The ringing of the telephone and its interruption of the meeting would be considered

Question

Scenario: Ramon, a district manager at Great American Foods Inc., had posted the date of his team meeting on the company blog. On the day of the meeting, Ramon called the sales managers into his office, where he inquired about the status of each one's work. While the managers were giving their reports, Ramon received a call. Though he decided not to answer it, the ringing of the phone interrupted the meeting. As a result, a manager had to repeat what he had said.

A) noise.
B) distortion.
C) channel overwhelm.
D) auditory clutter.
E) information overload.

Answer 1

A) noise.
The communication process often is hampered by noise, or interference in the system, that blocks perfect understanding. Noise could be anything that interferes with accurate communication: ringing telephones, thoughts about other things, or simple fatigue or stress.