Which of the following describes a high-context culture?
a. Communication is explicit and straightforward.
b. Meaning in found in context, not in words.
c. Verbal cues are most significant to interpreting the message.
d. The context of the language is more objective than personal.
e. Thoughts are more prominent than attitudes in conversation.
Q. 2When meeting a person for the first time, the only data that speakers usually have to work with come from
a. non-verbal cues.
b. spatial relationships.
c. their own cultural norms.
d. stereotypes.
e. social status.
Q. 3Communication in high-context cultures is analogous to what expression?
a. Look before you leap.
b. A picture is worth a thousand words.
c. Easy as pie.
d. Read between the lines.
e. We dodged a bullet.
Q. 4What does the term action chain refer to?
a. one phrase or action leading to another
b. one culture influencing the next culture
c. communication at the physical level
d. increasing familiarity through behaviors
e. actions communicating louder than words
Q. 5In the iceberg model of multicultural influences on communication, the iceberg analogy is used because much of what affects communication
a. can be determined by looking very closely for clues.
b. freezes out the two parties involved if the message content is not correctly stated.
c. is unseen and not readily apparent.
d. is related to cultural misunderstandings.
e. can be determined by biomedical testing.
Q. 6What characteristics represent the tip of the iceberg in the iceberg analogy used to describe communication?
a. religion, educational background, political affiliation
b. ethnicity (or nationality), age, gender
c. degree of assimilation, age, ethnicity (or nationality)
d. religion, gender, age
e. occupation, education, politics
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