Listening Skills Quiz

What does active listening require?

• Concentrating on what you are hearing, attaching meaning to it, and reacting to it

• Receiving sound waves and implies no intention

• Ignoring the person speaking

• Talking over the person speaking

What is an example of active listening?

• You stop what you're doing, put up your phone, look at the person you are speaking to, and focus on the conversation

• You hear your mom's friend in the background while you're on the phone

• You ignore the person speaking

• You talk over the person speaking

Which of the following best describes active listening?

• Concentrating on what you are hearing, attaching meaning to it, and reacting to it

• Receiving sound waves and implies no intention

• Ignoring the person speaking

• Talking over the person speaking

What is the fourth stage of the listening process?

• Sending, or simply hearing the words.

• Interpreting, or deriving meaning from the words.

• Evaluating, or judging what the message is about in context.

• Responding, or turning listening into a two-way process.

Which stage of the listening process involves interpreting or deriving meaning from the words?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

Which stage of the listening process involves sending or simply hearing the words?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the listening process?

• Sending, or simply hearing the words.

• Interpreting, or deriving meaning from the words.

• Evaluating, or judging what the message is about in context.

• Ignoring the message.

What is required for empathetic listening?

• Using empathy to share and understand the speaker's feelings

• Analyzing the speaker's arguments

• Ignoring the speaker's emotions

• Responding with your own opinions

Which of the following is a strategy to stay focused and not let your mind wander while listening?

• Practice

• Prepare

• Concentrate

• Summarize

What should you avoid doing while someone else is talking?

• Smiling

• Nodding

• Interrupting

• Listening

Tags

DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept