Exam 1: Communication

Which of the following terms is commonly used to reflect the contribution that the attractiveness of a nation's culture and values can make to its international standing?

In the 1960s and '70s, writers such as Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, and Joan Didion often wrote from the point of view of their sources, one of the techniques that defined a form of reporting known as:

If you have been asked to give a presentation to an audience of co-workers, a good strategy to keep the audience engaged is:

Journalists in Lapatria are notoriously biased and do not adhere to the internationally recognized standards of professional journalism. Which of the following strategies would be the best way for a Foreign Service Officer to best engage the local journalism community?

Effective downward communications within an organization or company can include all of the following except:

Three American military officers stationed in Lapatria are accused of accidentally killing a Lapatrian civilian, whom they mistakenly believed to be an enemy combatant. The Lapatrian press reports that the death was no accident and a widespread public outcry against the presence of American military forces ensues. In order to best manage this crisis, a Foreign Service Officer stationed in Lapatria would first:

After communicating with an employee via email memo regarding project goals, you discover that the employee misinterpreted your expectations. You believe the channel was the problem and:

You are preparing to give a speech at a convention that will last about 25 minutes. Your primary objective is to appear informed and for your audience to know that a great deal of planning went into your remarks. Which delivery style best accommodates this goal?

A subordinate at work frequently demonstrates lack of professionalism in her clothing choices. What approach would be best for communicating the inappropriateness of her behavior?

Your organization's public relations representative gives an interview to a local newspaper with the understanding that the interview is "on the record". The PR representative has consented to:

As a group, a new project team at work has established several norms for the team. All of these might be examples of these except:

As part of U.S. public diplomacy outreach efforts, the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs brings non-U.S. citizens to the U.S. for graduate study in which of the following programs?

Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP is based on the theory that people's thought process is mirrored in how they speak. When having a conversation this idea can be used to communicate more effectively by:

You are giving a news brief to the media on your organization's response to a crisis situation that has emerged. One way to avoid miscommunication is to:

When you send a message to an intended recipient, whether verbal, written, or non-verbal, how that recipient interprets the message is influenced by all of the following except:

When considering the exact wording of a speech that you are writing, the most important consideration given should be to:

Which of the following entities operates independently of the State Department and reports directly to Congress?

Considering that some experts believe more than one half of the emotional meaning of a message comes from non-verbal communication, an important consideration in delivering a speech to an audience is:

U.S. citizens are unlikely to be able to listen to or read U.S. public diplomacy outreach materials because of which of the following acts of Congress?

You are giving a presentation to a small group of co-workers and notice that several of them are leaning forward in their chairs, causing you to infer that they: