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Barriers to effective communication
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40 CXC CAPE Communication Studies questions on Barriers to effective communication, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is a barrier to communication?

  1. A deliberate refusal to respond to a message
  2. The physical distance between sender and receiver
  3. A difference of opinion between the participants
  4. Anything preventing a message being received as the sender intended
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✓ Answer: DAnything preventing a message being received as the sender intended
Award 1 mark. Most barriers are not faults of language at all. Distance is one physical barrier among many kinds.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which of these is a physiological barrier?

  1. A hostile attitude towards the speaker
  2. Fatigue in the receiver
  3. Background noise in a classroom
  4. Technical jargon in the message
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✓ Answer: BFatigue in the receiver
Award 1 mark. Physiological barriers belong to the body and include hearing loss, illness and hunger as well as tiredness. Background noise is physical and jargon is semantic.
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