Entrance exam

• Formal types of communication skills are referred to as “official communication” and cover the gamut of verbal expressions that address a formal need.
• Informal communication, also known as “the unofficial grapevine”, is surprisingly popular and often involves word-of-mouth information.
• Face-to-face oral communication is the most recognized type of communication and involves expressing what you speak, which can be formal or informal.
• Distance (oral) communication has made the world a smaller and more accessible place and includes mobile phones, VOIP, video-conferencing, 2-way webinars, etc.
• Non-verbal types of communication are more subtle but far more powerful and include the entire gamut of physical postures, gestures, tone and pace of voice, and the attitude with which you communicate.
• Written communication, which depends on the trusty old mailman, has now taken over every aspect of our world.
• Kinesics or kinesic communication is all about communication through body movements, such as gestures and facial expressions.
• Proxemics is the study of space and how we use it, and how it makes us feel more or less comfortable.
• Haptic communication is a branch of nonverbal communication that refers to the ways in which people and animals communicate and interact via the sense of touch.
• Paralanguage refers to the vocalized but nonverbal parts of a message.
• Examples of vectors are weight, displacement, force, velocity, etc.
• Newton Mass (N) is a unit of measurement.
• A quantity that has magnitude but no particular direction is described as scalar.
• Polyethylene is used in applications ranging from films, tubes, plastic parts, laminates, etc.
• Examples of synthetic polymers include nylon, polyethylene, polyester, Teflon, and epoxy.
• Examples of scalars are mass, density, time, temperature, volume, energy, speed, etc.
• Vector quantities refer to the physical quantities characterized by the presence of both magnitude as well as direction, including displacement, force, torque, momentum, acceleration, velocity, etc.
• Polyethylene is a lightweight, durable thermoplastic with a variable crystalline structure.
• A quantity that has magnitude and acts in a particular direction is described as vector.
• Polyethylene is one of the most widely produced plastics in the world, with tens of millions of tons produced worldwide each year.
• Natural polymers occur in nature and can be extracted, often being water-based.
• Synthetic polymers are derived from petroleum oil, and made by scientists and engineers.
• These quantities can be described using a number only.
• Vocalics is the study of paralanguage, which includes the vocal qualities that go along with verbal messages, such as pitch, volume, rate, vocal quality, and verbal fillers.
• Chronemics is the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication.
• Encoding is the process where the sender uses certain words or non-verbal methods such as symbols, signs, body gestures, etc. to translate the information into a message.
• Feedback is the final step of the process that ensures the receiver has received the message and interpreted it correctly as it was intended by the sender.
• A normal distribution, sometimes called the bell curve, is a distribution that occurs naturally in many situations.
• Noise shows the barriers in communications.
• The sender’s knowledge, skills, perception, background, competencies, etc. has a great impact on the success of the message.
• The message can be written, oral, symbolic or non-verbal such as body gestures, silence, sighs, sounds, etc. or any other signal that triggers the response of a receiver.
• Modus tollens is a valid argument form in propositional calculus in which and are propositions.
• Technology literacy is the ability of an individual, working independently and with others, to responsibly, appropriately and effectively use technology tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information.
• The degree to which the receiver decodes the message depends on his knowledge of the subject matter, experience, trust and relationship with the sender.
• The choice of medium depends on the interpersonal relationships between the sender and the receiver and also on the urgency of the message being sent.
• Decoding is the process where the receiver interprets the sender’s message and tries to understand it in the best possible manner.
• The sender or the communicator is the person who initiates the conversation and has conceptualized the idea that he intends to convey it to others.
• The response of the receiver can be verbal or non-verbal.
• In propositional logic, modus ponens, also known as modus ponendo ponens or implication elimination or affirming the antecedent, is a deductive argument form and rule of inference.
• Agyu is the epic hero of Bukidnon, setting the story in the past, present, or future and representing the social and cultural conditions in which the characters exist.