COM1501 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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Business Communication
COMMUNICATION - Answer-When two or more people talk to one another or transfer messages so that they can understand one another.
SPEECH - Answer-Gestures, the development of language and the need for interaction with others merely contributed towards modern day methods of expression.
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COM1501 - FUNDAMENTALS OF
COMMUNICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
COMMUNICATION - Answer-When two or more people talk to one another or transfer
messages so that they can understand one another.
SPEECH - Answer-Gestures, the development of language and the need for interaction
with others merely contributed towards modern day methods of expression.
LANGUAGE - Answer-A system of communication through the use of speech, a
collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
CUNEIFORM - Answer-Pictograph writings in which symbols represented objects.
SUMERIANS - Answer-The name of the first culture in the world to develop cities.
ALPHABET - Answer-A set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language.
ALPHABETIC CODES - Answer-Use alphabet letters to distinguish one item from
another based on a category, an abbreviation, or an easy to remember the value, called
a mnemonic code.
SEMAPHORE - Answer-A visual sign used in military.
SCRIPTORIUM - Answer-Large room in a monastery dedicated to the copying and
maintaining of texts.
PRINTING - Answer-Identical reproductions of an original, is done by means of a
number of processes by which designs, pictures and words are reproduced on material
such as fabric or paper.
THE GUTENBERG BIBLE - Answer-The first full-sized book printed with movable type
and a printing press by Johann Gutenberg.
ELECTRONIC MASS MEDIA - Answer-Use of media that could make information
available to the masses by electronic means (computers, fax machines, digital camera,
videos etc.)
MASS MEDIA - Answer-Used to denote radio, newspapers, television and the Internet.
MORSE CODE - Answer-A combination of long and short pulses of current representing
each letter of the alphabet.
, TELEX - Answer-Enabled sending telephonic messages typed on a teleprinter to
another teleprinter. Replaced by the fax machine.
RADIO - Answer-The broadcast of speech and music through wireless transmission.
CBs - Answer-Citizens' Band radios.
ROLES OF FILM IN SOCIETY - Answer-Used to illustrate or address various aspects,
such as delivering social commentary, fulfilling educational roles, addressing needs for
entertainment and illustrating different value systems.
TELEVISION - Answer-The transmission of images and sounds to distant screens by
means of electrical or fiber optic transmission lines or by radio waves.
INFORMATION AGE - Answer-The present time, during which infinite quantities of facts
are widely available to anyone who can use a computer.
THE INTERNET - Answer-A global network connecting millions of computers, making it
possible to exchange information.
WHAT THE INTERNET USED FOR? - Answer-The Internet provides information on a
large number of topics, shows and news events around the world.
DOWNSIDES OF THE INTERNET - Answer-The Internet can also expose people to
dangerous content, increase in plagiarism and fraud.
EMAIL - Answer-Electronic mail, allows a registered user to communicate with another
registered user via a network.
NETIQUETTE - Answer-The correct or acceptable way of communicating on the
Internet.
EMOTICONS - Answer-Typed symbols that convey emotional aspects of an online
message.
WORLD WIDE WEB - Answer-Computer network consisting of a collection of internet
sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the
hypertext transfer protocol.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - Answer-Text that has been embedded with
instructions to take a web page viewer to additional information.
NEWSGROUP - Answer-A public forum that consists of articles and follow-up
comments on one or more specified subjects.
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