Communication Skills Quiz

How can you effectively improve your active listening skills in a conversation?

• Interrupt the speaker to clarify points immediately.

• Focus on your response while the other person is talking.

• Maintain eye contact and nod to show understanding.

• Multitask by checking your phone while listening.

What type of communication is being referred to when we talk or communicate within ourselves?

• Intrapersonal

• Interpersonal

• Self-Concept

• Self-Esteem

What is referred to as the utterance that carries performative actions?

• Speech Context

• Speech Styles

• Speech Acts

• Communicative Strategies

What is referred to as the environment or situation where communication occurs and how the message is relayed during the process?

• Speech Context

• Speech Styles

• Speech Acts

• Communicative Strategies

What type of communicative competence refers to your capacity to recognize when there is a breakdown in communication?

• Sociolinguistic Competence

• Discourse Competence

• Grammar Competence

• Strategic Competence

What is referred to as plans and methods of communicating information used to attain a specific social, linguistic, or psychological goal?

• Speech Context

• Speech Styles

• Speech Acts

• Communication Strategies

Who is the proponent of the speech acts theory?

• John Searle

• John Langshaw Austin

• John Langshaw Cohen

• Cohen Austin

What type of speech style makes use of carefully chosen words and does not repeat unnecessary words because it is planned?

• Frozen

• Formal

• Casual

• Consultative

What type of speech style is known as a fixed speech and listeners are not permitted to ask questions?

• Frozen

• Formal

• Casual

• Consultative

What type of speech is used among friends and co-workers?

• Frozen

• Formal

• Casual

• Consultative