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1. Which of the following is an advantage of using the Social Communication Model in shaping messages?

The message is well controlled by the sender.

Conversational threads are easier to respond to.

People can take pieces of the communication based on interest.

There is less information overload.

There is increased productivity and increased employee engagement.

2. Because of the increase in the use of technology, which of the following might help in determining what communications to work on first?

The filtering feature that identifies high priority items

The sender name feature to identify internal and external messages

The attachment icon that indicates additional important information

The information that best supports blogs and social networking feeds

The date and time the message was received

3. The person or group who wishes to convey a message is which element of the communication process?

a. receiver

b. encoder

c. sender

d. decoder

4. Sarah was employed at Carvon Printing Company as a marketing executive. The company wanted to fire her because some senior employees did not want work with a female employee. To avoid being sued for wrongful termination, Sarah’s supervisors started pressuring her with tight project schedules and isolating her from meetings and other office events. When the working conditions were made intolerable to an even greater extent, Sarah decided to quit her job. In this scenario, Sarah:

has a valid claim under the bona fide occupational qualification defense.

has a valid claim for constructive discharge.

cannot sue the employer because she voluntarily quit her job.

cannot sue the employer because she was an at-will employee.

5. When a company chooses a low cost strategy, it will be successful by keeping its focus on cost to the exclusion of everything else.

True or False