Six context choices with reasons you can inspect
These six items distinguish spoken words, a gesture, written sentences, a visual map, a combined spoken-and-visual presentation and a listening accuracy check. A single message can use several modes, and recognising its mode does not establish whether its content is correct. These are basic distinctions for reviewing a message, without a test of writing, hearing, vision or speaking performance.
Read the 0-to-6 count as matches within six cases, then review their explanations. All guides stay complete at every count.
What these six cases cover
These six items distinguish spoken words, a gesture, written sentences, a visual map, a combined spoken-and-visual presentation and a listening accuracy check. A single message can use several modes, and recognising its mode does not establish whether its content is correct. These are basic distinctions for reviewing a message, without a test of writing, hearing, vision or speaking performance.
Read more and fewer matches
A larger count reflects more matches to six basic distinctions in this bank. It is not an IQ score, a language-proficiency level or evidence of expertise in designing accessible materials. A smaller count gives specific terms to review. The selected cases do not cover every communication mode or every practical condition in which people exchange information.
A chart and an explanation can coexist
A presenter describes a labelled chart aloud. Calling it only spoken or only visual leaves out part of the supplied message. Naming both does not guarantee that every attendee can use it; a person may need labels, captions, text or another format. Likewise, a pointing gesture is nonverbal, but its meaning should not be assumed universal. The case asks about the mode, not hidden intentions.
Inspect what carries one important instruction
Take a routine instruction and identify what carries the essential information: words heard aloud, text, an image, a gesture or a combination. Check whether removing one mode would remove a necessary detail, then consider an appropriate alternative if needed. A counterexample is treating recognition of the label “visual” as proof that the information is accessible, understood or accepted. Those require separate checks.
Counts, incomplete attempts and close results
- This part contains six original cases, each with four options and one editorial answer key that fits the conditions stated in that case. Each matching choice adds one; the part count ranges from 0 to 6. The whole bank count ranges from 0 to 30. All 30 responses are required before a report is shown; unanswered is not silently scored as wrong. There is no time limit, population norm, ability grade, pass mark, employment prediction or conversion into a career-match percentage.
- Equal or nearby counts do not prove equal communication ability. Two people can have the same count after choosing different answers, and a six-item part is a small sample of cases. A single extra matching answer is one item in this bank, without evidence of a meaningful real-world difference. Review the relevant explanations instead of selecting a winning trait or comparing people’s suitability for a role.
An original practice and an optional next step
- FermatMind wrote all situations, bilingual options, keys and explanations for this edition. The linked University of Pittsburgh and U.S. CMS resources discuss audience, purpose and clear writing; they provide practical background, not validation or endorsement of this bank. This is not Duran’s Communicative Adaptability Scale.
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