Improving Communication Skills
  • 1. The best communication style is very much dependent upon --------------.
A) other factors
B) environmental factors
C) situational factors
D) none of the above
  • 2. Communication is a -----------.
A) multiple process
B) two-way process
C) one-way process
D) none of the above
  • 3. When conflict occurs in a team it is often helpful to draw up a table with the three headings: Who, Needs and -----------.
A) When
B) What
C) Fears
D) Where
  • 4. Conflict resolution can help to open up new possibilities and ------------.
A) increase differences
B) improve customer relations
C) bypass personal differences
D) waste a great deal of time
  • 5. Individuals interpret the world based on their -----------
A) backgrounds and prior experience
B) verbal and written exchange
C) information overload
D) physical environment
  • 6. People with a self exposing communication style give -------------
A) little feedback to the recipient
B) wrong feedback
C) a lot of feedback
D) some feedback
  • 7. A -------------- communication style should be the standard in most communication situations.
A) self bargaining
B) self exposing
C) self actualisation
D) self protective
  • 8. Self protective communicators can improve their communication style by -------------
A) opening up about their feelings and opinions
B) providing a great deal of feedback
C) listening more
D) being self-centred
  • 9. Self bargaining communicators create ----------------
A) an "unknown" situation
B) a protective situation
C) a "blind spot" situation
D) an actualizing situation
  • 10. "Blind Spot" situations can be common if the dominant communication style is --------------
A) self-protective
B) self-bargaining
C) self-exposing
D) self-actualization
  • 11. To become a better communicator you need to understand the recipient and -------------
A) select the appropriate communication style
B) listen carefully
C) give a lot of information
D) conduct meetings
  • 12. Making sure that the recipient has understood the message can help reduce --------------
A) low attention
B) listening problems
C) eye contact
D) interpersonal relations problems
  • 13. Using jargon free language makes it easier for ----------------
A) the recipient to understand the message
B) respecting "personal space"
C) the communicators to listen
D) the sender to communicate
  • 14. Interpersonal skills such as talking, writing and presenting are -------------
A) unnecessary
B) hard to develop
C) vital in today's competitive business
D) not easy to learn
  • 15. Having a good set of presentation skills can have --------------
A) limited benefits
B) individual and organisational benefits
C) organisational benefits
D) individual benefits
  • 16. Being ------------ about the topic can improve your presentation skills.
A) practical
B) passionate
C) informative
D) emotional
  • 17. -------------- can bypass personal differences and open up possibilities.
A) presentation skills
B) conflict resolution skills
C) communication skills
D) team skills
  • 18. Conflict resolution skills assist in building trust and ------------
A) creating competition
B) creating adversaries
C) creating a more positive work environment
D) creating tense situations
  • 19. Negotiation skills and development of options and -------------- are tools used for conflict resolution.
A) filing
B) opening up
C) broadening perspectives
D) creative work
  • 20. ------------- is the basis of all communication.
A) Emotional Communication
B) Organizational communication
C) Personal communication
D) Conflict Resolution
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