What term describes the act of passing information from a sender to a receiver to achieve understanding?

• A. Communication
• B. Message
• C. Feedback
• D. Method of communication

Answer: (A)

Communication is the act of sending information from a sender to a receiver with the aim of achieving understanding. It’s about the whole process: the sender encodes an idea, chooses a channel, and delivers it; the receiver decodes the message and indicates whether understanding was reached. The other terms refer to parts of that process: the message is the actual content being conveyed, feedback is the receiver’s response that shows understanding (or lack of it), and the method of communication is the way the information is sent (spoken, written, email, etc.).