Vocabulary
Communication Model
Noise and Listening
Emailing
Miscellaneous
100

This word from the review means the goal of listening: to grasp someone else's meaning before replying.

Understand

100

In the communication model, this role encodes and sends the original message.

Sender

100

Match this noise type: loud music, construction sounds, or poor acoustics.

Environmental

100

According to the worksheet, what is the first element students should correct when editing an email for professionalism?

Subject Line

100

Which country is the largest in the world?

Russia

200

The word in the word bank that refers to the person who starts the message in a communication exchange.

Sender

200

After the sender transmits a message, this role receives and attempts to decode it.

Receiver

200

Match this noise type: a speaker uses slang or mispronounces words, causing confusion.

Semantics

200

This greeting is more professional than "Hey" or using no greeting at all.

"Dear [Title] [Last Name]" or "Hello [Mr./Ms./Dr.] [Last Name]"?

200

What is James Bond's code name?

007

300

This term from the bank refers to a response the receiver gives back to the sender.

Feedback

300

This is any disruption that prevents a message from being decoded clearly (one-word answer).

Noise

300

Match this noise type: the listener is sick or cannot see the speaker's visual cues.

Physical

300

Identify two tone issues in the sample student email that make it unprofessional.

Using slang/abbreviations ("plz", "tbh"), informal punctuation (multiple question marks), accusatory tone ("you didn't even read it"), and lack of respectful language?

300

In human anatomy, what does the “hallux” refer to?

Big toe

400

The word that names any distracting trigger that interrupts a message being sent or received.

Noise

400

Name two elements of listening that the review highlights as essential (one concerns hearing; the other concerns meaning).

"Can you hear, focus, understand, or remember?"

400

Match this noise type: a listener distracted by worries about social perception or thinking about someone specific.

Psychological

400

List three proofreading edits you should make when revising a professional email (not content changes, but mechanics).

Correcting capitalization, fixing punctuation and sentence structure, and checking spelling/grammar?

400

What is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis?

Venus

500

From the word bank: the state of a message being correctly received and interpreted.

Understood

500

Explain briefly how feedback fits into the communication model and why it's important for clarity.

 Feedback is the receiver's returned message or response that tells the sender whether the original message was received and understood; it completes the loop and helps correct misunderstandings.

500

From the worksheet: identify and define the two kinds of distracted listening named "__________ Listening" and "__________ Listening" (fill blanks and explain).

"False Listening" (seeming to focus while actually thinking about something else) and "Partial Listening" (attempting to focus but becoming distracted)? (Accept explanations aligned with the worksheet wording.)

500

Rewrite the sample subject line into a concise, professional subject suitable for requesting a regrade.

"Request for Grade Review — [Assignment Name]" (Accept similar concise, respectful versions.)

500

What is the only food that can never go bad?

Honey