TRUE or FALSE

Question 1

Language is dynamic and it evolves through time

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Language is not purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires by means of a system of voluntary produced symbols.

Answer 2

False
Language is purely human

Question 3

It is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group operates

Answer 3

Language

Question 4

Language is a set of sentences each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Language is the process whereby humans communicate and interact with each other by means of habitually used ________

Answer 5

oral-auditory arbitrary symbols

Question 6

Language is a symbol system based on purely arbitrary conventions, infinitely extendable and modifiable according to the changing needs and conditions of the speakers

Answer 6

True

Question 7

There is no primitive language

Answer 7

True
All languages are equally complex and equally capable of expressing any idea in the universe

Question 8

Not all languages change through time

Answer 8

False
All languages change through time

Question 9

All human languages utilize a finite set of discrete sounds or gestures that are combined to form meaningful elements or words, which themselves form an infinite set of possible sentences

Answer 9

True

Question 10

There are semantic universals such as male or female animate or in animate found in every language in the world

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Language is not necessarily oral

Answer 11

False
Language is primarily oral

Question 12

This factor refers to the communicator’s mood or feeling

Answer 12

Psychological factor

Question 13

This factor refers to values and norms shared by a group of people

Answer 13

Cultural factor

Question 14

This factor refers to the place, time, and environmental conditions that make up the communication

Answer 14

Physical factor

Question 15

This factor refers to the nature of relationship between the communicators

Answer 15

Social factor

Question 16

This factor refers to previous communication incidents between communicators that may affect the way they deal with each other at the moment

Answer 16

Historical factor

Question 17

This model was designed in 1949

Answer 17

Shannon and Weaver communication model

Question 18

This communication model was designed in 1960

Answer 18

Berlo’s SMCR Model

Question 19

This model was designed in 1954

Answer 19

Osgood schramm model

Question 20

This model operates on the premise that the communicators simultaneously engage in the act of sending and receiving of messages

Answer 20

Transactional communication model