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Final Human Communication Studies 100 Monday-Wednesday, 1-2:15 Instructor: Paul Wright Instructor’s Version 1. Which of the following descriptions fits all the criteria of group communication? Five students who meet each Wednesday through the semester in order to study for biology exams Seven beauticians who unexpectedly congregate at the coffee shop for an hour A zookeeper who practices tasks with four chimpanzees each day for an hour Three business executives who have a conference call to determine next year’s budget (What is a group? 256-259) 2. Which of the following roles is a maintenance behavior? Information seeker Starter Energizer Harmonizer (Table 8-2, 8-3, 266-269) 3. You are working on a class project and you and your team members decide that any and all decisions must be approved unanimously to be implemented. This resolution reflects which decision making pattern? Authoritarian Majority control Minority control Consensus (Decision Making Methods, 273-275) 4. An all-channel communication network will be more efficient than a wheel network in: Providing the leader with more information than other members Solving simple, routine tasks Solving complex, ambiguous tasks Finding one member to serve as a clearinghouse for information (Patterns of Interaction, 271-273) 5. “Role fixation” occurs when: A group member acts out a role regardless of whether that role is necessary Two or more members play the same role A group communicologist “fixes” a group’s ineffective communication patterns A member plays the same role repeatedly (Role –Related Problems Solutions, 270-271) 6. In the study of group communication, “power distance” refers to: The separation of power between