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MIDTERM EXAMINATION

IN PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

I. Multiple choices

1. Communication style refers to the choices people make and the strategies or tools they use in the
process of communication. A style may sometimes depend on the demands of the communicative
situation, as well as on the needs and requirements of the target recipients of the information.

2. Formal language registers are appropriate for professional situations, such as when speaking to a
supervisor or writing an invitation letter. Informal language registers, on the other hand, are
conversational and appropriate when speaking or writing to a friend or to someone you know quite well.

3. Using the proper registers show respect, interest, and a certain level of professionalism, hence
enhancing harmonious personal and professional relationships. These are also used in writing short
notes, personal journals, or diaries.

4. Everything should start with a personal desire and strong conviction to relate more effectively with
persons having different cultural backgrounds. This will not only create positive personal relationships,
but also open more opportunities for professional growth.

5. There is no debate that the English language has become the most widely used language for most
purposes of communication in international diplomacy, business, science, education and entertainment.
Over time, this widespread use of English – spoken side by side with local languages – has given rise to
local varieties of English with their own standards.

6. Multimodality is a fairly new concept in the general academic setting, but can be a very powerful tool
in light of digital and multicultural communication. A text or output is considered multimodal if it uses
two or more communication modes to make meaning.

7. Social media has undoubtedly altered the world operates. The rapid and vast adoption of new media
platforms have changed the way people relate and communicate with each other in the social,
economic, and political arenas.
8. Some media platforms have been so popular that the number of users rise at such an exponential
rate. TikTok, for example, became such a craze in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people
were mostly at home and thus have “nothing to do” because of the worldwide call to “Stay Home”.

9. not all social media platforms last. For example, in 2008, Hi5, MySpace, and Friendster were close
competitors to the social media giant, Facebook. In 2012, all three had virtually disappeared as shown
by very poor performance of market shares.
10. The exponential rise in the use of social media can be partly attributed to the emergence of
technologies that enable modern communication (that is, FAST, CONVENIENT, INTERACTIVE
communication). These include computers, laptops, and smart phones, among others.

11. New media is inherently ideological, especially in terms of their political-economies of access and
control.They are used to control people, and they are used to resist control.

12. New media refer to highly interactive digital technology. These are very easily processed, stored,
transformed, retrieved, hyper-linked, searched for, and accessed.
13. Social media has grown in popularity over the years, with hundreds of options for sharing your
thoughts, photos, and videos and for interacting with friends and family. The more it grows the more we
discover about the do's and don'ts of social media.

1. A communication style level tend to tell or instruct others what to do and sometimes even how to do
it.

A. Assertive Communication level

B. Less Assertive

C. Expressive level

D. Less expressive

2. styles usually tend to be on the receiving end, often asking for guidance, instructions or directions.

A. Assertive Communication level

B. Less Assertive

C. Expressive level

D. Less expressive

3. people who fall under the expressive level usually show their real feelings and emotions through
facial expressions, tone of voice, or language use.

A. Assertive Communication level

B. Less Assertive

C. Expressive level

D. Less expressive

4. tend to either hide their feelings or exert some effort for these feelings not to show.

A. Assertive Communication level

C. Expressive level

D. Less expressive

5. Who is the proponent of the Communication style matrix?

A. Charles Darwin

B. Herbert Spencer

C. Dr. Eileen M. Russo

D.

6. Spirited communication style is a combinations of?

A. Low Expressiveness + Low Assertiveness

B. Low Expressiveness + High Assertiveness

C. High Expressiveness + Low Assertiveness

D. High Expressiveness + High Assertiveness

7. High Expressiveness and Low Assertiveness resulted to what communication style?

A. Spirited

B. Considerate

C. Direct

D. Systematic

8. Direct communication style is a combinations of?

A. Low Expressiveness + Low Assertiveness

B. Low Expressiveness + High Assertiveness

C. High Expressiveness + Low Assertiveness

D. High Expressiveness + High Assertiveness

9. Low Expressive and Low Assertiveness resulted to what communication style?

A. Spirited
B. Considerate

C. Direct

D. Systematic

10. It is a pidgin that becomes the first language of the children, or the mother tongue of a certain
community.

A. Pidgin

B. Creole

C. Regional Dialect

D. Minority dialect

E. Indigenized varieties

11. This is a variety used as a marker of identity, usually alongside a standard variety, by the members of
a particular minority ethnic group.

A. Pidgin

B. Creole

C. Regional Dialect

D. Minority dialect

E. Indigenized varieties

12. It is not a language that is not distinct from a national language, but rather a variety of a language
spoken in a particular area of a country.

A. Pidgin

B. Creole

C. Regional Dialect

D. Minority dialect

E. Indigenized varieties

13. It refers to a new language that develops into situations where speakers of different languages need
to communicate but do not share a common language.

A. Pidgin
B. Creole

C. Regional Dialect

D. Minority dialect

E. Indigenized varieties

14. These are spoken mainly as second languages in former colonies with multilingual populations.

A. Pidgin

B. Creole

C. Regional Dialect

D. Minority dialect

E. Indigenized varieties

15. Top 1 country with most number of FB users

A. Philippines

B. India

C. Mexico

D.Thailand

E. United States

16. It refer to highly interactive digital technology.

A. New Media

B. Computer-mediated communication

C. Internet

17. Is the largest area of language development we have seen in our lifetimes

A. New Media

B. Computer-mediated communication

C. Internet

18. Language in new media is sometimes reffered to as?

B. Computer-mediated communication

C. Internet

19. It is relationship-focused rather than subject-oriented

A. Vernacular

B. Interpersonal

C. Spontaneous

D. Dialogical

20. It uses language that is common to people regardless of age, social class, gender or race.

A. Vernacular

B. Interpersonal

C. Spontaneous

D. Dialogical

21. It carries expectation of continuous exchange. This is why most media platforms have a “Reply” or
“Comment” option, while some have a “Leave a comment” button, to ensure continuous interaction.

A. Vernacular

B. Interpersonal

C. Spontaneous

D. Dialogical

22. It is usually unplanned, unstructured, and sometimes impulsive. This spontaneity also gave rise to
Net Neologisms through Lexical Creativity, such as the use of “b4n” and “f2f”, or such terms as trolls,
meme, hashtag, and meh.

A. Vernacular

B. Interpersonal

C. Spontaneous

D. Dialogical
II. Enumeration

1-4 Basic Communication Style

5-9 Varieties of Language

10-14 Classification of Language Register

15-21 (top 7) most popular social networks worldwide by number of active users

22-32 countries with most number of Facebook users

33-35 type of discourse or computer mediated

III. Discussion (10points each). Discuss the Responsible use of Social Media