A Police Officer Uses an Upright Hand with a Flat

question 20

Multiple Choice

A police officer uses an upright hand with a flat palm to indicate "stop" to oncoming traffic in the middle of a busy city intersection. This action demonstrates that a substituting signal is often used in place of an oral message because __________.

• A) verbal messages are too long
• B) verbal messages can be impossible, undesirable, or inappropriate
• C) nonverbal messages are ambiguous
• D) nonverbal messages are universal

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