Bobby: "I Got a New Bat!" Jan: "That's Great

question 44

Multiple Choice

Bobby: "I got a new bat!" Jan: "That's great.I can't wait to see you swing it at the game next Saturday." Bobby: "Not that kind of bat! His name is Del and he's my new pet." This exchange between Bobby and Jan best illustrates which principle of communication?

• A)Communication is ambiguous.
• B) Communication is a package of signals.
• C) Communication is punctuated.
• D)Communication is purposeful.

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Definitions:

Plausible

Appearing likely or believable, though not necessarily true.

Method of Residues

A principle in problem-solving that identifies and subtracts known influences from a scenario to isolate unknown factors.

Bad Smell

In software development, it refers to any symptom in the source code that possibly indicates a deeper problem.

Causal Factors

Elements or conditions that contribute to the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition.