Read each question carefully and select the best answer.

1		What metaphor do the theorists use to help explain the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)?
			A)	onion
			B)	satellite
			C)	camera
			D)	theatre
2		The most basic level identified in the hierarchy of meaning is called:
			A)	raw data
			B)	speech acts
			C)	contract
			D)	content
3		Complimenting, insulting, and promising all represent which level in the hierarchy of meaning?
			A)	speech acts
			B)	content
			C)	contract
			D)	raw data
4		Another name for a contract is a:
			A)	relationship agreement
			B)	mutual understanding
			C)	punctuated experience
			D)	co-culture
5		Communication routines that have no definable beginnings, middles, or endings are called:
			A)	contracts
			B)	episodes
			C)	life scripts
			D)	cultural patterns
6		Your sense of self is also called your:
			A)	lifespace
			B)	personal meaning
			C)	interpersonal meaning
			D)	life script
7		Two primary issues influence the coordination process, including:
			A)	punctuation and morality
			B)	resource availability and punctuation
			C)	morality and resource availability
			D)	resource availability and field of experience
8		Some people believe that because they have no alternatives available to them, they will continue to engage in:
			A)	conflict resolution
			B)	sustained conflict
			C)	preemptive conflict
			D)	relationship rebuilding
9		When one level of the hierarchy supports another, CMM theorists believe that a ____________ has occurred.
			A)	strange loop
			B)	supporting behavior
			C)	cultural pattern
			D)	charmed loop
10		A person's belief about how meaning and action "fit" within an interpersonal exchange is called:
			A)	social reality
			B)	interpersonal meaning
			C)	personal meaning
			D)	social interaction