COMM 160 MIDTERM EXAM (QUESTION AND ANSWERS)

COMM 160 MIDTERM EXAM 1. An "XF" grade is equivalent to an academic "F." A) True B) False Feedback: From Section D of the College of Communications' Academic Integrity Policy: "(2 ) An “XF” grade is a formal University d ...

COMM 160 MIDTERM EXAM 1. An "XF" grade is equivalent to an academic "F." A) True B) False Feedback: From Section D of the College of Communications' Academic Integrity Policy: "(2 ) An “XF” grade is a formal University disciplinary sanction." Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): False 2. Bringing the case is the responsibility of the instructor of record. If the charges are based in whole or in part on evidence or reports provided by a teaching assistant, the instructor must have reviewed the evidence or report and be willing to personally stand behind it, and it becomes part of his or her case. A) True B) False Feedback: From Section C of the of the College of Communications' Academic Integrity Procedures: "(2) Bringing the case is the responsibility of the instructor of record. If the charges are based in whole or in part on evidence or reports provided by a teaching assistant, the instructor must have reviewed the evidence or report and be willing to personally stand behind it, and it becomes part of his or her case." Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): True 3. You and a friend decide to work together on a lab assignment. Because you are in two different sections of the same course, you print out two copies of the completed report, and each submit it as your own individual work. Is this plagiarism? A) Yes B) No Feedback: This is plagiarism: You are each expected to submit a report which you wrote on your own unless explicitly given permission to do otherwise by your instructor. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 4. The OBVIOUS answer is to do your homework. A) Noun B) Adjective Feedback: Obvious describes answer. Therefore, obvious is an adjective. C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: Obvious describes answer. Therefore, obvious is an adjective. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): B 5. The child loudly wailed after the toy WAS TAKEN away. A) Noun B) Adjective C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb Feedback: What happened to the toy? It was taken. Was taken is a verb. F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: What happened to the toy? It was taken. Was taken is a verb. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): E 6. Richard takes hot coffee to his FRIENDS but not to his enemies. A) Noun Feedback: Noun is correct because friends are people. B) Adjective C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: Friends is a noun because they are people. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 7. The snake bit Joey IN the right leg to create a severe wound. A) Noun B) Adjective C) Adverb D) Preposition Feedback: In demonstrates the relationship between two nouns, Joey and leg. Therefore, in is a preposition. E) Verb F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: In connects Joey and leg to demonstrate the relationship between the two nouns. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): D 8. The snake bit Joey in the RIGHT leg to create a severe wound. A) Noun B) Adjective Feedback: Right describes leg. Right, therefore, is an adjective. C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: Right describes leg. Right, therefore, is an adjective. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): B 9. Frank pondered whether sleeping or WORK would be more enjoyable. A) Noun Feedback: Noun is correct. Work is a thing. B) Adjective C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: Frank pondered what would be more enjoyable? Work. Work is a thing, and therefore is a noun. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 10. Good gracious, what HAPPENED here? A) Noun B) Adjective C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb Feedback: Verb is correct because happened is the action of the sentence. F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: Happened is a verb because it is the action in this sentence. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): E 11. Fred fixed the LITTLE red wagon. A) Noun B) Adjective Feedback: Little modifies wagon. Therefore, little is an adjective. C) Adverb D) Preposition E) Verb F) Interjection G) Conjunction Feedback: Little modifies wagon. Therefore, little is an adjective. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): B 12. The individual the police arrested was THE SUSPECT in another major crime, according to media reports. A) Appositive B) Indirect object C) Direct object D) Subject E) Subject complement Feedback: Subject complement is correct. The first thing we have to do is break the sentence into separate clauses. 1.) The police arrested 2.) The individual was the suspect in another major crime. The suspect is the noun after a linking/helping verb that refers back to the subject. That clause can be reversed: The suspect in another major crime was the individual. F) Object of the preposition G) None of the above Feedback: The first thing we have to do is break the sentence into separate clauses .....................................CONTINUED............................