Communication Barriers Quiz

During your online class, you were in the middle of presenting your report when your screen froze and the video cut off due to weak internet connection. When you rejoined, you had already missed your turn.

• Psychological barrier

• Physical barrier

• Semantic noise

• Internal noise

Maria understood what the teacher was saying but chose not to participate in the discussion. She felt nervous that her classmates might laugh at her grammar or pronunciation.

• Linguistic barrier

• Psychological barrier

• Cultural barrier

• External noise

Your groupmate who just finished a work immersion at a factory kept using terms like “calibration,” “QA,” and “assembly line protocols.” The rest of your group didn’t know what he meant.

• Physical barrier

• Semantic noise

• Psychological barrier

• Cultural barrier

You posted “#WalangPasok Rosario” in your group chat. One classmate, who lives in Rosario, Batangas, assumed that classes were suspended for them too and did not attend school.

• Internal noise

• Linguistic barrier

• Semantic noise

• External noise

You tried to ask your teacher something while walking through the school hallway, but students were chatting loudly and moving around. You couldn’t hear each other clearly.

• Physical barrier

• Internal noise

• Psychological barrier

• Cultural barrier

After staying up all night helping your parents prepare tinapa for delivery, you struggled to pay attention to the lessons. Your tiredness made it hard to absorb anything being discussed.

• Physical barrier

• Semantic noise

• Internal noise

• Psychological barrier

One of your classmates refused to join a folk dance performance during Buwan ng Wika. Her religious practices do not allow her to wear certain costumes or perform on stage.

• Linguistic barrier

• Psychological barrier

• Cultural barrier

• Semantic noise

Your groupmate messaged “OKAY. DO YOUR PART!” in all capital letters in the group chat. You assumed she was mad, but she later clarified she was just being direct.

• Physical barrier

• Semantic noise

• Internal noise

• Cultural barrier

You made a joke about how your neighbor’s house always smells like tinapa, not knowing that one of your classmates’ parents work in a tinapa factory. The classmate felt insulted.

• Psychological barrier

• Linguistic barrier

• Cultural barrier

• Physical barrier

During a graded recitation, you suddenly couldn’t speak, even if you knew the answer. Your hands were sweating, and your heart was racing from anxiety.

• Internal noise

• Physical barrier

• Semantic noise

• Psychological barrier