LORD’S ANGELS MONTESSORI SCHOOL, INC.

# 149 Dahlia St., Alido Subd., City of Malolos, Bulacan

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT

NAME:____________________________________ DATE:____________________ SCORE:__________

SECTION/TRACK:___________________________
INSTRUCTOR: Sir Jairus Edward D. Fenix

I.
A. Identify the term being defined in each number. Choose your answers from the box below. Write your
answer on the space provided (15 pts).
_____________________ 1. It is the process of sending ideas by using words, signs, signals, and behaviors.
_____________________ 2. It is a model that states that we need to prepare our speech depending on the target
audience and occasion, in order to achieve a desired result.
_____________________ 3. It is a model that introduces the concept of noise in the process.
_____________________ 4. It is a model that introduces the element of monitoring for feedback.
_____________________ 5. It is a model that states that there should be a similarity between the field of experience
of the sender and receiver of the message for communication to happen.
_____________________ 6. It is communication thru the use of spoken words.
_____________________ 7. It is communication which can be understood by reading.
_____________________ 8. It is communication where ideas are sent by translating body language, facial
expressions, etc..
_____________________ 9. It is communication thru the use of pictures, images, and color.
_____________________ 10. It includes body language, facial expressions, and hand signals.
_____________________ 11. It includes tone, pitch, stress, and intonation.
_____________________ 12. It includes personal distance, social distance, intimate distance, and public distance.
_____________________ 13. It is a dimension of communication between what is said and not said.
_____________________ 14. It is a dimension of communication between what the intended message is versus what
was accidentally understood.
_____________________ 15. It is a dimension of communication between speaking ideas versus writing them down.

SCHRAMM’S MODEL ORAL/WRITTEN ARISTOTLE’S MODEL NON-VERBAL PROXEMICS

COMMUNICATION VISUALIZATION PARALANGUAGE VERBAL/NON-VERBAL VERBAL
SHANNON-WEAVER’S INTENTIONAL/UNINT
WRITTEN WHITE’S MODEL KINESICS
MODEL ENTIONAL

B. Fill in the missing components for the different models of communication. (5 pts)
II.
A. Given the following pictures, determine what barrier to effective communication is demonstrated; explain
your answer (2 pts each; 10 pts).

DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS/VIEWPOINTS
 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

JARGONS

PHYSICAL BARRIERS

LACK OF ATTENTION/INTEREST

B. Given the dimensions of communication in the first column, complete the table by providing an example
of how gender and culture affect each dimension, with a 1- to 2-sentence explanation (3 pts each; 24 pts).
DIMENSION OF INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL
INFLUENCE OF GENDER INFLUCENCE OF CULTURE
COMMUNICATION STATUS

Oral/Written

Verbal/Non-verbal

Formal/Informal

Intentional/Unintentional
III.
A. Complete the chart to illustrate the best way to communicate as different personality types effectively (12
pts).

With ST People With NT People

With SF People With NF People

B. Illustrate the communication process, and describe how communication works in 2-3 sentences (6 pts).

C. Answer the given questions in 3-4 sentences (4 pts each; 8 pts total).

1. What is “noise” in the communication process? How can it be avoided?

2. Which of the four models of communication best illustrates the communication process, based on what we have
learned up to the preliminaries?