RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEMORIAL COLLEGES

GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

General Santos City, Philippines

Purposive Communication
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SCORE

Name: ___________________________________________Permit #: _____________

Program: ________________________________________ CN: _________________
Instructor’s Name: Time: ________________

Part I. Direction: Read each item carefully. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number.

1. This role helps the team carry out tasks and get the work done.

a. Relationship Roles b. Task Roles

C. Self Centered Roles d. Shared Roles

2.It is through this letter that an organization can reach out to its clients and vice versa.

a. Letter of Intent b. Letter of Request

C.Business Letter d. Instruction Memo

3.It is one of the qualities of written communication where sentences must be kept short and
direct.

a. Accuracy b. Brevity

C.Clarity d. Coherence

4.One of the qualities of effective written communication that uses only precise words and tells
people exactly what you want.

a. Accuracy b. Brevity

C.Clarity d. Coherence

5.The writer should carefully choose words and expressions while avoiding information overload.

a. Accuracy b. Brevity

C.Clarity d. Coherence

6.It is a role in team building that strengthens or maintains team relationships.

a. Task Roles b. Self-centered Roles

c .Relationship Roles d. Shared Roles

7.It is a type of memo which contains directives that organization members needs to follow.

a. Announcement Memo b. Authorization Memo

c . Request Memo d. Instruction Memo

8.It is a letter that is usually used in legal matters to assert some kind of wrongdoing.

a. Letter of Claim b. Response Letter

c . Adjustment Letter c. Letter of Request

 9.It is a formal letter which requests a specific product or service within the professional business
context.

a. Letter of Request b. Adjustment Letter

c . Letter of Claim d. Letter of Inquiry

10. It is used for the internal undertakings of an organization, it relays information to a large
number of readers at the same time.

a. Memo b. Format

C. Request d. Adjustment

Test II. Matching Type. Match the Column A to Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided.

COLUMN A

1. Ethics that demands immediate action on a

complaint.

2. An informative document for specific purposes

that reaches a large number of people at the
same time.

3. Written in response to a claim.

4. A report prepared detailing an unnatural

occurrence.

5. A recording that what transpires in a gathering

of people to discuss matters.

6. Keeping sentences short and direct to the

point.

7. Roles that interfere with the teams ability to

complete tasks.

8.

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if FALSE supply the correct answer and underline the word
that makes it wrong.

1. Mutual respect for the perceived or real differences in the attributes of the people in the
organization is a virtue to practice at all times.

2. 2. Symbol is defined as a system of knowledge shared by relatively large group of people.

3. Technology has nothing to do with communication since they are way too different from each
other.
 RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEMORIAL COLLEGES
GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
General Santos City, Philippines

Purposive Communication
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SCORE

Name: ___________________________________________Permit #: _____________

Program: ________________________________________ CN: _________________
Instructor’s Name: Time: ________________

4. The emergence of social media has created a new avenue for facilitating daily information and
communication needs.

5. You do not hastily make decisions or judgments based on hearsays, gossips, prejudices, and
personal biases.

6. Relationships are built when a business knows its customer and discovers opportunities to
serve them more ineffectively through personal interjections.

7. Communication creates opportunity for people to understand problems with each other in a
way that is both helpful and essential to socially motivate people.

8. Message is the verbal or non-verbal form of the idea, thought, or feeling that one intends to
communicate to another person or group of people.

9. Conciseness and being specific is the same.

10. Following these principles will ensure effective communication.

Godbless!!! :)