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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A supporting
B analyzing
C advising
D paraphrasing
E judging
Question #2
A advising
B supporting
C judging
D paraphrasing
E analyzing
Question #3
A “So you can’t figure out his motives, is that it?”
B “You sound worried and confused because you’re not sure if he’s coming on to you or not.”
C “You sound upset by this.”
D “That’s a common problem these days. I can see why you’re upset, and I don’t blame you.”
E “Either way it’s sexual harassment, which is illegal. You shouldn’t let him get away with it!”
Question #4
A We are able to speak 2 times faster than an average person can listen.
B We can listen 4-6 times faster than an average person speaks.
C We are able to listen slightly faster than an average person speaks.
D We speak at nearly the same rate we are able to listen.
E We can listen twice as fast as an average person speaks.
Question #5
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #6
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #7
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #8
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #9
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #10
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #11
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #12
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #13
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #14
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #15
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #16
A “I/we” statements.
B “but” statements.
C “you” statements.
D “we” statements.
E “it” statements.
Question #17
A in what circumstances the behavior occurs.
B the specific behaviors.
C None of these choices are correct.
D who is involved.
E All of these choices are correct.
Question #18
A can offend another person in some circumstances.
B All of these choices are correct.
C can signal closeness and cohesiveness with others.
D should be avoided when expressing personal feelings and thoughts.
E may accomplish the goals of “I” language and sound less egotistical.
Question #19
A “It’s clear you shouldn’t have said that.”
B “It’s a fact that playing mind games always backfires.”
C “Fact number one: you said a dumb thing.”
D “I heard you tell Tim you weren’t interested.”
E “You should have thought about the result of saying you weren’t interested before you opened your mouth.”
Question #20
A confusing yourself
B confusing others
C bicoastalism
D being too frank
E stereotyping
Question #21
A “I” language.
B singular terms.
C “you” language.
D euphemisms.
E consequence terms.
Question #22
A Female speech often contains statements of sympathy and empathy.
B Women’s speech is more indirect and elaborate.
C Women are more likely to use more intensive adverbs than men.
D Men’s speech is more direct and task-oriented.
E Women interrupt men more in mixed-sex conversations.
Question #23
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #24
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #25
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #26
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #27
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #28
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #29
A can determine how you feel.
B includes identifying an event, your thought, and feeling.
C allows you to have control over how you feel.
D can be facilitative or debilitative.
E includes all of the above.
Question #30
A are emotional counterfeits.
B contribute to effective functioning.
C are more common in other cultures.
D happen only when you feel good.
E keep us from communicating effectively.
Question #31
A nonverbal reactions expressed on the face.
B a reservoir of emotional memories.
C a type of emotional contagion.
D the threat alarm system in the brain.
E none of the above.
Question #32
A fallacy of perfection
B fallacy of shoulds
C fallacy of helplessness
D fallacy of overgeneralization
E fallacy of causation
Question #33
A fallacy of perfection
B fallacy of shoulds
C fallacy of causation
D fallacy of helplessness
E fallacy of overgeneralization
Question #34
A perfection.
B approval.
C shoulds.
D helplessness.
E causation.
Question #35
A shoulds.
B overgeneralization.
C helplessness.
D causation.
E perfection.
Question #36
A sensing, organizing, interpreting, and encoding.
B stimulus, proprioception, emotional contagion, and response.
C physical changes, mental recognition, and verbal description.
D physiological changes, nonverbal reactions, cognitive interpretations, and verbal expression.
E verbal and nonverbal manifestations, physical depression, and catharsis.
Question #37
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #38
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #39
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #40
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #41
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #42
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #43
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #44
A We judge ourselves more charitably than others.
B We are influenced by our expectations.
C We are influenced by the obvious.
D We cling to first impressions.
E None of the above.
Question #45
A androgynous behavior
B attribution error
C punctuation
D interpretation
E empathy
Question #46
A rhetorically sensitive.
B androgynous.
C chauvinistic.
D adaptable.
E analogous.
Question #47
A empathy and perception are both a result of self-fulfilling prophecies.
B the more perceptive you are, the less empathetic you need be.
C the more perceptive you are, the easier it is to forget to be empathetic.
D empathy is facilitated by trying to perceive things from the other person’s point of view.
Question #48
A Request clarification.
B Describe behavior.
C It is great as a perception-checking statement just the way it is.
D Say less.
E Give another interpretation
Question #49
A Nothing is missing from this perception check.
B It doesn’t describe behavior.
C It is too wordy.
D It has only one interpretation.
E It doesn’t request clarification.
Question #50
A Nothing is missing from this perception check.
B It doesn’t request clarification.
C It doesn’t describe behavior.
D It is too wordy.
E It has only one interpretation.
Question #51
A It has only one interpretation.
B It doesn’t request clarification.
C It is too specific.
D It doesn’t describe behavior.
E Nothing is missing from this perception check.
Question #52
A It requires that your opinions match those of the other person.
B It can’t be totally achieved.
C It involves taking the other’s perspective.
D It includes concern for the other person.
E It requires a sense of the other person’s feelings.
Question #53
A We judge ourselves more charitably than others.
B We are influenced by our expectations.
C We are influenced by the obvious.
D We assume others are similar to us.
E We cling to first impressions.
Question #54
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #55
A FALSE
B TRUE