Public Speaking Unit 1 Exam
Persuasive speeches on questions of ___________ judge whether something is good or bad, right or wrong, fair or unfair.
Value
According to your textbook, saying "dunno" instead of "don't know" is an error in
articulation
Forming particular speech sounds crisply and distinctly is called
articulation
If you were giving an informative speech to your classmates on the subject of fracking, you would probably include a __________ in your introduction
definition
Speechmaking is a form of power and therefore carries with it heavy __________ responsibilities.
ethical
"To inform my audience about the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bomb," is a specific purpose statement for an informative speech about an
event
When you use the __________ method of delivery, you become so familiar with the substance of your speech that you need only a few brief notes to jog your memory.
extemporaneous
What, according to your textbook, is the term for anything that impedes the communication of a message?
interference
In discussing the extent of the problem, we will look at the number of parents who don't vaccinate their children, the reasons they give for their decision, and the number of children who have become sick or died as a result.
internal preview
The study of bodily motion and gestures is part of a subject called
kinesics
People spend more time __________ than in any other communication activity.
listening
Giving excessive attention to the details of a speech is an example of
listening too hard
"Conversational Quality" in speech delivery means that the speech
sounds spontaneous even though it has been rehearsed.
As defined in your textbook, channel in the speech communication process refers to
the means by which a message is communicated
A speech about the equipment used in the sport of ice hockey should probably use _________ organization.
topical
If the following connective were used before the third main point of an informative speech about charter schools, the speech would most likely be organized in ___________ order
topical
Although most people speak at a rate of 120 to 180 words a minute, the brain can process a rate of
400 to 500 Words a minute
Then listening for a speaker's evidence, you should keep an ear out for its
All of these answers are correct
To prepare an effective speech introduction, your textbook recommends that you
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Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches?
All of these answers are correct
Which of the following does your textbook recommend for developing your first classroom speech?
All of these answers are correct
Which of the following does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech?
All of these answers are correct
Which of the following should be included in a preparation outline ?
All of these answers are correct
Ted is listening to the introduction of Janine's speech when he thinks to himself, "Man, this is really going to be boring." What aspect of poor listening identified in your textbook is Ted exhibiting in this example?
Jumping to conclusions
Which of the following is mentioned in your textbook as a guideline for a preparation outline?
Label the introduction, body, and conclusion
According to your textbook, a common mistake students make when developing their first speech is
trying to cover too much material
Your textbook recommends that when you deliver your first speech, you should make an effort to
All of these answers are correct
What does your textbook say is the first step to improving your listening skills?
Take listening seriously
Which of the following is a correctly worded main point for a speech preparation outline
There are two major types of leadership
According to your textbook, when you listen to evaluate a speakers message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it, what kind of listening is involved?
critical
Devon is president of the International Student Organization. He is listening to the Dean of Students present her plan for a new multicultural center so he can decide whether or not to support the plan. According to your textbook, Devon is engaged in __________ listening.
critical
Tara's campus organization has invited several travel agents to speak to the group about their best deals on trips for spring break. As Tara listens, she is deciding which travel package is the best one for her. During the presentations, she is engaged in which form of listening?
critical
According to your textbook, _________ is the audiences perception of whether a speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
goodwill
Identify the flaw in the following specific purpose statement for a classroom speech: "To inform my audience about the solar system."
It's too general
Which of the following is discussed in your textbook as a guideline for effective informative speaking?
Relate the topic directly to the audience
Which of the following is correctly worded main point for a speech preparation outline?
Researchers are working on ways to use the iris as a means of identification
Which of the following is a major objective of a speech introduction?
Reveal the topic
Which organizational pattern would probably be the most effective for arranging the main points of a speech with the specific purpose "The three parts of an insect's body are the head, the thorax, and the abdomen"?
Spatial
As you listen to a speech about campus crime, you relate the speaker's ideas to your own knowledge, goals, and experience. According to your textbook, you are filtering the speech through your own
frame of reference
Because every person has a unique __________ based on his or her own knowledge, experience, and values, the meaning of a message can never be exactly the same to a listener as to a speaker.
frame of reference
The three kinds of plagiarism discussed in your textbook are
global plagiarism, patchwork plagiarism, and incremental plagiarism
Margaret is passionately committed to animal rights. At an evening lecture required for her biology class, she learned that the title of the speaker's talk was "The Importance of Animal Experimentation to Medical Advances." Offended and sure that the speaker had nothing ethical or interesting to say, Margaret paid no attention at all during the lecture. According to your textbook, the primary cause of Margaret's poor listening was
jumping to conclusions
According to the advice given in your textbook, if you make a mistake when you are giving a speech, the best thing to do is
keep going because your audience doesn't know what you had planned to say.
When conducting a question and answer session, you should
view the session as one more opportunity to communicate your ideas
The _________ is a one sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Central Idea
Speeches about __________ are often more complex than other types of informative speeches.
Concepts
Everything a speaker says is filtered through a listener's
frame of reference
According to your textbook, that aims of an informative speech include
All of these answers are correct
Which of the following does your textbook recommend when you need to speak impromptu?
Both support your position with statistics, examples, or testimony and summarize your position at the end of the speech.
Cesar's specific purpose for his classroom informative speech is "To inform my audience how to load apps onto their cell phones." According to your textbook, are there any flaws in Cesar's specific purpose?
Yes. Cesar's specific purpose is too trivial for this audience.
