Timedora
Free Practice Quiz Question List

6 Coordination, Prediction, and Repair Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 6 Coordination, Prediction, and Repair, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

At dinner, someone says, “Please pass the…” The setting makes “salt” seem likely, but the speaker says “pepper.” Which response best describes how the listener can use the context?

  1. A

    The listener must wait until the speaker finishes before forming an expectation.

  2. B

    The listener may expect a likely continuation but can revise that expectation when another word arrives.

  3. C

    The listener’s expectation makes any different continuation impossible to understand.

02
True or false
1 point

A listener’s expectation about what comes next is a certainty, so a different continuation cannot be understood.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

Listeners do not have to wait for a sentence to end before interpreting it; comprehension is .

04
Written response
1 point

What is the name of the proposal that comprehenders recruit some processes used in language production to anticipate an upcoming utterance?

05
Choose all
1 point

Which kinds of information may listeners or readers predict as language arrives? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Meaning

  2. B

    Grammatical structure

  3. C

    A likely word form

  4. D

    The exact physical location of the listener

06
Choose one
1 point

A listener expects “salt” after hearing “Please pass the…” but hears “pepper.” What can the listener do with the unexpected input?

  1. A

    The listener must discard the context and stop interpreting the sentence.

  2. B

    The listener should keep the first interpretation because predictions cannot be revised.

  3. C

    The listener can update the interpretation using the incoming sound and the context.

  4. D

    The listener can understand the word only if it was predicted in advance.

07
True or false
1 point

A speaker may monitor an utterance before speaking and also monitor it after speech begins.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Fill in the blank
1 point

When a listener responds to a message, that response can give the speaker about whether the message was understood.

09
Choose one
1 point

Two people rapidly switch between listening and speaking in a conversation. Which claim best explains how comprehension and production can interact despite their different demands?

  1. A

    They can draw on some overlapping linguistic knowledge and meaning representations despite their different input and output demands.

  2. B

    They use identical inputs and outputs in every situation.

  3. C

    They operate without any shared linguistic knowledge or meaning representations.

  4. D

    Production occurs only after comprehension has completely stopped.

10
Choose all
1 point

Which statements accurately describe repair in conversation? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    It can address trouble in speaking, hearing, or understanding.

  2. B

    It can occur only when the original speaker notices and corrects a problem without input from a listener.

  3. C

    A listener can signal a problem, prompting the speaker to clarify.

  4. D

    It can help participants restore a sufficiently shared understanding.

11
Choose one
1 point

A speaker hears themself say “Turn left at the—” and notices the intended direction is right. Which monitoring route is the speaker using at that point?

  1. A

    Checking an internal representation before an utterance is spoken

  2. B

    Listening to one’s own voice after speech begins

  3. C

    Waiting for a listener to repeat the entire conversation

  4. D

    Predicting the listener’s next response before speaking

12
Open ended
1 point

A speaker begins giving directions but notices that the direction they started to say conflicts with what they intended. Explain how monitoring may affect the speaker’s utterance, and why the speaker might still fail to correct the error.

13
Written response
1 point

In addition to turning an intended message into words, what physical actions does production involve in speech?

14
True or false
1 point

Communication can be coordinated only if neither participant makes an error.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

15
Written response
1 point

What is the name of the proposal that comprehenders recruit some language-production processes to anticipate an upcoming utterance?

16
Choose one
1 point

A reader sees the beginning of a sentence, “Before leaving, Maya grabbed her umbrella because…,” and starts working out its meaning before reaching the end. Which idea best describes this?

  1. A

    The reader waits until the complete sentence is available before forming any interpretation.

  2. B

    The reader begins interpreting the sentence as each part arrives.

  3. C

    The reader ignores the sentence and relies only on prior knowledge.

  4. D

    The reader interprets the sentence only after saying it aloud.

17
Choose one
1 point

At dinner, someone hears “Please pass the…” and expects “salt.” The speaker says “pepper.” What should the listener do?

  1. A

    The listener should ignore the unexpected word and keep the original prediction.

  2. B

    The listener should treat the original prediction as certain and assume the speaker made an error.

  3. C

    The listener should use the incoming word and context to update the interpretation.

  4. D

    The listener should stop interpreting until the conversation ends.

18
Choose one
1 point

A speaker checks an intended utterance before saying it, then listens to their own voice once they begin speaking. Which description best matches these two monitoring routes?

  1. A

    Both checks occur only after the speaker has finished talking.

  2. B

    Checking an internal representation can occur before speaking; listening to one’s own voice can occur after speech begins.

  3. C

    Internal checking is done by the listener, while listening to one’s own voice is done by the speaker.

  4. D

    Both checks are forms of listener-initiated repair.

19
Written response
1 point

What term refers to addressing trouble in speaking, hearing, or understanding during conversation?

20
Choose one
1 point

A speaker notices that their wording does not match their intention and corrects it. Besides changing the words, what can speech monitoring affect?

  1. A

    It can affect the words produced and the timing and fluency of speech.

  2. B

    It affects only whether the listener understands the speaker.

  3. C

    It prevents every speech error from occurring.

  4. D

    It changes only the speaker’s interpretation of what was said.