Question : Multiple Choice 1. Rick was born with male and female sex : 1353021

Multiple Choice

1. Rick was born with male and female sex organs.  Which of the following is the best term to describe Rick as a person with biological qualities of a male and a female?

A. transsexuals

B. intersexed

C. transgendered

D. gender rebels

E. dualsexed

2.  Information about sex, gender, and communication is best gleaned through

A.  quantitative research methods

B.  qualitative research methods

C.  critical research methods

D.  mixed research methods.

E.  each of the methods above offers useful insights into sex, gender, and communication.

3.  Which of the following persons would be accurately described as “cisgendered?”

A.  A person born as a biological female who embodies both masculine and feminine characteristics.

B.  A biological male who prefers romantic and sexual relationships with biological males.

C.  A biological female who identifies as female and feminine.

D.  A biological female who enjoys dressing in men’s clothing.

E.  A person whose biological sex is inconsistent with their gender identity.

4.The meaning of masculinity and femininity in our lives is affected by

A.  our age

B.  our race

C.  our interactions with others

D.  the historical time period in which we live

E.  all of the above

5. Which of these chromosomal patterns has/have been found in people our society labels male?

A. XXX

B. XX0

C. XYY

D. X0

E. none of these

6. The term patriarchy literally means ____________.

A. oppression of females.

B. from male standpoint.

C. rule by the fathers.

D. government by men.

E. all of the above.

7. Your Gendered Lives book includes a text box outlining transgendered activism on college campuses.  Students emphasized the connection between language and identity by creating ways of identifying themselves and others that did not specify gender.  The word “ze” is:

A. a pronoun representing masculine and feminine people.

B. a verb representing transformation.

C. a description of a person who is transgendered.

D. a description of a person who is androgynous.

E. a description of a person who is transsexual.

8. Yan Bing and Dianna are college students discussing how they each define “cheating” in a romantic relationship.  Yan Bing considers flirting during an IM conversation cheating, but Dianna thinks cheating only involves physical contact.  Later, they continue the discussion with friends over dinner.  This scenario best describes which of the following?

A. Communication is a dynamic and contextual.

B. Communication is gendered.

C. Yan Bing and Dianna are exhibiting feminine styles of communication.

D. Content level of meaning and relationship level of meaning are not the same thing.

E. All of the above.

9. A professor says to a student, “I will not accept your paper after 5 pm today.”  The content level of meaning in this message is that

A. the professor is open to negotiation.

B. the professor feels s/he has to explain the policy to the student.

C. the professor can exercise power over the student.

D. the professor feels s/he has greater status than the student.

E. the professor won’t accept the paper after 5 pm today.