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1. According to research, most listeners retain 70 percent of a message for several weeks.
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False
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False
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2. There is no single “best” listening style to use in all situations.
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True
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False
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True
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3. A good listener will always state her own judgment of the situation so the other person knows where she
stands on the issue.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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4. You should do more paraphrasing than any other type of listening.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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5. We spend more time listening than in any other type of communication.
a.
True
b.
False
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True
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6. It’s impossible to listen effectively all of the time.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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12/10/2015 2:03 PM
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7. During careful listening, your heart rate will quicken and your body temperature will rise.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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True / False
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False
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8. Since paraphrasing may not always be accurate, speaking tentatively allows the other person to make a
correction.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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True / False
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False
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9. Studies show that good listeners keep eye contact and react with appropriate facial expressions.
a.
True
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b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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10. According to the text, the most helpful way of responding to a problem is to offer good, specific advice.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
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11. Speaking is an active process; listening is a passive activity.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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False
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12. Selective listening is a reasonable thing to do when screening commercials and keeping an ear out for the
weather report.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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False
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13. Because prompting involves using silences, it is not classified as a listening response.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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14. Prompting is a more passive listening style than advising
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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1
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True / False
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False
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15. Even if you give accurate advice to a person, that advice may not be helpful.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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1
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True / False
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
12/10/2015 2:07 PM
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16. Accurate analysis of a problem may arouse defensiveness.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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True / False
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False
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17. A paraphrase that contains both thoughts and feelings can be a useful tool to help others because it allows
the problem holder to unload concerns.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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1
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True / False
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18. Questioning and paraphrasing are both forms of feedback.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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False
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19. Counterfeit questions are aimed at understanding others.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
DATE CREATED:
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20. Analyzing can be one way to help a speaker consider alternative meanings.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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True / False
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False
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21. Advice given in a respectful, caring way is always the best listening response to use when approached with
another’s problem.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
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22. Of the many different elements in the listening process, hearing is the physiological dimension.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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23. According to your text, most people usually try their best to listen but their effectiveness is limited primarily
by biological factors.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
DATE CREATED:
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24. When you are paraphrasing, you need to repeat what the speaker has said word for word.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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False
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25. Factual information paraphrasing focuses on the ideas a speaker has expressed.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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False
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26. Since all judging listening responses are negative, we should avoid them at all cost.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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27. You should rotate your styles of listening after one or two responses so that you don’t become bored by any
one style.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
DATE CREATED:
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28. While an important factor in making relationships work, listening is still less important than speaking.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
DATE CREATED:
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29. Studies show that business people believe not only that listening is important but also that they do it well.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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False
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30. Hearing occurs when the brain reconstructs electrochemical impulses into a representation of the original
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sound and then gives them meaning.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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False
DATE CREATED:
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31. Mindless listening is never suggested because it shows lack of concern for the speaker.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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32. Mindless listening can be potentially valuable.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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DATE CREATED:
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33. Whereas hearing is a physiological process, attending is a psychological one.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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DATE CREATED:
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34. Research suggests that most people remember about 60 percent of what they hear immediately after hearing
it.
a.
True
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b.
False
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False
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35. Interruptions are one characteristic of stage-hogging.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
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36. Insulated listeners respond only to the parts of your remarks that interest them.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
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True / False
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37. According to a study of college students and their communication activities, over 20 percent of their
communication time was spent
a.
writing.
b.
speaking.
c.
engaging in interpersonal listening.
d.
reading.
e.
engaging in media listening.
ANSWER:
c
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38. All of the following are ineffective listening styles mentioned in the text except
a.
ambushing.
b.
insulated listening.
c.
stage hogging.
d.
pseudolistening.
e.
signal listening.
ANSWER:
e
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39. Which best describes the relationship between our rate of hearing speech and the average rate of speaking?
a.
We speak at nearly the same rate we are able to listen.
b.
We can listen 4-6 times faster than an average person speaks.
c.
We are able to speak 2 times faster than an average person can listen.
d.
We are able to listen slightly faster than an average person speaks.
e.
We can listen twice as fast as an average person speaks.
ANSWER:
b
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40. The process of using questioning and paraphrasing messages is a type of
a.
linear communication.
b.
insensitive listening.
c.
selective perception.
d.
defensive behavior.
e.
perception checking.
ANSWER:
e
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Multiple Choice
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False
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41. Giving only the appearance of being attentive is termed
a.
pseudolistening.
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b.
selective listening.
c.
defensive listening.
d.
insensitive listening.
e.
fake listening.
ANSWER:
a
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Multiple Choice
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False
DATE CREATED:
12/14/2015 2:25 PM
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42. The advantage of paraphrasing to help is that
a.
you can help the problem-holder to sort out the problem.
b.
you can suggest the solution that’s best for your partner.
c.
you can point out your partner’s good ideas.
d.
you can share your own experiences and ideas.
e.
All of these answers are correct.
ANSWER:
a
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43. According to your text, advice is
a.
only to be used when paraphrasing fails.
b.
helpful when it is correct or accurate.
c.
best when preceded by your analysis of a situation.
d.
actually unhelpful at least as often as it is helpful.
e.
less helpful than either supporting or judging response styles.
ANSWER:
d
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44. Which is the best helping paraphrase response to the following statement? “My boss keeps kidding me about
how we should have an affair. I don’t know what to do. Sometimes I think he’s just joking, and sometimes I
think it’s a real proposition.”
a.
“Either way it’s sexual harassment, which is illegal. You shouldn’t let him get away with it!”
b.
“So you can’t figure out his motives, is that it?”