Soft Skill Development MCQs

Micro-expressions can help us detect _____.

• A) lies
• B) truthfulness
• C) equivocation
• D) All of the above

What do you mean by verbal and non verbal communication?

• A) Types or kinds of communication
• B) Aspects of communication
• C) Purposes of communication
• D) Aims of communication

What does verbal communication refer to?

• A) Spoken communication
• B) Written communication
• C) Spoken/oral and written communication
• D) None

What do we call for body posture, movements of eye, head, hand, finger, lips, touch etc?

• A) Body language
• B) Physical language
• C) Difficult language
• D) Simple language

Non-verbal component is ______ in face-to-face communication.

• A) 65%
• B) 50%
• C) 55%
• D) 40%

Harmony is associated with

• A) Only music
• B) Music and visuals
• C) Only visuals
• D) Music, visuals, and language

An effective act of communication makes use of both the ____ aspects of communication.

• A) Oral and written
• B) formal and informal
• C) Verbal and non verbal
• D) None

Group discussion, interviews, presentation, lectures, telephone calls, public speech, teleconferences or video conferences are the example of?

• A) aims of communication
• B) verbal or oral communication
• D) None

Email, internet websites, letters, proposals, telegrams, faxes are the example of ___?

• A) Verbal or oral communication
• B) Written communication
• C) Non verbal communication
• D) None

Formal and informal kinds of communication are dependent on the?

• A) Context of communication
• B) Process of communication
• C) Barriers of communication
• D) None

Consider the following statements. A: Gestures share a universal commonality that does not need any specific context for them to have a meaning. B: Smiling is both an in-born and an acquired non-verbal communication.

• A) Both A and B are correct
• B) A is correct but B is wrong
• C) B is correct but A is wrong
• D) Both A and B are wrong

Intense sadness affects communication via:

• A) Both upper and lower face
• B) Upper face
• C) Lower face
• D) None of the above

The way you speak or write to your siblings or your friends is an example of ___?

• A) One way communication
• B) Formal communication
• C) Informal communication
• D) Written communication

The associated emotion with irregular rhythm is

• A) Discomposure
• B) joy
• C) anger
• D) None

Communication with teachers, officers, employers is called?

• A) One-way communication
• B) Formal communication
• C) Written communication
• D) Informal communication

What kind of communication is used at a job interview, a meeting of organization and a dinner hosted by dignitaries?

• A) Formal communication
• B) one way communication
• C) Written communication
• D) Informal communication

____ is an innate quality of the mind to see something as a totality.

• A) Gestalt
• B) Insight
• C) Closure
• D) None

Consider the following statements: A: Scanning bias is different for different languages. B: Visuals can supplement texts, and vice versa.

• A) Both A and B are correct
• B) A is correct but B is wrong
• C) B is correct but A is wrong
• D) Both A and B are wrong

The act of reading a book is an example of ___ type of communication.

• A) Formal
• B) Informal
• C) Two way
• D) One way

In ____ communication the receiver cannot give feedback or response to the sender.

• A) Two Way
• B) Upward
• C) One way
• D) Downward

Consider the following sentences. A: Optical illusion can depend on the position of an imagined light source. B: Vanishing point is relevant in both two-dimensional paintings and three-dimensional art forms.

• A) Both A and B are correct
• B) Both A and B are wrong
• C) B is correct but A is wrong
• D) A is correct but B is wrong

Consider the following statements. A: Anger gets reflected most readily in the eyes. B: Micro-expressions are always masked after a fraction of a second.

• A) Both A and B are correct
• B) Both A and B are wrong
• C) B is correct but A is wrong
• D) A is correct but B is wrong

Job interviews or a group/panel discussion is an example of ____ communication.

• A) Upward
• B) non verbal
• C) One way
• D) Two way

Communication is the demand of modern industry.

• A) Written
• B) Oral
• C) Oral and written
• D) Formal and informal

Visual representation is not possible for

• A) music
• B) pulse
• C) event
• D) None

Consider the following statements: A: The visual is not just a feature of our current reality; visualization constitutes the reality itself. B: The image as a portable object and the image as an object of art are conceptually disparate categories.

• A) Both A and B are true
• B) Both A and B are false
• C) Only B is true
• D) Only A is true

Posters fall under ____ communication.

• A) oral
• B) visual
• C) written
• D) spoken

Gestural communication is a?

• A) Non verbal message
• B) Direct conversation
• C) Oral communication
• D) Written

Who proposed a quantification of territoriality around the human body to determine intimacy, personal space, etc.?

• A) Daniel Goleman
• B) Bruno Latour
• C) Allan Pease
• D) None

____ means the position in which you can hold your body when standing or sitting.

• A) Gestures
• B) Postures
• C) Paralanguage
• D) Proxemics