus Question: WHEN IS MY BIRTHDAY? (5 POINTS)

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