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This set of Business Communications Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Business Communications Set 7

Q1 | Communication in an organization should ideally flow____
  • from top to bottom.
  • from bottom to top.
  • both ways.
  • horizontally.
Q2 | The official record of the proceeding of a meeting is known as ____
  • agenda.
  • minutes.
  • prospectus.
  • report.
Q3 | The participants of a board meeting are _____
  • member.
  • directors.
  • member and directors.
  • outsiders
Q4 | Minutes of resolutions is only resolutions ___
  • recorded.
  • development.
  • decision-making.
  • authenticated.
Q5 | An informal report is usually in the form of a _____communication.
  • person to person
  • prescribed form.
  • regular intervals.
  • authoritative.
Q6 | List of items to be discussed and decided in a meeting is called as ____
  • resolution.
  • minutes.
  • invoice.
  • agenda
Q7 | An Agenda prepared in connection with ____
  • meeting.
  • business tours.
  • exhibition.
  • personal notes.
Q8 | _____is a communication which contains the decision of the higherauthority of the organization.
  • amendment.
  • resolution.
  • debate.
  • minutes.
Q9 | A report prepared in a prescribed form and presented according to anestablished procedure is ____report
  • formal.
  • informal.
  • statutory.
  • general.
Q10 | ____is done by drawing a list of the items of business to be transacted atthe meeting.
  • minutes.
  • resolution.
  • invitation.
  • agenda.
Q11 | The minute books are the ____book of the company.
  • subsidiary.
  • statutory.
  • obligatory.
  • secondary.
Q12 | ____and testimonials are important because they express the opinion ofothers the applicant’s suitability for a position.
  • references.
  • qualification.
  • service certificate.
  • letters.
Q13 | Organization Theory is written by _____
  • william scott.
  • newman & summer
  • matthews.
  • james.
Q14 | A circular is a form of ____
  • oral communication.
  • face-to-face communication.
  • group communication.
  • visual communication.
Q15 | Dunning letters are also called ____
  • collection letters.
  • letter of credit.
  • compliant letters.
  • suggestion letters.
Q16 | In................. speakers’ choice of words unintentionally communicatessomething more than what the actual words state.
  • formal communication
  • informal communication
  • meta communication
  • none of these
Q17 | Type of listening in which we learn to discern the difference in sounds.
  • discriminative listening
  • biased listening
  • evaluative listening
  • appreciative listening
Q18 | In ............. , the receiver holds preconceived notions, which shape theway a receiver decodes the sender's message.
  • discriminative listening
  • biased listening
  • evaluative listening
  • appreciative listening
Q19 | .......is also referred to as critical/judgmental listening
  • discriminative listening
  • biased listening
  • evaluative listening
  • appreciative listening
Q20 | --------------- takes place when you listen to only those things that youwant to hear or to those that you interested
  • discriminative listening
  • biased listening
  • selective listening
  • appreciative listening
Q21 | In .................. form of communication, a subordinate is permitted tocommunicate with the boss of his boss.
  • chain
  • circular
  • inverted v
  • wheel
Q22 | ............ Involves how we arrange personal space and what we arrange in it
  • kinesics
  • proxemics
  • time language
  • paralanguage
Q23 | ..................... is the study of body physical movements.
  • kinesics
  • proxemics
  • time language
  • paralanguage
Q24 | It involves how we say something in different pitch, tone and voicemodulation such as slow or fast.
  • kinesics
  • proxemics
  • time language
  • paralanguage
Q25 | ................. are our body parts especially arms, legs, hands and headconvey meaning.
  • gestures
  • proxemics
  • time language
  • paralanguage