NPTEL Soft Skills Week 5 Assignment Answers 2024
1. What does ‘allness syndrome’ in categorical thinking lead to?
- Enhanced clarity in communication
- Increased flexibility in thinking
- Improved interpersonal relationships
- Communication breakdown
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2. Which of the following traits should a person maintain to be an ethical communicator in an organization?
- Use ambiguous language
- Ensure formality and transparency in all communications
- Make far-fetched predictions
- Prioritize personal opinions over factual information
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3. Which of the following poets wrote, “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”?
- Walt Whitman
- Robert Frost
- Emily Dickinson
- Langston Hughes
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4. Which of the following appropriately describes the primary goal of advanced writing skills?
- To use complex vocabulary unnecessarily
- To communicate ideas clearly and effectively
- To increase the length of written documents
- To confuse the reader with intricate language
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5. Which of the following does not contribute to communication breakdown?
- Differing background
- Faltering with words
- Mutual understanding
- Uncertainty about content
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6. In …… pattern topics or subjects are broken into subtopics or categories.
- spatial
- categorical
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7. ………… is the practice of crediting sources of information used in writing.
- Plagiarism
- Citation
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8. ……….. is known as the father of English essays.
- Francis Bacon
- Charles Lamb
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9. Messages without ………phrases and redundant expressions are easier to comprehend.
- flabby
- glassy
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10. Communication breakdown often occurs due to ………. use of jargon which distorts the message during transmission.
- extensive
- minimal
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