Verbal Communication
Quiz
Which verbal skills include phone scripts?
- Managing introductions
- Giving directions
- Managing phone contacts
- Asking questions
Which of the following is an example of slang?
- "What's new?"
- "How is it going?"
- "Good morning"
- "What's up?"
Which of the following is gender-biased language?
- Policeman
- Waiter
- Firefighter
- Flight Attendant
Which type of questions ask for a person's feelings and opinions towards certain objects?
- Yes or No
- Fact/ information questions
- Opinion questions
- True or False questions
Which of the five W's identifies the person or object?
- Who
- What
- Where
- only a and b are correct
What should you do if you do not receive a satisfactory response during your call?
- Ask for the supervisor or higher authority of that company
- Hang up and call again
- Change your attitude towards that person so they will be forced to give you the expected response
- All of the above
Which of the following is an example of business called guidelines?
- Identify yourself and state your business
- Be polite, speak formally, and take your time informing the other person about your company so they won't be confused
- Place them on hold and send the call to your boss
- All of the above
Which of the following is not a step in giving directions?
- Set the scene you are describing
- Summarize the directions
- Check the listener's understanding
- Only use transition words when starting and finishing
Some of the feminine communication expectations are....?
- Including others, use talk expressively, and talk cooperatively
- Emotional talk, assert yourself, and taking turns during speaking
- Do not express feelings, talk for practical purpose and debate talk
- Share emotions, talk cooperatively, talk for only practical purpose, and talk to anyone inside or outside the clique
Exaggeration when telling a story is important.
- True
- False
Phone scripts are companies that call people for casual talk.
- True
- False
When giving directions, never ask if the listener understands because they may be offended.
- True
- False
Formal language refers to the use of Standard English.
- True
- False
The types of verbal communication are formal versus informal language and technical language
- True
- False
Being familiar with the technical language in your specific field will decrease your chance at being an effective member of your team
- True
- False
Communication styles vary among countries.
- True
- False
Putting down a person because of his or her gender is sexual harassment .
- True
- False
Some of the example of sexual harassment are inquiring a person about their behavior, demonstrating a process to someone
- True
- False
Declarative requests are also called non-questions.
- True
- False
In all culture, women tend to touch each other while communicating more often then men.
- True
- False