Chapter 2 Quiz: Ethics and Public Speaking

Even though there can be gray areas when it comes to assessing a speaker's goals, it is still necessary to ask ethical questions about those goals.

True

Which of the following violates the speaker's ethical obligation to be honest in what she or he says? A. juggling statistics B. quoting out of context C. citing unusual cases as typical examples D. All answers are correct.

All answers are correct.

______is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs. A. Linguistics B. Ethics C. Theology

Ethics

Even though there can be gray areas when it comes to assessing a speaker's goals, it is still necessary to ask ethical questions about those goals.

False

It is only necessary for a speaker to identify his or her source when quoting verbatim—not when paraphrasing.

False

Protecting a speaker's freedom to express his or her ideas implies agreement with those ideas.

False

The larger an audience becomes, the greater is the speaker's ethical responsibility to be fully prepared.

False

Gabrielle, a physiology major, waited until the last minute to begin preparing her persuasive speech. When her friend Ken learned that she was panicking over the assignment, he gave her the outline of a speech he had delivered in class the previous semester. Gabrielle used the speech and presented it as her own. Which of the following is true? A. Gabrielle is guilty of no ethical offense because Ken willingly gave her his speech. B. Gabrielle is guilty of patchwork plagiarism because she took her speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own. C. Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own. D. Gabrielle is guilty of incremental plagiarism because she took ideas or language from two or three sources and passed them off as her own.

Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.

______ is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups. A. Name-calling B. Ethnocentrism C. Hyperbole

Name-calling

In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against what? A. a set of ethical standards or guidelines B. the practicality of taking that course of action C. a set of legal criteria for acceptable speech D. the speaker's goals in a given situation

a set of ethical standards or guidelines

Because speechmaking is a form of power, it carries with it heavy ______ responsibilities. A. ethical B. psychological C. sociological

ethical

Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own is called ______ plagiarism. A. global patchwork B. incremental C. admissible

global patchwork

Even if your speech as a whole is ethical, you can still be guilty of ______ plagiarism if you fail to give credit for quotations, paraphrases, and other specific parts of the speech that are borrowed from other people. A. normal B. incremental C. technical

incremental

When a speaker ______, she restates or summarizes an author's ideas in her own words. A. illustrates B. rationalizes C. paraphrases

paraphrases

If you present another person's language or ideas as your own, you are guilty of ______. A. defamation B. personification C. plagiarism

plagiarism