ORAL COMMUNICATION PRETEST

1. All of the following define communication, EXCEPT?

A. Communication involves a 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.
2. Complete the analogy:
Listener: receiver of the message:: ____:is a
means by which the message is sent
A. Speaker
B. Channel
C. Response
D. Feedback
3. Which of the following models of communication asserts that communication can take place if and only if
there is an overlap between the field of experience of the speaker and of the listener?
A. Shannon-Weaver’s model
B. Schramm’s
C. Aristotle’s
D. White’s
4. The content of the communication is called a:
A. Message
B. Noise
C. Media richness
D. Jargon
5. To convert a message into groups of words, symbols, gestures, or sounds that present ideas or concept is
called ________.
A. Encoding
B. Feedback
C. Noise
D. Media richness
6. A certain look or gaze is an example of:
A. Verbal communication
B. Oral communication
C. Written communication
D. Nonverbal communication

7. It is the process by which the receiver interprets the symbols used by the source of the message by
converting them into concepts and ideas.
A. Decoding
B. Listing
C. Encoding
D. Feedback
8. It shows how time is viewed differently in various countries.
A. Chronemics
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
9. The use of space provides us with ideas about how close or how far people are from the center of power
or where a person is in the social ladder.
A. Chronemics
B. Haptics
C. Proxemics
D. Gestures
 10. When making and delivering speech, which speech style works best?
a. Intimate
b. Casual
c. Formal
d. Frozen
11. It is a communication through touch and is considered as one of the most powerful of the types of
nonverbal communication.
A. Haptics
B. Gesture
C. Chronemics
D. Proxemics
12. This involves only two participants exchanging thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Dyadic communication
c. Public communication
d. Small group communication
13-19 WRITE THE LETTER OF THE ANSWER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED. There is always a reason why people
communicate. Choose what is being used in the following instances of communication from the given five functions
of communication.
A. REGULATION/ CONTROL
B. SOCIAL INTERACTION
C. MOTIVATION
D. INFORMATION
E. EMOTIONAL EPRESSION

13. The father looks sharply at his children who are quarrelling. _____________
14. A friend hugs you when you are down and troubled. ___________
15. A candidate for Brgy. Councilor conducts a house-to-house campaign for election. _____________
16. The school dentist tells the kindergarten class on how to brush one’s teeth properly. _____________
17. Kuya Kim provides information about the weather update. _____________
18. People sympathizing with the bereaved family. _____________
19. The mother hugs the crying baby. ____________

20-24 WRITE THE LETTER OF THE ANSWER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED. Identify what barrier of communication is
present in the following scenarios:
Choices: A. EMOTIONAL BARRIER
B. USE OF JARGON
C. LACK OF CONFIDENCE
D. NOISY ENVIRONMENT
20. You are asked to share something about your day or weekend, but you are hesitant because you are shy.
___________
21. You sit in a meeting or class where you think the speaker is boring. ___________
22. You are having a conversation with some friends when a song was played loudly. ___________
23. You are a scientist discussing a certain weather phenomenon with your neighbor who does not know
much about the topic. ___________
24. She is saying something nice but you hesitate to listen because you don’t like her. ___________
25. The following are statements that use the frozen speech style Except _.
A. Panunumpa sa Watawat……
B. I, Juan dela Rosa, solemnly swear to do my duty…….
C. What have you done to me, dear?
D. Panatang makabayan….
 26. It is a speech act which also known as the effect of the utterance toward the addressee. This involves a ch
ange in the addressee’s behavior, attitude, or feelings.
A. Locutionary
B. Illocutionary
C. Perlocutionary
D. Prelocutionary
27. It is a type of illocutionary act that commits a speaker to some future course of action such as offering and
promising.
A. Assertives
B. Directives
C. Commissives
D. Expressive
28. Which of the following utterances is not an example of a directive illocutionary act?
A. Could you please buy me some food?
B. Please let me go.
C. What are you waiting for? Do it now.
D. I’m deeply sorry for what I said to you yesterday.

29-33 WRITE THE LETTER OF THE ANSWER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED. Categorize the following utterances into their
corresponding category of illocutionary act. Choose your answer here.

A. ASSERTIVES
B. DIRECTIVES
C. COMMISSIVES
D. EXPRESSIVE
E. DECLARATION
29. I am better than anyone else in this classroom.________
30. Please help me here._______________
31. I will eat a balanced diet starting tomorrow.___________
32. I’m so grateful you come to my party. ____________
33. I nominate Mr. Go for class President. ____________
34. Ms. Aguilar has been invited to be a guest speaker at a graduating ceremony in Mariano University. Which
of the following lines is an appropriate introduction in her commencement speech?
A. Hello Philippines and hello world!
B. Hi there! How are you today?
C. Guests, faculty, parents and graduates, good morning.
D. Good morning friends and enemies.

35. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a consultative style?

A. Used for people who do not have shared experiences or meaning
B. Requires two-way participation
C. Interruptions can occur during the communication
D. The use of slang is common

36. Which of the following requires an intimate speech style?

A. When communicating to your acquaintances
B. When delivering a Speech
C. When praying the rosary
D. When talking to your partner about your future plans
37. Identify the type of speech style used in this statement
“Oh well, I s’pose you can’t have ‘em all, yeah?”
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
38. What speech style is appropriate to use between friends who are chatting about their dance number?
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
39. It is a type of speech style used between or among participants who have a very personal relationship.
A. Intimate
B. Casual
C. Consultative
D. Formal
E. Frozen
40. This refers to communication that takes place through the use of media.
A. Intrapersonal communication
B. Dyadic communication
C. Public communication
D. Mass Communication