To say that public speaking is a way to make a difference about something we care about is to recognize that public speaking is
a form of empowerment
As Christopher delivered his speech, he noticed that some members of his audience looked confused as he explained one of his main points. As a result, he slowed down and explained the point again. In this case, Christopher was
adapting to audience feedback
"The three main methods of harvesting trees in professional logging are selective cutting, clear cutting, and row thinning" is an example of a
central idea
For her first speech, Rebekah plans to explain her interest in dance beginning with her childhood and continuing through her days in high school. Which pattern of organization discussed in your textbook will she use in her speech?
chronological
Julia is listening to her meteorology professor explain how to interpret images from Doppler radar. Because Julia's goal is to understand the information being presented, she is engaged in __________ listening.
comprehensive
"To inform my audience about the different theories of intellectual property in Eastern and Western cultures" is an example of a specific purpose statement for an informative speech about a(n)
concept
"to inform my audience about the major principles of Keynesian economic theory" is a specific purpose statement for a speech about a(n)
concept
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act now would open a real can of worms" is a poorly phrased central idea for a persuasive speech because it
contains figurative language
According to your textbook, when you are in a formal speaking situation the most effective way of gaining the initial attention of your audience after you walk to the front of the room is
looking directly at the audience without saying a word
According to your textbook, when you prepare speaking notes for your first speech, you should
make sure the notes can be read at arm's length
Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else is termed the
message
As your textbook explains, a speaker who assembles a speech by copying word for word from two or three sources is committing what kind of plagiarism?
patchwork
Which objective of a good speech introduction is fulfilled by the following statement?
preview the body of the speech
The ____________ is that portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade
target audience
To avoid plagiarism when using an Internet source in your speech, your textbook recommends keeping track of all of the following except
the comments the document has received on Google.
Which organizational pattern would probably be most effective for arranging the main points of a speech with the central idea
topical
Which organizational pattern would probably be most effective for arranging the main points of a speech with the specific purpose "To inform my audience about the three major principles of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence"?
topical
A speech with the specific purpose "To inform my audience of the major features of the Empire State Building" would most likely be organized in __________ order
topical or spatial
A sentence or two that lets the audience know that a speaker has finished one thought and moving on to another is called a
transition
According to your textbook, the ethical obligations of listeners in a public speaking situation include
Both maintaining the free and open expression of ideas and being courteous and attentive during the speech
Which of the following is presented in your textbook as a guideline for ethical speechmaking?
Both put ethical principles into practice and make sure your goals are ethically sound.
Arranged below are a main point, two subpoints, and two sub-subpoints from a speech preparation outline. Which is the second subpoint?
After Thales, Aristotle was the major figure in ancient meteorology.
Your textbook recommends that when you develop your first speech , you should look for ways to
All of these answers are correct
According to your textbook, which of the following should be included in a preparation outline?
Both a bibliography and a specific purpose statement
"Benefits of cycling" is a poorly phrased central idea for an informative speech because it
Both is expressed as a fragment instead of a full sentence and is too general
"Abandoning nuclear power because of accidents would be like throwing the baby out with the water" is a poorly phrased specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech because it
Both is missing a reference to the audience and contains figurative language
Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to keep from plagiarizing?
Get an early start on researching and preparing your speech.
A ringing cell phone or an audience member browsing the Web on her laptop during a speech are examples of which element in the speech communication process?
Interference
Jerome found several excellent sources for his informative speech. He pulled key information from them, blended those ideas into his own perspective, and cited his sources when he presented the speech. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?
Jerome is ethical because he cited his sources and used them to develop his own slant on the topic
Which of the following is presented in your textbook as a guideline for ethical speechmaking?
Make sure your goals are ethically sound
Which of the following specific purpose statements is from a persuasive speech seeking passive agreement?
To persuade my audience that the campus library should be open 24 hours a day
Here are the main points for an informative speech about the accomplishments of Leonardo De Vinci.
Topical
To persuade my audience to give blood regularly and to become an organ donor is a poorly phrased specific purpose statement for a classroom speech because it
contains more than one distinct idea
_____________ is the audiences perception of whether the speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
credibility
As explained in your textbook, public speakers have an ethical obligation to avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language because such language
demeans the personal dignity of the groups or individuals being attacked.
All of the following are necessary in a preparation outline except
directions for delivering the speech
According to your textbook, the branch of philosophy that deals with human issues of right and wrong is termed
ethics
Public speakers who seek to communicate with listeners from cultures other than their own need to take special care to avoid __________ in their speeches.
ethnocentrism
All of the following are presented in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking except
explain your motives for speaking to the audience.
"Denying a college education to children of undocumented immigrants is like cutting off your nose to spite your face" is a poorly phrased central idea for a persuasive speech because it is
expressed in figurative language
"To persuade my audience that a major earthquake will strike Los Angeles before the year 2020" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of
fact
All of the following are recommended by your textbook to help you deal with nervousness except:
focus on achieving perfection
A representative from the FBI visited Marshall's criminology class to talk about new communications technology... According to your textbook, what aspect of poor listening was Marshall exhibiting?
focusing on personal appearance
As your textbook makes clear, speechmaking carries heavy ethical responsibilities because it is a form of
power
According to your textbook, the following passage from a speech introduction is an example of an
preview statement
Alex's persuasive speech on a question of policy includes the following connective between the second and third main points: First we saw that health complications from obesity are a growing problem among young adults. Then we looked at some of the major factors leading to this problem. Now let's look at the steps we can take to eliminate the problem. Alex's speech is organized according to which pattern of organization?
problem-cause-solution
"To inform my audience about the history and rules of curling is an example of a
specific purpose
Recognizing that the audience for his graduation speech would be packed into a non-air - conditioned gymnasium during the hottest week of the year, Kane decided to keep his speech at the low end of his 10 to 15 minute time limit. In making this decision, Kane was adapting to which element of the speech communication process?
situation
According to your textbook, "Just as the frame of Vienna's tennis racket represents the structure of her family, the strings of her racket symbolize the ties that bind her family together" is an example of a
transition
In addition to helping people in need, working as a hospital volunteer provides you with valuable job experience.
transition
